Pace & Place - Release Notes of Version 0.5

• Descriptor: Pace & Place
• Version: 0.5
• Build Number: 419
• Release Date: 23.06.2011

1) Change Log

Changes from version 0.4 to 0.5

1. Support of Garmin devices (serial and USB), import and export of waypoints, routes and tracks.
2. Added dialog for GPS device import.
3. Added view for displaying properties of tracks, routes and waypoints.
4. Online update of the application.
5. Inversion of a track.
6. GPS import wizard supports removal of one or more list entries.
7. Update to GPSBabel version 1.4.2.
8. Update to Eclipse RCP framework version 3.6.2.
9. Improved speed of KML/KMZ exporter (added JAK library).
10. Improved speed of Garmin TrainingCenter (TCX) importer and exporter (removed workaround for Castor).
11. Speed and distance of all track positions will be updated before storing a project into the database.
12. Navigation tree: nodes with equal names will be sorted by date and time (project, track, route, waypoint nodes).
13. Added automatic reset of selected perspectives after a software update or installation of a new version.
14. Disabled user related GUI elements.
15. Bug-fix: deadlock in LunaRCP´s DefaultSharedImageProvider solved.

Changes from version 0.3 to 0.4

1. Changed license to GPL version 3 (except for the icons of the application).
2. New supported GPS format: NMEA (import only).
3. New supported GPS format: CVS (export only).
4. Automatic detection of GPS file format during import.
5. Time shift of tracks.
6. Inversion of routes.
7. Merge of routes / tracks.
8. Convert routes into tracks, and vice versa.
9. Renaming of waypoints, routes, tracks, and projects.
10. Preferences provide selection of the database folder.
11. Preferences provide language selection.
12. Log files are stored in a subfolder of the user´s home directory.
13. Bug-fix: Importer of the Trackstick file format ignored positions in special cases.
14. Bug-fix: Importer of the Trackstick file format provides seconds of the time of day now.
15. Improved memory usage and speed of the processing of GPS data.

Changes from version 0.2 to 0.3

1. Visualization of GPS data using a map (Windows only).
2. New supported GPS format: Trackspace TSF (import and export).
3. New supported GPS format: Trackstick TSF (import only).
4. Support of the new TRL file format (since Holux firmware version 1.13).
5. Export of GPS files and GPS file converter generates a proposal for the destination file name.
6. The application cannot be started twice at the same time.
7. Imported projects can now be deleted via the context menu.

Changes from version 0.1 to 0.2

1. Import of GPS data into Pace & Place.
2. Export of GPS data from Pace & Place.
3. Interactive installer for Linux and Windows platforms.
4. Basic navigation tree for imported GPS data.
5. New icon set to improve GUI.

Features of the initial version 0.1

1. Basic application framework with...
   1. support for Windows and Linux operating systems,
   2. internationalization for english and german.
2. Multi-format GPS file converter
   1. GPX (GPS eXchange),
   2. KML (Google Earth),
   3. KMZ (Google Earth),
   4. GDB (Garmin MapSource),
   5. MPS (Garmin MapSource),
   6. PCX5 (Garmin),
   7. HST (Garmin Training Center, schema V1),
   8. CRS (Garmin Training Center, schema V1),
   9. TCX (Garmin Training Center, schema V2),
   10. OVL ASCII (Geogrid Viewer),
   11. OVL Binary (Geogrid Viewer),
   12. OVL Zipped XML (Geogrid Viewer),
   13. TRL (Holux),
   14. TK (Kompass),
   15. WP (Kompass).
3. Bulk conversion for GPS files.
4. Conversion wizard.

2) System Requirements

1. Supported operating systems:
   • Microsoft Windows (tested with Windows XP, Vista, and 7),
   • Linux (tested with Ubuntu 11.04, and openSUSE 11.2, but it should work with many other Linux operating systems).
2. Java Virtual Machine (JVM) 1.6 (Java 6) or later must be is installed on your computer. You can download the Java Virtual Machine from Oracle.
3. Hardware: minimal requirements
   • 512 MB RAM or more,
   • 1 GHz CPU or faster,
   • 100 MB free hard disk space,
   • at least 1024x600 screen resolution.

3) Installation Instructions

Windows

1. Download the Pace & Place Windows distribution.
2. Double-click the downloaded executable.
3. Follow the steps of the interactive installer.
4. Launch Pace & Place by navigating to: Start -> Programs -> DigitalCure.org -> Pace & Place

Linux

1. Download the Pace & Place Linux distribution.
2. Right-click on the JAR file and select Open with... Java/JDK. If this option is not available, launch the installer from the command line: java -jar pace_and_place_X.X_buildXXX_linux32.jar
3. Follow the steps of the interactive installer.
4. Due to a bug, the executable file pace_and_place has to be set as executable:
   1. Open a system console.
   2. Change to the installation directory: cd <Pace & Place installation directory>
   3. Set start file as executable: chmod u+x pace_and_place
5. Launch Pace & Place: ./pace_and_place
6. You may optionally create a desktop shortcut (depending on your Linux distribution).

4) Uninstall Instructions

Windows

1. Launch Start -> Programs -> DigitalCure.org -> Uninstaller
2. Check the box if you want to remove the directory completely.
3. Select "Uninstall" in order to remove Pace & Place.

Linux

1. Open a system console.
2. Change to the uninstaller directory inside the installation directory: cd <Pace & Place installation directory>/Uninstaller
3. Launch the uninstaller: java -jar uninstaller.jar
4. Check the box if you want to remove the directory completely.
5. Select "Uninstall" in order to remove Pace & Place.

5) Known Issues

• Linux only: After the installation the executable file <installation_directory>/pace_and_place is not configured as exectuble. Therefore it cannot be executed without setting it as executable (chmod u+x pace_and_place).
• Linux only: If you are using a Garmin USB device, you may have to do some configuration work for your operating system before Pace & Place is able to directly support your device. The following instructions work for openSUSE 11.2 and may be different on your Linux system!
  1. Deactivate the kernel module called garmin_gps. Edit your blacklist file, e.g. /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist or /etc/modprobe.d/50-blacklist.conf (depending on your system), and add a single line:
     blacklist garmin_gps
  2. You have to grant rights for every user to access the USB ports. Create or edit the file /etc/udev/rules.d/51-garmin.rules and add the following line:
     SYSFS{idVendor}=="091e", SYSFS{idProduct}=="0003", MODE="0666"
  3. Reboot your system.
  We're very sorry, but we cannot provide automatic configuration scripts for every Linux distribution out there. At the moment we're unable to handle this effort, but if you have instructions for a certain Linux system, please open a new tracker item at SourceForge.net and we will publish your instructions. Thank you!

6) How to report a bug

1. Close the application, if possible.
2. Windows: Open the "Windows Explorer" and navigate to your personal folder. Inside this folder you´ll find the application folder.
   • Windows XP: C:\Documents and Settings\<your login>\.pace_and_place\
   • Windows Vista and 7: C:\Users\<your login>\.pace_and_place\
3. Linux: Open a console window and navigate to the application folder inside your home folder: ~/.pace_and_place/
4. Create an archive file of the folder "log" called "log.zip" or "log.tar.gz".
5. Go to the bug tracker that is provided by SourceForge.net: http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=365278&atid=1523372
6. We strongly recommend that you log in first. If you don´t have a SourceForge account yet, please create one.
7. Add a new tracker item. Please select the correct application version (Group) und operating system (Category). Specify a meaningful summary and add a good description of the problem (Details).
8. Attach the archive containing the log files and press "Add Artifact".
9. Please be sure that we can reach you to ask additional questions. Add your email address to the bug description or use a working SourceForge account. Thank you!