[News]

Hi Everyone,

I am pleased to announce version 0.6.0 of osm-gps-map, a library, and
python bindings for displaying raster map data from a variety of
different sources.

Where to Get It
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Homepage:
* http://nzjrs.github.com/osm-gps-map/
Downloads:
* http://www.johnstowers.co.nz/files/osm-gps-map/osm-gps-map-0.6.0.tar.gz
* http://www.johnstowers.co.nz/files/osm-gps-map/python-osmgpsmap-0.6.0.tar.gz

What is New
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* Support libsoup-2.2 and libsoup-2.4
* Add a Add a OsmGpsMapLayer interface and a default OSD using the
interface. OsdGpsMapOsd is one implementation of this interface which
draws one or all of; scale, map center coords, zoom control, dpade
control, center crosshair. Much of the drawing code was from Till Harbaum.
* Make the drag limit a gobject property

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
* Support for showing additional display layers rendered on top of the map
* Optional on screen display (OSD)

John Stowers
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