July 16, 2021

This week we have focused on adding new features and squashing various bugs throughout the network.

🚁Studio

• Fixed numbers Studio flight path bugs based on community feedback

🗺Coverage Map

• Click on the coverage map to reveal collection details including coordinates, direction that the vehicle was moving while collecting, dashcam mount position, recency data, and more

📈Dashboard

• Fixed sorting bug on the columns

• Improved error handling on Uploader for file types that are not supported

• Even faster page load times while paginating

☁️Other

• Improved Tile Attribution to support metro regions e.g. DC metro or NY metro

• Various visual user interface improvements throughout

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July 8, 2021

Since the #newmap launched, we have been aggressively adding new features, polishing other features, and fixing bugs. Here is what launched this week:

• Improvements to new Studio​

  • Integrated into the core application

  • Automated flight path that generates higher quality data

  • Selecting / deselecting multiple tiles

  • Highlighting neighbors

  • Message for selecting only adjacent tiles

  • Message for keeping the tiles contiguous (invalid deselection case)

  • Message for selecting 6 tiles max

• ​Coverage map​

  • Faster and more responsive

  • Better and easier search to move around the map

• Mobile support

  • The web application is supported on most mobile browsers, so you can browse the dashboard, coverage map, etc.

• ​Dashboard​

  • Faster load times when navigating via pagination

  • Toggle between All Contributions and your contributions

• Dashcam mapping

  • Improvements to classifying mount position​

• ​Uploader​

  • Simpler UI navigation

  • Catches file formats that not supported by uploader

• ​Tile Attribution​

  • Improvements to tile attribution logic

July 2, 2021

Same mission, same vision. New day. Taking the wraps off so many new things to grow and expand the Hivemapper Network:

🚀 New & Improved

• ​Hivemapper.com - check it out for yourself

• Anonymous account - you are now anonymous when contributing to Hivemapper. Create a free and anonymous account here​

• ​Docs - new guides for contributing, new FAQs, new docs for the Map Image API, and more.

• ​Dashboard - simplified and much faster

  • See All Contributions in the Dashboard https://hivemapper.com/dashboard/all

  • See the Dashboard for a contributor e.g. https://hivemapper.com/dashboard/sour-rust-monk

  • See your own dashboard https://hivemapper.com/dashboard/me

• ​Uploader - upload drone imagery or dashcam video

• Network Explorer - visualize map coverage​

• ​Studio - same core features, but all faster, easier, and did we mention prettier.

• Map Image API - a comprehensive API for using the imager generated by the network.

• ​Mobile Contributor App - contribute to the map with your smartphone

  • Contributor App for iOS

  • Contributor App for Android

• ​Open Dashcam technical specifications

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