https://forum.routeconverter.com/ Sat, 10 Oct 2026 02:12:24 +0000 MyBB https://forum.routeconverter.com/thread-4149.html Sun, 23 Aug 2026 19:51:49 +0000 routeconverter]]> https://forum.routeconverter.com/thread-4149.html https://www.routeconverter.com/downloads/

Adds read and write support for the Columbus Fusion track format and the Columbus GNSS GPX extensions, keeps every position list visible on the map while you edit one, and replaces the bundled JavaHelp with web-based help.

New features
- Added Columbus Fusion track format (Type=GNSS, GNSS with satellite info, GNSS+IMU, IMU) with device-local timestamps, waypoint/POI/parking tags, and 3-axis acceleration
- Added Columbus GNSS GPX support: course/hdop extensions, correct km/h speed for current firmware, cb: namespace extensions and standard hdop for new firmware
- Added position list columns: Heading, HDOP, Quality, acceleration (ax/ay/az) — hidden by default, enable via the column header context menu
- Added Parking count and POI count to the track description (TimeAlbum Pro)
- Elevation, heading, HDOP and acceleration are shown with two decimal places
- NMEA: GGA fix quality and HDOP are now read and written; GPX fix element and Columbus Type 1 VALID column map to the quality attribute
- Added distance and duration columns to the Browse panel for comparing routes at a glance
- All position lists stay visible on the map while you edit one: the other routes, tracks and waypoints are drawn in a subdued, read-only shade
- Added a Mapbox access token field (Options -> API Keys) so the Mapbox Satellite layer works with your own token
- Replaced the bundled JavaHelp with web-based help: F1 and the "?" buttons open the matching page in your browser
- Added "Departure time" (Times menu) to fill each position's arrival time from a departure time
- Added "Insert positions" at a fixed interval along a straight line
- Added a "Download POI data" checkbox with remaining-size display and support for the newest POI catalog (v4)
- Added support for current Google Maps URL formats (place links, ?q=, short links) when importing
- Added opt-in anonymous telemetry and crash diagnostics (off by default)
- macOS: files can be opened directly with RouteConverter ("Open with")

Fixes
- Map view (and profile view) could permanently stop updating after appending several files in quick succession; a race between the background map-update queue and newly loaded files could misclassify a pure append as a mid-list edit, desyncing the map from the position list and crashing the update worker (TimeAlbum Pro)
- Opening a file while a long route was still being routed left the map empty for minutes: the discarded route kept calculating leg after leg on the single map-update thread and the new file's rendering had to wait behind it; replacing the route now cancels the in-flight rendering at the next leg
- Opening a route with thousands of positions froze the map for minutes: every straight-line segment was added to the map as a separate AWT event with its own redraw cycle; the straight-line preview is now added in a single batch
- A waypoint list containing a single position without coordinates showed no waypoint markers at all on the map; positions without coordinates are now skipped instead of suppressing every marker
- Selecting redundant positions on a track with tens of thousands of points is now near-instant and can be cancelled (Douglas-Peucker runs off the UI thread)
- F1 over an open menu now opens the help topic of the highlighted menu item instead of the focused panel
- A background position augmentation could crash when the position list shrank mid-run (IndexOutOfBoundsException)
- The world-map background is now shown under any displayed map, not only Mapsforge
- The online map is restored correctly on startup
- Mapsforge map popups (New/Delete) now trigger on press+release and use the correct focus context
- BRouter: fixed a crash when connecting a freshly added position, an unexpected fallback travel mode, and stale segment/lookup data that did not refresh
- Legacy ANSI-encoded KML/GPX files are now decoded correctly instead of showing mojibake
- OpenStreetMap tiles now send a policy-compliant User-Agent
- The color picker no longer janks and colors can be reset to their defaults
- The Java-update dialog no longer points to an outdated version
- Updated translations (including Chinese, French and Spanish)

Full release notes: https://github.com/cpesch/RouteConverter...es/tag/3.6]]> https://www.routeconverter.com/downloads/

Adds read and write support for the Columbus Fusion track format and the Columbus GNSS GPX extensions, keeps every position list visible on the map while you edit one, and replaces the bundled JavaHelp with web-based help.

New features
- Added Columbus Fusion track format (Type=GNSS, GNSS with satellite info, GNSS+IMU, IMU) with device-local timestamps, waypoint/POI/parking tags, and 3-axis acceleration
- Added Columbus GNSS GPX support: course/hdop extensions, correct km/h speed for current firmware, cb: namespace extensions and standard hdop for new firmware
- Added position list columns: Heading, HDOP, Quality, acceleration (ax/ay/az) — hidden by default, enable via the column header context menu
- Added Parking count and POI count to the track description (TimeAlbum Pro)
- Elevation, heading, HDOP and acceleration are shown with two decimal places
- NMEA: GGA fix quality and HDOP are now read and written; GPX fix element and Columbus Type 1 VALID column map to the quality attribute
- Added distance and duration columns to the Browse panel for comparing routes at a glance
- All position lists stay visible on the map while you edit one: the other routes, tracks and waypoints are drawn in a subdued, read-only shade
- Added a Mapbox access token field (Options -> API Keys) so the Mapbox Satellite layer works with your own token
- Replaced the bundled JavaHelp with web-based help: F1 and the "?" buttons open the matching page in your browser
- Added "Departure time" (Times menu) to fill each position's arrival time from a departure time
- Added "Insert positions" at a fixed interval along a straight line
- Added a "Download POI data" checkbox with remaining-size display and support for the newest POI catalog (v4)
- Added support for current Google Maps URL formats (place links, ?q=, short links) when importing
- Added opt-in anonymous telemetry and crash diagnostics (off by default)
- macOS: files can be opened directly with RouteConverter ("Open with")

Fixes
- Map view (and profile view) could permanently stop updating after appending several files in quick succession; a race between the background map-update queue and newly loaded files could misclassify a pure append as a mid-list edit, desyncing the map from the position list and crashing the update worker (TimeAlbum Pro)
- Opening a file while a long route was still being routed left the map empty for minutes: the discarded route kept calculating leg after leg on the single map-update thread and the new file's rendering had to wait behind it; replacing the route now cancels the in-flight rendering at the next leg
- Opening a route with thousands of positions froze the map for minutes: every straight-line segment was added to the map as a separate AWT event with its own redraw cycle; the straight-line preview is now added in a single batch
- A waypoint list containing a single position without coordinates showed no waypoint markers at all on the map; positions without coordinates are now skipped instead of suppressing every marker
- Selecting redundant positions on a track with tens of thousands of points is now near-instant and can be cancelled (Douglas-Peucker runs off the UI thread)
- F1 over an open menu now opens the help topic of the highlighted menu item instead of the focused panel
- A background position augmentation could crash when the position list shrank mid-run (IndexOutOfBoundsException)
- The world-map background is now shown under any displayed map, not only Mapsforge
- The online map is restored correctly on startup
- Mapsforge map popups (New/Delete) now trigger on press+release and use the correct focus context
- BRouter: fixed a crash when connecting a freshly added position, an unexpected fallback travel mode, and stale segment/lookup data that did not refresh
- Legacy ANSI-encoded KML/GPX files are now decoded correctly instead of showing mojibake
- OpenStreetMap tiles now send a policy-compliant User-Agent
- The color picker no longer janks and colors can be reset to their defaults
- The Java-update dialog no longer points to an outdated version
- Updated translations (including Chinese, French and Spanish)

Full release notes: https://github.com/cpesch/RouteConverter...es/tag/3.6]]> https://forum.routeconverter.com/thread-4133.html Fri, 03 Jul 2026 16:18:32 +0000 routeconverter]]> https://forum.routeconverter.com/thread-4133.html
The Windows installers and the standalone Java artifacts are now code-signed (via the SignPath Foundation), so Windows SmartScreen and Defender no longer warn about them. The app moves to Java 21, the macOS bundle now launches cleanly on Apple Silicon, and there's a round of fixes for download integrity, the background map, and KML/GPX parsing. No new features this time — the POI search arrived in 3.4.

Note: the standalone jar now needs Java 21 or later (the installers bundle their own runtime).

Download: https://releases.routeconverter.com — full notes: https://github.com/cpesch/RouteConverter...es/tag/3.5]]>
The Windows installers and the standalone Java artifacts are now code-signed (via the SignPath Foundation), so Windows SmartScreen and Defender no longer warn about them. The app moves to Java 21, the macOS bundle now launches cleanly on Apple Silicon, and there's a round of fixes for download integrity, the background map, and KML/GPX parsing. No new features this time — the POI search arrived in 3.4.

Note: the standalone jar now needs Java 21 or later (the installers bundle their own runtime).

Download: https://releases.routeconverter.com — full notes: https://github.com/cpesch/RouteConverter...es/tag/3.5]]> https://forum.routeconverter.com/thread-4124.html Sun, 07 Jun 2026 08:52:57 +0000 routeconverter]]> https://forum.routeconverter.com/thread-4124.html POI databases and a Mapsforge geocoding service in FindPlace. The Find Places dialog has been rebuilt with a sortable table, queries every
configured geocoding service in parallel, and shows the category and type of each POI in a dedicated column. Under the hood the build moves to
Java 25 and the third-party repository now lives at `mvn.routeconverter.com`. Plus the usual round of fixes — timezone
handling for tracks with an offset, WBT-202 tracks that start at zero distance, stale-download avoidance, and a number of UI smaller polish
items.

And it solves the infamous "java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Comparison method violates its general contract" so please download it.]]> POI databases and a Mapsforge geocoding service in FindPlace. The Find Places dialog has been rebuilt with a sortable table, queries every
configured geocoding service in parallel, and shows the category and type of each POI in a dedicated column. Under the hood the build moves to
Java 25 and the third-party repository now lives at `mvn.routeconverter.com`. Plus the usual round of fixes — timezone
handling for tracks with an offset, WBT-202 tracks that start at zero distance, stale-download avoidance, and a number of UI smaller polish
items.

And it solves the infamous "java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Comparison method violates its general contract" so please download it.]]> https://forum.routeconverter.com/thread-4096.html Wed, 25 Feb 2026 20:34:32 +0000 routeconverter]]> https://forum.routeconverter.com/thread-4096.html News page for details.]]> News page for details.]]> https://forum.routeconverter.com/thread-4068.html Fri, 17 Oct 2025 12:51:16 +0000 routeconverter]]> https://forum.routeconverter.com/thread-4068.html News page for details.]]> News page for details.]]> https://forum.routeconverter.com/thread-3914.html Sat, 27 Jul 2024 14:24:02 +0000 routeconverter]]> https://forum.routeconverter.com/thread-3914.html News page for details.]]> News page for details.]]> https://forum.routeconverter.com/thread-3848.html Sun, 17 Dec 2023 11:55:28 +0000 routeconverter]]> https://forum.routeconverter.com/thread-3848.html News page for details.]]> News page for details.]]> https://forum.routeconverter.com/thread-3836.html Sun, 22 Oct 2023 15:13:47 +0000 routeconverter]]> https://forum.routeconverter.com/thread-3836.html
Some people have already noticed it: RouteConverter requires Java 17 as a minimum in the prerelease versions. This has allowed many old pieces of code to be removed. The RouteConverter for Windows EXE version no longer searches for a suitable Java on your machine via the Windows registry but via environment variables in this order:

1. %JAVA_HOME%
   
2. %PATH%
   

Small bonus: with the prerelease version you can now upload error reports and edit the route catalog again. I haven't tested any other versions.

As always, feedback is welcome!]]>
Some people have already noticed it: RouteConverter requires Java 17 as a minimum in the prerelease versions. This has allowed many old pieces of code to be removed. The RouteConverter for Windows EXE version no longer searches for a suitable Java on your machine via the Windows registry but via environment variables in this order:

1. %JAVA_HOME%
   
2. %PATH%
   

Small bonus: with the prerelease version you can now upload error reports and edit the route catalog again. I haven't tested any other versions.

As always, feedback is welcome!]]> https://forum.routeconverter.com/thread-3647.html Sat, 10 Sep 2022 06:05:10 +0000 routeconverter]]> https://forum.routeconverter.com/thread-3647.html releases page for details!]]> releases page for details!]]> https://forum.routeconverter.com/thread-3585.html Fri, 18 Feb 2022 14:03:30 +0000 routeconverter]]> https://forum.routeconverter.com/thread-3585.html releases page for details!]]> releases page for details!]]> https://forum.routeconverter.com/thread-3200.html Fri, 10 Sep 2021 08:01:58 +0000 routeconverter]]> https://forum.routeconverter.com/thread-3200.html releases page for details!]]> releases page for details!]]> https://forum.routeconverter.com/thread-3105.html Tue, 24 Nov 2020 10:30:14 +0000 routeconverter]]> https://forum.routeconverter.com/thread-3105.html releases page for details!]]> releases page for details!]]> https://forum.routeconverter.com/thread-3043.html Mon, 06 Jul 2020 13:25:01 +0000 routeconverter]]> https://forum.routeconverter.com/thread-3043.html releases page for details!]]> releases page for details!]]> https://forum.routeconverter.com/thread-2958.html Tue, 07 Jan 2020 14:49:59 +0000 routeconverter]]> https://forum.routeconverter.com/thread-2958.html releases page for details!]]> releases page for details!]]> https://forum.routeconverter.com/thread-2834.html Mon, 20 May 2019 08:36:13 +0000 routeconverter]]> https://forum.routeconverter.com/thread-2834.html releases page for details!]]> releases page for details!]]>