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In this release,

• Files with routes and route points are now supported in the same way as tracks. #30, #31, #33, #35
• Files now have a nice icon, rather than the generic text document-like icon. #26, #32
• macOS 10.15 and above users gets Quick Look thumbnails support. (.GPX file's icon will render with a map with the file contents, as icon, rather than static icon) #32
• Quick Look bug fixes for waypoint-only files, etc. #33, #34
• Direction arrows can now be enabled in Settings. It is a feature that shows arrows pointing towards the direction which the track path is showing. #28, #36
• Date and time hover can now be enabled in Settings, if cursor coordinates mode is enabled. This will allow you to see the time of which the particular track/route point was recorded. It will appear when your cursor is hovering roughly 60m or less from the point. #36

Do note that, due to Xcode 14, macOS 10.12 is no longer support by Avenue GPX Viewer. If you need assistance for macOS 10.12 usage for whatever reasons, please do drop an issue here. It might still be possible to compile via Xcode 13 (since I didn't use any new macOS 13 APIs), though I haven't tested that yet.

Release can be downloaded from the Mac App Store.

Special thanks to @pvdb, @tkafka for the ideas & support!

In this (pre)release,

• Preliminary support for <rte> and <rtept>.

Known Issues

• Route distances are not yet calculated.

• The map, along with the GPX tracks and waypoints can be printed or exported as PDF. You may choose the paper, map resolution and other options in the Page Setup menu for this feature, before printing.
• There is now a new preference option that allows you to select distance calculations in show in meters, miles or nautical miles. (App only; behaviour is still the same as before for Quick Look)
• There is now a file icon at the far left side of the toolbar that can be double clicked to view the enclosing folder in Finder. This icon may also be drag and drop to quickly copy the currently opened file, out to anywhere you like.
• There is now another new preference option that allows you to enable a new mode that shows the cursor’s location as the coordinates of the map which it is pointing to.
• Users can now do cmd+c to copy the coordinates which the cursor is currently pointed to. (Format is decimal degrees, “latitude, longitude”).
• Maps now take into account waypoints when loading file. This means that files that contained only waypoints can also be viewed correctly on launch, as the map will auto-position correctly.
• Updated dependencies which Avenue relies on, should fix a crash on launch for specific scenarios.
• Fixes for other miscellaneous bugs.

Should fix issue where apps that uses and already had associated public.gpx as UTI for .gpx, may cause compatibility issues in Avenue.

This is aimed to fix Uniform Type Identifier clashes with other applications that opens GPX files as well.

(Ignore source code, code attached in this release does not yet correspond to binary)

Happy Holidays!

Avenue now has a brand new Quick Look extension that allows you to quickly glance at your .GPX files using Quick Look, or via a Spotlight search. Its icon has also been tweaked slightly, such that it blends in better in macOS Big Sur.

As always, thank you very much for your support in Avenue GPX Viewer, and see you next year! Merry Christmas and have a happy new year!

Thank you for using Avenue GPX Viewer! I hope you enjoyed using it!

For this release,

• More third-party maps are supported: Wikimedia Foundation Maps & CyclOSM Maps are now added!
• Retina third-party maps tile support: by defaults, supported map tiles like CARTO and Wikimedia will now be downloaded in Retina/2x form. If preferred, it is also possible to change it to use 1x/default map tiles in the Preferences.
• Map caching is can now be disabled in the Preferences.
• Estimated total elapsed time of all tracks and segments are now presented on the right side of the toolbar.

This release is a rather sizeable one!

• Supposing more stable :)
• Third party map support (thanks to MapCache)
• Auto resizing mini maps
• Drop Down menu for map type compared to segmented control
• Map type will stay saved with each tab, if app is quitted but restored
• First version to be notarised + submitted to App Store!

I hope you enjoy this release!

Some small changes to look better on Big Sur Beta 1, such as a recompiled binary (not universal) for the new map compass style.

The mini map in this release is more accurate than the previous.

Currently, this release is not signed or notarised, right-click to open. Should be sorted in future releases.