WindMaster 5.3.2 (WindMaster Setup 5.3.2.exe) with the following bug-fixes

•  "Drop angle" is finaly visiabe in the target window

WindMaster 5.3.1 (WindMaster Setup 5.3.1.exe) with the following bug-fixe

• Revert bug fix of  "drop angle" not visible since it removed the menu on some installations

WindMaster 5.3.0 (WindMaster Setup 5.3.0.exe) with the following features and bug-fixes

• Possible to use FlyTech FAI logger as GPS. The type shall "GPS with NMEA Protocol" and the bitrate speed 57600 b/s
• Fixing problem with not showing winds for upper and lower windlevel in altitude graph
• Don't accept positions from built-in GPS with accuracy >50 m
• Fixing bug with "drop angle" not visible

WindMaster 5.1.3(WindMaster Setup 5.1.3.exe) and 4.21.3(WindMaster Software, 4.21.3.msi) with the following common bug-fixes

• Correcting fault with not assigning Short-Cuts from keyboard

WindMaster 5.1.3 unique bug-fixes

• Fixing logging run-time-error in WM5 NMEA_Decode

WindMaster 5.1.1(WindMaster Setup 5.1.1.exe) and 4.21.1(WindMaster Software, 4.21.1.msi) with changes of the following common functions

• Fixing problem with converting ".wpt" files GeoDatum "Australian Geodetic 1966"
• Fixing Error message: "Menu item .... not found"
• Fixing fault when running ".plt"-files without altitude
• Remove NMEA error messages when satellites are beyond horizon

WindMaster 5.1.1 with full windows tablet support for touch screen

• Framework changed from Net 4.5 to Net 4.0. This is less demanding
• All GPS trackings are logged decoded (with Latitude and Longitude etc) instead as a NMEA string

WindMaster 5.1.0(WindMaster Setup 5.1.0.exe) and 4.21.0(WindMaster Software, 4.21.0.msi) with changes of the following common functions

• Correcting fault with aircraft that points in wrong direction
• All Menu items got tool-tip text
• "Select Regions" dialog box also got scalable text
• "Default" menu item changed to "Home"
• Unused combo box for in menu for vertical cursing speed removed
• Menu items "Map" and "2D Map" merged to one menu item called "Map"
• Menu items "Communication" renamed "Network"
• Changing all fonts to "Microsoft Sans Serif"

WindMaster 5.1.0 with full windows tablet support for touch screen

• Full control over menus
• Size of menus and display sizes scalable via menu item "View"/"Set display sizes"
• Added Scalable Icons
• Enabling setting of "relative map width" via menu/keyboard
• Make display of keyboard short cuts in menus optional
• Full-screen mode for better use of display area. Screen is minimized by clicking on upper-left windmaster icon

WindMaster 5.0.1 and WindMaster 4.20.1 with the following features compared to 5.0.0 and 4.20.0:

• Fixing problem that Real-time symbols are not moved with rest of map during drag
• Fixing run-time error when decoding some APRS messages
• Correcting fault with aircraft that points in wrong direction
• WM5.0.1 only: Fixing fault with swapped GPS status for Built-in-GPS. "2D" is used for "3D" and the opposite for "3D" 

WindMaster 5 is now introduced.

WindMaster 5 is based on a "Visual Studio 2012" and ".Net Framework 4.5" and that enables:

• Full use of touch screen
• Use of Windows 8.1 functions such as Built-in GPS
• Better robustness
• More support for internet interaction
• Better performance since some task are handled by hardware accelerators

A large number of touch screen windows  devices are now available for use such as the one found on http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-8/tablets

The testing of WindMaster 5 has been done on Toshiba Encore. Encore has a built-in GPS and it is virtualy the only device you need.

WindMaster 4 and WindMaster 5 can be simultaneously installed on the same computer but not used at the same time.

WindMaster 5.0.0 has the following new features compared to WindMaster 4.20.0

• Support for Windows 8 (and 8.1) Built-in GPS as defined 
• All NMEA type of GPSes are replaced with "GPS with NMEA protocol"

You might need to upgrade the license file in order to run WindMaster 5

Some legacy obsolete functionality from WindMaster 3 & 4 have been removed from WindMaster 5 These are:

• 3D window and Showing of tracks in Google Earth track
  • This is replaced by the functionality on http://tracking.propania.com
  • Balloon models "WindMaster Add-On, Models 3D 1.0" and "WindMaster Add-On, Balloon models 3D 2.0" can be unistalled if it is no longer used by 
  • DirectX is thereby no longer required
• "Shared-user-question" at start
  • Shared files is achieved with file short-cuts (introduced in WindMaster 4.20.0)
• No support for Maps of type .rik (Swedish propriety map format) and .ozf (OziExplorer propriety map format)
  • File format .ogf is used instead
• Flight instrument DBI from Digitool
• Sending Waypoints to NMEA GPSes
• Tablet Pc Control window 
  • These functions are or solved with tuch screen and pop-up keyboard
• APRS Internet window
  • Limit use. Internet tracking has these functions
• "Show Current Map Coverage" function
  • Solved by "Show all maps' coverage"
• Transient filter for some NMEA GPSes
  • Not needed on modern GPSes
• Support for connecting serial  GPS via Kenwood radio
  • Most new GPSes have USB interfaces

WindMaster 4 will at least be supported to 2014-06-30.

WindMaster 4.20.0 with the following features compared to 4.16.13:

• All sub-directories in "WindMaster data" can be accessed with file short-cuts (*.lnk). The shortcut shall have the same name as the orignal folder. This could be useful when:
  • Sharing maps over several users. The regions are then place under shared document 
  • Having all the regions on another drive e.g. on SD-card on hand-held computers
• Minor adjustment of LUREF coordinate conversion
• Introducing  CH1903 (Swiss) projection
• Support for coexistence with WindMaster 5
  • Error message when multiple instance of any version of WindMaster is launched
  • GPS configuration is changed.
  • The generic GPS "GPS with NMEA protocol"

The number 4.20.0 is used in order to enable the versions to be inline with WindMaster 5 (4.20.0 <=>5.0.0)

WindMaster 4.16.13 with the following features compared to 4.16.12:

• Labels ar possible to show if zoomout scale <=10% (Can be disabled with Menu item "Maps"/"Show labels")
• All types of allowed files shows up as first alternative in File Open Dialog box
• It is now possible to replay track from Europeans logger as gpx files.
  • Waypoints are included in created xml files
  • Waypoints that has name that starts with "Goal" are placed on a route
• WindGraph input
  • Name is used to identify windgraph (Several names are possible)
  • A button is include to update own wind graph with entered wind data
  • Tool tip text added to textbox for describing the input format
  • Show Pibal on map based on menu item "Maps"/"Show Wind Graphs on Map" 
• Introducing Predict Flight Path
  1. Enter a wind graph and make it your own
  2. Right clich the mouse and select pop-up menu "Predict Flight" and then either "From here... " or "To here ..." for the selected crusing altitude and duration
  3. A route will be created based based on current vertical cruising speed
• Change color of waypoint type "Route" to Orange
• Added support for Luref (Luxembourg) projection 

Bug fixes:

• Correcting fault when using Route waypoints
• Fixing some faults in decoding gpx file
• Remove Weather report item from menu