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New in version 6.0:

• new option to adjust behavior on startup: don't open maps / restore recent session / open political map / elevation map
• non-ascii (language-specific) characters (like é, Ä, æ, ç, Ï, ß, etc.) are now supported in user maps
• user maps can be created and edited for other planets
• while selecting area in the "zoom area" mode, the red rectangle shows the actual area after zooming
• all settings windows redesigned and more responsive
• improved GPS support for older devices (Windows Mobile 4.x) and for some non-standard devices
• "Open Maps" window more responsive (opens and scrolls quickly)
• completely redesigned and reimplemented rendering: faster map drawing and panning
• faster zoom area/measure tools
• improved support for devices with screen resolution above 640px
• faster relief rendering
• numerous GUI improvements
• users who purchased version 5.x can upgrade to 6.x for $5

New in version 5.10:

• improved GPS support
• stability and performance improvements

New in version 5.9:

• faster startup

New in version 5.8:

• fixed compatibility issues with some devices
• a number of improvements in the user interface

New in version 5.7:

• improved GPS auto-detect feature
• when wardriving, PrettyMap scans for WiFi networks every one second
• when wardriving, a label is displayed
• added an option to skip loading databases in vector maps (useful for huge data sets)
• added "draft mode" vector map display
• added settings to adjust gradient colors
• fixed the "select color" window that would not open
• fixed opening duplicated maps if one had the same maps on device and on card
• a number of improvements in the user interface

New in version 5.6:

• map icons handle transparency properly (e.g. in the "Open maps" window)
• fixed problems with GPS on some devices
• "Autodetect" in menu:GPS changes to "Turn off" when GPS is active
• removed extra "success" message when GPS tracking
• a number of stability improvements

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

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