[News]

Hi Everyone,

I am pleased to announce version 0.4 of osm-gps-map, a library, and
python bindings for displaying raster map data from a variety of
different sources.

Where to Get It
============
Homepage:
http://nzjrs.github.com/osm-gps-map/
Tarball:
http://github.com/nzjrs/osm-gps-map/tarball/0.4

What is New
============
* Map can now be constructed by passing a MAP_SOURCE ID instead of
the map repo uri
* Fix iter safety when purging the tile cache
* Fix for segfault when adding images to the map
* Remove map repo uris from public API. They should now be retrieved
using osm_gps_map_source_get_repo_uri(OsmGpsMapSource_t source)
* Add osm_gps_map_get_scale
* Implement a blank map source that just draws grey tiles
* Demo application now stores maps in XDG_CACHE_DIR
* Fix build and crashes on windows
* Add getters for name and zoom
* Add a more complete python example
* Add ability to purge the cache

What Is It
============
osm-gps-map is a Gtk+ widget (and Python bindings) that when given GPS
co-ordinates, draws a GPS track, and points of interest on a moving
map display. It Currently supports a number of different mapping
sources;

* openstreetmap (default)
* maps-for-free
* satellite maps from a number of proprietary providers

It also has the following features;

* Intelligent caching of maps, including the ability to request a
specific area of the map to be cached ahead of time
* Recording of points of interest on the map (and the ability to add
arbitary pixmaps at those points
* Automatically draws a GPS track (a line showing the history of
past added points)
* Automatic centering on new GPS points
* Support for multiple other tracks of co-ordinate points
* Adjustable Zoom
* Includes comprehensive examples (C and Python)
* Simple, flat API

John Stowers
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