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 icons 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 icon 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 icons.
- 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 icons 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 icon.
- Change: "Map Label" renamed to "Map Icon"
- New: Option to add ph number and name to any map icon. These are only shown to logged in users, when clicking on map icon 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
