ANNOUNCE: osm-gps-map 0.7.2
- From: John Stowers <john stowers gmail com>
- To: gnome-announce-list gnome org, osm-gps-map <osm-gps-map googlegroups com>, Open Source GPS-related discussion and support <foss-gps lists osgeo org>
- Subject: ANNOUNCE: osm-gps-map 0.7.2
- Date: Thu, 22 Jul 2010 11:47:24 +1200
Hi Everyone,
I am pleased to announce version 0.7.2 of osm-gps-map, a library,
python and GObject introspection bindings for displaying raster map
data from a variety of different sources.
This is a bug fix release.
Where to Get It
============
Homepage:
* http://nzjrs.github.com/osm-gps-map/
Downloads:
* http://www.johnstowers.co.nz/files/osm-gps-map/osm-gps-map-0.7.2.tar.gz
* http://www.johnstowers.co.nz/files/osm-gps-map/python-osmgpsmap-0.7.2.tar.gz
Documentation:
* http://nzjrs.github.com/osm-gps-map/docs/reference/html/index.html
What is New
============
* Make osm_gps_map_point_{copy,free} public
* Fix build against older gtk and pygtk/pygobject versions (Maemo)
* Doc updates
* Bug fixes
What Is It
============
osm-gps-map is a Gtk+ widget (plus Python and GObject introspection
bindings) for displaying information on a map. It features a simple
API for displaying tracks and points from GPS co-ordinates.
It Currently supports a number of different mapping sources;
* openstreetmap (default)
* maps-for-free
* satellite maps from a number of proprietary providers
It also has the following features;
* Excellent performance
* Intelligent caching of maps, including the ability to request a
specific area of the map to be cached ahead of time
* Recording of points of interest on the map (and the ability to
add arbitary pixmaps at those points
* Drawing and management of multiple GPS track (a line
showing the history past added points)
* Automatic centering on new GPS points
* Adjustable Zoom
* Includes comprehensive examples (C, Python, JavaScript)
* Simple, flat API
* Support for showing additional display layers rendered
on top of the map
* Optional on screen display (OSD)
John Stowers
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