Category Archives: Blog

1.3.11

  • Fixes for reported issues (mainly offline downloader and widget)
  • Fixed a possible battery drain when MyTrails is running but not recording and the screen turns off

Sorry for the quick succession of updates.

1.3.10

  • Bigger map buttons to better conform to Android guidelines
  • Warning when the GPS somehow stops recording
  • Offline downloader shows previously-downloaded areas
  • Sharing after upload includes a track screenshot and works with Twitter, Facebook and G+
  • EXPERIMENTAL lockscreen widget (also works on homescreen)
  • HUD computes average speed as distance / time spent moving
  • Improved display performance even further and fixed the blurry scale that affected some devices

1.3.9

  • Minor fix for GB Grid Reference formatting
  • Restored the track arrows (they were broken in a previous update)
  • Made tracks more visible on extra high-density devices
  • Fixed difficulty in selecting offline download area in some cases

Ordnance Survey maps update

After a week of intense calculations (8 CPU cores going full blast) and a week of uploading the maps to our servers, the new Ordnance Survey maps (November 2012 release) is available through MyTrails.

In addition to the usual data updates (new paths, roads, etc.) that a new Ordnance Survey release brings, this new drop features improved resolution. Previous versions were scanned/processed by OS at around 300dpi and delivered as a set of 3+1 (25k/50k) compressed DVDs; this new version is processed at 660dpi and delivered as a set of 7+2 compressed DVDs.

The improvement is slight but noticeable, especially on high-resolution displays or when using “overzoom” in MyTrails.

Here are two examples; the top half of the screen uses the old tiles and the bottom part uses the new ones. In particular text is more readable and lines are a lot better defined.

If you’re using online maps, you can clear your cache to cause MyTrails to reload the new tiles as needed: go into Preferences > Map Manager and long tap the Ordnance Survey map, then select Delete cache for map.

If you’re using offline maps, you will have to re-download the maps to take advantage of the new tiles. You don’t need to delete the existing map, as downloading the same area multiple tiles does not consume any credits (one of the benefit of our flexible subscriptions is that you can always get the freshest data and the areas you want, you’re not tied to a given release or area).

Let us know if you find anything amiss.

1.3.8

  • Added Toporama map (CA)
  • Better feedback during map purchase, more safeguards during FrogSparks account creation
  • Fixes for reported errors
  • Fixed saving traces to the root of the Dropbox account

This version was released in a bit of a rush due to an issue with Google’s now publisher console, I apologize in advance for any bugs.

1.3.6

  • IGN France maps can now be purchased
  • Ability to edit the coordinates of waypoints and convert between coordinate formats
  • Cleaned up coordinate handling and made the parsers more tolerant
  • Added IGM maps for Italy (unfortunately slow and with a big watermark)
  • Improved Pending Operations when multi-tasking

1.3.4

  • Jellybean expandable notifications
  • Streamlined the process of creating premium offline maps when not subscribed to the premium online map
  • Fixes for reported issues
  • Polish translation updated by Tomasz (thanks!)

1.3.3

  • Added ability to resave the GPX when editing a track’s name or description
  • Added support for sending a tweet when a track is uploaded (only GPSies and My Trails); this has been tested with the web browser, the official Twitter client and Twicca, but does not yet work with Plume, TweetDeck or TweetCaster
  • Fixed MyTrails freezing when trying to clear the track right on launch
  • MyTrails can now continue to record the track if the phone reboots while a recording is in progress
  • Improved support for geo intents (using MyTrails from the address book)
  • Fixes for reported issues