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Hi again MDX

A wish list item for discussion.

Could there be an option introduced in the settings to either have the Time, GPS Time and the Estimated Time of Arrival displayed in the current 24 hour format or in the 12 hour format?

Currently the GPS Time shows seconds in the display.

If the option was taken to display the times in the 12 hour format, I'm sure that the user would not mind loosing the seconds to have space for AM (the A over the M) and PM (the P over the M)

This would mean that the size of the display fields would not need any re-sizing which should mean that the addition of the option could be relatively simple.

Given that the driver needs to assimilate any information with a quick glance, this option would be appreciated by those of us who think in morning and afternoon terms.

I know the maths is simple but I'd rather the machine gave me the answer instead of me thinking 20:00 hours OK, that's 20 minus 12, that's 8, so it's 8:00pm.

I'd rather be concentrating on the traffic and the road for the few seconds I was doing the maths.

Feedback welcome from anybody out there who agrees or disagrees with me. 

Regards,

Crumbley.

Hi star,
there is no public changelog available at the moment. I understand that the updates of ver11 are currently "too frequent".
update 11.0.8 -> 11.0.9
- PDA/PND - fixed missing GoTo Coordinate (WGS84)
- keeping routing cache for faster route recomputation
- display of missing TMC location (for debug TMC in Germany OSM)
- merged branch for reporting work status (under development, you can hide that icon in settings/application/organize main menu)
- changed pictures in install PC Navigator
regards
Martin

Thanks! Can you make this sticky?

11.0.11 -> 11.0.12
- better translations (NL, NO, welcome message DE)
- numbering noname waypoints (PDA/PND, for PC in next release)

11.0.13 -> 11.0.15
- added drawer for caravan site (note, that you have to delete your teleatlas.map and album.style files to see this change)
- translations update (HU, ?)
- better navigation on sliproads
- fixed drawing in editor layer
- added map combination TeleAtlas Singapore+Malaysia+Indonesia+Thailand

11.0.15 -> 11.0.16
- fixed favorites editor
- improved drag & drop
- checking write permissions for atlas.idc (W7/Windows Vista activations problems)
- save/load NMEA (default directory in settings)
- fixed GPS and communication setup dialog
- fixed text display from search imports
- update translations IT, PL, DA, HU

I find this whole approach to changes so messy and lacking in professional approach. Would it not be better to restrict the number of releases and carry out some better beta testing.

@grumpy - I suppose you are talking about Setup Utility, not the navigation program, right?

Navigator does not change the location of map data (it is passed as a parameter to PC Navigator installer). I would recommend newer version of Setup Utility (http://download.mapfactor.com/NavigatorFree_install.exe).

both

After updating to 11.0.19 under WM 6.5 it seems to me, that navigator free needs more than the double of time to start. I didn't change any other things on my smartphone.

on my HP IPAQ 1940 with external bluetooth gps device Wintec WBT-202 the version 11.0.19 works fine. I get only an error, if  I power down the IPAQ. After switching on I get an error, that no GPS connection is available (GPS port could not open), sometimes I get an memory error, and the only option is a cold restart of the device

11.0.25 -> 11.0.28
- improved German translations (thanks to Henning Francke)
- support of Vietnam characters in search (you will need newer Vietnam OSM data - 110923)
- improved fast drawing of rectangles/buttons (it was a problem on some PND devices)

Hi MDX

There might be a bug in PC Navigator 11.0.28

If you select the windows default voice the exceeding speed limit warning sounds do not work.

Change the voice to Lotta and the sounds work again.

Regards,

Crumbley.

11.0.28 -> 11.0.33
- implemented playing WAV files (scout etc) when a TTS eSpeak engine is selected for navigation instructions
- improved behavior for modifying routing points while navigating
- fix in remote communication via serial COM, non-VTU mode
- utf8 related remote commands bugs fixed
- free/commercial settings synchronizing key with startup.xml
- changed Earth radius in Mercator (google) transformation
- arabization enhanced (farsi, urdu)
- setting proper icons in OTIS dialog

I have 2 questions:
first, is it possible to add a "time zone setting" to the settings ? My device has a problem to remeber its real time zone, so it gets the correct GPS time but shows me a wrong time because it thinks i am living in australia or somewhere else. Althought it would be easier to chance the time zone, when you have to change it e.g. for a long trip or on vacation. Maybe you could "import" the time zone borders to set it automatically when the gps signal crossed the "border" (or you let pop up a info: you crossed a timezone border - should the software set the correct time zone - yes - no).
and second, is it possible to add the the "End of (speed) limit-sign" (http://de.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Datei:Zeichen_282.svg&filetimestamp=20110710064542) for the tracks that are tagged with it. It would be easier for me as a osm-member to see if there is no speedlimit or if it is not tagged - in order to tag it ;)

Thanks a lot and ... you are doing really good work.

Where can I download the latest 11.0.35?

Installed today all programs in pc and the latest version available for pna is 11.0.28.1!

Thanks

There is also a small problem with Bluetooth : when the connection between the devices becomes off (i.e. if we move one device far from the other), then becomes on (we bring the devices closer), Navigator Free cannot set the connection again. We have to start again Navigator.

you can disable the imported data: settings/map/Select Regions/All Imports/, uncheck cameralight and cameraspeed
regards
   Martin

just delete two camera files, cameralight.mca and cameraspeed.mca

In my PC version 11.0.37, WinXP, unchecking cameralight and cameraspeed works fine (after forced application restart) ... so I am not sure what is the problem.
  Martin

Hi Martin,

I'm running Windows 7, could that be it?

It only became a feature in the current Navigator version 11.0.37

Unchecking the cameraspeed and cameralight stopped the advance warnings, but the camera icons were still showing on the map.

Tomas's work around works, brutal, but it works.

The file deletion proves that the two mca files were being read even though the unchecking should have prevented the read.

Can you test under windows 7 at your end?

I could put the two files back, and send you screenshots if you wish.

Regards, Crumbley.

11.x -> 12.0
- import of points, lines and areas into the map
- new remote commands
- possibility to add name of driver, trip purpose, fueling
- new car type in TRUCK version - BUS
- new attribute on streets in car type in Truck version - hazardous material - HAZMAT

12.0 -> 12.1.0
- support for a new data format which integrates irregular house
numbers/address points (they will be used in both new OSM and TomTom
maps).

12.1.0 -> 12.1.10  

What's the changelog for the 12.3.0 PDA version?