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GCStatistic Changelog

What's new in GCStatistic 1.9.9 Beta 1

Sep 21, 2012
  • Support for the new translations at PQ download. By changes in the wordings some fields were not properly recognized.
  • The annual statistics should now be correctly displayed when searching for more than 10 years.

New in GCStatistic 1.9.8 (Feb 21, 2012)

  • New Icon
  • In the section 'findings as icon bar' can now be tried out an experimental feature: summarized findings on the same day by the context.
  • Change Icon
  • The limit for the posts in the 'Finds by Owner' list was increased at the request of 99 to 200.
  • When the icons in the 'findings as icon bar' was in the HTML code of the framework away the pictures. This should improve the output in some browsers.
  • Icon Bug
  • If you removed the password request button will be grayed out and not reactivated when a new password was entered. This bug was fixed.

New in GCStatistic 1.9.7 (Oct 9, 2011)

  • Innovations:
  • The path for the downloads of the update and the GPX file can be adjusted via the settings now.
  • For your own cards can now also be selected as the default Cyprus.
  • With the badges, the level 'cardboard' now also be hidden.
  • In the distance distribution, there are other nuances and empty distances can be summarized at the end.
  • Under their own lists can now also remove the data (as in the FTF-list) show.
  • Changes:
  • Adjustments to the login routine to the most recent changes to the Global Compact website.
  • The list of all the finds as an icon now shows the cache name if you stop your cursor over an icon. For these special characters should now list no longer come out of kilter.
  • If the window for their own lists of changes in the width now adjusts the column names in the cache.
  • Bug fixes:
  • Passwords with rare Unicode characters should now also be recognized correctly.
  • For your own pay two countries were named incorrectly.
  • The link to the mdCachingPoints been corrected.
  • Number of recognized countries in the map of Europe on the corrected detected by Groundspeak 58th

New in GCStatistic 1.9.4 Beta 1 (Jun 6, 2011)

  • Innovations:
  • As an output language for statistics can now be selected Czech. Here, a special thanks to Kohoutaci for the translation.
  • At the request of a user not added another free section.
  • Changes:
  • Various internal changes to restore compatibility with the new page to Groundspeak. With the recent changes were all server connections disrupted and no longer the layout of the statistics look at.
  • Bug fixes:
  • In the footer of their own lists (and list FTF) was inadvertently with the cache date and not expect the discovery date.
  • When importing the Cacheattributte are now checked for validity and ignored for wrong GPX files without crashing.
  • Small imperfections in the source code and output text fixed.

New in GCStatistic 1.9.3 (Mar 8, 2011)

  • Added a new section with badges (thanks to myGEOtools).
  • Added a region map and flags for Sweden.
  • Section with own maps now include a preset for Sweden.
  • New matrix added to show your finds acc. day/month of cache placement.
  • Added a section that allows you to include any text file similar to the free sections.
  • Some tweaks to better support multi/family nicknames ('x & y have 2 finds' instead of 'x & y has 2 finds').
  • New entry in section text statistics: Most regions on a single day.
  • You can now add a column displaying the status 'Archived' to your own cache lists.
  • Changed country flags to more beautiful versions. Thanks to releasethedogs for the hint.
  • You can now limit your own cache lists to the latest x entrys.
  • Workaround for the missing gpx file tag that allows recognition of 10 years special caches.
  • Some internat tweaks and a typo corrected.

New in GCStatistic 1.9.2 (Nov 22, 2010)

  • Bars in the attribute section for 'NO' attributes shown again if color profile is not set to graphic bars.

New in GCStatistic 1.9.1 (Oct 25, 2010)

  • Fixed a stupid bug resulting in a crash if no home was entered.

New in GCStatistic 1.9 (Oct 24, 2010)

  • Added new graphical bars as an option to the color profile settings. I hope that traffic impact on the server is not too high.
  • Added first support for TerraCaching. As a first step gpx files from Open Cache Manager (with the my finds option) can be imported and TC links/caches are recogniced. Native TC gpx support is on the ToDo list.
  • Added a dialog to ask if the old query file should be replaced we the one just downloading after requesting a new one.
  • Added support for all the new cache attributes. Also changed layout of the attribute section.
  • Changed filenames and handling of the language files a bit to bypass filename problems with some Linux decompression tools.
  • Handling of virtual/locationless caches for entry 'most countries' fixed.
  • Fixed crash if terrain/difficulty of a cache is empty (-1). A next version will also show these old special caches.
  • Fixed timezone handling for some sections.
  • No more update notifications for the current version - Sorry folks.

New in GCStatistic 1.8 (Sep 20, 2010)

  • Added a new color profile system.
  • More colors that can be adjusted and the possibility to create multiple color profiles.
  • New text statistic 'Most countries ona single day' added.
  • Added options to exclude Locationless (Reverse) caches from the statistics.
  • It is now possible to change existing home position.
  • Select an entry and press the change button after editing the entries.
  • No more virtual caches in the most eastern/western/northern/southern text output if they should be excluded.
  • No more exponent displayed if your overall cache to cache distance is more than a million miles/km.
  • Bar width in country list corrected if first country is seperated from the list.
  • Corrected wording in FTF list (after publishing -> hiding) as it is the time after hiding what is displayed. 

New in GCStatistic 1.8 Beta 6 (Aug 3, 2010)

  • Fixed two bugs introduced with the new timezone handling. No more crashes if you try to add a home or don't have a home added to GCStatistic yet.

New in GCStatistic 1.8 Beta 5 (Aug 2, 2010)

  • Added Spanish as a new language for statistics output. Thanks to AlfonsoyRosa for the translation. 
  • Attribute 46 (Field Puzzle) is now recognized and displayed in the attributes section. 
  • You can now fill and place two more free sections in the output. 
  • Added timezones to the home coordinates and take the timezone into account for the find dates. As this is the first version with timezones included there may be some errors.
  • All current homes are set to UTC until you delete/add them with the corect timezone. 
  • Added flags for Serbia and Monenegro as the gpx file now contains seperate country entries for Serbia and Montenegro. 
  • Time for stats generation now only takes into account the last generation. If you preview and regenerate the stats a lot the 'time for generation' should be correct now. 
  • Typo in the english language file corrected (no more 'hassss' in the header).

New in GCStatistic 1.8 Beta 4 (Jul 5, 2010)

  • Added Dutch as a new language for statistics output. Thanks to GeoBSWEScout for the translation.
  • Transfered statistics language part from the application into seperate mdl files. If you would like to see your language added just copy the 'EN - English.mdl' file and name it 'CountryCode - YourLanguage.mdl' and replace all the text after the [TAGS]. Just contact me for more information or to have your file included in the next version.
  • Changed map overlay a bit and set gradient colors to respect settings.
  • Attribute 45 (Truck/RV accessible) is now recognized and displayed in the attributes section.

New in GCStatistic 1.8 Beta 3 (Jun 22, 2010)

  • Switched to new map API and added an overlay to reduce map intentity. Thanks to MadOnion for this hint.
  • Attribute 44 (Lost and Found) is now recognized and displayed in the attributes section.
  • Fixed a bug displaying that 0 virtual caches are excluded if there aren't any virtual caches excluded.

New in GCStatistic 1.8 Beta 2 (May 24, 2010)

  • All - New section for free text inserted prior any other output. The new statistics header is added outside the statistics and can have any layout you like.
  • All - It is now possible to set start and end colors for the gradient used for matrix outputs. The text color to be used inside any matrix can be changed too.
  • All - You can now add the centroid of caches in the milestone list or your own (incl. FTF) lists below each table.
  • All - Fixed a bug in the new autorequest routine. No more crashes if the query available at GC is stored for the last day.

New in GCStatistic 1.8 Beta 1 (May 18, 2010)

  • Support for the new query structure including automated download and import of the query after requesting it. Just press the 'Request gpx' button and GCStatistic checks for an already avalable query, requests a new file if none is avalable and downloads the file for you. (Know limitation: At the moment only download to the desktop folder is supported.)
  • Added support for (new?) query zip files with strange names like 12345678_MyFindsPocketQuery.gpx inside. No more warnings about an incorrect file.
  • Fixed background display of text in about window.

New in GCStatistic 1.7.4 (May 3, 2010)

  • All - No more crashes if you found a 'Lost and Find Event Cache' on the day with your mosts different types.
  • All - Preject APE caches correctly recognized now.

New in GCStatistic 1.7.3 (May 3, 2010)

  • Two more text statistics added to the listbox for individual dis/enabling.
  • Added support for different line endings inthe gpx file. This should enable import of some additional gpx files exported from other tools.
  • Added a preset for Swiss in the own map section.
  • If icon display for cache types is enabled you now can see what cache types you've found on the day with most types.
  • Added the 'Lost and Found Event Cache' to celebrate 10 years of geocaching.
  • The geographic centroid calculation now takes into account that the earth is round. No more simple math average centroid.
  • Fixed calculation of max cachetypes on a single day.
  • Fixed an error if more owners should be displayed than caches with different owners are available.
  • You can now use ', ' in the text of your own cache lists. Also changes column width in order to make the text column visible in the default window size.
  • The personal header/free section will respect the gobal alignment setting now for normal text. If left alignment is selected you text should be displayed left aligned now.

New in GCStatistic 1.7.2 (Apr 22, 2010)

  • Added the possibility to hide country names and/or count of finds below maps. Now it's possible to add every combination of name/finds/flag (or none if you don't like them)
  • Some users where confusion a little bit about the calculation of the averages in the finds per year section. Now it's possible to add an explanation about the average calculation
  • Added title tags to the attribute images. If you're not sure what these icons display just hover the mouse over them
  • Added a line with 'most different cache types found on a day) to the text section
  • The graphical sections finds per year/month are now centered in the output
  • If you start GCStatistic without an existing ini(Windows)/conf(Linux) file there is now a dialog asking for the import of a preference file from an existing(older) version of GCStatistic
  • A small change in the html code for the section headers to allow a smoother layout
  • If an owner supplied an incorrect cache placement date (

New in GCStatistic 1.7.1 (Mar 12, 2010)

  • Country flags can now be included in the output of some sections (milestones, cachelists and text statistics).
  • The headline can now be disabled and the finds/points can be disabled each.
  • Cachelists can be renamed again. This was a bug in the new development IDE and not a bug in the GCStatistic code.

New in GCStatistic 1.7 (Feb 27, 2010)

  • Added Hungary as a preset set to the special map selection.
  • Added three more lines in the text statistics to the listbox for individiual on/off selection.
  • You can now select if you week should start on monday or on sunday for the text statistics.
  • Name of 'Best caching week' renamed to 'Best calendar week' to make the counting range clear.
  • Changes the layout of the about window as a first step of a complete webdesign/layout overhaul.
  • Fixed a bug in the special list that lead to a crash if you have exactly 10, 100 or 1000 finds.
  • Version 1.0.1 gpx files recognized now even if GC incorrectly states a version 1.0 in the header.
  • Automated request of the gpx file should work again.

New in GCStatistic 1.7 Beta 5 (Jan 25, 2010)

  • Dropped support for settings import from files generated with pre 1.5 versions of GCStatistic.
  • First cache can now be selected as a special cache into own lists.
  • Scrollbar inside specialcaches listbox back again.
  • Distances now shown as 'n/a' instead of '-1' if home coordinates are missing for that find.

New in GCStatistic 1.7 Beta 4 (Jan 23, 2010)

  • New section 'Matrix according cache placement date' added.
  • Stated to implement a internal help/manual system.
  • Count of unique founds at a cache now available as a column for selecting special caches.
  • Some small internal bugfixes.

New in GCStatistic 1.7 Beta 3 (Jan 12, 2010)

  • Webkit HTML preview with Ubuntu 9.10 should be fixed.
  • Internal position check used for own maps now correctly allows -180 till 180 longitudes.

New in GCStatistic 1.6 (Oct 4, 2009)

  • Values for the 'Ratings according D/T section changed to have a more realistic distribution of what is normal/difficult/extreme.
  • The monthly/yearly statistics are now calculated up to the current date and not to the last find. So if your last find is half a year ago the average values will be lower as the 6 month without a find are now included in the calculation as they should.
  • The own Google-API key isn't cut after 64 chars anymore.
  • Some smaller internal changes and fixes to have the code cleaned up a bit.

New in GCStatistic 1.6 Beta 4 (Sep 20, 2009)

  • Display of the nearest find can now be disabled.
  • Date of the first caching day now displayed in the first line of the statistics.
  • The date format can now be selected out of a few possibilities. The date format used is also displayed in the footer.
  • The owner section can now be displayed in 2 columns. For example place 1-5 in column 1 and 6-10 in column 2.
  • Added a line to the D/T rating section with an explanation of the ratings.
  • Date of statistics generation and data file now moved to the footer.
  • Checking the name in logs is now off per default as this is only needed in 'unusual' gpx files.
  • All the bugs introduced in 1.6 regarding special chars should be fixed.
  • Monthly statistics are visible again if selected.
  • The char & is no longer converted to & in the header/footer.
  • Slovakia should now be visible in the european map.
  • Coloring of the headlines should work again.

New in GCStatistic 1.5.1 (Jul 6, 2009)

  • New section added that divides the finds in 5 levels acc. D/T
  • New World66 map for canadian provinces added.
  • If the gpx file is created with BuildGPX (no premium) the 3 stats about loglength are hidden now as these information is missing in the gpx file.
  • The time lag column in the special cache section can be hidden now.
  • The settings for the cachetype section is back.
  • The entry in the FTF statistic for the first cache should be fixed now.

New in GCStatistic 1.5 (Jun 28, 2009)

  • It is now possible to hide the monthly graphic for years without a find.
  • Fixed the incompatibility with the new GC login page.
  • Fixed multiple entrys in the FTF statistic for the first cache.

New in GCStatistic 1.5 Beta 5 (Jun 11, 2009)

  • Multiple maps can now be created in the new 'Own map' section.
  • Overlay in the 'own map' section should now be mapped 100% correct.
  • The oldest placed cache is now validated. Caches 'placed' before 1999 are now ignored.
  • Virtual caches are now ignored during centroid calculation if virtuals are disable in the distance section.

New in GCStatistic 1.5 Beta 3 (Jun 11, 2009)

  • First version of the upcomming new detailed map added. There are still some fixes needed to map the overlay correct onto the projection. At the moment only the map of Germany is avalable for testing but it's planned to add a list of all counties in the next versions.

New in GCStatistic 1.5 Beta 2 (Jun 11, 2009)

  • Special caches are now saved using their lognumber instead of the GC code to allow multiple entries of the same cache.
  • The oldest/newest placed cache is displayed correct again.

New in GCStatistic 1.5 Beta 1 (Jun 11, 2009)

  • Redesign of the GUI to allow much more options and sections in the future.
  • Sections can be repositioned to allow the user to have a unique section order.
  • Monthly graphics can be limited to the last x years.
  • Cachetypes not found can be hidden and cachetype list can be ordered.
  • It's now possible to add the home position in a more native format.
  • The newest find can be added to the milestone list.
  • Preference file uses a new file format to allow section positioning and future enhancements.
  • Virtual caches are now recogniced better.

New in GCStatistic 1.3.1 (Apr 2, 2009)

  • Fixed a bug (Crash due to NIL object).

New in GCStatistic 1.3 (Mar 31, 2009)

  • New FTF and 'Special caches' section introduced You can add a short text to be displayed along with the FTFs or special caches.
  • Additional language for the statistic output: Catalan (a special thanks to Narcís Noguera for the translation).
  • The difficulty/terrain matrix can now be colored with a green->red gradient.
  • Window layout changed a bit to reduce overall windows size. I hope that this will fit better on the smaller screens of the netbooks. The window can be resized now.
  • HTML links inside the statistic will now open in a new window/tab.
  • Removed the manual in the package to reduce the download size as most users don't need the manual. You'll find the manual on the homepage a few days after this release.
  • Fixed some bugs introduced with the new internal engine in 1.3b3 like virtual caches not excluded correct if selected.
  • Fixed some spellings in the english output like findings->finds.

New in GCStatistic 1.2 (Feb 5, 2009)

  • You can now select the unit for distance calulations (miles or kilometres).
  • Statistics about the logs written added. Longest, shortest, average and total text length is now displayed in the text section.
  • When virtual caches are excluded from the statistic locationless caches are now excluded also.
  • If there are probems with the html engine available on the system the application no longer crashes. Now the preview should disable itself if a problem is found.

New in GCStatistic 1.1 (Jan 26, 2009)

  • It is now possible to set an interval for the automated update check.
  • Redesigned update check routine with a new window for the release notes.
  • Added proxy support including proxys that require a basic authentification.
  • You can choose if the mdCachingPoints should be included in the output.
  • New 'Average findings per year' in the yearly statistic section.
  • Redesigned preview window - It's now possible to change the source code and preview these changes immediately.
  • Count for the best weekend and week now correct if the statistic is generated multiple times.
  • Corrected a typo in the output.
  • Seperate english and german versions of GCStatistic. This should fix the problems with my development tools.

New in GCStatistic 1.1 Beta 2 (Jan 15, 2009)

  • Chg/All: In the mileston section there is now a check if the next 100. and 500. milestone forecast is the same. If this is the case there is now another 500 added to the next 500. forecast.
  • Fix/All: Fixed a small bug if a GPX file with an unexpected content is opened.
  • Fix/All: Caclulation of distances corrected if there is no home position available for the entire caching timespan.
  • Fix/All: Corrected a typo in the english output.
  • Add/All: It is now possible to activate the country flags for the maps and country list separately.