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Generation of the data for planning a new contest:

• Open the picture map of the competition area, best in the JPG, also in the GIF or BMP format. The picture should be in size of 500...2000 pixel (big pictures slow down the displaying), the optimal size can be choose by zoom function. A GIF picture should not contain transparent color, because it comes to increased flickering.
• The picture map can also be loaded with Drag&Drop, in other words, drag a MAP/JPG/GIF/BMP file into the window of FjwMap and drop it there.
• On the left a location window is showing. In that a marked locations can be drag with pressed left mouse key on the desired point into the map. The symbols -S-, B, +F+, F? or two digits indicates for start, (finish)beacon, finish and fox locations, S|F indicate for identical start/finish locations. The beacon is always arranged as the latter before the finish for the optimal searching order.
  When the location window is not showing, it will be visible with View/Location/Coordinate tool bar.
• During moving positions with Drag&Drop, the X-Y-coordinates of the momentary cursor position in pixel or meter are indicated in the left part of status bar. Drag&Drop can be interrupted always with key ESC during the time of clicked left mouse key.
• Reference(zero)-point is the corner in upper left of map or of main window itself if no map is loaded; increasing values of pixel or meter arise towards to the top and to the right. If both coordinate points, whose distances and the start-location are set, the start location itself determine the Reference(zero)-point.
• With each new location or in changing of already set locations, the sequence is sought, that yields the shortest(optimal) running route from start, over the fox locations to the finish. With a number of more then eight locations a progress bar is indicated in the status bar, as long as the calculation still runs (every additional location will be increase the necessary time drastically).
  Also the suboptimal (calculation very quickly, more than ca. 11-13 transmitter necessarily), fixed, rising sequence or no sequence can be shown with View/... or by clicking the corresponding button in tool bar.
• The running route is issued in pixel as long as the scale of the map does not take place through setting of two coordinates points by meaning of the symbols + | −. After these are set and the distance with Edit/Coordinates distance between these in meters (or GPS-data, WGS84, see below) is enter, the running route in meter will be displaying.
• The IARU rules of ARDF Championships demands minimal distances between Start and Foxes (>=750m), Finish and Foxes (>=400m) and between Foxes themselves (>=400m). Menu Exclusion circle/Start (750m) or Exclusion circle/Foxes (400m) activates the display of this circles. For Sprint competitions this areas have to set to 100m distance.
• If the related map possesses the same scale in horizontal and vertical direction (that is the normal case) and the card picture be aligned with north arrow towards the top perpendicularly, the easy to handle symbols | or − can be used. With | only the horizontal, with − only the vertical distance is decisively and is to enter in Edit/Coordinates distance. The coordinate points | don't have lie on a horizontal, − don't have to lie on a vertical line.
  When identical X-Y-map scale, the coordinate crosses + can also be setted if it's known only a diagonal distance between these points.
  For a good accuracy, the coordinate points in the map should be seted so far from one to another if possible (when + then X- and Y-direction).
• In each case, the coordinate crosses + can be set, whose distances are from one another well known in X- and Y-direction or its GPS statements are given. If with GPS coordinate worked becomes, the additional advantage emerges that the card picture must not be aligned with the north arrow vertically towards the top.
  It is possible to enter the distance of coordinates with Edit/Coordinates distance for one of the Y- or X-distances '0'; then this corresponds again to the behavior of vertical | or horizontal − coordinate lines (how above described).
  Are these coordinate points set with GPS-statements, marked locations can be set in the map over Edit and Set with GPS data or with right mouse key on the location field in the location window on GPS-position exactly. The input of the special characters ( ° ' " ) for the GPS values is not necessary, e.g. for 12° 34' 56.78" it suffices to enter 12 34 56.78 . For sufficient exactness these points must be away at least 100 meter in direction X/Y of each other.
• When all locations and coordinate points are set, the location data can be picked up in a started program ARDF-FjwW to use for evaluation.

Edit functions:

• The locations and coordinate points become red and in the marked condition blue represented. Marked locations are showed only with the ellipse outlines and an internal cross (as long as with key ESC the designation become canceled) so that the map background remains visible at this place for small, exact changes. The colors red and blue can be changed by Extras/....
  Certain functions under Edit are carried out only for these marked. These menu points are also available after right mouse click in the main window.
• The locations and coordinate points becomes red and in the marked case the Ctrl+TAB keys marked the next location coordinate point (in optimal order), the keys Ctrl+Shift+TAB in opposite order to run. In statusbar it is possible to see the distance (pixel or meter) from marked location to next location.
  The four cursor keys move a marked location respectively coordinate point around 1-3 pixel in one of the four directions.
  ESC cancelled the marked location. If the location will be marked with the right mouse key, the danger does not exist to shift it unintentionally through small mouse movements.
• A click into the map (on locations coordinate points) and hold the left mouse key lets appear the cursor as a hand and enables the shifting of the map if this is larger than the main window.
  Turning of the mouse scroll wheel causes a vertical scrolling, with pressed key Strg a zooming of the display.
• Each setting, deleting, changing of locations (foxes, start, beacon, finish) can be made through Edit/Undo or Edit/Redo of the last 100 actions again annulled or can be restored.
• After establishment of all locations theses can be anchored, so they can't mistakenly be changed.
• With menu Title of competition it's possible to enter a description for the competition, that will be stored also in data.
• To the facilitation of the location establishment, a grid with 500m distance can be activated under View/500-m background grid if both necessary coordinate points are set.
• For many functions there are key combinations (see in the menus) or Icons in the upper tool bar to the fast operation, after clicking the right mouse key you see a context menu that corresponds to the Edit menu.
• FjwMap can do the location data one in ARDF-FjwW loaded competition take over and display. Because FjwW works only with relative location data in meter, two conditions are necessary in FjwMap:
  1) The coordinate points must be set and their distances be given (Edit/Coordinates distance), so that the scale of the map is known.
  2) Exactly one and only one location (typically the start, also finish or fox) must be set in FjwMap, this location must also exist in the current competition in FjwW by which the location data should be got.
  Other condition is a running program ARDF-FjwW (from version 8.8) which shows the desired competition as the current competition.
  Now can be got the locations by FjwW with Edit/Get Locations from FjwW and be shown in FjwMap and be further used. If start and finish are closer then 50 meters, they are mixed together and represent with the symbol S|F, in the other case, the two symbols will be separated -S- and +F+.

Precise setting of locations with GPS data from GPX files (way points):

• Many GPS devices have the possibility to store her just topical location as a so-called way point and to file the accumulated way points later in a GPX file (other file formats must be converted for FjwMap into the GPX format, see below). The use of these data can occur in parallel with manual definition of the locations or also only.
• At first the GPX file is to be loaded with Edit/Set with GPX way points. The opening dialog shows in every line both GPS data of way point, a name and maybe a description. By the following actions the GPS data of the marked line are used always. For setting of the coordinate crosses or the locations is to be working differently.
• Coordinate crosses + : Because with them only the real location of the loaded map is fixed, they must be set first on the map. Now there are two possibilities to assign the marked GPS data lines to these.
  1) Click on coordinate cross (left mouse key) and drawing (drag&drop) on the round target in the left, upper part of the dialog with the loaded way points and there drop, or
  2) Click on the round target and drawing (drag&drop) on the coordinate cross to be set.
  If the setting was successful, the line in dialog is marked with another icon.
• If both coordinate crosses are set, then the transmitter locations can also be set. First the line, which data should be used, is to be marked in the way points dialog for each setting. It is checked immediately whether the accompanying GPS data also reside within the map, the target circle on the top left of dialog will be green (or red - when not in map).
  Now you can drag the location symbol 1) from the location tool bar or from the map and drop in the way points dialog on the target circle or 2) drag the target circle from the way points dialog and drop on the location somewhere located in the map.

Storage of the generated data:

• The data in a MAP file can be stored independent of the JPG, GIF or BMP format of the loaded map under Save data in additional MAP. The MAP file is small and contains also the data of the related map picture (file name, file length, time stamp), several MAP files can refer to the same one picture file.
• All data base of the competition and picture will be saves in a MAP file. This file containes the path, the data and time of creation of this file. Therewith an unambiguous coordination of MAP and picture file is reached. A comment concerning data of competition can be add.
• When loaded file is a JPG picture (internal format "JFIF"), the data can be stored also in the JPG file itself (as a commentary) with File/Save or with File/Save data in JPG as under an other file name as a new JPG picture. The presentation in picture programs is not influenced by this commentary, but it is possible, that this commentary will be removed after editing and save of picture in these programs! Attention: there the 'comment' in the JPG file not just like that becomes visible, one does transmit perhaps not public competition data, it seems to be a 'picture' only !!!
• If the loaded map is under GIF or BMP picture format, the data can be stored only in a MAP file.
• The map, together with the locations/route lines, can be stored also as BMP file. This file can become very large because it is not compressed how in JPG pictures.
• The keyword line @POSITIONS and its following data are contain in the TLN file of FjwW. It contain the coordinate of all foxes, beacon, departure and arrival. Via clipboard, is it possible to export these data for using in FjwW.

Open a MAP file:

• During the opening, the picture file indicated in the MAP file will be searched and compared to the file length and time stamp read out of the MAP file. In agreement, the picture is loaded and the location/coordinate points drawn into the picture. If the length of file or time stamp doesn’t fit, a warning box appears.
• If the picture file is not found on the directory, this file is displayed on the menu already opened. This picture file will be loaded without confirmation by the user. If it doesn’t work, the user will have to make his own choice.
• The MAP file can be loaded also with Drag&Drop, in other words through drag of a MAP icons into the window of FjwMap and drop there.
• After picture is loaded, location/coordinates/running route data, contained in the MAP file, will be drawing into the picture map.

Receiving of GPS-NMEA data on serial COM port:

• FjwMap is able to receive data of GPS receivers (e.g., from so-called GPS-USB-'Mouses') in the NMEA-0183 format on serial interface, to indicate some of the data and to show the position of the receiver in the map after correct receipt. After menu View/GPS Receiving (NMEA) the interface, on which the GPS receiver is connected, and the baudrate must be selected,
• As soon as valid data are received, they are shown in the window; this can require up to some minutes. Close the window with key ESC or the button on the top right make visible an icon in the Systray of task bar, a click on icon makes the window again visible. Both indicated position data GPS can be marked and be copied afterwards to the clipboard for other use.
• If the coordinate crosses with GPS data have been set and the check box is activated in the window, the received position is shown in the map if she is located within the map.

Printing the map with the locations:

• With File/Print the map can be printed, including the locations coordinate points and optimal running route. The size of the printed map (limited to a printing page) can be adjusted in the dialogue.
• If the DPI statement of the loaded map (e.g. in a JPG picture file) is known, can be printed in original size. Increasing of the DPI value in the dialogue reduces, smaller DPI value enlarges the printed map. Parts of map going out over the paper edge get lost.
• If the map scale is known through setting of the coordinate points, the map with the necessary size can be printed for the input map scale (e.g. 1:15000).
• The map can be printed in a scale that both coordinate point set exactly the input distance (in + two distances) in printing page.

Running route calculations for categories:

• To determinate the optimal running route of the several categories, the foxes have to be registered under Edit/Foxlist/Sequence for each category. With Add IARU categories the eleven IARU categories W19, W21, W35, W50, W60, M19, M21, M40, M50, M60, M70 can be inserted.
• With New or Del single categories can be added or deleted. The category name or the list of the transmitter (fox list) can edited after double click into the corresponding line and column. With Enter or OK the changes are confirmed, with ESC or Cancel the changes are rejected. The evaluated transmitters are shown in the upper part of the window, additional start/beacon/finish (if are set in map).
• If the transmitter number is attached with an exclamation mark '!', this transmitter will be a so-called "duty transmitter". All listed transmitters before have to search first (in any order), after that the "duty transmitter" and after that the following transmitters. Such "duty transmitter" there are e.g. on SPRINT competitions, here called 'Spectator point". Following 'Fox list' of SPRINT as example: "1 3 4 5 6! 11 12 14 15" means, the transmitters 1,3,4,5 first (in any order), then transmitter 6 and then transmitters 11,12,14,15 (in any order).
• The written sequence of the transmitter numbers can also be a fixed sequence by activating the check button on the right hand side. In fixe sequence, single transmitter numbers can be find more often than one’s (loops in the running route), otherwise the multiple numbers will be ignored.
• If the menu View/Order for one category is activated, the category that you have choose is displayed on the screen.
• With View/All opt. searching orders the respective of the optimal that which is sought sequences are represented for the available categories. All categories can be shown by scrolling. In the left upper part, the shortest running routes are sorted by rising length.
  Under the list field, the limit time is showed if the necessary statements are available (see limit time recommendation).

Limit time recommendation:

• The limit time of a competition is dimensioned according to the longest running route of one of the categories. With View/Limit time recommendation it's possible to select different conditions that there are during competition. An additional charge of minutes can be registered below. The determined time limit will be up grade to 5 minutes and display at the lower left hand side part of the window.

Display of running route stored in GPX files:

• GPS tracking units records a personal running route. If the recording is in a GPX file format, it can be shown in FjwMap. There are Freeware which convert the most different other used file formats into the GPX format and/or are able to read out the data from the GPS tracker directly (see below).
  Prerequisite is the use of the coordinate crosses and setting its GPS positions on the loaded map or no loaded map.
• To display running tracks, use the menu View/GPX track display. The GPX file will be loaded. The founded way points which lie within the map and chronologically after the entered start time in dialog; however the date will be disregarded. If no map is loaded, FjwMap searches the maximum expansion of running route in the GPX file and set the suitable coordinate crosses independently.
• A dialog box is opened. With this one, the displaying of running route can be started, stopped, proceeded, finished. You can also change the time-lapse factor or the start time for first running point. With Alt+V the dialog will be larger, so the labelling of 'running point' can changed. The 'running point' can also draw a track in one color or in 1-min-color segments. If you zoom, scroll or move in the main window, the track will now not be erase. With Alt+Y the drawing of track can be accelerate at every time.
• It is possible to add (fox arrival) time to a list box with Alt+(+) or delete these in list with Alt+(-). When the displaying arrive this time(s) the drawing of track will be stopped, after that it can be proceed with Continue. While displaying, the locations F1...F5 change the form and color in the 1-min-rythmus (same behaviour for locations F11...F15 and F21...F25).
• During the displaying of run route different data are given on every road point in the dialog title such as: (1) currently run time, (2) up to now run distance, (3) currently working transmitter (F1:0-1min, F2:1-2min, ...), (4) currently altitude. The text field under give statistical information, build by average of a small number of short taped road segments, such as: (5) currently running velocity, (6) running velocity since start and at finish, (7) total running velocity and (8) minimum and maximum of altitude for whole running route.
• With View/Map redraw or key F5 the drawing tracks can be erase at every time.
• Examples You can find on homepage of www.DL7VDB.de

Drawing of the personal running route:

• With Edit/Running route sketch in the cursor becomes the look of pencil. By multiple clicking in small sections (max. 200) a personal running route can be drawing now. In the status bar, the section length is indicated.
  The last drawing section of running route can be deleted with the keys Ctrl+Backspace, the deleting of the total running route or segmental is possible also via the context menu (right mouse key).
• The personal running route is stored also by save the data.

Work with Altitude data:

• Program is able for working with data of 'Shuttle Radar Topography Mission' (SRTM, see Wikipedia).
  The freely accessible data can find on a NASA FTP server. The data give for a surface of approx. 50 x 90 meters (Central Europe) the height about sea level in meter. More precise data are accessible either not freely, or to agree only against payment.
• With Topography/Path of Local data and Topography/Path of Download data it's need to given paths at first where already locally available altitude data are (possible path as 'read only', e.g. CD/DVD-ROM) and where got data from FTP server are stored (path must be writeable). Both paths (then absolutely writeable) can be also identical.
  With Topography/SRTM Server name the right earth part in which the loaded map lies must be chosen if necessary. The server name and path are to be changed if necessary in the future.
• In order to use altitude data, the two coordinate crosses + must be placed on the map and they own GPS coordinates.
  Now can be loaded the height data with Topography/Get/Load SRTM data. If these data do not exist in your computer, an Internet connection to the FTP server is established automatically to download the necessary data (ZIP files). If everything goes normally, the highest point within the map is searched and indicated.
• With loaded altitude data the height is indicated for a marked location in his momentary position in the status bar.

Additional:

• With Topography/Locations on Google-Maps an generated URL will be copy only to clipboard or hand over to (default)Internet browser. With it a GIF picture with the 640 x 640 pixel is shown on Google-Maps in the browser which indicates the locations on different map background. A condition are setting coordinate crosses with GPS data. It can be necessary, a "Google-Maps-API-Key" to put in the edit field; the link leads to Google-Maps where the key is to be get.
• With Topography/Save KML file the locations can be stored in a KML file, precondition is the using of coordinate crosses with setted GPS data. About usage of KML file see Wikipedia Keyhole Markup Language.
• The menu Extras/Shortcut to FjwMap give the possibility to create a direct connection (shortkey) from the MAP-files and the program FjwMap. As soon as this “connection” is done, double click on the picture map. The program FjwMap will open automatically before to load the selected picture.
• With File/Picture prepare external a picture file can be converted or rotated for using in FjwMap (only formats JPG, GIF, BMP). Listen: only on PC with WinME and WinXP !
• Links for finding out the 'Magnetic declination'
  www.magnetic-declination.com   www-app3.gfz-potsdam.de/...   www.ngdc.noaa.gov/...
  The declination is strong dependant of location on earth and not constant of the time, examples are: London -2°, Berlin +2,5°, Warschawa +4,5°, Kiew +6,5°, Seoul -8° (ca. value in degree)
• Link for freeware to converting different GPS track formats to GPX format using in FjwMap www.gpsbabel.org .

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