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GPSLogger II Changelog Details

2012/01/17 (& 15) - Release of GPSLogger II v2.4.0.5 (OS4.6+ only)

Quick OTA-Update Links

• Update your existing GPSLogger II installation via AppWorld
• Update your existing GPSLogger II installation OTA

What's Changed

• Of course the Expire Fix
• The 'Request RemoteLocation' Options dialog will display the Contact Name beside the PIN Number in the 'Restricted PIN List'. Please Note that the name will be only read when you add a new PIN to the List.

2011/11/15 - Release of GPSLogger II v2.4.0.3 (OS4.6+ only)

What's Changed

• Hosting and joining a Public BBM™ channel will be now announced via the BBM™ User Profile
  So when you like to host your location to a public channel simply enable the 'Post recent activities to my profile'.
  Joining a public hosted channel have become way more easy - simply click on the "Follow Me" Item in the GPSLogger II User Profile box.
• Post your location (frequently) to your BBM™ User Profile
  In order to update your BBM Profile frequently with your current location you need to be enabled this feature in the BBM™ Integration Options of GPSLogger II
  You can select between: OFF, each minute, each 5 minutes, each 15 minutes, each 30 minutes or each hour
• Click on a Location in the BBM Profile of another GPSLogger II User in order to load the user location as direction record in GPSLogger II.
• Sharing location information by eMail will include more & localized data (Elevation, Course and Speed).
• OS7.x main application icon size adjusted

2011/08/30 - Release of GPSLogger II v2.3.1.2 (OS4.6+ only)

What's Changed

• Adjustments to the different GPS-Modes [specially 'Assisted (GSM/iDEN)/MS-Based (CDMA)'.
  Details about the different available GPS-Modes (and the difference between them) are include in the new created 'General Settings'-Manual page.
  I hope with this adjustments (and the provided documentation) the use of GPSLogger will be much more transparent. Personally (since I am in a GSM environment) I have switched from 'Default' to 'Assisted / MS-Based' Mode.
• Uncaught 'java.lang.Error' at application start (if essential permissions are missing) fixed.
  A few users have reported that at the launch of GPSLogger they just get a Error. This Error could had happen if some essential application permissions have not been granted (PERMISSION_SECURITY_DATA / PERMISSION_HANDHELD_KEYSTORE - see 'Application Permissions'-Manual page)
• In the GPSLogger Manual some additional chapters have been added which explains various Option-Dialogs like 'General Settings', 'Appearance & Startup' or 'Remote Location Request Settings'.

2011/08/12 - Release of GPSLogger II v2.3.0.9 (OS4.6+ only)

What's Changed

• New Center Option (when a direction record is present)
  Sometimes a current direction record can be quite away from your current location. So when you zoom in the direction record might be not visible any longer (in Path- & Map-View). The new function allows you to toggle the location that will be centered on the screen:

  1. Your current location (that is the original implementation)
  2. Current active direction record [e.g. a Remote Location (either via BBM™ or via RemoteLocation Request)]. This will allow you to Zoom IN/OUT and with that you can see in detail about the area of the current direction record (aka your buddy)
  3. Middle between both GPSLogger II will center the middle between your location and the current active direction record (remote location). With this option you should be able to see both locations (depending on your current used zoom level). This still might fail if you and the other location are not on the same continent (Max ZOOM level of BlackBerry-Maps might not be large enough).

  You can toggle between these three options by pressing the [9] key of your keyboard.
  Please note that you need to enable the Option 'Center Location' (Appearance & Startup) in order to make use of this functionality.
• When you make use of multiple views a vertical divider line will be drawn
• Improved handling of potential exceptions during startup (missing permission related) - I hope with this additional implementation everybody is able to at least start the application and get the appropriate information what is needed to adjust.

2011/08/09 - Release of GPSLogger II v2.3.0.8 (OS4.6+ only)

What's Changed

• Revised initial Configuration & Information Dialog: DISCLAIMER & BlackBerry-Maps Info added
  GPSLogger II makes use of BlackBerry-Maps (if installed). Please note that if BlackBerry-Maps is not supported in your country then GPSLogger II can't display any map information. The list of currently covered areas can be checked at the following site: http://us.blackberry.com/smartphones/features/blackberry_maps_more.jsp#tab_tab_coverage. If your area is not listed, you still CAN USE GPSLogger II - just without the map overlay functionality (the usage of GoogleMaps is not possible).
  Additionally the YES/NO Confirmation-Popup-Dialog have been replaced with just two buttons in the initial Welcome Dialog.
• Adjustments to integrated BBM-Chat functionality when hosting a public GPSLogger II channel

2011/08/02 - Release of GPSLogger II v2.3.0.5 (OS4.6+ only)

What's Changed

• This build implemented the switch between the default GPSLogger II Version and the 'BBM™ connected' Edition in a complete different way. This should make it again possible to launch GPSLogger II via 3'rd Party Launcher applications that have issues with the previous implemented switch. This should also fix the issue that in some cases (permission related) GPSLogger II could not be started at all.
• Request Remote Location
  In the previous build the 'Request Remote Location' feature was only working if BBM6 was installed - in the default Version the feature did not work at all - I am sorry for this flaw that slipped totally though my fingers. With the 2.3.0.5 this feature will work for both Application variants.
• Fixed 'Module Verification Errors' reported by some users.

2011/07/10 - Release of GPSLogger II v2.3.0.2 (OS4.6+ only)

What's new?

• Request Remote Location (and use it as navigation point)
  With this new functionality you can request the GPS-Location of any other BlackBerry Device that have also installed GPSLogger II. Of course you can't request the location from anybody - there have been added plenty of options and settings to allow you to restrict access to this new functionality. All this can be done via the new 'Remote Location Request' Options.
  • Enable Remote Location Request Service: Of course first of all you are able to turn this new feature completely ON and OFF. When the Checkbox is unchecked all incoming location requests will be ignored.
  • Restrict access to PINs: You can restrict the location requests to only specific PINs. This means as long as a Location request does not come from a PIN that is in your list, the request will be ignored.
  • To add a PIN to the list you need to press the 'Add Contact' Button. This will display all contacts of your BlackBerry Address Book that have a PIN assigned. If your list is empty please ensure that you will edit your BlackBerry Contacts so that people who should be able to request your location have a PIN-Info in our AddressBook.
  • To remove a PIN you can select the PIN and press the 'DEL'-Key or select 'Delete PIN XXXXXXXX' from the Menu.
  • Keep PIN-Messages: By default GPSLogger II auto deletes the incoming GPSLogger-PIN-Request and Response Message. Turn this Option OFF if you like to keep the requests and responses.
  • Audio Alert if Location is requested: If you like to be alerted when somebody is requesting your location GPSLogger II can trigger an Audio Alert. Please note that you need to configure the Alert in the Global Device Alert Settings - It's listed as 'GPSLogger II - LocationRequest Alert'.
  Once you have received a Remote Location request Reply the received location will be used as navigation point in GPSLogger II. So in the direction view you can see the the distance, ETA and all the other information that is useful when you like to get to that location.
  Since my wife owns a BlackBerry as well since a couple of days, this function became very handy. E.g. when she is at the crowded beach with the kids and I want to find her when I want to join her after work. Just sending her a Request and few moments later I know where to go!
• GPL & GPP as ContentHandler: Finally you can open *.GPL (Paths) and *.GPP (Locations) files from anywhere (e.g. from a eMail attachment or from BBM™) directly with GPSLogger II.
  I am surprised myself that it took me so long to finally add this to the application *shame*.

2011/07/04 - Release of GPSLogger II v2.3.0.1 (OS4.6+ only)

Quick OTA-Update Links

What's new? / What's fixed?

• BBM SDK 1.0: GPSLogger II have been adjusted to match the latest API-Changes of the BlackBerryMessenger APIs. Please note that you need BBM 6.0.0.111 (or higher) to make use of the BBM™ integrated features of GPSLogger II.
• GPX-Import enhancements: When exporting and re-importing GPX files with GPSLogger II the named locations will be kept (instead of giving each waypoint in the path a own generic name)
• Scale adjustments: The Scale in the Path & Map View will make use of a smaller font
• Fix: ETA-Time calculation in Timing View based on the overall average speed (ETA: Estimated Time of Arrival)
• Fix: Timing View display again Time & Distance when logging is paused
• Fix: (I'll keep my fingers crossed') "Uncaught exception: DSC: Duplicate Sync Connection" when updating

2011/06/21 - Release of GPSLogger II v2.2.0.8 (OS4.6+ only)

What's new? / What's fixed?

• Always Center Location on Map: A new option in the Appearance & Startup Options allows you to keep your current location always centered on the center of the display. This feature can be used with the Map- and with the Path-View and can become quite handy when you are using the Outdoor-navigation function. Actually I have to admit that this feature was missing for quite a long time and finally it's there.
• Export Elevation in KML: a new switch in the Export Option allows you to include the elevation values in the KML in a format that allows to display the altitude of a location in GoogleEarth correctly. Ideal for logged flights.
• Unload Location: In addition to the unload Navigation Path you now can also unload the current Target Location (the location to which the device is currently pointing)
• PathDetails Popup (in the PathManager) will include various Date information (Start-Location Date, EndLocation Date & LogFile Date)
• Fix for Overall Time & Distance display when Minimum Speed Setting is configured and the current speed is below the minimum logging speed
• Fix for Elevation plausibility check
• Fix for imported Path's (where the timestamp information was missing)
• Fix for BBM-Notifications (include remote timestamp information) (fixed in 2.2.0.7)

2011/06/07 - Release of GPSLogger II [v2.2.0.6] (OS4.6+ only)

Quick OTA-Update Links

• OS 4.6 and above:

  Update your existing GPSLogger v1.8.x (or your previous GPSLogger II β) to GPSLogger II v2.2.0.6 OTA

• OS 4.2.1 - OS 4.5.x:

  Please note, that GPSLogger II requires OS4.6 (or higher) - Older OS will be not supported by GPSLogger II.
  Nevertheless you still can update your GPSLogger to v1.9.0.3 OTA (This will probably the last β build of GPSLogger v1.x)

What's new?

• Append Logging: With GPSLogger II it's possible to continue the recording of a Path (e.g. the next day - or after switching the battery). Simply load a previously recorded Path with the the Path-Manager and then select 'Append Logging' from the #Menu. This allows you to record different stages of a multiple day trip in a single log file. Please note that the original path file (to which you will append) will not be overwritten - for each appending session a new file (with the date of the appending day) will be created.
• BlackBerry Maps: Beside the 'classic' PathView an additional MapView have been integrated - when this view will be used (only available if BlackBerryMaps is installed) the logging path will be drawn on top of BlackBerry Maps. This implies that then GPSLogger II will use a online connection in order to draw the content of the map (if not already cached). If you like to avoid this additional data transfer you should use the classic PathView or you can turn of the Data Service of your device (specially when you are on Roaming). GPSLogger II will work like before if Data Service is disabled!

  As additional option for the Map View you can:

  • Enable/disable the rotation of the map depending on your current heading
  • Select the Map opacity (in "Day-Mode")
  • Enable/disable Auto-Center functionality while logging (if enabled GPSLogger II will ensure that always the complete path will be visible on the map)
• Additional Views: With GPSLogger II you can have now up to three different Views on the Screen. You can specify in the 'Appearance & Startup' Options beside the 'Start View' now also an 'Additional View1' and an 'Additional View2'.
  • Once the additional views are enabled you can toggle them ON and OFF by using the key shortcut [1] or [2].
  • When you use three views then by default the screen will be split asymmetric 50% for the Main view and 25% for each of the additional views. If you like you can disable the asymmetric split (also in the 'Appearance & Startup' options) and use 33% for each of the views.
  • When you have the Path-, Map, Speed or the Elevation-View as first additional view you can make use of the [ALT]+[I] to Zoom In and the [ALT]+[O] key shortcut to Zoom Out.
• Emergency Alerts: Any sportive activity can have the risk of having an accident. Would it not be perfect to have somebody watching you? GPSLogger II does exactly that. Your device can send an automated Emergency Alert eMail when you are not moving for a certain (defined) time.
  • Specify a Minimum distance (in Meter or feet) you have to move in a specified time. When you do not move the specified distance in the specified time period an eMail will be send automatically to the specified recipient. Please note that the notifications will be only send when in logging mode - if you stop logging (or enter the pause mode) no notifications will be send.
  • Beside the time interval and the distance you can specify the recipient(s), the subject and the eMail body
  • The send notification will include a GoogleMaps link to your current position as well as the complete logged path in order to make it as easy as possible for anybody to locate you.
  • Please note that this feature would required data coverage (for sending the eMail). So if you are around in an area without (or only temporary) data coverage this feature will be useless!
• Sharing Location (spammy!): This is quite a simple solution to send every n-Minutes your current location to a eMail recipient
  • This implementation offers a simple way to send your current location via eMail - sure there are other services with the same functionality but these services are webbased and this means that your location data have to be stored on a 3'rd party database. If you don't like to share your location information with people you don't know this new GPSLogger II feature will allow you to do so.
  • Beside the time interval you can specify the recipient(s), the subject and the eMail body
  • Each send eMail will include a GoogleMaps link to your current position.
  • Please note that this feature would required data coverage (for sending the eMail)
• Configurable StatusBar: Finally the StatusBar information is customizable - decide which information you like to see
  • Toggle visibility of the StatusBar with the [0]-Key
  • When logging you can select a AutoHide timeout for the StatusBar
  • Specify in the 'Appearance & Startup'-Options which information should be displayed
• Additional new Keyboard shortcuts:
  • Volume Up/Volume Down: next/previous main Display
  • [SYM]: Pause/Unpause while logging
• Elevation plausibility check: Sometimes the GPS-Antenna deliver strange values for your altitude - GPSLogger II have a new General Option that allows you to check for the plausibility of the Elevation values of a path. This check (& fix) will only be applied when you are loading a previously stored path so the original data will be untouched. The check will look for up/downhill grades that are larger then 150% and if such an implausible elevation is detected simply the previous value will be used. Please note that you should turn off this functionality when you use GPSLogger II to log your sky diving activities.
• Additional information: When you use a Sample Interval that is smaller then 1 Minute, GPSLogger II can show you two additional information (Please note that both values depends from your selected Sample Interval):
  • The climb in percent (over the last minute) [gaining 100m of altitude over a distance of 100m will mean Climb 100%]
  • The average speed over the last Minute (will be displayed as "LMinØ" in the TimingView - LMin=Last Minute)
• The Distance Alert [GPSLogger: Special Options] can be now be configured in the AudioProfile Settings - Will be listed in the 'Others' Section as 'GPSLogger II - Distance Alert' - make sure that you modify the audio volume if you would like to hear the tune.
• GPSLogger v1.x was my first BlackBerry application with all consequences and it was finally time for a complete redesign. Technical GPSLogger II is a complete new developed application based on the experience I have made over the last two years. I invest quite some time in order to make the difference as small as possible between GPSLogger v1.x and the new GPSLogger II. Under the hood the complete code had to be rewritten and none of the original GPSLogger v1.x code have been reused in GPSLogger II.

Additional BBM-Features of GPSLogger II
(require BlackBerryMessenger 6.0 to be installed & configured)

• Invite one or more of your BBM-Contacts to follow you
  The invited BBM-Contacts will receive constantly the host location. Please note that the invited BBM-Contacts needs to have GPSLogger II installed as well.
• Start or Join a public Host
  Create a public BBM-Channel that anybody (with BBM6.0) can join. GPSLogger II will update your Personal Message with the link information and additionally copy a join-link into the clipboard so that you can paste it in a eMail, SMS, Twitter or Facebook. Users who would like to join your public BBM-Channel can enter this link in GPSLogger in order to follow you. As host you can specify an additional audio signal (configurable in the BlackBerry Notification Settings) to get notified when a client have joined your session.
• Client Options when joining a host
  • Send your (client) location to the host
    Once you are connected to a host you can decide if the host should see your client location as well. The host itself can select which client (if multiple clients are connected) he would like to get displayed additionally on his device. Also the host have the option to instruct all clients that they should not submit their location at all.
  • See only the host.
    By default you see your own location and additionally the host as navigation path, so you are able to follow the host. When you enable 'See only the host' then GPSLogger II will use the remote host GPS-Signal instead the one of your device. This allows you to do everything with the remote signal (that you normally do with your own signal) including logging.
• Send previously recorded Paths and Locations to your BBM-Contacts
  Since BBM6 allows you to share files with Friends you can send previously recorded Path or Locations to your BBM-Contacts. This functionality is available from the PathManager and the LocationManager screens.
• Invite BBM-Contacts to Download GPSLogger II
• Join the GPSLogger II BlackBerryMessenger Group by scanning the QR-Code.

GPSLogger Changelog Details

2011/06/07 - GPSLogger release of 1.9.0.3 public β

Quick OTA-Update Links

• update your current GPSLogger Version for OS4.2.1+ OTA
• update your current GPSLogger Version via AppWorld™
• update your existing GPSLogger to GPSLogger II for OS4.6+ OTA

What's new?

• Append Logging
• Emergency Alerts
• Sharing Location
• Configurable StatusBar
• Additional new Keyboard shortcuts
• Elevation plausibility check
• Additional information
• The Distance Alert [GPSLogger: Special Options] can be now be configured in the AudioProfile Settings
• Completely rewritten

2011/04/06 - GPSLogger release of 1.8.0.9 public β

What's new?

• Since plenty of user have difficulties to understand how to initially setup GPSLogger some additional information has included into the app in order to make the initial configuration (and the requirements of the app) more transparent to the user
• Links to the online manual have been integrated (hopefully people will read it)

What's fixed?

• Torch 9800 OS6.0.0.448 & OS6.0.0.526 fixes

2011/03/31 - GPSLogger release of 1.8.0.8 public β

What's new?

• GPSLogger will check required ApplicationPermissions after installation
• New Option to hide Waypoint/Trackpoint names

What's fixed?

• Potential battery drain issues after GPSLogger have been shut down [even turning device GPS off did not solved this issue] - but finally with this new build this issue should be fixed
• Potential SecurityException fix when applying new GPS sample Interval
• Torch 9800 OS6.0.0.450 fixes (for folder navigation)

2010/11/19 - GPSLogger release of 1.8.0.4 public β

What's new?

• Select between different GPS-Modes: GPS options: Default, Data Optimal (high battery usage, highest accuracy), Response Optimal (high battery usage, good accuracy), MS-Based (medium battery usage, medium accuracy), Standalone (low accuracy), Celltower ("no power" usage, lowest accuracy)
  Please note that Celltower Mode might not be available with all providers (like here in Europe with Vodafone) - but there might be other areas around the world where this will work.
• GPSLogger comes now with a 'Test GPS-Settings' Button which allows you to check if your selected GPS-Mode will work with your device
• The status at the top will also show the current Battery Level in %
• In the General Options you can specify a minimum speed which is required in order that a received location will be recorded (in kmh, mph or nmh)
• GUI-Enhancements like they have been released in all other emacberry.com applications (text input fields with borders - aligned input fields etc.)

2010/07/26 - GPSLogger release of 1.7.9.0 public β

What's new?

• In Direction View (when a Waypoint is present) the relative speed to the WP is shown in the lower left corner (positive speed: approaching the WP/ negative speed: departing from WP)
• GPSLogger should open now noticeable faster (OS 4.6+ Version)
• additional tweaks that I have made over the last 10 month that I could not remember :-)

What's fixed?

• For some Locales it could had happen that after a minute the duration jump to up 31 minutes - I'll hope that this is fixed with this new build.

2009/11/16 - GPSLogger release of 1.7.8.0 public β

What's new?

• Support for DesktopManager Backup & Restore [keep the settings of GPSLogger when you update your OS or change the device]
• OS5.x Support added (text around SVG compass)
• Support for Storm2

2009/10/27 - GPSLogger release of 1.7.7 public β

What's new?

• New Option 'AutoSave': Select between OFF, each 5min, each 15min, each hour or each 4 hours in order to avoid path data loss when your device battery dies during recordings.
• Export as EMail will now include most of the Path details like name, distance, duration, minimum & maximum altitude, etc. in the message body.
• OS4.6+ Version only: In the Storm OS 4.7.0.181 RIM fixed a bug in the SVG-Rendering - this makes a workaround of GPSlogger obsolete. Since only you as a User is able to know if the workaround is required on your device or not the new GPSLogger version have an additional Appearance option: "Use SVG position patch in Compass/Direction view". By default this option is enabled (this represents the original implementation of GPSLogger). If the text around the Compass is shifted (in Compass- & Direction View) then please uncheck this new option since you got a new OS version installed where RIM have fixed the problem (and GPSLogger does not need to correct the wrong OS behavior any longer).

2009/09/30 - GPSLogger release of 1.7.6.0 public β

What's new?

• Lap Timer functionality - How to use the new feature:
  1. Start logging
  2. Once you are at your lap start finish line:
     • open the menu and select "Set Start/Finish Line"
  3. Switch to Timing View to see new data:
     • current lap time / distance to start finish line (linear)
  4. Once a lap is completed you will find an additional line:
     • lap length, lap time, average lap speed
     • additional previous lap information (depending on the device resoultion)
  The lap calculation depends also from your outdoor navigation settings (detection of start finish line).
  You can find all lap details of a recorded path in the PathManager Path-Details Dialog.
• New Appearance Settings "Speed in Minutes per KM/mile" (mpkm/mpm) (default OFF) - this option is useful for all runners who want to keep track of their pace. Once this option is checked, GPSLogger will display all speed information in Minutes per KM/mile/nautical mile.

What's fixed?

• Fixed export of KML/GPX locations that are close to meridian/equator

2009/09/11 - GPSLogger release of 1.7.5.0 public β

What's new?

• Distance (in Miles or Kilometers) will be printed with two decimals (instead of just one)
• New General Settings Option "Use 'brute force' LocationProvider recovery" (default OFF): GPSLogger can start an observer process for the LocationProvider (the "thing" that is generating GPS-Antenna-signal updates) - it can happen, that for some reason GPSLoggers stops updating the location data. With this option you can enable a cyclic check if there is still a signal from the GPS-Antenna and if not the system tries a recovery.
  Please note, that a change requires an application restart to take effect.
• Option "Check for updates": allows you to check your GPSLogger Version with the latest available at emacberry.com

What's fixed?

• Hopefully all font related problems are solved *sigh*
• Import of KML-Files that only consist of a <LineString> element and that contain negative longitude or latitude values

2009/08/30 - GPSLogger release of 1.7.2.0 minor fix (public β)

What's fixed?

• 'Foolproof pause' caused hang ups (took extremely long to display the text) - changed front to none outline (solved the problem on my Storm)

2009/08/28 - GPSLogger release of 1.7.1.0 fix of the fix (public β)

What's fixed?

• My apologize - never use WHILE statements when you are not sure, if the condition ever can become false - I have put that in my pipe and smoked it - the freezes had nothing to do with "older devices" or anything like that. The problem occurred in unlucky combinations of default device font settings and the GPSLogger font selection.
  I have corrected the code and thanks to the help of Joachim the problem is fixed now.
• Logger does not stop logging anymore when distance signal is used (was reported by users in the forum)

2009/08/24 - GPSLogger release of 1.7.0.1 public β fix

What's fixed?

• Some older devices seams to have problems with the intensive use of the fillPath function - this causing some devices to hang up in direction/compass view (or when using the "foolproof" pause option). Hopefully with the update to v1.7.0.1 this problem is fixed.

2009/08/23 - GPSLogger release of 1.7 β

What's new?

• Layout of Direction View reorganized: Now the information will be displayed in the four corners around the compass:
  • lower left: Course to waypoint
  • lower right: Distance to waypoint (above the distance you see the ETA at the waypoint)
  • upper left: distance to target (Navigation mode) / current Latitude & Longitude (Geocaching mode)
  • upper right: ETA at target (Navigation mode) / waypoint Latitude & Longitude (Geocaching mode)
  A preview of this new layout can be found in the forum.
• New 'Appearance & Startup' Option: "Display foolproof paused info" toggle the large 'paused' display on/off (default: OFF)
• New keyboard short cut: [Q|W]: Mark current location
• Sort order will be saved between GPSLogger sessions

What's fixed?

• Sort by Distance will list nearest Location first
• Sort by Name is case insensitive

2009/08/20 - GPSLogger release of 1.6.5 public β

What's new?

• When recording is 'paused' a large info will be displayed on all views
• New key short cut [O] in Path & Location Manager: Change Sort order [Time|Name|Distance]
• Mark Locations of loaded paths - this allows you to mark locations of a previously recorded path.
• New Option "Confirm Pause and Stop while recording" (default OFF): In order to avoid unwanted breaks in your logging session.
• New Option "Automatic name for 'pause'" (default ON): When pause your recording the location will get automatically the name 'pause'.
• Additional textual course information in Compass View(lower left corner)

What's fixed?

• Improved visibility of text information in direction view (none outline)
• Improved visibility of marked locations along the path (thicker dot)
• Compass View Menu Entry for OS 4.2.1+ (was missing before)
• Compass pointing now really to NORTH for OS 4.2.1+ version (*shame*)

2009/08/16 - GPSLogger release of 1.6 public β

What's new?

• Uploading a recorded path to the GPSies.com website* [accessible via the Path-Manager]
• Search the GPSies.com database for tracks that are nearby your current location* [accessible via the Main Menu]
• Compass View for OS 4.2+
• Complete new rendering of the Compass for OS 4.2+
• Outdoor Navigation Key shortcuts (Main Window)
  • [SPACE]: Next Waypoint
  • [DEL]: Previous Waypoint
  • [SHIFT]+[R]: Reset Navigation
  • [SHIFT]+[I]: Reverse (invert) Navigation Path
• New Option: Record only GPS-locations with Speed (logging will only record a point if the current speed is > 0.01 m/s)

What's fixed?

• LocationManager: Enter a location in raw mode will accept again '.' chars (not numeric anymore)
• LocationManager: Create a new Location: Degree-Input-Field will accept 3 digits
• Import: Support for <wpt> tag for GPX import
• Outdoor Navigation: Waypoint(+) [SPACE] will select the NEXT waypoint (that comes after the one that is currently ahead) - You can't step more forward then the "next" WP (similar to "back")

2009/08/01 - GPSLogger release of 1.5 public β

What's new?

• Outdoor Navigation! - All Details about this new feature (and the corresponding new options) can be found at the Outdoor Navigation documentation.
• When logging a new MenuItem called 'Bring me Back (route)' is available:
  See Special function in logging mode: 'Bring me Back (route)'.
• Logging status indicated by [L] (logging), [P] (paused) in the upper left corner
• New Shortcut [SHIFT]+[A|S]: (S)tart logging
• New Shortcut [SHIFT]+[Q|W]: (Q)uit logging
• New Shortcut [SHIFT]+[O|P]: Toggle (P)ause
• New Function: Clear all paths data/reset GPSLogger (key shortcut [SHIFT]+[Y|X|Z])
• Changes between Imperial and Metric units will automatically update unit dependent option values ('Distance signal', 'When Waypoint is reached' & 'Distance to next Waypoint')
• New symbol for 'location to reach' in the Path-View
• Reorganized main menu structure
• Additional menu entries (e.g. zoom in/out) for Storm Users (can be used instead of key shortcuts)
• All lines will rendered with anti-aliasing-effect

What's fixed?

• Checking GPS-Location for '0' as latitude or longitude values
• Import of large (0.5 MiB+) KML & GPX files

2009/07/25 - GPSLogger release of 1.0

What's new?

• Options reorganized - on BlackBerry® devices it's quite common to separate the application options into various screens - this makes the options way more organized and easiert to understand.
• Distance Signal - new 'Special Options' to specify 'Vibrate Time' and 'Audio Volume'
• The specified 'Path directory' will be checked at each startup (if writable) - if not the Options dialog will be opened
• New General Option: 'Start in NightMode'
• New General Option: 'Confirm deletion of Paths and Points'
• New General Option: 'Allow start without GPS-Signal'
• New dialog to enter locations in the Degree, Minutes (decimal) format (like: 47° 56.112 N)
• Export (KML, GPX and CVS) of single Locations (from the Location Manager) - Key shortcut: [Z|X]
• GPX-Import will support files that contain location information in <rtept> elements

What's fixed?

• Input fields for new location coordinates only accept numeric values
• When in logging mode: a loaded location (via the LocationManager) will not be overwritten by the start location of your current path
• Fixed rounding problem for lon & lat values [if ending with 00 milli seconds]

2009/06/17 - GPSLogger update to 0.6.4.1 (HOTFIX)

What's new?

• Renamed Option 'Use absolute elevation values' in 'Use inverted elevation values' (and adjusted the internal implementation)

What's fixed?

• Logging will record altitude again

2009/06/16 - GPSLogger update to 0.6.4

What's new?

• Option 'Use absolute elevation values': for some reason some devices (like Storm and Bold) seams to return "inverted" altitude value. Even if it's possible in WGS84 to have a negative altitude there are sample logs of users showing negative elevation values > ~250m - this is for sure not correct.
  The data in the $GPGGA NMEA sentence is also negative - so there is no easy way to fix this inside GPSLogger [since all available data sources shows the same (false) value]. So if your BlackBerry® device is creating negative elevation values only, then please be so kind and enable the 'Use absolute Elevation values' checkbox in the options. When you toggle this option you have to reload current visible data in GPSLogger.
  My apologize that this was not discovered earlier - but I am living in a very flat area where min and max elevation have only a difference of 20m
• Location Manager will always show distance to current location in the location list (requires a current location gps signal)
• Export format: CSV (incl. double quotes as value encloser)
• Export option: Only marked locations (= with name) will be included in the export (default OFF)
• Predefined location marking names - when you have a file called names.txt in your path directory, then GPSLogger will use the content of this file when mark a location on your path (while recording). The names.txt should countain one predefined location name per line. Your names.txt file should look like this (and can be created e.g. with BBFileScout):
  
   your predefined name 001
   your predefined name 002
   ...
   your predefined name xxx
  This will make GPSLogger quite usefull for wildlife tracking/recording, since this allows you quickly to pick the animal/plant you just have spotted at the current location.

What's fixed?

• KML Export: Marking of Max Speed when at the same location then with Max/Min Elevation
• Added [BACKSPACE] as key shortcut for deleting a path or location in the corresponding manager screens

2009/06/12 - GPSLogger update to 0.6.3

What's new?

• If a location was loaded it will be always shown in the 'Path View'
• New dialog to enter locations in the Degree, Minutes, Seconds (Milliseconds) format
• Alignment of speed & elevation views based on relative (and not on absolute) time - this allows you to compare different recorded paths even if they are recorded at a different date.
• Website: Documentation started [read more]
• Website: New Sceenshots of GPSLogger in action [click here]

What's fixed?

• When using large fonts the path & location details could not be fully read - now you can scroll up/down
• Zoom works again when you are actually logging (or have loaded a path into the background) [was broken in 0.6.2]
• After deleting the last location or path the list will now be empty (refreshing issues solved)
• Multiple 'Background Path' should be rendered in different shades of grey

2009/06/09 - GPSLogger update to 0.6.2

What's new?

• "Distance Alerts/Signal" - Peep & vibrate after a user specified distance (in Meter or Feet) was traveled (specially useful for runners & biker)
  E.g. specify (in the options) a distance of 1000m, then GPSLogger will give you a audio signal & your BlackBerry® Device will vibrate every km. So you get informed, that you have completed the user specified distance. Of course the signal comes again after an additional km. So you have the signal at 1km, 2km, 3km... When you want the signal every mile, then please enter 5280 ft.
• In the KML export the "Max Elevation", "Min Elevation" and "Max Speed" Locations will be marked with a special symbol and an additional Text
• You can now load a Path into the background and can follow this background path without the requirement to start logging.
• New Option: Specify the "distance signal" (in Meter or Feet depending on your Units Setting) - Enter a '0' to disable this feature.

What's fixed?

• Export for of ultra long Path (39500+ Locations) supported (even if I do not recommend to log longer then 1 day in a single GPSLogger session)
  Please note, that ultra long paths can't be send via eMail since it simply blows the device RAM! (A log with 39500+ Locations will generate a KML or GPX file of 18+ MB!)

2009/06/05 - GPSLogger update to 0.6.1

What's new?

• We have a new domain! 'www.emacberry.com'
  That's also the reason, that you will get an Information when updating to the new Version [a module with the same name (GPSLogger) exist] - simply continue by pressing "OK".
• Progress bar when exporting paths

What's fixed?

• Path, Elevation & Speed Views will show always all named Locations
• KML-Import fixed (negative values)
• Possible HangUp fix when exporting long paths

2009/05/29 - GPSLogger update to 0.6

What's new?

• Specify your custom path names when start logging (can be enabled by 'Specify own Path names' in the options)
• Editing path names (via Path Manager)
  There is a single issue with editing Path names: Renaming an Path created by any previous GPSLogger version (before 0.6) will cause in a duplication of the Path - one with the old name - one with the new name - simply delete the path with the old name afterwards - there is no way around that - please excuse this inconvenience. Once the file is renamed for the first time, the overwriting when changing the name again will work smooth like silk.
• Create a new location (via Location Manager) - specify name, lat & lon value [the first step into a GeoCache app]
• Edit name of existing locations (via Location Manager)
• Direction View for OS4.2.1+ will show heading to 'N' (beside the direction to go)
• Direction View will show "estimated time of arrival" (depends from the current speed)
• Location details dialog will show the distance to your current location
• Import of KML Path (additional to GPX import)
• Import of a KML/GPX location [unzip your Google KMZ files (e.g. with BBFileScout) to a KML]
• New Shortcut [SHIFT]+[M]: Open Path Manager
• New Shortcut [SHIFT]+[L]: Open Location Manager
• New Icons in GoogleEarth (the KML-Export)
• New Shortcuts in Path Manager:
  • [I|U]: (I)nformation/Details about path
  • [E|R]: (E)dit Path name
  • [Z|X]: E(x)port path
  • [M]: Export as e(M)ail
  • [DEL]: (DEL)ete path
  • [L]: (L)oad path
  • [A|S]: Load as (s)hadow path
• New Shortcuts in Location Manager:
  • [I|U]: (I)nformation/Details about location
  • [E|R]: (E)dit location name
  • [B|N]: (N)ew location
  • [DEL]: (DEL)ete location
  • [L]: (L)oad Location

What's fixed?

• no bugs where reported in the last days...

2009/05/24 - GPSLogger update to 0.5.7

What's fixed?

• display of durations longer then 1 hour corrected
• correct timestamp information for GPX & KML-Export files (all GMT)

2009/05/23 - GPSLogger update to 0.5.6

What's new?

• Timing View: Display elapsed time, current speed and ? speed in a large font (e.g. for runners and cyclists)
• Path details popup will show ? speed
• Details popup for location (in location loading screen)
• Import of GPX-XML files from 3'rd party logging applications
• KML-Export contain extra info for each location

What's fixed?

• Display of 'NW' heading

2009/05/21 - GPSLogger update to 0.5.4

What's new?

• Direction View:
  Load a previously stored Location (Point) and let you guide to that direction ("Guide Me Home" function). This can become quite useful when you have to locate your car at a big parking lot - or when you are in the wilderness and have lost the orientation. Please Note: This is not a any kind of street navigation function! - it's just gives you a direction & distance.
• Key short cut [D|F] to toggle display forward
• Key short cut [SHIFT]+[D|F] to toggle display backwards
• Key short cut [L] to toggle night mode

What's fixed?

• KML-Export

2009/05/17 - GPSLogger update to 0.5.3

What's new?

• Key short cut [D|F] to toggle display

What's fixed?

• correct N|S and W|E values for Lon&Lat
• GPS & Compass-View will display content without being in Logging-Mode
• 4.6+ only: Compass centred

2009/05/15 - GPSLogger update to 0.5.2

What's fixed?

• New Icon
• Zoom IN|OUT for Path-, Elevation- and Speed View (working while recording or when opening previous recorded path)
• Zoom IN with KeyShortCut: [U|I]
• Zoom OUT with KeyShortCut: [O|P]