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@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@ gipfel ChangeLog gipfel-0.2.8 * Fix issue with image saving on some platforms (reported by David Mitchell). * Fix crash in stitching mode. +* Add a note to the README about generating a data file for the USA from + [USGS](http://geonames.usgs.gov/domestic/download_data.htm) data + (pointed out by David Mitchell). gipfel-0.2.7 * Import data from http://www.viewfinderpanoramas.org/ with the @@ -24,11 +24,11 @@ compute the viewing paramteres from the given data points. Requirements ------------ -* fltk-1.1.x <http://www.fltk.org> -* libtiff <http://www.remotesensing.org/libtiff/> -* libjpeg <http://www.ijg.org/> -* exif utility <http://libexif.sourceforge.net/> -* GSL - GNU Scientific Library <http://www.gnu.org/software/gsl/> +* [fltk-1.1.x](http://www.fltk.org) +* [libtiff](http://www.remotesensing.org/libtiff/) +* [libjpeg](http://www.ijg.org/) +* [exif utility](http://libexif.sourceforge.net/) +* [GSL - GNU Scientific Library](http://www.gnu.org/software/gsl/) * gipfel works on UNIX-like systems (e.g. Linux, *BSD and probably others) Installation @@ -66,8 +66,8 @@ If you have positioned at least two mountains, you can click on the "comp" button in the control window to compute the parameters of the picture. -You may also want to have a look at the screen video at -<http://www.ecademix.com/JohannesHofmann/gipfel.avi> +You may also want to have a look at the +(screen video)[http://www.ecademix.com/JohannesHofmann/gipfel.avi] for an example session. Data File @@ -83,18 +83,25 @@ Each line must contain the following values separated by a comma: The following line is a valid example: SMTSBG,Simetsberg,,47.56617,11.25358,1836 -Fortunately, there is a great website <http://www.alpin-koordinaten.de>, +Fortunately, there is a [great website](http://www.alpin-koordinaten.de), where you can download a suitable file containg quite a lot of data mostly concerning the alps: Click on the "Suchen" button and the click on the diskette symbol below the first table then select "Fugawi 3 TXT" format and click on "Download". Obviously you can easily add your own entries to the data file or add them -to the database at <http://www.alpin-koordinaten.de>. +to the database at http://www.alpin-koordinaten.de. -Thanks to the kind permission of the creators of -<http://www.alpin-koordinaten.de>, the standard gipfel tarball includes -a default datafile generated by <http://www.alpin-koordinaten.de>. +Thanks to the kind permission of +[Jonathan de Ferranti](http://www.viewfinderpanoramas.org/) and the +creators of http://www.alpin-koordinaten.de, the standard gipfel +tarball includes a default datafile generated from these two sources. + +For the USA, you can download a data file +from [USGS](http://geonames.usgs.gov/domestic/download_data.htm) +The file can be transformed for gipfel with + awk 'BEGIN {FS="|"; OFS=","}; + $3 == "Summit" {print "usgs_" $1, $2,"" , $10, $11, $16};' GPS Tracks ---------- @@ -130,8 +137,8 @@ are displayed in blue. Refraction ---------- Refraction caused by temperature and density gardients in the atmosphere is -taken into account according to the approximation described by Tom Chester in: -<http://tchester.org/sgm/analysis/peaks/refraction_calculation.html> +taken into account according to the approximation described by +[Tom Chester](http://tchester.org/sgm/analysis/peaks/refraction_calculation.html). under the assumption of a temperature change of 6.5°C per 1000m and a temperature T0 at view point level of 10°C. @@ -213,10 +220,10 @@ Troubleshooting Acknowledgements ---------------- -Thanks to the guys from <http://www.alpin-koordinaten.de> for their public +Thanks to the guys from http://www.alpin-koordinaten.de for their public GPS database. -Also have look at their other site <http://www.alpen-panoramen.de>. -In newer versions I use maxima <http://maxima.sourceforge.net/> for +Also have look at their other [site](http://www.alpen-panoramen.de). +In newer versions I use [maxima](http://maxima.sourceforge.net/) for symbolic computation and code generation. I also want to thank my brother Martin for his suggestions and the discussions. |