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New in version 5.5:

• slightly faster displaying of vector maps
• fixed drawing of some vector maps: objects are now again sorted by importance (this was a bug since v5.3)
• improved default color styles for labels on vector area maps
• usability enhancements
• users who purchased version 4.x can upgrade to version 5.x for $10

New in version 5.4:

• new option, Auto-load maps (active by default), allows to automatically load raster maps (e.g. elevation or sat image tiles) most appropriate for the area you are viewing
• a message "...waiting for GPS fix..." appears when GPS is active, yet no coordinates have been received
• you can now use enter or space keys to zoom in, and backspace to zoom out
• shapefile-to-prettymap converter is much faster for shapefiles with many (e.g. more than 50,000) objects
• fixed a bug with exceeding top and bottom world boundaries while panning raster maps
• improved rules for colors of simple type labels on area maps
• slightly faster displaying of zoomed raster maps
• shapefile-to-prettymap converter can now convert encodings: from UTF-8 to Latin-1 (ISO 8859-1) and vice versa

New in version 5.3:

• fixed "Vector map layers/New map..." that would only work with another user map selected
• while editing text fields, the MENU key will now open a window with clipboard options: cut/copy/paste/clear
• while editing text fields, the ALT key on Treos will open a keyboard with special characters
• in the vector layers window, layer order has been reversed: top layer is now on top
• you can now open the vector layers window when no vector maps are open
• "move selected here" in context menu appears only for selected points on user maps
• removed the limit if 15000 objects per vector map layer
• faster loading of data in vector maps
• faster saving of user-editable maps
• improved memory management: you can open more vector maps
• fixed reporting of free memory in the "About" window
• fixed display issue when logging GPS locations
• "Search" can now be assigned to a hardware button
• improved synchronization window and a step-by-step sync procedure
• new LayerOrder field in map styles lets you influence/force ordering of vector maps of a given category (see the gfx/default.txt file for details)
• altitude is recorded in GPS log maps
• the GPX exporter now provides speed in m/s, not km/h
• PrettyMap-powered mobile apps can be used to edit geo-located records in customized relational databases (e.g. landmark types associated with locations associated with offices associated with people, etc.)
• numerous improvements in the user interface

New in version 5.2:

• improved labels in the "User locations" window
• layers (vector maps) are no longer rearranged when a session is restored
• user maps: fixed latitude when using the "Sun..." feature in the "Map locations" window
• user map bounding box is now correctly updated when using "Add point here..." in the context menu
• no longer adds two points when using "Add point here..." in the context menu and a new user map is created
• shortcuts are no longer visible on startup except for first runs
• removed "user maps" item in the menu; user maps can be maganed in the Vector/Layers... menu
• new, much faster editing of user maps
• new "remove" option in the context menu, when you click on a user location
• in the search window, previously searched map is now selected by default
• in the search window results, you can directly edit user locations
• you can now select a user map point and then easily move it to the desired location
• maximal zoom increased
• faster zoom in/zoom out
• much more frequent GPS tracking and logging is possible
• export to KML is now more flexible
• new: export to GPX
• improved synchronization
• supports network synchronization of user maps against a remote SQL database with OpenGIS/PostGIS extensions
• supports time synchronization/check
• converter from user points pmap to SQL (to insert your data in any SQL database)
• improvements in the user interface

New in version 5.1:

• better lat/lon grid
• new user location editor window: supports editing any number of attributes/values
• improved formatting of floating point values
• improved detection of modified values ("last modified" time stamp)
• improved generation of unique IDs for edited points
• more efficient use of some system resources
• improvements in the user interface
• shapefile-to-prettymap converter can produce editable point maps

New in version 5.0:

• built-in synchronization of user maps
• file format for vector maps has been enhanced; v5.x can read older maps
• improved support for some GPS units that previously caused "GPS signal lost" problems after 1-2 minutes of work
• redesigned "Open maps" window now shows icons for map categories
• you can filter maps by their main category
• you can filter out maps that are currently open
• checkboxes to select/deselect maps
• "User locations..." renamed to "Edit user maps..." and moved from the "Vector" menu to "Maps"
• persistent selection (i.e. after Search or Quick Find) – the selected object will remain red for 30 seconds
• "Draft mode" switch no longer affects automatic adjustments of shape fill. They are now always performed but less intrusive
• in the "Open maps" window, "Zoom all" is unchecked by default unless there are no maps opened
• better icon for GPS maps ("POI.GPS" category) and a new "Shared" category
• with GPS tracking, in case of Internet connection problems, attempts are made every minute
• improvements in the user interface

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