TrackRanger Release Notes 

TrackRanger - Pro Version 6

Released May 2007

Pro 6 has a heap of additional features, including

• Improved Voice Alerts for your planned trip
• UBD Regional Cities and Towns support - navigate at street directory level when traveling in regional areas,
• Allows Video Clips to be attached to a Waypoint as well as still images (photos etc)
• Waypoints Data Manager (search for a waypoint name or comment, in all of your existing waypoint files),
• Improved Startup Preferences features

TrackRanger - Pro Version 5.4

Released February 2007

• Added Voice prompts in WayPoints, enabled/disabled individually through Waypoint Edit.
• Preset Voice information, as well as speaking the Waypoint name and/or the Waypoint Comment.
• Voice announcements are done automatically by software, depending on speed, etc.
• Added Speaker Volume Control into Waypoints page.
• Test if Sound device available before announcing any messages.
• Selection of Voices as available in the system (Male, Female etc) - user selectable
• Distances display highlights the next Waypoint in the trip plan as the trip progresses.
• User is automatically prompted to perform an Update Database after a new TrackRanger installation or upgrade
• Automated Demonstration introduced from Help drop-down menu
• If AutoLoad/save waypoints is enabled, buttons and labels are shown in Red to alert user that Save/Load is automatic
• Status Messages are now shown in White Text on a Teal background, consistent with other TrackRanger displays.
• Allow Either Image (JPG / BMP) or Video (MPG) to be attached to a waypoint.
• Show Video Attachment to Waypoint Label as '(V)'
• Use Windows Messages to send a unique Pause and Resume message to cooperating applications to pause or resume a separate Music Playing Device whenever TrackRanger is about to "Speak"
• Don't force Waypoints to be uppercase - Waypoints are uppercased as they are sent to the GPS, allows better speech facilities
• ECW GPS position dot colour is the same in Preview mode as it is in Normal (User) mode
• Added ability to search all user files for a specific Waypoint and/or Comment, and automatically add it to the Waypoints Management List

TrackRanger - Pro Version 5

Released January 2006

• Full UBD street map support
  • Ability to search for streets and suburbs as well as facilities such as caravan parks, police stations, ambulance, hospitals, post offices etc.
  • Works with TrackRangers powerful Auto-Pilot feature.
• Track-Plan
  • Allows a Track Trace to be created with the mouse in conjunction with the Shift key. Feature is turned on/off with Control-T. TrackPlan saves the TrackTrace data to disk when the second Control-T is pressed. Control-U erases a Track Plan while recording.
• Waypoints
  • TrackRanger dynamically shows the user the distance remaining (in Metres) when approaching a WayPoint (if Alert when approaching Waypoints is turned on).
  • Auto Add waypoint ('=' key) now adds the time as well as the date to the comment field of the waypoint.
• Printing Trip Plans
  • Print Distance Route, complete with WayPoints, InUse, Lat/Long, Accumulative Distance, and comments.
  • Printing a Trip Travel Route (Distances Page) shows both iterative and incremental distances.

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TrackRanger 4.5

Released April 2005

• Moved WayPoints management menu item from Utilities to View Menu.
• Added 2 new menu items in View Menu : Show WayPoints on Map & Show WayPoint names
• Added 'Show WayPoint Names' checkbox to WayPoints dialog
• Changed Close handler routine in WayPoints management so that if user selects X to close form, then all housekeeping functions are performed.
• If Satellite data is lost, Satellite Information and Signal Strength displays all show in bright red.
• Added Travel Statistics screen - showing large character displays of ETA, Destinations, Speed etc (backspace key)
• Write Version and Timestamp to INI file at startup, as well as RAM and CPU statistics
• Show if TrackTraceFilesDirectory, MapFileDirectory, TrackNotesFilesDirectory and PhotosDirectory is present in Information Statistics.
• Show if TrackTraceFilesDirectory is Readonly in Information Statistics
• Added Record a log file feature automatically. User Presses Control-R, or selects from the utility menu. Options available to Pause, Stop, Continue recording.
• Amount of data and recording status shown in recording form (^R)
• Added support for NatMap 2005 Mosaic and Premier Mosaic
• Auto-Pilot HotKeys are now AP for Mosaic maps (all maps)
• MapSheets only worked for NatMaps 2003 and earlier. These have been replaced with MOSAIC functionality for later versions (2005+)
• Added Night Vision (hot-key V)
  • 2 levels of filtering, plus user can select the preferred Night Vision Filter colour from the Utilities menu.
• Added automatic utility to upgrade DLLs to suit the 2005 MapSheets if necessary
  (CheckAndUpdateNCSDlls2005.exe)

TrackRanger 4.3f

• Allow user the option to print the map name when printing maps.
• Show amount of memory available in Information Statistics
• Automatically redraw TrackTrace whenever user changes TrackTrace resolution.
• Plus Key (Shift-Plus) shows QuickAdd WP Dialog for user to add / change comments to WayPoints.
• The "=" key (no shift) instantly adds the Waypoint with no further intervention, using numbering sequence of WP001, WP002 etc.
• Added error codes display if TrackRanger cannot update or create Waypoint or Sortorder file.
• Allow user option of having TrackRanger convert read-only Waypoint / Sort order files to read/write when updating WayPoint data.
• Allow user to plot lines or leave gaps for all TrackTrace data regardless of gaps in data.
  • If plot lines is selected, this connects gaps in input data with straight lines.
  • The 'gap' threshold is 10x the current TrackTrace resolution.

TrackRanger 4.3

Released October 2004

• Support for extended TrackTrace file distances to be recorded and displayed (up to 4 files, each capable of more than 13,000Km’s at 10 metre resolution may be recorded/displayed).
• Track Trace Append Utility (join multiple existing TrackTrace files), to allow users who have multiple pre-existing TrackTrace files to combine these files into one larger file, the TrackTrace Append utility is now provided. This may be run as an off-line program, or launched from within TrackRanger.
• Show TrackTrace as a Chain of dots on ECW view when reverting to preview mode.
  This allows for the TrackTrace to be more easily identified when panning/zooming maps in preview mode.
• Automatically add date to Waypoint comment when adding via "+" or Add Current GPS pos'n button
• Changed TrackTrace maximum points from (8 * 4096) to (4 * 131072), giving a fourfold increase in possible plots. (at 10 metre intervals, allows for a maximum single plot distance of > 13,000 Kms)
• Reduced number of specifiable plots on the one TrackTrace screen from 8 to 4 (Control-P)
• Modified exit routine to manage "waypoint data changed" warnings when closing TrackRanger (Yes or No is required).