# Viking 1.11 - release 2026-01-11 ## Headline Features - Return to OpenStreetMap (https://openstreet.org) as the Map Default. - Raster tiles from https://opentopomap.org is depreciated. - Read support of Garmin .FIT files. - [SF#135](https://sourceforge.net/p/viking/feature-requests/135): Support Georef layer image rotation. - [SF#151](https://sourceforge.net/p/viking/feature-requests/151): Enable visual status indicator of each tile cache. - More support for GPX fields: URL/Link properties. - Support reading as much information as read in from invalid GPX files (rather than just giving up). - More support for KML properties: snippet, track color, name and description. - New TAC analysis for consecutive squares in linear directions. - Support daylight times and basic astronomical data using libnova. - Support Waypoint proximity alarms. - GPX Lap support read only display output in tooltips and a table view. - [GH#148](https://github.com/viking-gps/viking/issues/148): Allow horizontal scroll on preferences. - [GH#152](https://github.com/viking-gps/viking/issues/152): GeoRef Zoomed in image fast redraw. - [GH#160](https://github.com/viking-gps/viking/issues/160): Support reading compressed .xz and .gzip files (for any supported Geodata files within). - [GH#194](https://github.com/viking-gps/viking/issues/194): Add Reload Viking file from disk. - [GH#211](https://github.com/viking-gps/viking/issues/211): Support opening files in existing running instance via command line '-r'. - [GH#238](https://github.com/viking-gps/viking/issues/238): Enable a view of all the Map Ids available. - [GH#241](https://github.com/viking-gps/viking/issues/241): Improve Waypoint dialog layout. - [GH#243](https://github.com/viking-gps/viking/issues/243): Improved keyboard zoom controls, including Ctrl+'0' to restore default zoom. - [GH#266](https://github.com/viking-gps/viking/issues/266): Make Adding New Maps Go On Top. - [GH#307](https://github.com/viking-gps/viking/issues/307): Enable showing OSM zoom levels in tooltips. - [GH#339](https://github.com/viking-gps/viking/issues/339): Change default download setting to follow all redirects. AKA Fix use of OSM Mapnik. - [GH#344](https://github.com/viking-gps/viking/issues/344): Fix printing on Wayland. - Use https by default for most data/configurations. - Enable running with an alternate configuration directory as specified (on command line). - Aggregate layer: add some analysis by 'active days' to accompany per track statistics. - Enable per map layer tile cache expiry age. - Enable (this) NEWS to be viewed from within the main program. - Enable property 'user-agent' for download requests. - Github workflow for CI Testing purposes. - C23 compatibility. - Many Internal Improvements + Fixes.
## SourceForge [Bugs](https://sourceforge.net/p/viking/bugs) Fixed - SF Bugs#162: Fix rounding issue in test parsing lat/lon on i386. - SF Bugs#171: Fix loading large waypoint symbols. ## Github [Issues](https://github.com/viking-gps/viking/issues) Fixes - [GH#149](https://github.com/viking-gps/viking/issues/149): Fix incorrect limitation of easting input values for UTM. - [GH#170](https://github.com/viking-gps/viking/issues/170): Fix auto download of map tiles when 'check-file-server-time' is false. - [GH#175](https://github.com/viking-gps/viking/issues/175): Fix ruler drawing may crash program due to uninitialized values. - [GH#184](https://github.com/viking-gps/viking/issues/184): Fix MD5 check on MacOS. - [GH#187](https://github.com/viking-gps/viking/issues/187): MBTiles file format checks. - [GH#214](https://github.com/viking-gps/viking/issues/214): Resolve keyboard shortcut conflicts in Edit menu. - [GH#240](https://github.com/viking-gps/viking/issues/240): Fix missing tool-tips for some commands. - [GH#270](https://github.com/viking-gps/viking/issues/270): Prevent unnecessary precision in web requests. - [GH#279](https://github.com/viking-gps/viking/issues/279): Fix default ordering of items. - [GH#293](https://github.com/viking-gps/viking/issues/293): Fix escaping accented characters on URL search. - [GH#295](https://github.com/viking-gps/viking/issues/295): Flatpak: Upgrade to the latest KDE runtime 5.15-24-8 (that is congruent with gpsbabel build). - [GH#306](https://github.com/viking-gps/viking/issues/306): Avoid requesting maps outside zoom limits on F5 refresh. - [GH#317](https://github.com/viking-gps/viking/issues/317): Ensure Default Layers dialog updates widget sensitivities. - [GH#337](https://github.com/viking-gps/viking/issues/337): Ensure print preview has GTK3 implementation. ## Depreciations since 1.10 - Depreciate GPSMapper and GPSPoint export options. Also as usual, many other smaller fixes and features - see the source code history. ## Build minimums: - C++17. For Mapnik rendering support (on by default). Disable with '--disable-mapnik' configure option. - Nova Library. Package typically 'libnova-dev' or similar, providing Astronomical data (on by default). Disable with '--disable-nova' configure option. ## Files Available on [SourceForge](https://sourceforge.net/projects/viking/files/) + [Github](https://github.com/viking-gps/viking/releases) Source Code (.tar.gz + .tar.bz2) Binaries: Windows .exe + Linux Flatpak. Flatpak on Flathub should be available shortly... [Flathub](https://github.com/flathub/org.viking.Viking/) ## Contributors Rob Norris Eoin Mcloughlin Guilhem Bonnefille Göran Uddeborg Matthew Hague Nikolay Korotkiy Otto Liljalaakso Starnuto di topo danieldegroot2 djnamurlug 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson -- Be Seeing You - Rob. If at first you don't succeed, then skydiving isn't for you.
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