Extra POI Editor by TurboCCC

Changes from v5.97 to beta v5.98

   Added ability to change the geocoding match level in Preferences. Default is street number (door level) but can be changed to street address (street level). Helps for some countries.


Changes from v5.96 to beta v5.97

   Fixed default circle to 30m when drawing the first time.
   Fixed EPE crash when updating a bearing that does not exit.
   Fixed Geocoding issue which was not returning coordinates in some conditions.


Changes from v5.95 to beta v5.96

   Added ability to view Bearing Alerts on MAP in POI Edit window. Note that EPE will use circle list when saving to .gpi if circles are present. Otherwise, bearing list is used.


Changes from v5.94 to beta v5.95

   Added back route display in View POIs on MAP. Each route has a different color.
   In the POI Edit page, a right-click on the map can be used to move POI market to a new position. It is still possible to drag the POI marker.
   Fixed an issue where EPE would crash when grabbing alert circles in POI Edit window.
   Fixed an issue where the alert circles would not get redrawn after pressing the geocoding button in the POI Edit window.


Changes from v5.93 to beta v5.94

   Added back the StreetView in View menu. Select one poi and check it on StreetView.
   Added back the View POIs on MAP in view menu. View all loaded POIs on the map.
   Still missing: view routes on map (feature lost since v5.91). Working on it.


Changes from v5.92 to beta v5.93

   Added back the circle list. Cool! In the POI Edit page, you can add alert circles directly on the map. Use "Grab Circles" button afterward.


Changes from v5.91 to beta v5.92

   Currently fixing the java script errors since goggle updated the API to v3.19. No additional functionalities compared to v5.91


Changes from v5.35 to beta v5.91

   Currently fixing the java script errors since goggle updated the API to v3. A few things are still not working: View All POI on Map, display circles on POI edit map and View POI on Route. Rest should be ok. Working on fixing everything.


Changes from v5.32 to beta v5.35

   Fixed the Geocoding and Batch Geocoding functions
   Reduced the maximum POI loaded in EPE to 500,000 instead of 1,000,000.
   Fixed a runtime error when hitting the Grab button before the map is drawn in the POI Edit window.

Changes from v5.30 to beta v5.32

   Fixed "Open in BaseCamp" with the new BaseCamp Beta v3.0.2.0
   Added a way to reset the EPE windows position when starting EPE while holding the shift key.
   Fixed something related to Add New POI (maybe Prev button autosaving new POI)


Changes from v5.29 to beta v5.30

   Uses markers from a different site. Fixes the missing markers on View All POIs on Map and the markers for the circles in the POI edit window.


Changes from v5.27 to beta v5.29

   Added lon/lat coordinates to the right click menu "Copy POI to Clipboard" function.
   Opens the POI Edit window when double-clicking a POI in the Find Duplicates window.
   You can select more than one circle at a time in the POI Edit window. Then you can delete the selected circles. You can also update one of the 3 fields just by leaving the others empty.


Changes from v5.24 to beta v5.27

   Added 4-bit bitmap support to map symbol when saving as .gpi (any size - not just multiple of 8 pixels)
   Forced GoogleEarth to start in a maximized window.
   Displayed an error message when GoogleEarth or MapSource executable could not be found
   Improved Find Duplicates function for POI files with tons of duplicates.


Changes from v4.88 to beta v5.24

   Added .gpi in the "Save As" file type. Incomplete beta for testing.
   wav or mp3 with same name as poi file are now saved to .gpi
   Added gpx extensions to read/write circle list and bearing list for directional POI.
   Display the proximity circle around the POI and the circle list in the POI Edit map.
   Right click to add new alert circles on the map in the POI Edit window.
   Fixed some special characters in POI Edit title and GoogleEarth.
   Restored original fonts and size in the main windows.
   Added file type .xls and .xlsx in the Merge Open menu.
   Added @Speed units in the Preferences (it follows the CSV File Read and Save units).
   Added "Emulate POI Loader" in the Preferences. Used when saving to .GPI file. When checked, the .gpi file will be nearly identical to POI Loader and the POIs will appear in the Extras/Custom POIs. When unchecked, your custom icon will appear in the Where-To menu.
   Added "Alternate Where-To Icon Format". Different GPS uses different format. Check or uncheck depending if the Where-To icon looks bad on your GPS. Normally, check for newer GPS (like 37xx) and uncheck for older ones (like 760).
   Added "Path to GPI file Icons" in the Preferences. This specifies the path to your Where-To icon bitmaps or your custom Map Symbols.
   Added "Export by Filename", "Export by Symbol" and "Export by Country"in the file menu.
   Added an automatic save of all POIs in EPE to a temp file in the EPE folder every 10-15 minutes. If EPE crashes, EPE will propose to open the recovery file. Otherwise, EPE deletes the temp file on exit.
   Added command-line option "-o file.ext" to save automatically the specified input file(s) to a file named file.ext. [ext] must be GPX, CSV, GPI, OV2, MGLN, XLS or XLSX. The -o must be the last option on the command-line. For example: "Extra_POI_Editor Rest_Areas_NY.gpx -o Rest_Areas_NY.gpi".
   Opened a default account for EPE on Geonames.org to use free service. EPE users can also login at Geonames and put their own username in the Preferences to have their own quota.
   Fixed a unit conversion issue when saving using 4-Column CSV.
   Corrected an issue with html characters in kml file causing the saved gpx not to open in MapSource.
   Corrected a symbol display issue when typing an unknown symbol name in the POI Edit window and a bad symbol icon was shown.
   Clicking a POI in the Duplicate list was not always selecting the correct POI. Fixed.
   Uses the last extension saved to as the default extension (checks the file type combo value)
   By user request, there has now 72 possible column assignments for CSV/XLS files.
   By user request, increased the number of CSV Profiles to 20 (v5.21 fixes a bug with profiles above 10).


Changes from v4.84 to v4.88

   Removed "Nuvi 760" label by user request
   Fixed a scroll issue preventing from selecting the last 1-3 POIs.
   Added command-line parameter -reset to clear the registry before running EPE. Just type: "Extra_POI_Editor -reset" in a DOS box and this will clear the registry of any invalid EPE entry. This can be used when your EPE does not appear on the screen anymore or if you have a runtime error.


Changes from v4.80 to v4.84

   Added Sort by Category. Works better with single category per POI.
   Fixed a runtime error.
   Fixed a runtime error when saving to MGLN (Norvegian Locale)
   Force decimal dot as decimal separator when reading/saving to XLS file.
   Improved EXIF parsing for geocoded JPG files.
   Cleared a residual image when doing a File->New
   Corrected a route issue when more than one route in a file.
   Corrected an "end of road" optimization issue.
   Fixed a route issue when reading route from Favorites.
   Added a couple shortcut keys.
   Fixed Ctrl-F conflict with F key
   Corrected jump to next POI starting with pressed letter in main POI window to ensure proper POI was selected.


Changes from v4.70 to v4.80

   COOL! Added "Save as" Magellan .MGLN file (Got it! At last!)
   COOL! Added button in POI Edit window to MAXIMIZE/MINIMIZE the Map.
   COOL! Import a gpx file with route. You can view the route2 using View All POIs on MAP.
   COOL! Find all POIs close to a route (in Edit menu) by specifying a distance from the route.
   COOL! In the POI Edit window, you can right click on the map and find new functions to move or center the marker.
   Remember all EPE's user windows position. When EPE restarts, each window will be restored at their last position.
   Removed confirmation pop-up when clicking "Replace All" in the Field Replace window.
   Improved "Sort by Best Route" when in non-rural areas (unknown route issue)
   In POI List window, typing a letter will make the list scroll to the next POI starting with that letter. When the last POI name with that letter is reached, it wraps around to the start.
   Fixed the Arrow Up and Arrow Down to scroll in the POI List window.
   Added Home and End key to jump to first and last POI in the POI Edit window.
   Added directives for the StreetView(tm) view in the View menu.
   Added a right click menu item in POI List to open selected POI in GoogleEarth(tm).
   Added a right click menu item in POI List to open selected POI in StreetView(tm).
   Yet another fix with special characters in POI name when reading from an OV2 file.
   Renamed POI to have unique name when saving to MGLN.
   When exporting to Excel, limited max length of a column to 911 characters to workaround a bug in Excel 2003. This means Description column may be clipped if more than 911 characters.
   In Find Duplicates, logic is changed and EPE will delete Checked POIs (not the Unchecked ones).
   Corrected a bug when extracting POIs with multiple categories from the Favorites.
   Forced UTF-8 encoding when saving to Favorites.
   Added POI Name in title bar of the POI Edit window. Useful when map is maximized.


Changes from v4.60 to v4.70

   Added multi-category support
   Added "Sort by Route" to sort all POIs as a route from the selected POI. Once done, you can View All POIs on Map and see the best order to visit them all.
   Increased the Comment field limit to 1000 chars. Some gps models may clip at 200.


Changes from v4.49 to v4.60

   Added "Save to Garmin Favorites"
   Added concatenated address information from POI to Comment field in MapSource (Open in MS fonction)
   Better search for Favorites on some 1xx0 models.
   Added support to display Batch Geocoding report in Notepad for Windows 2000.


   Improved some html processing (more colors). Still ignore font size, sub, sup, ... commands.
   Search for Current.gpx in GPX\Current.gpx for nuvi 1690
   Corrected a crash issue when saving to a file already opened by another application.
   Corrected a problem with command-line prompts with folder name with spaces and double quotes.
   Corrected a bug in CSV passing with "" (double double-quotes)


   Convert special characters in file path to http/MapSource valid characters.


Changes from v4.47 to v4.49

   Speed convertions were not done when importing a CSV file with a Speed column.
   Replaced
by
for 7x5 models to have a valid line break.
   Added Excel *.XLSX filter in file open/save dialogs.
   Corrected a display bug in the More windown when
were used.
   Remove ending empty fields when saving to M-Col CSV (and avoid ,,,,,)
   Disable Streetview, View all POI on Map and Open Link field when internet disabled.


Changes from v4.22 to v4.47

   Added a View menu to see all POIs on the map.
   Corrected a bug introduced in 4.22 while doing a File->New in certain conditions.
   Checks csv for unbalanced double quotes.
   Corrected a bad kml file parsing leading to loss of international characters
   Added a checkbox in the Preferences to remove the column header in the CSV output.
   Restored some keyboard shortcuts in pop-ups, menus and others.
   Corrected a problem causing Favorites not to be loaded.
   Added a save confirmation with the number of POI saved (only for Save, not Save As).
   Corrected encoding string in GPX header which was not following Preferences.
   Added XLS read file support (reads all worksheets using M-Column Assignment)
   Added fast XLS write file support including SaveAs and Export by State or Categories. Do not forget to set your M-Column Assignment first. It will also auto format the row & column size to the data in the worksheets.
   Forced UTF-8 encoding to prevent script errors in View All POIs on Map.
   Improve auto center view and zoom level on View All POI on Map.
   Changed the default path to Notepad for WinXP & Vista
   Added "mailto:" in front of an email link when calling the "Open in MapSource" menu.
   Corrected a script error when lon/lat coordinates were not valid
   KML file are now encoder in UTF-8 to support foreign language. Better for GoogleEarth.
   Corrected a problem causing a script error in View All POIs on Map when the default map type was set to "Normal".
   Enabled text drag & drop in POI Edit window. Used to drag&drop highlighted text from other applications into the text boxes.
   Enabled Ctrl-A for text boxes in POI Edit window
   Enabled Ctrl-W to enable/disable internet in main page or POI Edit window. Added also a "Enable Internet" under Options.
   Improved HTML parsing in the More window.
   Improved kml parsing with default location placemark.
   Corrected a type mismatch error when saving to OV2 with Norvegian locale.


Changes from v4.21 to v4.22

   Corrected a parsing problem with KML files without line breaks.
   Corrected a program crash issue when File->New is invoked in certain conditions.
   I think I got the mouse click getting crazy on the scroll bar in the POI List window.


Changes from v4.20 to v4.21

   Added basic support to read geocaching .LOC file
   Corrected path search for GoogleEarth which could not be found with last GE update.
   Corrected Maps Delay reverting to 0 when 0.1 and 0.5 were used.
   Corrected wrong Map Type when clicking the geocoding button in the POI Edit window.
   Added a file not saved confirmation when opening a new file and previous file was not saved.
   Corrected a command-line parsing problem when the file path contained spaces and it was not between double quotes.
   Corrected an issue with .GPX extension that were not registered properly if the .GPX file had been registered first with "Open With".


Changes from v4.12 to v4.20

   Added possibility to register .GPX, .OV2 and .MGLN files to EPE in the Preferences. This will open automatically EPE when you double click on a file with a registered extension.
   Added possibility to drag&drop files directly over Extra_POI_Editor.exe. Files will be merged if you drag&drop more than one files at a time.
   Added possibility to drag&drop files directly over EPE's title bar. Files will be merged if you drag&drop more than one files at a time.
   Added icons in menus just to have fun and add a nice look.
   Added a default map type selection in the Preferences.
   Added 'Terrain' view in the map window and a "Earth" view in the POI Edit window.
   Added a Cancel button when the application closes and the current file is not saved.
   Added a Cancel button in the POI Edit window and the user tries to quit this POI without having lon/lat coordinates and a POI Name.


Changes from v4.11 to v4.12

   Disable the up/down arrows in the top left POI List window when needed.
   Added some keybord key support (page up, page down and delete) to navigate in the top left POI window.
   Corrected gpx parsing issue when lon/lat are inverted in the file.
   Reduced the size of the POI Edit window for low res desktop.
   Added a cancel button in the "File not saved" dialog to cancel program termination.


Changes from v4.10 to v4.11

   Fixed the aspect ratio display of picture in the Image window.
   Added support for CSV file with LF instead of CRLF as the end of line.
   Added a default file name in "Save As" dialog.
   Corrected a unit problem when reading from CSV


Changes from v4.07 to v4.10

   Added "Export by State" and "Export by Category". Both will save POIs in multiple GPX, CSV or OV2 files by State or Category. So cool! If you use these functions to export as KML, it will create only one file, but all POI will be regrouped into sub-folders inside the KML file. Just click on the KML file to open in GoogleEarth and see the regrouped POIs. Even cooler!
   Improved field separation with reverse geocoding.
   Corrected 4-Column CSV assignment reading from registry at start-up.
   Discard empty CSV line.
   Better handling of double quotes in CSV files.


Changes from v4.06 to v4.07

   Corrected a symbol lookup problem. For example, "Gas Station" was pointing to an anchor. 3 Symbols were affected.
   Corrected a bug preventing EPE from terminating when images were enabled and maps disabled and closing EPE using the X (top right).


Changes from v4.05 to v4.06

   Corrected (again) a problem when geocoding and an apartment number was present in the address.
   Corrected a bug preventing EPE from terminating when images were enabled and maps disabled.


Changes from v4.04 to v4.05

   Improved the categories (added categories from MapSource and those from the input file.
   Restored categories read from Magellan files in category field.
   Corrected a problem when geocoding and an apartment number was present in the address.


Changes from v4.03 to v4.04

   Added some missing complex fields in M-Column CSV File Save.
   Decided to force separators in complex field formatting in M-Column CSV File Save even if some fields are missing. For "Address, City, State" it could lead to ", , " if M-Column CSV output if all 3 fields are missing. Previously, it would have lead to "". I did this because when you have partial fields like "123 Main St, , CA", you can still decode it afterward.
   Improved address parsing for geocoding.
   Other minor changes.


Changes from v4.02 to v4.03

   Enforced 127-character limit on POI Name + Phone when saving to OV2 output.


Changes from v4.01 to v4.02

   Added CSV field "Address, City, State PostCode, Phone" for M-Column CSV import.
   Added PostCode field to Geocoding request in the POI Edit window.
   Added File->Open Garmin Favorites. This should open your Current.gpx file directly on your GPS assuming this one is connected with the USB. You can save back after making changes. Remember that you cannot delete any POI. Just add or modify them. Sometimes, your GPS may create a duplicate of a POI if you change it too much. Just delete the old POI manually.
   Corrected a problem where the first POI in a GPX file could not be read into EPE.


Changes from v4.00 to v4.01

   Added new field type (Address | City State PostCode | Phone) in M-Column CSV for loading CSV files. Improved also field separation when complex field types are used.
   Corrected a major memory leak causing EPE to jam if the POI Edit window is opened and closed often. Update to 4.01 is mandatory.
   Added a startup path in Preferences. This path will be used for the first File->Open. If the path is left empty, the first open will be in the EPE application forder.
   Added a Preferences to indicate if the GPX timestamps should be written for each POI, at the file level only or not at all.
   Added a Preferences to disable all internet activity for computers w/o internet.
   Added a prompt when saving to an existing file.


Changes from v1.00 to v4.00

   Refer to the History section in the Readme.txt