GpsMaster/Documentation/Config

Configuration File

The config file is named GpsMaster.config and is located in the current directory. As there is no GUI support yet to change the configuration, it is advised to edit the config file manually. The content is simple XML:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?>
<config>
   <activitySupport>true</activitySupport>
   <colors>
      <name>RAL 1003 Signal Yellow</name>
      <RGBA>f7ba0bff</RGBA>
   </colors>
   <colors>
      <name>RAL 2010 Signal Orange</name>
      <RGBA>d4652fff</RGBA>
   </colors><colors>
   <onlineTileSources>
      <maxZoom>0</maxZoom>
      <name>Stamen Toner</name>
      <url>http://tile.stamen.com/toner/{zoom}/{x}/{y}.png</url>
   </onlineTileSources>
   <onlineTileSources>
      <maxZoom>0</maxZoom>
      <name>Google Maps</name>
      <url>http://mt{switch:0,1,2,3}.google.com/vt/lyrs=m&amp;x={x}&amp;y={y}&amp;z={zoom}</url>
   </onlineTileSources>
   <dbConfig>
      <compression>true</compression>
      <DSN>jdbc:sqlite:D:\\Data\\gpsmaster.db</DSN>
      <username>gpsmaster</username>
      <password>gpsmaster</password>
   </dbConfig>
   <defaultExt>gpx</defaultExt>
   <gpsiesUsername>gpsmaster</gpsiesUsername>
   <lastOpenDirectory>D:\Touring\GPSTracks</lastOpenDirectory>
   <lastSaveDirectory>D:\Touring\Exports</lastSaveDirectory>
   <lat>55.57863578072483</lat>
   <lon>13.420829772949219</lon>
   <positionZoom>13</positionZoom>
   <proxyHost>127.0.0.1</proxyHost>
   <proxyPort>8000</proxyPort>
   <screenTime>15</screenTime>
   <showScalebar>true</showScalebar>
   <showWarning>true</showWarning>
   <tempDirectory></tempDirectory>
   <trackLineWidth>2.5</trackLineWidth>
   <unitSystem>METRIC</unitSystem>
   <zoomControls>false</zoomControls></config>
</config>

XML Tag	allowed values	Description	Comment
activitySupport	true, false	enables/disables the widget to display, set and save the activity performed when the GPS track was recorded.
positionZoom	1 .. 19	Zoom level of slippy map, set on program start	overwritten on program exit
lat, lon	(double)	Latitude, longitude of slippy map center, set on program start	overwritten on program exit
lastOpenDirectory, lastSaveDirectory	(string)	name says all.	overwritten on program exit
screenTime	(integer)	number of seconds after which volatile messages are removed from screen.
showWarnings	true, false	show/hide warnings, i.e. generated when loading GPX files.
proxyHost	host name or IP address	Proxy Host
proxyPort	0 ... 65535	Proxy Port
tempDirectory	(string)	name says all.
trackLineWidth	(double)	line width of GPS tracks, as painted on the map.
unitSystem	METRIC, IMPERIAL, NAUTICAL	System of measurement for numerical values, as displayed in properties table etc.
zoomControls	true, false	show/hide zoom controls (zoom slider) on the slippy map
showScalebar	true, false	if the scale bar in the lower left corner of the map is to be shown