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+<!DOCTYPE book PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
+"/usr/share/xml/docbook/schema/dtd/4.5/docbookx.dtd">
+
+<article>
+ <para>
+ Version 0.8 offers a major upgrade in the AltosUI
+ interface. Significant new features include:
+ </para>
+ <itemizedlist>
+ <listitem>
+ Post-flight graphing tool. This lets you explore the behaviour
+ of your rocket after flight with a scroll-able and zoom-able
+ chart showing the altitude, speed and acceleration of the
+ airframe along with events recorded by the flight computer. You
+ can export graphs to PNG files, or print them directly.
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ Real-time moving map which overlays the in-progress flight on
+ satellite imagery fetched from Google Maps. This lets you see in
+ pictures where your rocket has landed, allowing you to plan
+ recovery activities more accurately.
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ Wireless recovery system testing. Prep your rocket for flight
+ and test fire the deployment charges to make sure things work as
+ expected. All without threading wires through holes in your
+ airframe.
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ Optimized flight status displays. Each flight state now has it's
+ own custom 'tab' in the flight monitoring window so you can
+ focus on the most important details. Pre-flight, the system
+ shows a set of red/green status indicators for battery voltage,
+ apogee/main igniter continutity and GPS reception. Wait until
+ they're all green and your rocket is ready for flight. There are
+ also tabs for ascent, descent and landing along with the
+ original tabular view of the data.
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ Monitor multiple flights simultaneously. If you have more than
+ one TeleDongle, you can monitor a flight with each one on the
+ same computer.
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ Automatic flight monitoring at startup. Plug TeleDongle into the
+ machine before starting AltosUI and it will automatically
+ connect to it and prepare to monitor a flight.
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ Exports Google Earth flight tracks. Using the Keyhole Markup
+ Language (.kml) file format, this provides a 3D view of your
+ rocket flight through the Google Earth program.
+ </listitem>
+ </itemizedlist>
+</article>