Version History
This page contains release notes for RouteBuddy 2.6, and all previous versions. To search for a particular phrase, use the filter field below.
RouteBuddy 2.6
Released Thursday, 17 December 2009
- Added sample Ordnance Survey map to demo
- Added scroll bars to Purchase panel
- Fixed crash during address search
- Fixed crash when importing .kmz files on Mac OS 10.6
- Improved rendering performance for some maps
- Improved routing performance and behaviour
- Updated application help
RouteBuddy 2.5
Released Thursday, 11 June 2009
- Added topographical map to demo
- Browser columns can now be rearranged
- Fixed bug where imported places could not be deleted
- Fixed crash during tile rendering
- Fixed crash if quit app during import
- Improved export compatibility of GPX with Garmin RoadTrip
- Improved import compatibility of KML from Google Earth for Windows
- Now allow demo maps to be turned off
- Now support linear routes for off-road use
- Preserve sort order across launches
- Preserve sort order when deleting features
RouteBuddy 2.3
Released Friday, 23 January 2009
- Fixed bug which could lead to excessive memory usage.
- Fixed cosmetic glitch when edge of map was revealed.
- Fixed cosmetic glitch where black lines could appear on map.
- Fixed crash when opening editor sheet.
- Improved tile cache performance.
- Now allow licence codes to be removed.
- Now export velocity to GPX files.
- Now support searching in the RouteBuddy store.
RouteBuddy 2.2
Released Thursday, 14 August 2008
- Fixed bug where cached labels would display with corrupt edges.
- Fixed bug where source list wouldn’t expand when dragged.
- Fixed cosmetic glitch in device panel when window was expanded.
- Fixed crash in BugReporter on Mac OS X 10.4.
- Fixed multiple issues relating to routing.
- Now auto-name routes created between two existing waypoints.
- Now support 3Dconnexion controllers.
- Now support in-application “RouteBuddy Store”.
RouteBuddy 2.1.1
Released Friday, 06 June 2008
- Added workaround for crash when a system voice is corrupt
- Fixed bug where BugReporter could submit old crash reports
- Fixed bug where RouteBuddy failed to launch on Mac OS X 10.4
- Fixed bug where Software Update could fail to report updates
- Fixed crash if BugReporter launched when user has no email address
RouteBuddy 2.1
Released Monday, 02 June 2008
- Added country and US state borders to base map
- Added device location tracking to map
- Added preference to select online map service
- Added scale bar to map
- Added support for creating a route from the selected waypoints
- Added support for printing route itineraries
- Added support for searching on description and URL
- Added tile cache to improve performance
- Fixed bug where altitude of NMEA devices was not reported
- Fixed bug where app did not activate if editor was invoked while in background
- Fixed bug where BugReporter was unable to report crashes from Mac OS X 10.5
- Fixed bug where exported GPX files were missing an XML namespace
- Fixed bug where items could vanish from Waypoint symbol menu
- Fixed bug where longitude field was obscured
- Fixed bug where routes appeared as separators in navigation panel
- Fixed bug where selection was lost when re-ordering a route
- Fixed bug where Software Update could hang while checking for updates
- Fixed bug where sorting by name was case sensitive
- Fixed bug where source list and device panel were not scrollable
- Fixed crash when disconnect device before viewing its panel
- Fixed crash when editing route whose first two links were unnamed
- Fixed crash when Software Update invoked while Preferences window was open
- Fixed crash where search was submitted while existing search was active
- Improved appearance of roads at low zoom
- Improved appearance of water areas when using latest map data
- Now allow user to control zoom while navigating
- Now auto-name new routes based on the destination
- Now display altitude in small units
- Now display turn instructions further from the turn
- Now preserve scroll position when deleting items
- Now save Page Setup state between sessions
- Now sort places by name rather than order of creation
- Now use location from previous panel for initial search location
- Now use sheets for import/export
- Now use system preference for Metric/Imperial units
RouteBuddy 2.0.1
Released Tuesday, 05 February 2008
- Added “home” waypoint
- Added road name help tag on hover
- Fixed bug where clicking map after naming place would not complete the rename
- Fixed bug where durations between 1 and 2 days would be off by 24 hours
- Fixed crash if Google Earth invoked when not installed
- Fixed crash when loading routes that contained invalid waypoint references
RouteBuddy 2.0
Released Monday, 14 January 2008
- Added brand new user interface and data model
- Added graphs for altitude and velocity for tracks
- Added over eighty new waypoint symbols
- Added status bar to show information on the selected objects
- Added support for auto-upgrading Software Update
- Added support for Mighty Mouse and dual-finger track-pad scrolling
- Added support for pasting URLs from online map services
- Added support for reversing routes to calculate a return journey
- Fixed bug where coordinates lost precision after uploading to some GPS devices
- Fixed bug where GPS accuracy was displayed at twice its true value
- Fixed bug where renaming a route would cause it to recalculate
- Fixed bug where routes longer than 24 hours displayed an incorrect duration
- Fixed bug where search results could be returned multiple times
- Fixed bug where timestamps in GPX files were imported in the wrong time zone
- Fixed bug where waypoints were not centred on their base
- Improved performance for rendering, routing, and searching
- Improved performance with thousands of objects
- Increased maximum zoom level
- Now allow search requests to be cancelled asynchronously to avoid blocking
- Now associate URLs and notes with map objects
- Now indicate when a GPS device has compressed track information
- Now record tracks automatically and continuously
- Now route to any existing waypoint or search result
- Now use compressed .plist format for library storage
RouteBuddy 1.5
Released Tuesday, 20 November 2007
- Added large icon for Mac OS X 10.5 CoverFlow view
- Fixed bug where changes to General preferences panel may not be saved
- Fixed bug where extremely large accuracy was displayed when satellites lost
- Fixed bug where routing could fail to complete
- Fixed bug where user notifications were missing on Mac OS X 10.5
- Fixed bug where welcome screen background was missing on Mac OS X 10.5
- Fixed crash when importing two .gpx files simultaneously
- Fixed crash when printing purchase receipt from KRM
- Fixed crash where memory could be exhausted during routing
- Improved performance for long distance routing calculations
RouteBuddy 1.4
Released Friday, 07 September 2007
- Added new welcome screen
- Added support for CSV import/export
- Added support for Google KML import/export
- Added support for TomTom .ov2 and .itn import/export
- Added support for TomTom Go and Rider devices
- Added support for Garmin Nuvi and Zumo devices
- Fixed bug when parsing some Google Maps URLs
- Fixed bug where application help was missing titles
- Fixed bug where application help wasn’t searchable
- Fixed crash when Find window invoked from wrong thread
- Fixed crash when loading older map format
- Fixed crash when progress sheet closed before completion
- Now support entities within .gpx/.loc files
- Now warn if older map format detected
RouteBuddy 1.3
Released Wednesday, 18 July 2007
- Added support for road name display when mouse is hovered
- Added support for turn-by-turn navigation
- Added turn instructions to route editor
- Added voice prompts during navigation
- Fixed bug where licenses couldn’t be removed using Delete
- Fixed bug where route would not redraw correctly while calculating
- Fixed bug where spurious console output was produced when moving waypoints
- Fixed bug where waypoints that contained newlines would overlap
- Fixed crash when finding an address
- Now allow Find results to be navigated to
- Now display fractional miles
- Now display route distances
- Now render settlement centres as circles
- Now render town names at a higher priority than roads
- Now support type-select in waypoint/route/track lists
- Now use alpha-aware colour picker
RouteBuddy 1.2.1
Released Monday, 14 May 2007
- Added additional identifiers for Garmin GPSMAP devices
- Added additional identifiers for Garmin StreetPilot devices
- Added additional identifiers for Garmin Vista devices
- Added identification for Garmin GPS 10
- Added preferences to control routing hazards and goals
- Added support for Garmin Edge
- Added support for Garmin Forerunner
- Fixed bug where coordinates were truncated unless decimal degrees were used
- Fixed bug where demo object limit was off by one
- Fixed bug where geocoding failed for roads with a single address
- Fixed bug where incorrect warning was shown when demo object limit was reached
- Fixed bug where initial map view wasn’t centred on Santa Fe
- Fixed bug where selecting a waypoint produced unwanted scrolling
- Fixed bug where selecting large waypoint lists was extremely slow
- Fixed crash when calculating long routes
- Fixed crash when deleting empty route
- Fixed crash when dismiss Add Waypoints without selecting items
- Fixed crash when loading some maps on multi-CPU systems
- Fixed crash when opening Device window
- Fixed crash when selecting Note tool
- Now allow Escape to cancel the Find window
- Now incorporate road connectivity into route calculations
- Now save calculated route state between sessions
- Now save document toolbar state between sessions
- Now support latest MultiMap location URL format
RouteBuddy 1.2
Released Wednesday, 04 April 2007
- Added 1km radius to POI search
- Added additional identifiers for Garmin Forerunner devices
- Added additional identifiers for Garmin GPSMAP devices
- Added additional identifiers for Garmin Vista devices
- Added identification for iBT-GPS devices
- Added identification for Wintec devices
- Added new compressed file format to reduce map size
- Added preference to control name capitalization
- Added support for address searching
- Added version number column to Licence window
- Fixed bug parsing Google URLs from non-.com sites
- Fixed bug where BlueTooth devices could trigger password prompt
- Fixed bug where BugReporter license was invalidated
- Fixed bug where faith-specific religious POI icons were ignored
- Fixed bug where first character of names were mangled during sync
- Fixed bug where map installer could only install to startup disk
- Fixed bug where region bar could display the wrong location
- Fixed bug where routing could calculate invalid route
- Fixed bug where routing could leave the road
- Fixed crash when dragging malformed files over the window
- Fixed crash when importing certain .gpx files
- Fixed typo in license dialog
- Now display Ferry routes
- Now look for maps in all Application Support folders
RouteBuddy 1.1.3
Released Friday, 22 December 2006
- Fixed bug when importing multiple files via drag
- Fixed bug that preventing launching on 10.3.9
- Now left-align the help tag for the region bar
- Now capitalize keyboard shortcuts in help tags
- Added identification for Holux GR-230
- Added additional identifiers for Garmin GPSMap 60C
- Added additional identifiers for Garmin Forerunner 305
- Added additional identifiers for Garmin eTrex Vista C
RouteBuddy 1.1.2
Released Wednesday, 06 December 2006
- Added identification for Earthmate devices
- Added identification for Fortuna devices
- Added identification for Garmin GPSMAP 376/76 devices
- Added identification for Garmin QUEST devices
- Added identification for Garmin StreetPilot c310 devices
- Added identification for Holux devices
- Added identification for Nokia devices
- Added identification for Pharos devices
- Added support for faith-specific religious POI icons
- Fixed bug where Garmin GPS60 failed to sync
- Fixed bug where multi-byte waypoint names containing whitespace were mangled
- Fixed bug where StreetPilot 2610 displayed wrong icon
- Fixed crash during syncing on Intel, due to divide by zero
- Fixed hang during printing, due to thread deadlock
- Fixed incorrect mapping of Escape key in Route Editor sheet
- Now display 6 digits of precision for decimal degrees
- Now display all timestamps in the user’s local time zone
- Now display the correct zoom-out cursor when option-clicking Zoom
RouteBuddy 1.1.1
Released Friday, 06 October 2006
- Added ability to zoom map with Cmd-Wheel
- Added GPS status button to toolbar
- Added preference for coordinate degree format
- Added support for .gpx file import
- Added support for .loc file import
- Added support for dragged URLs from map web sites
- Added support for NMEA 2.3 devices
- Added support for NMEA altitude data
- Added support tools for debugging devices
- Fixed bug when transferring non-alphanumeric waypoint names
- Fixed bug where Device Info window was not floating
- Fixed bug where document was marked as dirty due to routing
- Fixed bug where documents saved on Intel used incorrect byte order
- Fixed bug where Garmin StreetPilot 2610 was incorrectly identified
- Fixed bug where multiple items could not be dragged
- Fixed bug where Navigator slider did not update after zoom
- Fixed bug where palette visibility was not saved
- Fixed bug where recording a track ignored units preference
- Fixed bug where routes could consume mouse events from waypoints
- Fixed bug where track editor would not refresh on units change
- Fixed bug where URLs from Google Maps ignored zoom level
- Fixed crash if device attached after modifying the toolbar
- Now adjust zoom cursor when reach min/max limit
- Now auto-open map object list if selected while collapsed
- Now cancel Route tool when Escape pressed
- Now display incremental progress when syncing
- Now save map object list width in documents
- Now show focus ring around map object list
RouteBuddy 1.1
Released Thursday, 17 August 2006
- Added support for routing
- Added Universal Binary support
- Added support for high-speed NMEA devices
- Can now create a waypoint directly from a location
- Can now insert existing waypoints into a route
- Can now parse Windows Live URLs
- Fixed bug whereby Software Update may not run
- Fixed crash when closing document window
- Fixed crash when opening an unknown document format
- Fixed crash when using Navigator window
- Fixed crash when using Note tool
- Fixed several small memory leaks
- Fixed use of International English spelling
- Improve compatibility with Garmin devices
- Improve map watermark to explain demo limitations
- Improved appearance of Navigator window
- Recognise additional devices :
- BMW Navigator III
- Edge 305
- eTrex Legend Cx
- eTrex Venture Cx
- eTrex Vista Cx
- Forerunner 301
- Forerunner 305
- GPS 120
- GPS 120 XL
- GPS 125 Sounder
- GPS 18
- GPS 60
- GPSMAP 276C
- GPSMAP 296
- GPSMAP 60CSx
- GPSMAP 60Cx
- GPSMAP 76CSx
- GPSMAP 76Cx
- Quest
- Quest 2
- Rino 530
- StreetPilot c330
- StreetPilot i3
RouteBuddy 1.0
Released Wednesday, 02 August 2006
- Initial release