Re: Mapsource 6.7

I installed 6.7 and looks like we will have to download it again
sometime to get updated help files.
JamesM wrote:
> I don't see it posted on Garmin's website yet, but if you check for
> software updates from the help menu in MapSource, version 6.7 is now
> available. Below is what the differences are between version 6.5 and
> 6.7.
>
>
> MapSource Version 6.5 to 6.7 Differences
>
> 1. This will be the last version of MapSource to support
> reading/importing PCX5 files. For future compatibility, please
> migrate your data to the GPX format.
> 2. Added route road and area avoidances. To access avoidances, select
> "Manage Route Avoidances" on the Routing tab of the preferences
> dialog. Once avoidances are created, they are displayed on the main
> map if appropriate for the current map product.
> 3. Added "Auto" option to the display of route avoidances. This will
> hide route avoidances when the map is zoomed out far enough.
> 4. Added new "large" 24x24 pixel waypoint and map symbols. Select
> these symbols on the Display tab of the preferences dialog. Custom
> waypoint symbols can now be 24x24 and 32-bit color as well.
> 5. Added the ability to show or hide the left hand (user data) pane.
> 6. Added tooltips to the waypoint symbol selector with the name of the
> waypoint type.
> 7. Added celestial information dialog.
> 8. Added schema extension to GPX for handling Garmin-specific data
> elements, such as waypoint depth. The location of the schema is
> documented in outputted GPX files.
> 9. Updated the GPX Garmin extension (GPXXv1) to version 2 (GPXXv2)
> based on comments. GPXXv1 will not be supported.
> 10. Added ability to manually set the Y-axis endpoints on vertical
> profile plots.
> 11. Added "rest area" find subcategory.
> 12. Added artificial reef and oil rig map symbols.
> 13. Removed real-time tracking from MapSource. Use nRoute for PC
> real-time tracking applications.
> 14. Made several map rendering performance improvements.
> 15. Improved algorithm for selecting maps around tracks and routes.
> 16. Improved error handling while transferring data to removable media
> and Garmin cards.
> 17. Improved autoroute ETE accuracy.
> 18. Improved MapSource's behavior on a PC with multiple monitors.
> 19. Changed wrecks, obstructions, and isolated dangers to display the
> corresponding spot depth when it is known. This is enabled by turning
> on "Spot Soundings" in the Display preferences page.
> 20. Changed MapSource to use Windows XP styles on PC's that support
> this.
> 21. Changed the track vertical profile to use the same graphing style
> as the route vertical profile.
> 22. Change to not display find category types that aren't valid for a
> particular map product.
> 23. Change to optimize deleting multiple waypoints from a route.
> 24. Change to reduce flickering of pop-ups on the map.
> 25. Change to validate trackpoint timestamps before they are sent to a
> unit.
> 26. Change to make user and non-user waypoint dialogs have consistent
> "Show on Map" behavior.
> 27. Changed waypoint symbol images to remove duplicate symbols.
> 28. Change to more gracefully handle the case where a user
> transferring maps to a Palm doesn't have enough hard drive space.
> 29. Changed behavior of toolbar combo boxes to behave more like
> standard combo boxes.
> 30. Change to show stacked pop-up windows over densely packed map
> features.
> 31. Changed behavior of some BlueChart map features to display the
> name instead of depth.
> 32. Change so that GPX route import doesn't always autoname the route.
> 33. Changed formatting of Japanese address results.
> 34. Changed the default "Terrain Shading" option on the preferences
> display page to be on.
> 35. Changed vertical profile windows so that they remember their last
> size and position.
> 36. Changed string "iQue" in Device dialog to "Palm OS Device".
> 37. Changed waypoints timestamp to not be updated when changing
> certain fields in the waypoint, such as symbol or display type.
> 38. Fixed issue performing "Select maps around" feature when in the No
> Map product.
> 39. Fixed issues with short route avoidances avoiding the wrong
> places.
> 40. Fixed issues with MapSource opening GPX files with Garmin
> extensions.
> 41. Fixed issue drawing selected subsections of tracks on the map.
> 42. Fixed issue associated with having Worldmap 3.02 and many newer
> products installed at the same time.
> 43. Fixed issue on the find places dialog with the reset button not
> properly clearing fields.
> 44. Fixed properties for some features not correctly showing their
> category and subcategory.
> 45. Fixed import of GPX files to handle prefixed names.
> 46. Fixed parsing of custom waypoint symbol image names to only allow
> numeric names, such as "003.bmp".
> 47. Fixed issue with selecting maps around routes or tracks with only
> one point.
> 48. Fixed issue with some XML files using a large amount of memory to
> import.
> 49. Fixed issue where sometimes columns in the track dialog list
> control were improperly hidden.
> 50. Fixed issue with partial string searching in the name field of the
> find places dialog.
> 51. Fixed find results with elevation information in the name to use
> the proper units.
> 52. Fixed issue related to renaming a route while looking at the
> driving directions.
> 53. Fixed issue with slow UI response while hovering over some areas
> with the map tool.
> 54. Fixed issues related to saving user data on Garmin cards.
> 55. Fixed issue in route dialog with multiple selections being ignored
> when "Center map on selected item" option is checked.
> 56. Fixed issues during map rendering.
> 57. Fixed issue while zooming in to a found city.
> 58. Fixed issue in the find places dialog with displaying a street
> name with an "&" character in the name.
> 59. Fixed route speed preferences to set Autobahn speeds to the
> highest speed category.
> 60. Fixed issue with find places dialog field auto-completion in some
> Asian languages.
> 61. Fixed issue with the route dialog's insert waypoint dialog having
> odd initial selections.
> 62. Fixed issue with trying to change the waypoint symbol on a Windows
> 98/ME PC.
> 63. Fixed issue with MapSource not using the current datum when
> exporting DXF.
> 64. Fixed issue with routes calculated in autorouting map products
> being transferred to non-autorouting GPS's. This caused the via point
> list on the GPS to have incorrect names.
> 65. Fixed feature category and subcategory filtering in find nearest
> dialog.

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