TOPO! Explorer Version 1.0.4

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TOPO! Explorer

Overview

TOPO! Explorer Version 1.0.4 was released on Friday June 27th. It is the fourth update to TOPO! Explorer version 1.0 and contains a variety of stability improvements plus complete GPS support for the Macintosh OS. A detailed list of all improvements for both PC and Mac OS are detailed below.

New Features and Improvements

  • Added GPS support to the Mac version (excluding Magellan Triton which is not Mac compatible)
  • Route distance is now calculated and displayed in the route details on the content view below the map
  • Columns in the content view below the map are now sortable by clicking in the column headers
  • Tool preferences, such as waypoint icon, route and text color, and text style are now stored to a preference file and reloaded when TOPO! Explorer starts up
  • Removed the 'auto login' feature, to fix reported problems with script errors and crashes during start up
  • Fixed Trips Library problem that sometimes listed blank entries and/or entries for previously deleted trips
  • Fixed problem with Trip Descriptions not getting saved/shared
  • HTML special characters, such as quotes, should now display properly in item names and descriptions
  • Added tip messages next to the Color Picker for Route and Text tool defaults
  • Reduced waypoint 'stickiness' (i.e. they start moving sooner when dragging with the Select tool)
  • Trip files downloaded from topo.com can now be deleted from the Trips Library (deleting trips you've shared on topo.com is coming soon)

Applicable Products

This how-to article pertains to the following TOPO! products:

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