1.3.19 and 1.3.20 are emergency bug fixes. Sorry for the trouble.
I’ve created a Google+ community to consolidate support and discussion of MyTrails.
The support load has been increasing steadily, and any time I spend answering the same questions over and over via email is time I don’t spend improving MyTrails.
When I started developing MyTrails, I had hoped that the GetSatisfaction forum I created would be a thriving community where I could offer support and where other users would also help out. Unfortunately, GetSatisfaction as a whole never really took off and the tools they offered to end-users and developers remained limited and desktop-only.
So now I’m moving support to Google+ and I will make a concerted effort to encourage users who email me directly to post their questions there.
I hope experienced users will join this community and occasionally help me out by answering questions they are familiar with. Thank you in advance for your help!
In MyTrails 1.3.16 we added three maps: IGN Littoral, IGN Satellite and Map1.eu. Here are a few screenshots…
This is a map of French coastlines, with very detailed soundings (depth), reefs and other hazards.
<a href="https://wp.paour.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/Littoral1.png"><img alt="Littoral1" class="aligncenter size-large wp-image-881" height="912" src="https://wp.paour.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/Littoral1-701x1024.png" width="625" /></a> <a href="https://wp.paour.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/Littoral2.png"><img alt="Littoral2" class="aligncenter size-large wp-image-882" height="912" src="https://wp.paour.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/Littoral2-701x1024.png" width="625" /></a>This is a must-have for coastal navigation anywhere in France, and it's part of the IGN <a href="https://wp.paour.com/wordpress/premium/ign/">online subscription</a> <span style="font-size: 13px;">(€</span><span style="font-size: 13px;">15/year or €4/month) </span><span style="line-height: 1.6em;">which also includes the Top25 hiking maps.</span>
If you'd like to store the maps on your phone so that no matter where you sail you are guaranteed to have the maps, you can subscribe to an <a href="https://wp.paour.com/premium/ignlit/">offline plan</a> for just these maps.
This is a very up-to-date and beautiful overhead photography (referred to as "satellite" despite the fact that detailed coverage requires low-altitude airplane photography) covering all of France in crisp detail. It's also part of the<span style="font-size: 13px;"> IGN </span><a href="https://wp.paour.com/wordpress/premium/ign/" style="font-size: 13px;">online subscription</a>, but there is no offline subscription.
Here are a few comparison shots alongside Google Earth which show IGN being just as detailed and a lot more natural-looking; it's also more up-to-date.
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This is a very good-looking OpenStreetMap-based map, with detailed but subtle styling for tracks, nice fonts for place names and a traditional-looking road network.
The team behind this <strong>free</strong> map is asking for donations so they can pay for hosting. You'll notice that some areas are not covered and zoom is limited to level 15. If you like this map, please <a href="http://alpha.map1.eu/donation.html">help them out with a donation</a> (I did).
<a href="https://wp.paour.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/map1eu1.png"><img alt="map1eu1" class="aligncenter size-large wp-image-892" height="912" src="https://wp.paour.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/map1eu1-701x1024.png" width="625" /></a> <a href="https://wp.paour.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/map1eu2.png"><img alt="map1eu2" class="aligncenter size-large wp-image-893" height="912" src="https://wp.paour.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/map1eu2-701x1024.png" width="625" /></a>
For the past couple of months, development of MyTrails 1.3 has slowed down (though not quite as much as I'd hoped), while I attempted to concentrate on MyTrails 2.0.
The main goals of 2.0 are a full UI redesign of the supporting screens (the map display in 1.3 has continued to evolve, but the supporting screens (Map Manager, Track Manager, etc.) have remained mired in Android 1.6 looks and style of interaction). I'm finally able to share some screenshots of the result of that effort. It's not done by a long shot, but it's coming along nicely.
Here are a couple of screenshots of the Track Manager:
Several tracks shown in Track Manager. In landscape view, this displays the tracks on a map.
Track manager with track details. You can swipe to view the track on top of the map. I’ll also be adding more track statistics and the track profile.
And the Graphs screen:
Track profiles. The yellow track is being recorded and is updated in real-time.
Let me know what you think… I'm hoping to be able to release by mid-June.