Hubrisware

Version 1.0.6 is a maintenance release that fixes a long standing problem certain users (all in the UK to my knowledge) have had when exporting to KML.  Some users implied that this was an issue when exporting “long” tracks.   As with the problem that surfaced in version 1.0.2, however, this turned out to be related to the strange way Android behaves when translating dates formatted for specific locales to and/from strings.   Thanks to Rob in the UK for helping me track this nasty one down.

If you are one of the majority of users that can export to KML correctly with earlier versions, this version will add no new functionality.

dave RideTrac

1.0.5 is a major new release featuring new capabilities based on the most frequent user requests:

• Exported files can now be explicitly named.  Previous versions automatically named exports based on the date/time.  This is still the default.
• GPX files from RideTrac or other programs can now be imported into your database for use in RideTrac.  Files must be in the normal ridetrac directory and have the .gpx extension.
• Loaded tracks can now be custom colored by various range coloring algorithms for ride analysis:
  1. color by absolute elevation (i.e. GPS reported altitude)
  2. color by relative elevation (i.e. measured from track starting point)
  3. color by gradient percentage (i.e. steepness)
  4. color by speed
• New preferences for range coloring algorithms to set both colors and range values allows for customization to your typical riding conditions
• New Color Chooser dialog replaces textual color input for all color-related preferences

In addition:

• Context menu activated from statistics display controls track drawing modes
• Track drawing can now de disabled
• Better error handling in export to help debug occasional problems certain users have had with exporting longer tracks to KML

What’s not new:

Still haven’t changed the icons, even though some people think they’re kindergarden, fuzzy, etc.  The reason they are fuzzy is that:

1. I’m a software developer and a bike rider, but not much of an artist
2. I spent too much times on the original icons but they were kind of small, so rather than redo them I just zoomed them - hence the fuzzy kindergarden-ness

I’ll get around to that eventually, but I’ve concentrated on feaures over looks so far.  If there are any users out there who’d like to speed this up and contribute cleaner icons please contact me at support@hubrisware.com.

dave RideTrac