GpsPrune has generated a lot of feedback since its release, and some of this comes in the form of feature suggestions or requests. Most of these are made on the sourceforge forums, some on Github and some are made by email. This page attempts to list the major requests and their current status.
Note that this list doesn't include the many requests for clarification, or suggestions of features which were already present or under development, and doesn't include bug reports and help requests.
Date | Suggested by | # | Suggestion | Resolution |
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January 2008 | email, also anon | 1 | Ability to move data points with the mouse | |
2 | Ability to draw new tracks with one click per point | version 12 | ||
May 2008 | rediguana | 3 | Adding offset to disguise timestamps | version 6 |
May 2008 | Rudolf Martin | 4 | Creating charts with gnuplot | version 7 |
June 2008 | anon | 5 | Show different icons according to waypoint types | no (but different colours since version 22) |
June 2008 | Rudolf Martin | 6 | Show photo date, add jpeg file filter | version 6 |
June 2008 | Rudolf Martin | 7 | Import of scanned maps | no |
December 2008 | Richard Finegold | 8 | Automatically split a track into segments | version 16 |
January 2009 | steventebrinke, also Jonas | 9 | Nautical miles option for distances | version 14 |
January 2009 | steventebrinke | 10 | Configurable map server like opencyclemap etc | version 7 |
March 2009 | 11 | Upload tracks to gpsies.com | ||
April 2009 | anon | 12 | Command line start option to load specified data file | version 8 |
May 2009 | samchn | 13 | Plot altitude profile against time or distance | only in charts |
June 2009 | anon | 14 | Plot speeds etc instead of altitude profile below map | version 10 |
June 2009 | samchn | 15 | Calculate slope / gradient of selection | version 9 |
June 2009 | email, also anon | 16 | Select multiple points within rectangle | version 14 |
July 2009 | Jochen | 17 | Configurable paths to tools like exiftool, gpsbabel | version 8 |
July 2009 | rewolff | 18 | Save just the current selection | version 9 |
19 | Right click ends selection, left click starts selection | shift-click instead (9) | ||
20 | Add altitude offset to selection | version 8 | ||
July 2009 | Thingomy | 21 | Add support for reading gpx.gz files | version 9 |
July 2009 | 22 | Paste coordinates from geocaching websites (like opencaching.de) | version 9 | |
July 2009 | 23 | Make image size in KMZ configurable | version 8 | |
August 2009 | 24 | Make map colours configurable (eg black background) | version 9 | |
August 2009 | 25 | Support for RAW images, GIFs and PNGs for photos | no | |
August 2009 | 26 | Caching of map tiles, either automatic or on request | version 10 | |
August 2009 | Rudolf Martin | 27 | Change map movement to Ctrl + cursor keys | no |
Rudolf Martin | 28 | Add waypoints to gnuplot output of charts | not yet | |
Rudolf Martin | 29 | Estimate hiking times based on approximate speeds | version 15 | |
September 2009 | 30 | Table view of all point properties with sorting, selection | no | |
October 2009 | niccolo | 31 | Retention of all gpx data, including extensions | version 9 |
October 2009 | 32 | Colour-coding KML tracks by speed, altitude etc (like gpsvisualizer) | only on screen | |
December 2009 | anon | 33 | Configuring a list of custom URLs for map backgrounds (not just one) | version 10 |
34 | Use of Cloudmade maps (now deleted again) | version 10 | ||
February 2010 | 35 | "Project" one waypoint by given bearing angle and distance to create a new point (like a treasure map) | version 20 | |
April 2010 | anon | 36 | Show/hide sidebars, elevation chart for lower resolution screens | version 11 |
April 2010 | 37 | Additional key bindings for navigating within track | version 10 | |
38 | Colour-coding track by speed, altitude, segment etc in chart | only in map | ||
April 2010 | 39 | Move menu bar up to top of screen for Mac OSX | version 10 | |
June 2010 | drachen1000 | 40 | When loading gpx, allow selection of just one or all tracks | version 11 |
41 | Download tracks from bikemap.net (unfortunately bikemap.net doesn't allow this except through their website) | not possible | ||
June 2010 | zapfen | 42 | Allow geotagging of audio files (for example, wav, ogg, mp3) | version 12 |
July 2010 | anon | 43 | Indicate status of photos (connected/not, modified/not) in photo list | version 12 |
August 2010 | JeroenVanOmme | 44 | Allow load/lookup/edit/save of location fields (country, state, city, sublocation) for photos | not yet |
August 2010 | anon | 45 | Compress points based on deviation from straight line (Douglas-Peucker algorithm) | version 13 |
September 2010 | Miguel | 46 | Allow handling of routes including transfer to gps | not yet |
December 2010 | Martin | 47 | Modify behaviour of mouse-initiated zoom so that map stays below cursor | version 12.1 |
January 2011 | sg-tuatha | 48 | Handle description fields from gpx and kml files (load, edit, save) | version 13 |
March 2011 | 49 | Allow multiple photos to be attached to a single point | not yet | |
50 | Use Gpsbabel to import file types other than txt, kml, gpx directly | version 13 | ||
April 2011 | 51 | Show compass direction with which photos were taken (if available) | version 13 | |
August 2011 | 52 | Allow user to specify date/time format rather than use system default | not yet | |
November 2011 | 53 | Extra panel on left to list files from which points were loaded | file is shown in details panel; New tab in full details dialog coming with v25 | |
December 2011 | Calum | 54 | Support bzip2 and xz as well as zip, gz (maybe with dependency on Apache Commons?) | not yet |
March 2012 | 55 | Export picture of map and track at selected zoom level (bigger than screen) | version 15 | |
56 | Load tracks, photos and audios by dragging files or folders into the GpsPrune main window | version 15 | ||
May 2012 | 57 | Allow altitude / speed profile to show any arbitrary field | version 15 | |
May 2012 | galilei64 | 58 | Include map image in base plane of pov export | version 15 |
July 2012 | iav | 59 | Allow use of GPSBabel's filters during load from file or from GPS | version 15 |
August 2012 | 60 | Allow KML export to use gx extensions to include timestamps | version 15 | |
December 2012 | NeoM | 61 | Allow choice of timezone when displaying timestamps (UTC / system / other) | version 19 |
January 2014 | 62 | Provide plugin system for third-party C++ compression algorithms | not clear | |
May 2014 | Rémy | 63 | Parse and show point timestamps down to the millisecond, not just the second | version 17 |
September 2014 | 64 | Provide auto-play function to scroll through the track | version 18 | |
February 2015 | 65 | Use anti-aliasing when drawing in the map view, to make graphics look smoother | version 18 | |
February 2015 | 66 | Allow saving of photo filename in text (csv) format | version 18 | |
September 2015 | André | 67 | Update photo popup when track selection changes | version 18.1 |
68 | Options to navigate to previous or next photo in the track | not yet | ||
October 2015 | 69 | Allow access to Google's aerial image tiles | no, not allowed by Google's Ts&Cs | |
December 2015 | Jose by email, also Thomas | 70 | Remember window size and position on close, restore at next start | version 18.3 |
October 2015 | jose1711 | 71 | Allow user to choose alternative display style for (all) waypoints | version 19 |
April 2016 | emails | 72 | Support additional fields like gpx's cmt, sym and hdop | cmt (20.1), sym (23), hdop (25) |
July 2016 | 73 | Indicate direction of travel by drawing little arrows on the lines between points | version 19 | |
October 2016 | 74 | In distances popup, show bearing from one waypoint to another as well as distance (degrees clockwise from N) | version 25 | |
November 2016 | 75 | Allow realtime position to be shown eg using gpsd | ? | |
March 2017 | DFyson | 76 | Copy point details / range details to clipboard | version 20 |
January 2018 | PeHar | 77 | Use Nimbus look-and-feel | version 20 |
September 2019 | 78 | Allow user to enter their own API key for map tiles | tile provider says no | |
September 2019 | 79 | Extend KMZ output with extra point, time details | version 22 | |
May 2024 | 80 | Allow shifting timestamps by seconds as well as minutes, hours, days, weeks | version 24.1 | |
May 2024 | 81 | Allow configuring a higher maximum zoom level for the map view | not yet |
If you disagree with any of these suggestions being marked as "no", or you'd like to expand on any of these suggestions, all feedback is welcome - please use the sourceforge forums, or the github issues, or email.
The current development activity is always shown in the development page.