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Route Generatior version 1.11.0 released!
The following new features have been implemented:
- GeoTiff support.
- Possibility to set fixed output resolution for output video's.
- Scrolling/sliding map with fixed resolution of output video when generating movie.
- Because background map resolution can now be higher than the output resolution, you can now specify a ratio in relation to the selected output resolution in the Google maps importer.
- Make it possible to select existing folder again.
- FPS setting now passed correctly to the ffmpeg commandline.
- Possibility to set different file type for generated video frames (e.g. PNG, JPG, etc.)

This version contains several bugfixes and improvements:

• Now using Google map's (web mercator) lat,lon to x,y conversion (GPX import), so routepoints are better projected on the map
• Prevent zoomlevels with decimal numbers in Google map URL's
• Option to select previously saved maps after importing GPX route
• Google maps dialog size and position saved (i.e. dialog has same size and position when re-opened)
• Maximum size for custom vehicles increased
• Smoother vehicle movement, especially when route moves around direct north or south

The following new features have been implemented.

• GPX Import (both routes and tracks)
• Map and route can now be saved and loaded from project files
• Storing Geo coordinates with map and route
• Manually enter FFMpeg commandline options
• Maximize button of google maps
• Increased maximum resolution of google map to 8K
• Default output format of video files now configurable for ffmpeg (default still avi)
• Added map and route status indicators (icons) in status bar
• SVG format support for custom vehicles

Since the introduction of the new ffmpeg, the default pixel format of the output video was always set to yuv444p. This format is not yet supported by many players or video editors. The generator has been changed to always set the pixel format to yuv420p which is more commonly supported.

Route Generator upgraded to version 1.8
* The import from Google maps now works again!
* New version of Zeranoe FFmpeg included (4.1.3)
* Technical details: Upgraded code base to use Qt 5.12

For the rest no new features have been added, but ready for the future.

A new version will now soon be released, with the following new features:
(Thanks to the co-efforts of Fabien Valthier)

Route will be editable (selected points can be moved or deleted after drawing) (Thanks Fabien)
Redo
Increased maximum duration of route
New vehicle setting: Don't rotate with route direction
Other improvements in vehicle settings
Adding custom vehicles made easier
Automatic deleting files when selected output folder not empty
Several bugs fixed

Thanks to the contributions of Fabien Valthier (a new developer for Route Generator from France), the
following features have been added or improved:

-Route generation improvements (smooth route)
-ffmpeg support for Linux
-Start new route button on toolbar
-Vehicle orientation improved
-Dialog to set vehicle settings (size and angle)
-Generate iconless begin/end frames checkbox moved to preferences dialog
-Google maps importer fix (map now scrollable and zoomable)

In this version, automatic route interpolation is implemented (but still needs improvement).
Also undo works.
See release notes for details.

This version of Route Generator contains a minor bugfix. If a route contained more than 1000 frames (i.e. after 40 seconds), the frame numbering went wrong and the bmp2avi conversion failed. Adapted the frame numbering.

The Route Generator source code as now been added to CVS.

I released a minor update of Route Generator, containing better error detection/logging while converting BMP to AVI files (using Bmp2Avi). Some people are having trouble with this stage and hopefully this feature gives some more useful information, if something goes wrong.

Route Generator v1.2 has been released. The main change in this version is that the vehicle icon now changes it's direction, depending on the heading of the drawn route.

Route Generator 1.1 has been made available today. With Route Generator you can make moving routes for your video editing projects.