Mapton 1.1.0 released

release

After a month of development it’s time to release the first update of Mapton.

Some of the changes since the previous release are:

  • NEW: Time awareness. Display map objects at a specific point in time or in an interval.
  • NEW: Photos. Display geo tagged photos on the map.
  • NEW: Chart support. Display charts when clicking on a map object or similar.
  • OPT: Reduced file size.

…and the usual fixes and tweaks

Chart support

new feature

A ‘Chart window’ was just introduced in Mapton, the intended use is to display charts when clicking on a map object or similar. The chart can easily be fed with data or to be replaced with a very customized chart object.

Mapton 1.0.0 released

release

After more than a year of development it’s time to release the first version of Mapton.

Some of the changes since the March snapshot are:

Maps

  • FIX: Removal of deprecated NASA services
  • NEW: Give proper attribution to map providers
  • NEW: Plot Wikipedia placemarks
  • NEW: Make placemarks highlightable and clickable
  • NEW: Let user add WMS sources and styles

General

  • OPT: Improved startup time
  • OPT: Optimized memory settings
  • OPT: Updated GeoNames search engine database
  • OPT: Moved from Oracle NetBeans 8.2 Platform to Apache NetBeans 11 Platform

UI

  • NEW: Global Object properties window
  • NEW: Notification support
  • OPT: HTML styled editing in Notes

…and the usual fixes and tweaks

NASA WorldWind Project Suspension

NASA

WorldWind team would like to inform you that starting April 5, 2019, NASA WorldWind project will be suspended. All the WorldWind servers providing elevation and imagery will be unavailable. While you can still download the SDKs from GitHub, there will be no technical support. If you have questions and/or concerns, please feel free to email at:

worldwind-info@lists.nasa.gov

That is a quote from https://worldwind.arc.nasa.gov/news/2019-03-08-suspension-notice/

This affects Mapton and it’s users since WorldWind is one of the map engines used in Mapton.

Mapton Measure Up

new feature

The WorldWind MapEngine just got a measuring tool that measures the following geometries:

  • Line
  • Path
  • Polygon
  • Circle
  • Ellipse
  • Square
  • Rectangle

The geometries can easily be exported as a KML file for use with Google Earth et al.

New snapshot available

snapshot

Enjoy the new snapshot.

Some of the changes since the last snapshot

  • Fix EOX/ESA WMS
  • Improve WorldWind zoom behavior
  • Move cache directory from ~/.config/mapton/cache to ~/.cache/mapton
  • Add Hydro & Sentinel 2 imagery
  • Add “map engine global” zoom control
  • Add bookmark color support
  • Add search action shortcut (ctrl+f)
  • …and a couple of minor fixes and tweaks