Cartographica Version 1.1.1

1.1.1 is the first bug-fix release and minor feature release for version 1.1 of Cartographica and contains essential fixes for all current 1.1 users.

Major changes

Editing

We've implemented a Merge Selected Features command, allowing you to join geometries. This will work best for overlapping geometries, as they will result in a single part. If the parts are discontiguous (even if in a very small way), then they will be considered separate parts and you will end up with a multi-part geometry.

Selecting

We've made a change to selecting in order to make it easier to select features in high density areas. With version 1.1.1, if you hold down the Option (Alt) key, selections will be made only for items that are completely enclosed by the selection rectangle. Otherwise, as with all previous versions of Cartographica, all intersecting features will be selected.

Also in selection, we have changed the way that selections are represented. Instead of an empty box, it is now a tinted box based on the user's selected selection color (from System Preferences).

User Interface

Changes too numerous to mention have been made to the UI. Many of these changes are subtle and help to make the UI more uniform, some are small features in themselves (like Zoom to Natural Fit for images).

Updates

Users who use Developmental or Beta versions will be pestered to temporarily change their software update to alert them on new Beta or Development versions (depending on what they're running). The purpose of this is to make sure that fixes to any significant bugs that exist in the Beta or Development versions are moved out to the field as quickly as possible.

Australian Datum

1.1.1 introduces support for grids, projections, and datum specifications for the most requested coordinate reference systems for Australia, including AGD66 and AGD84. This includes not only projection information, but also grid shifts, based on the published government information.

Overly Exhaustive Change list

Add Australian Datum specifications to EPSG and datum databases
Add Australian grids and projections
Add support for AGD66 and AGD84 translations
Add support for overriding default character sets on vector file load
Update to Proj4 4.7
Ignore spaces at front and back of addresses during geocode
Replace the preview map with a rectangle to speed responsiveness during resize
Show/Hide rulers in Map Layout View
Add support for geocoding intersections when & is used as separator (Example: "4th St NW & J ST NW").
Make Convex Hull now only enabled when there are at least 3 points selected or available.
Prompt for soon-to-expire keys to give people a bit of a warning
Selecting with the Option (Alt on some keyboards) key held down will require that features must be encompassed by the selection rectangle for them to be selected. Otherwise, all features that intersect the selection rectangle are selected.
Selection rectangle is now a transparent area instead of just a box

Significant fixes in 1.1.1

Fix bug in GH615 Time handling
Fix obscure crash-while-drawing bug
Allow non-ASCII characters in more filenames (Fixes bug #1291)
License key now settable even when you have a valid license key
Limit unnecessary changes in layer size
Redraw map on resize only if scale will increase (not decrease or remain the same)
Add automatic quoting based on reported quote characters in select queries for ODBC
Case insensitive comparisons where applicable.
Point and Line unions now should work reliably.
Merge Selected Features only available when it makes sense
Move ODBC code to using new error methods
Correct conflicting menu key on Merge Selected Features
Fix handling of single-column CSV/TSV files for text import (such as a list of addresses with no other columns)
Fix possible long drawing freeze in zoom (in particular Zoom to Fit)
Fix bug in shapefile exporter dealing with M values
Fix to KML import that would cause writing to fail and possible crashes when writing out KML imported directly from Google Earth
Fix bug in ODBC error handling code that truncated error messages
Fix bug in copying code that would cause a release failure and crash
Fix bug in importing geocoded or coordinate coded data from databases which resulted in non-matching records being dropped regardless of settings.
Fix bug in selection code that would make selecting with a vertical or horizontal line more difficult. #1293
Fix crash in Merge Selected Features when using non-polygonal features
Fix leak in layer loading code
Fix raster file number handling for decimals not in the US
Fix bug which would cause intermediate directories to be created when saving files in some formats
Disable pop-up windows when in Edit mode to reduce editing confusion.
Fix Revert problem in Map Layout View
Use double-precision temporary values for calculations during manual point moves (mouse or keyboard) and double-project them to make sure that as much accuracy is retained as possible. This addresses problems that arise when manually editing points in a feature at high zoom levels when using coordinate systems such as lat/long which require more precision to operate at small levels. #1299

We'd like to thank all of our users and testers of Cartographica!