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Via 1.8.1

Although labelled like a minor release, Via 1.8.1 brings a number major enhancements and new features. It is also the first version released by Simunto, after taking over the development from Senozon.

New Features

  • Text alignment for labels in XY Plotter. Text labels of points can now we positioned in different locations relative to the points.
  • Ruler The new ruler functionality available in the toolbar allows you to easily and quickly measure distances between points in your model.
  • Support for transitSchedule_v2 The upcoming MATSim release will contain an extended format for transit schedules. Via supports loading files in the new format, although the new features are not yet supported.
  • Transit Stop Attributes Transit stop facilities’ attributes like name, x- and y-coordinate values or the assigned link are now visible in the “Attributes” section when a single transit stop is queried.
  • Search/Replace in Script-Editor The script editor included with the scripting plugin now provides Search and Replace functionality, available with a right-click on the editor area.

Improved functionality

  • Some functionality was lost in Via 1.8.0 due to the separation of agents and vehicles, among them several transit analyses like the functionality to list the current passengers of a transit vehicles. Such functionality was restored in Via 1.8.1.
  • Transit Analyses can now be created by scripts (requires the Scripting plugin), and the resulting charts or data be exported. Example scripts are provided to show how such analyses can be scripted.
  • The user interface (UI) got improved in several places.

And last but not least, several bugs were fixed: In some cases, shape files could not be loaded into Via or from via-files, teleported legs did sometimes not show up when a WebMap was used in the background, and other minor inconveniences.