24 October 2024
- Bug fix: download types of track data working properly again.
- New: option to filter out bad data when downloading
- Improvement: count of download now shows count of selected track only
20th October 2024
- Fixed OGN to identify ADSB and non-ADSB data better.
17th October 2024
- Added sorting to group management page.
13th October 2024
- Added trackmyboat.nz website.
- Added support for JimiIoT Devices.
- Added snapping open/close of tabs in sidebar. Quickly shrink a tab or open it bigger again when hidden by clicking a second time on a tab.
- Added the current timerange of the chart as a button. Click it to switch timerange quicker.
6th October 2024
- Added callsign label option and legend column. Note only ADSB sources give callsign, so ADSB traffic via OGN won't include callsign.
- Added 'age' as a second line label option.
- Added ability to switch between 'registration' or 'callsign' for the main label for aircrat. This will fall back to registration if no callsign is provided.
2nd October 2024
- SkySight Forecasts Added.
26th September 2024
- New: Bircom support, an Indian based meshtastic network for paragliding.
- Fix: Edit zones panel now back as a tab.
23rd September 2024
- Added SkySight satellite layer for testing. You'll need a SkySight.io login to use.
22nd September 2024
- Fixed issues with livegliding, the Australian contest and Grand Prix system including:
- - Not calculating competitors speeds around the task.
- - Now imports all official tracker IDs correctly.
19th September 2024
- Added ability to send map marker data to OGN network.
- Added new 'forward data' tab to edit map marker page.
15th September 2024
8th September 2024
- Fix: Using a link to an aircraft will now select the 'selected' tab.
- Tweak: Aircraft will be landed at an airfield if tracking stops for 30 minutes with 4km of an airfield, and below 1300 feet.
- New: Added take off and landing location to flight stats.
- New: Made aircraft photos available to all users.
- Change: Aircraft photos now sourced from planespotters.net.
- New: Added option to filter bad data or not on chart.
7th September 2024
- New: Settings for timezone and time format. Choose between 12 or 24 hour time. Choose to see times based on local time zone, your time zone or UTC.
- New: XC Guide Android app support added. PureTrack support will be added to the app soon.
5th September 2024
- New: Take off and landing detection added.
- New: Flight logs. In the selected tab.
- New: Load a single flight track.
- Improved: Chart buttons and info on hover.
2nd September 2024
- Fix: Editing chart length no longer in-accesable on phone.
- New: Added new base maps. Changed default base map for free version.
- New: Added scale to map top left.
29th August 2024
- Improved: Moved chart length setting into chart. Revamped chart loading. Added 'Show Chart' button and close button.
- Improved: measuring tool shows distance at top of map.
- Improved: Added labels to icons on 'map' tab.
- Improved: Task distance to next turnpoint now finding point closest to target turnpoint (instead of distance from previous turnpoint even if it was the wrong direction!).
- New: Recent thermals and average (PureTrack Pro).
27th August 2024
- Bug fix: Problem loading SoaringSpot tasks.
- New: Added ground speed column option to list view.
25th August 2024
- New: Live experimental task speed. Only supports start lines, circle turnpoints, and finish circles at this stage :)
- New: Added live contest task speed and task leg columns to 'list'.
- New: Added contest task info to selected panel.
24th August 2024
- New: Added Zoleo Satelite tracker support.
- New: Added contest task start times, available as a column.
22nd August 2024
- New: Search added for contest regos. Note can't search for competitors names yet.
- New: Added percentage to task lines.
20th August 2024
- New: Added trails. When viewing 30 map markers or less, it will draw short 4 minute trails on them. Setting added to layers menu for this.
19th August 2024
- New: Added classes under task name.
- Improvement: Map labels made smaller, and colours work better to reduce visual clutter.
- Improvement: Auto adds/hides target distance to columns and labels when placing/removing a target.
- Improvement: Auto adds/hides name and class columns when viewing a contest.
- Improvement: Contests and groups don't reload the page when opening and closing, so web apps stay full screen.
18th August 2024
- Improvement: New much faster loading of SoaringSpot contest tasks. Now includes readable URLs.
- Improvement: Better contest list, shows which are active and featured contests at the top.
- New: Added direction arrowss to task lines.
- New: Added task leg distance labels.
- Bug Fix: Following multiple items now works again.
- New: Follow button in side panel, shows number of map markers it will follow.
15th August 2024
- New: added list of sources under the selected tab. Great for diagnosing if data is coming through on a map marker.
- Improvement: added translations to selected tab.
- Improvement: added temporary trackers for Gliding World Champs.
12th August 2024
- New: Added Tracker App support.
- Added source icons, on selected tab and in list tab as a column.
10th August 2024
- Update: Improvements to Tasks, and tasks on groups.
5th August 2024
- New: Added experimental QR code task loader.
- New: Added ability to assign tasks to groups.
4th August 2024
- New: Upload, view and delete tasks. Only CUP files at this stage.
- Known issue: Tasks second radius always treated as full circle, even if angles given.
2nd August 2024
- New: Transfer map markers and their trackers to other PureTrack users. Find in the dashboard under Map Markers -> Edit.
- New: Added ADSB.lol global coverage, every 1 second.
31st July 2024
- Re-designed side bar with tabs.
- Quick Buttons moved into "Map" tab.
- Improved google and apple map links in 'selected' tab.
- Thermal heights layer now below mountains, roads and map labels.
- Group and contest boxes now have menu and close buttons.
29th July 2024
- Improved: Much improved performance of loading live data, especially when viewing the whole planet.
23rd July 2024
- New: Updated selected panel. Share links and google maps links are more obvious.
- New: Hash links, make it quick and easy to share your map marker with others!
22nd July 2024
- New: Added "Target" tool (PureTrack Pro required). Place a target marker on the map. Turn on 'distance' and 'bearing' to target, available on both labels or in the legend.
- Improved: usability of measuring tool with a popup menu.
- Improved: measuring tool now remembers between page loads.
19th July 2024
- Bug Fix: Soaring Spot "Filter Pilots" menu option wasn't working.
- Improved: Group Member Management page now has un-delete feature.
- Improved: Group Member Management see who added a member to the group.
17th July 2024 - Moving Averages
- New: Added 60 second moving average altitude option to chart and download. Enable/disable in the chart settings.
- Improved: Group Member Management page now shows when people were last online.
- Improved: Group Member Management page includes last used names/labels.
15th July 2024 - Added French!
- New: French translation added, thank you Charles from FFVL.
- Updated: German translation improved, thank you Markus Geisen.
12 July 2024 - Measuring Tool
- New: Measuring Tool back, for Pro users.
- New: Snap measuring tool to aircraft or waypoints.
- New: Added settings cog to top right.
9th July 2024 - FFVL Tracking
- New: Added FFVL Tracking (in) Support to go with the existing FFVL out support.
- Tweak: Improvements to new page quick setup page.
8th July 2024
- Tweak: "Map Icons" renamed to "Map Marker".
- New: Quick Setup Page on your dashboard, for paraglider, hang glider and Paramotor pilots.
- New: Invite links for groups.
- New: After logging in, you'll end up on the page you were trying to get to, rather than the dashboard.
- New: Groups list now has filter search. Also if logged in your groups are at the top.
6th July 2024
- Bug fix: SoaringSpot classes with + in name not loading.
3rd July 2024
- New: Flymaster support re-added. New instructions available at puretrack.io/add/flymaster
- New: Added more detailed timestamp information to the selected panel. Now shows the users local time (from the web browser), the map marker local time, and UTC time.
- Improvement: API rate limiting tweaked.
30th June 2024
- New: SportsTrackLive support added. Linking to map markers coming soon...
- Removed: Flymaster data from public maps. Flymaster trackers will now need to be added manually to show up.
- New: Revamped selected details panel. Fold down regions added. Updated layout.
24th June 2024
- New: Added Paragliding launch sites.
- New: Search feature can use up/down arrow keys and enter key to go to selected item. Top item selected by default.
- Bug Fix: Contest pilots not being filtered from SSA comps.
- Bug Fix: Contest pilots names and classes not listed from SSA comps.
23rd June 2024
- New: Search for airports and airfields.
- Improved: New airport and airfield marker markers and labels.
- New: Added tracker type and tracker ID columns to the list.
- New: Added height AGL (Above ground level) option to second line.
21st June 2024
- Improvement: Much improved search, can now search for both aircraft and names.
- New: Search results now include time since last seen.
- New: Search can now search back 2 months (but only for data collected from today).
- Improvement: Faster labels, to reduce wobble. A nervous 'twitch' needs to be fixed yet...
17th June 2024
- Bug fix: Subscription not showing as active if free trial still ongoing.
10th June 2024
- Bug fix: Wobble labels not showing if logged in, but not a pro user.
2nd June 2024
- Bug fix: Speed on labels second line not updating when hovering on chart.
- Improvement: Added Rain Radar quick button
- Improvement: New airspace quick button icon
1st June 2024 🏷️ Wobble Labels!
- New: Wobble Labels, much easier to read labels that autmoatically keep themselves visible.
- New: Option to switch between toggle labels and previous style labels.
- New: Option to choose how many wobble labels to show.
- Improved: Toggle the second line on/off in one go.
- Improved: Labels quick button cycles between: Labels off, Labels on, Second Line Off. So you can declutter the screen easily.
29th May 2024 🌧️ Rain Radar
28th May 2024
- Bug fix: Some non-aircraft downloads were failing.
- New: Added alert zones layer option, if you want to see them all the time.
27th May 2024
- New: Download IGC file from any track in PureTrack. Download button added to selected panel.
- New: Filter download to specific data sources.
- Improvement: Added up to 4 days track history (1 day for OGN).
25th May 2024
- Improvement: In or out of zone alerts can be sepcified from 30min to 5min precision.
- Improvement: Track data can be viewed for up to 4 days.
- Improvement: There have been issues with ADSBHub failing during NZ night (peak European flying time), this should be more reliable now.
- Bug fix: NZ Weather Stations working again after changes with upstream API.
- Bug fix: Custom names and icons from OGN ADSB data weren't being used. Now adding a custom OGN name/icon will apply to all ADSB and OGN traffic.
21st May 2024
- New: Time travel! See other map items move as you drag around the history chart. Perfect for analysing who was where at certain times. To use click on a map marker, ensure the chart is enabled, and drag around.
- Added option to turn off loading of time travel map markers.
- New: Improved track loading performance.
18th May 2024
- New: Added German translation. Herzlich willkommen!
- New: Added US english.
- New: Added missing "Edit Aircraft" button to selected panel.
- Bug Fix: Colours of text in selected thermal info.
14th May 2024
- Bug fix: Airports weren't displaying after changing the map
- Bug fix: Turning labels on/off wasn't removing second line
- Bug fix: Legend and selected panels not remember sizes, and able to be out of limits
11th May 2024. 🥳 PureTrack Version 3
- New: New user interface and graphic design
- New: Side legend now usable on mobile, drag to change height.
- New: Dark and Light Mode user interface.
- New: Layers menu, to control all layers, labels and markers in one place.
- New: Add/remove legend columns, and sort by any.
- New: Follow buttons in legend, to easily follow multiple aircraft at once.
- New: Quick change between different modes All, Gliding, Freeflight etc.
- New: Added Geenral Aviation mode to filter to all light aircraft only.
- New: Added Marine mode, to filter to watercraft only.
- New: Simpler settings and options.
- Improved: Suppoort for voice control, for using PureTrack hands-free.
- Tweak: New users will zoom to their own country on first visit.
- Bug fix: Error saying map marker can't be found when it was found.
- Known Issues: Missing tape measuring tool
- Note: Old user interface still available at https://puretrack.io/old
9th May 2024
- Fix: XContest data wasn't loading due to issue at XContest end. Now working
- Tweak: ADSB Data via OGN now treated like ADSB data, and will match aircraft to the PureTrack aircraft database, not the OGN database.
25th April 24. Fixed SSA Comps
- Fix: fixed bug with pilots into SSA comp classes.
- Fix: allow manual adding of waypoint file in SSA comp, incase SSA website doesn't include link to waypoints.
- New: added support for NemoScout trackers via OGN.
24th April 24.
- Removed FlightRadar 24 support.
12th April 24. Thermal Heights Layer
12th April 24. Tweaks
- Tweak: Size of thermal varies depending on strength.
- Tweak: Hiding 'un-identified' labels doesn't hide the secondary info label. So you can see the climb rate, and altitude still of unidentified map marker.
- Tweak: Added custom unknown type for Skylines, so only they show on both Gliding and Freeflight modes.
- Bug Fix: Removed stray, old thermals left on map.
11th April 24. Improved Thermals. Bug Fixes
- New: Clicking on a thermal shows thermal details.
- New: Chart highlights clicked on thermal.
- Bug Fix: InReach devices weren't mapped to non-aircraft map markers properly.
- Bug Fix: Add to Group panel wouldn't open if not in a group.
- Tweak: Skylines now shows as 'unknown' type instead of gliders
- Tweak: Unknown types now show on Gliding and Freeflight modes.
9th April 24. Weather Stations
- New: Added New Zealand weather stations.
7th April 24. FFVL Support. Name & Ph Number Added.
- New: Added support to send location to FFVL Tracking. Add FFVL ID number into any map marker.
- Change: "Map Label" renamed to "Map Icon"
- New: Option to add ph number and name to any map marker. These are only shown to logged in users, when clicking on map marker menu (bottom left). Ph number and name can't be added to aircraft at this stage, only custom map icons.
- Change: Removed any FR24 altitudes that are zero.
5th April 24. ADSB Altitude Correction
- New: Added altitude correction for ADSB data based on regional pressure.
- New: 2 debug fields added: Pressure (that was used for altitude correction) and QNH Altitude.
- Bug Fix: Custom OGN labels weren't loading correctly.
- Change: Removed CowFarts :(
3rd April 24. LiveGliding Contests
- New: Added support for Australian LiveGliding contests.
- Change: Hide thermals from stale aircraft.
- Change: Thermal algorithm copes with mixed data sources better.
1st April 24. CowFarts 🐄💨 and Thermal Climb Rates
- New: CowFarts
- New: Added thermal climb rates for gliders, paragliders and hang gliders.
- New: Added live thermal climb rate info box.
- New: Added thermal climb rate option to side legend.
- New: Added Feet per Minute ft/m speed setting.
- Change: Added decimal point to vertical speed legend and info boxes.
- Bug Fix: Contest pilots not loading for SoaringSpot events.
28th March 24. SSA Gliding Contests
- New: Added SSA contests to contest panel
- New: Added pilot names and filtering to SSA contests
26th March 24. Bug
- Bugfix: Editing aircraft details now updates ADSB aircraft cache
23rd March 24. Legend Hiding
- New: Option added to hide/show unidentified items in the side bar. Defaults to hide.
20th March 24. Groups
- New: PureTrack Pro users can now add Groups.
- New: Groups menu item added in main PureTrack menu.
- New: Now hides un-identified icon labels by default. Option to show all labels in settings.
- Change: Added XContest username to info
17th March 24. Label Export
- New: Added label export, for third party developers.
- Change: OGN device with random IDs are removed after 20 seconds, to prevent long chains of ghost aircraft cluttering up the map.
15th March 24. Flymaster, Syride Varios and Bug Fixes
- New: Prelinary Support for Flymaster tracking added, for testing.
- New: Support for Syride varios through the OGN network.
- Bug fix: 'OGN receiver' info box was wrong when hovering on chart on non-OGN points.
- Change: Remove stealth aircraft from OGN feed. Goodbuy trains of stealth ghost icons!
13 March 24. XContest & SkyLines
- Added support for XContest.
- Added support for SkyLines
12th March 24. Minor Improvements
- Bug fix: certain InReach URLs not loading
- Improvement: Select label panel tidied up.
- Improvement: Will now select pilot name by default, as a map label for new users adding OGN or XCTrack.
11th March 24. XContest, XCTrack and SkyLines
- Added support for XContest.
- Added support for Skylines
8th March 24. Added Airspace and Airports
- Added airspace under 'maps' button for all users.
- Added airports and airfields under 'maps' button
- Bug fix: tasks not displaying after changing map
28th Feb 24 OGN Improvements
7th Feb 24 Bug Fixes
- Disabled hiding of contest pilots after closing contest
- Made search box smaller so top button bar fits better on phones
- Re-arranged help and information pages
- Added use case pages: Clubs & Contests and Events.
20th Jan Added Alert Notifications
- Notifications Alerts now available for PureTrack Pro users
- Notifications use the pushover.net website. Configure on your profile page.
- Create zones for alerts on the map page under 'Your Username' -> 'Edit Zones'
- Add alert when aircraft/target enters or leaves a zone.
- Add alert when aircraft/target is or is not in a zone at a certain time.
15th Jan Flight Radar 24 Added
- Flight Radar 24 ADSB data added to the following locations: Eastern Australia, Minden USA, New Zealand
- Bug Fix: URLs and Bookmarks to a location are now working reliably
- New Feature: Clicking Altitude now swaps between ALT, AGL (height Above Ground Level) and both
- Change: Data source type box now hidden under debug info (enable in settings)
11th Jan 2024: Added Dave Mode
- New simplified map labels option (Dave Mode)
- Larger, clearer label text
1st Jan 2024. PureTrack v2 Launched 🥳
- Added aircraft details
- Added aircraft photo (PureTrack Pro Required)
- Added new following list feature, to keep multiple aircraft on screen
- Added option to hide aircraft country code, to simplify map
- Added jump to aircraft feature, with history
- Added configurable label second line, can show any combination of altitude, vertical speed (PureTrack Pro Required) or speed. Manage this in the Layers panel.
- Simplified Contest & Task Loading
- Added new PureTrack Main menu, click on logo top left to view
- Improved Dashboard Page (For logged in users)
- Improved List of Trackers and Map Targets
- New Supported Trackers Page
- New PureTrack Tracker Info Page
- Improved FLARM setup instructions
- Improved Oudie setup instructions
- Removed Pages feature (for now)
- Fixed issue with InReach devices not showing names
- Hides labels for static objects, reducing clutter in Europe
- Added option in chart to view speed or altitude
- Added 'locate me' button to map, to keep the map centered on your location. (Note this currently zooms in which may not desirable, a fix is being worked on.)
3rd Dec 2023. Added Measuring Tool
- Added new measuring tool (PureTrack Pro Required)
- Increased default track loading length
