MapGazer - thanks

Except as mentioned below, MapGazer is a new application, written since November 2014. It is written in C, and follows the object-like code conventions I developed for the Tollos supervisor. As of June 2023, it comprises about 81,000 lines of my code.

Special thanks are due to:

MyTrails’ author Pierre-Luc Paour, who motivated me to get back into mapping projects.

David Law, my geography teacher at school in the 1960s, who inspired my life-long love of maps and mapping.

Bill Collis, for many good suggestions and encouragement.

Lode Vandevenne – for lodepng, which allowed me to handle PNG-encoded map tiles and write PNG images.

The Independent JPEG Group (Thomas G. Lane, Guido Vollbeding, et al) for jpeglib, used for JPG-encoded map tiles.

Daniel Radu and the rest of the Advanced Installer team that made it possible to create the simple .msi Windows installer for this application.

Darrell Commander, for libjpeg-turbo development and support, and many useful suggestions (MapGazer uses libjpeg-turbo as a switchable alternative to jpeglib, giving file/tile loads that are twice as fast).

Ed Williams for his Aviation Formulary.

Open Street Map and its contributors, for the ‘Globe’ starter map included with MapGazer.

Jonathan de Ferranti, Christoph Hormann, and their helpers, for the elevation data from http://viewfinderpanoramas.org/dem3.html.

Nicolas Mollet et al. for the Maps Icons Collection, https://mapicons.mapsmarker.com, used for waypoint icons.

Ruurd-Jan Idenburg, for the South-Sweden sample map, and for several suggestions for enhancements.

Charles Petzold – it had been ten years since I wrote a Windows application, and his Programming Windows (5^th edition) book proved as useful now as it did back then.

The developers of GCC – the compiler used to compile MapGazer.

All the people that put together the Win-builds and MingW resources that made it possible to build this application using GCC.

The Microsoft, IBM, and other teams who built the Windows and OS/2 APIs that underpin the application.

	MapGazer – thanks
Introduction Download MapGazer Getting started Using marks: Waypoints Tracks Routes Areas Images Scales Mark properties Using icons Using transparency General settings Getting maps Using map tools Go to location Coordinate formats GPX files Elevation data Aspect ratio Keyboard shortcuts Command line Thanks	Except as mentioned below, MapGazer is a new application, written since November 2014. It is written in C, and follows the object-like code conventions I developed for the Tollos supervisor. As of June 2023, it comprises about 81,000 lines of my code. Special thanks are due to: MyTrails’ author Pierre-Luc Paour, who motivated me to get back into mapping projects. David Law, my geography teacher at school in the 1960s, who inspired my life-long love of maps and mapping. Bill Collis, for many good suggestions and encouragement. Lode Vandevenne – for lodepng, which allowed me to handle PNG-encoded map tiles and write PNG images. The Independent JPEG Group (Thomas G. Lane, Guido Vollbeding, et al) for jpeglib, used for JPG-encoded map tiles. Daniel Radu and the rest of the Advanced Installer team that made it possible to create the simple `.msi` Windows installer for this application. Darrell Commander, for libjpeg-turbo development and support, and many useful suggestions (MapGazer uses libjpeg-turbo as a switchable alternative to jpeglib, giving file/tile loads that are twice as fast). Ed Williams for his Aviation Formulary. Open Street Map and its contributors, for the ‘Globe’ starter map included with MapGazer. Jonathan de Ferranti, Christoph Hormann, and their helpers, for the elevation data from http://viewfinderpanoramas.org/dem3.html. Nicolas Mollet et al. for the Maps Icons Collection, https://mapicons.mapsmarker.com, used for waypoint icons. Ruurd-Jan Idenburg, for the South-Sweden sample map, and for several suggestions for enhancements. Charles Petzold – it had been ten years since I wrote a Windows application, and his Programming Windows (5^th edition) book proved as useful now as it did back then. The developers of GCC – the compiler used to compile MapGazer. All the people that put together the Win-builds and MingW resources that made it possible to build this application using GCC. The Microsoft, IBM, and other teams who built the Windows and OS/2 APIs that underpin the application.