> > I use Viking frequently for planning of bicycle tours and I find it a > great app for doing that. Then I download the gpx.-files to my Android > Smartphone and use them with the App "Osmand" for navigation.
I believe your system has Viking 1.4.X (1.4.2 probably). Some of the features are in Viking 1.5.1. There is a PPA for 1.5.1 Ubuntu here: https://launchpad.net/~rw-norris/+archive/viking For information about and using PPAs see here: http://askubuntu.com/questions/4983/what-are-ppas-and-how-do-i-use-them > Yet I miss the following features: > 1) When selecting a trackpoint, you can display its distance from the > start and the end of the respective track in a pop-up. # >From 1.5 onwards: Distance from the start is shown on the statusbar when a >trackpoint is selected. I can add an option to show the distance from the end too, but unlikely to make this a default. I'm not sure how to add a popup to the UI, so for now it will remain in the statusbar - so unfortunately the amount of information that can be seen is limited, especially by the overall window width. > > 2) The map can also be moved by arrow-keys and not just by > mouse-pointer. # Then I needn't release the planning tools for moving > the map. At least in KDE of Kubuntu the arrow keys don't work. The arrow keys work for me in Unity, Lubuntu and Kubuntu versions of Ubuntu. You must use the *control* key at the same time as the arrow keys. Admittedly I'm not sure why Viking needs the control key modifier as well as the arrow key, it's been like that since the very first version of Viking. I note that the need of the control key (or that any key can move the map) is missing from the manual, so I can understand why you'd think this feature is not available. I'll fix the manual and probably make it work without the control key too. > > 3) The possibility to change the language of Viking within the app. # I > prefer running Viking in English on my German Kubuntu, as the help is in > English. This is fairly non-standard. I can't think of much software that allows changing the language of the interface within the program itself. The best way is to edit the way Viking is started to force the language desired. >From the command line (bash) e.g.: LANG=C; viking more generally: LANG=<lang code>; viking Here you'd need to make sure <lang code> is available on your system, such as en_GB.UTF-8. Normally you can edit desktop shortcuts to do the same thing. Checkout your favourite search engine to find out the exact details you'll need > 4) Support of the server http://www.openrouteservice.org/ for routing. # > It offers routing for bicycle and (to my experience in Germany) delivers > good results. I don't believe ORS actually returns 'results' (i.e. in GPX or JSON) to requests that Viking can use. I think it internally uses the request parameters to draw results in it's website interface only. ORS doesn't seem to be working as I write to confirm this, so I'll check again later. Hope that helps, Be Seeing You - Rob. If at first you don't succeed, then skydiving isn't for you. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ HPCC Systems Open Source Big Data Platform from LexisNexis Risk Solutions Find What Matters Most in Your Big Data with HPCC Systems Open Source. Fast. Scalable. Simple. Ideal for Dirty Data. Leverages Graph Analysis for Fast Processing & Easy Data Exploration http://p.sf.net/sfu/hpccsystems _______________________________________________ Viking-devel mailing list Viking-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/viking-devel Viking home page: http://viking.sf.net/
