GPS Manager User Manual -- Version 5.2

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## Version 5.2

- when building a route in the map window, cancelling the operation is now made with shift-middle button instead of just middle button.
- waypoints have a new field, altitude in meters; route windows present the difference in altitude between consecutive waypoints.
- there is now a `Locate` menu-button in which an item displayed on the map can be selected forcing the map to be scrolled so that the item appears in the centre -- suggested by Stefan Heinen (stefan.heinen`_at_`djh-freeweb.de) and Kyle Grieser (yuf`_at_`phoenixdsl.com).
- animation of the movement corresponding to a track on the map window; this is a tentative implementation that is being extended to a "moving map" with real-time track logging.
- the map window can now be panned by dragging the mouse with the middle button down, and scrolled in the NE-SW and NW-SE directions by using the arrow keys with shift.
- the arrow that shows the map scale can now represent less than 1 unit of distance -- suggested by Russell Senior (seniorr`_at_`aracnet.com). Conversion from km to m and from mile (either nautical or statute) to ft will be done in that case. In the `Options` menus the `Window geometry->Map scale` entry should be set to the desired value but only if the `Units and formats->Distance` entry has already been correctly set in a previous session.
- waypoint data in Fugawi export format can now be imported (thanks to Niki Hammler, http://www.nobaq.net, who wrote a Perl script to make the conversion).
- GPSMan format for data files has changed slightly in what concerns waypoints (new attribute-value pair for altitude) and tracks (fields for altitude and depth). Files in the previous format are still accepted.
- support for Garmin receivers: there is now explicit support to Garmin eTrex Euro (from tests done by Harald Stauss, harald.stauss`_at_`web.de), Garmin eTrex Summit (from tests done by Stefan Heinen, stefan.heinen`_at_`djh-freeweb.de), Garmin GPS III+ (from tests made by Jonathan Pennington, john`_at_`coastalgeology.org), and Garmin 12XL with software version before 3.01. Errors in the input/output of hidden information were detected and solved (thanks to Harald Stauss, harald.stauss`_at_`web.de).

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