v 2.0.3.5
1/ Reduced the Granularity of User Lat/Lon Values.
2/ Added User Location for DataBar Display.
3/ New InfoBar PopOuts for Extra Info Display.
4/ Added selectable Map Projection for PopOuts.
5/ Enhanced Polar Diagrams for Satellite Passes.
6/ Enhanced Polar Diagrams for Solar Info.
7/ Added more InfoBar Panels for PskReporter.
8/ InfoBar City Climate includes Projected Map.
9/ InfoBar User Markers includes Projected Map.
10/ Right-Click Main Map to open Reprojected Window.
11/ Add Marker Labels for Sunrise, Sunset, Bearing.
12/ Improved TCP Connection Routines and Debug.
13/ New Ham Log CrossReferencing Pages with Maps.
14/ InfoBar Country Display Bugs Fixed.
15/ New PSK Reporter Filters for 6m.
16/ Add Last Download Date Store for Callbooks.
1/ The map is 4096 pixels wide, which means that there are 11.37 pixels per degree of Longitude. Therefore, there is normally no point having any accuracy greater than 123.45°. However, when using this granularity, some conversions to Grid Locator may not give the result that you were expecting, so I have reduced the granularity for Latitude and Longitude to allow an extra decimal point (123.456°) when entering your User Positions in 'Settings Menu > User'.
2/ As an alternative to the Callsign value displayed on the DataBar, I have added the option of a 'User Location' that can be displayed in the DataBar beneath the Callsign, above the User Position or above the Current Date. The 'User Location' is entered in 'Settings Menu > User', and must be a series of 3 - 32 characters. Only characters A-Z, a-z, 0-9, /, and SPACE are accepted. The value is just used for display-purposes, and is not processed in any other way.
3/ InfoBar Pop-Outs are a major new feature that provide lots of information to certain items in an InfoBar page. They may include text, log data, pictures, or maps in a variety of projections. Read about Pop-Outs in general, and the features for each InfoBar page that use them, on the Pop-Outs Help Page.
4/ Quite a few of the Pop-Outs are position-based, and will generate a small map that is centered on the item of interest. A marker may be shown on the position, and sometimes a second marker at the User Position, with a Great Circle line connecting the two. You can left-click the map to recenter it, which gives a different view of the position or route. Right-click the map to change the map-projection: Azimuthal Equidistant, Lambert Azimuthal Equal Area North, Lambert Azimuthal Equal Area South, or Orthographic.
5/ When viewing the 'Satellite Data' InfoBar page, you can now click any of the passes listed under 'Next Passes' to show a small window with an expanded view of the pass, in a format that is much easier to visualize. The view is centered on your User Location, and shows the arc of the pass in the sky, with a green dot for AOS (Acquisition of Satellite), a blue dot for the Mid Point, and a red dot for the LOS (Loss of Satellite). A yellow line connects the User Location to the Mid Point of the pass. There are two controls: 'Elv' that adjusts the elevation of the plot (2°-90°), and 'Rot' that rotates the plot clockwise (0°-90°).
6/ When viewing the 'Solar Info' InfoBar page, you can now click the text-area to show a small window with an expanded view of the sun-tracks, in a format that is much easier to visualize. The view is centered on your User Location, and shows the same three tracks, and the current sun position. There are two controls: 'Elv' that adjusts the elevation of the plot (2°-90°), and 'Rot' that rotates the plot clockwise (0°-90°).
7/ The InfoBar is a valuable source of information for many of the layers, and especially so for those that show live data. There is often too much data to show in one panel, and so the data is divided up into panels, each of which will also page their content. The number of sub-pages for the PSK Reporter has been increased. See Here to have them listed and explained.
8/ The InfoBar City Climate page, which shows paged data for each of the 5 cities selected in the 'Clock over City Data' option of the 'Settings Menu > Data Bar' tab-page, now includes a Projected Map that is centered on the position of the City. You can right-click the map to select a different map-projection: Azimuthal Equidistant, Lambert Azimuthal Equal Area North, Lambert Azimuthal Equal Area South, or Orthographic.
9/ InfoBar User Markers also now include a Projected Map that is centered on the position of the Map-Marker. I have also added the 'Time Difference From User', which can be useful when organizing or estimating the best time to contact someone at that location.
10/ The ability to generate a small map that is centered on any point of interest is a very useful feature, and one that can be show instantly by right-clicking the Main Map and selecting 'Show Reprojected Map at this Position'. A marker will be added to the map-center. You can left-click the map to recenter it, which gives a different view of the original position, and right-click the map to change the map-projection: Azimuthal Equidistant, Lambert Azimuthal Equal Area North, Lambert Azimuthal Equal Area South, or Orthographic.
11/ Map-Markers are used for a variety of purposes - to show contacts that you do business with, to remind you of distant family members, to alert you to DX-peditions that you wish to talk to. You could previously add the Local Time at the Map-Marker position below the text. You can now add text that shows the Local Sunrise, Sunset, and Bearingto the Map-Marker from the User Position.
12/ Setting up a Network Connection to another program can be frustrating at times, as you can't tell what is or isn't happening. I have therefore improved the internal TCP Connection Routines, and have added a Debug facility. If you visit the 'Settings Menu > Logger Feed' tab-page, and check the box 'Enable TCP Debug Messages', a variety of messages will be added to the program's Log File. You can then check the file to see what is going on, or send it to me to ask for further advice. Only use this facility if it is really needed, and make sure to clear the Check-Box when you have finished with it.
13/ When viewing one of the three 3000-QSO imported Ham Logs, the InfoBar (shortcut "IM") now gives many more possibilities of cross-referencing information, and showing all the details that you need about a Prefix, Country, Flag, Grid Locator, Callsign, and more. Pop-Outs show all the details for whichever entity you click on, with maps that include markers and multiple projections.
14/ There were a few bugs that resulted in missing country entries on some InfoBar pages. This has been fixed.
15/ I have added a '6m' PSK Reporter Filter Band option for the 'Ham Radio > PSK Reporter' map-layer. This will let you show only Reports occuring on the Amateur 50MHz band.
16/ There is no point downloading and updating the three internal callbooks too often, so I have added a reminder of the date that each one was last updated on the 'Settings Menu > Ham Radio > Amateur Radio Position Updates' panel. When a new download has been installed and processed, the date will update automatically.