Version History
Here you can find the changelog of Flowx: Weather Map Forecast since it was posted on our website on 2014-06-13.
The latest version is 3.416 and it was updated on soft112.com on 19 April, 2024.
See below the changes in each version:
version 3.416
posted on 2024-03-12
Release 3.416 (7 Mar 2024)
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- Updated ECMWF HRES global model from 0.4 degrees to 0.25 degrees resolution. This is the same resolution as GFS.
- Removed deprecated Expedition Marine domains in Australia and the UK.
- Added adaptive launcher icons including a monochrome icon.
- Flowx does not default to fullscreen mode - please set this in settings.
version 3.412
posted on 2023-12-24
Release 3.412 (25 Dec 2023)
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- Flowx 11th Birthday release.
- Removed Apple news dialog.
- Optimized iconography.
version 3.410
posted on 2023-12-21
Release 3.410 (22 Dec 2023)
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- Flowx 11th Birthday release.
- Optimized iconography.
version 3.408
posted on 2023-10-26
Release 3.408 (24 Oct 2023)
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- Updated Google subscriptions library.
- Added better backups.
- Updated some Italian translations.
version 3.406
posted on 2023-09-19
Release 3.406 (18 Sep 2023)
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- Flowx released on Apple news.
- Updated some libraries.
version 3.404
posted on 2023-08-01
Release 3.404 (31 July 2023)
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- Updated Stamen Terrain map service
version 3.402
posted on 2023-06-10
Release 3.402 (8 Jun 2023)
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First, apologies for the slow updates. I'm in the middle of a massive rewrite of the code.
This happens every 3-4 years and generally leads to a better code, less bugs and the ability to add new features.
Thanks for your patience.
- Improved location searches.
- Fixed Arome crash bug.
- Updated some libraries.
version 3.400
posted on 2023-02-25
Release 3.400 (23 Feb 2023)
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- Updated CMC HDPRS 2.5km model to use the new domain.
- Added a check to fix a crash related to the scalebar. Please report this issue when you see this break.
- Updated some libraries.
version 3.360
posted on 2022-05-18
Release 3.360 (17 April 2022)
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- Fixed dark theme
- Added ordering of places in Settings
- ECMWF HRES (0.4 degree resolution) data added to Pro for testing
- HRES will be available in the free version in the near future
- Added a new info box & button on the map
- Added RainViewer's Stand With Ukraine banner to show our support
- This banner will show if you look at a place in Russia, Belarus and Hungary
- Bug fixes and more debug logging to catch the "Opps" bug.
version 3.356
posted on 2022-04-21
Release 3.356 (18 Feb 2022)
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Sorry about Arpege & Arome data breaking. It took 2 weeks to fix but:
- Arpege now has snow, low/mid/high cloud & CAPE data.
- Arome increases from 36 to 42 hours, has a larger area, better resolution, and has snow added.
- Fixed the "Share Movie" crash on Android 12 devices.
- More strict requirements on background jobs has broken widget updates on some Android 12 phones. This is not an easy fix. Please have patience.
version 3.354
posted on 2022-02-19
Release 3.354 (24 Jan 2022)
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Happy New Year everyone. It's been a long time between updates and this update is fairly boring.
- Flowx is dropping support for Android 5 (Lollipop) and now supports Android 6 (Marshmallow) upwards. Android 5 and down represented 1.6% of users but Flowx needs this change to take advantage of new Android features.
- Major updates to many libraries.
version 3.352
posted on 2022-01-31
Release 3.352 (23 Nov 2021)
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- Updated some libraries plus some other things.
version 3.350
posted on 2021-11-24
Release 3.350 (27 Oct 21)
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Wow, it's truly been a long time between drinks. I've been busy rewriting the backend of Flowx to allow new features.
This release updates the Google Play billing library which is required by Google on the 1st of Nov.
This is a major change that replaces some very old code so I expect a bug or two.
Please email me if you see any bugs. Thanks for your patience.
version 3.340
posted on 2021-10-28
Release 3.340 (31 Jul 2021)
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- ICON-D2 (Germany+ region) has increased from 27 hours to 48 hours and updates every 3 hours.
- Added upgrade and downgrade options to purchasing pro versions.
- Vertical swipe speed is based on map width instead of map height. You might see a slight change in vertical swipe speed.
version 3.336
posted on 2021-08-01
Release 3.336 (7 Jul 2021)
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- Added Visibility data to NAM and HRRR in Silver and Gold. "Edit Data" to add visibility.
- Great improvements to Swiping:
- Now the default swipe speed is based on the number of days.
- You can edit this in settings.
- Added a bit of inertia to lock the swipe to a direction.
- Added "Days History" to widget config.
- More:
- widget updates after app update
- click clock in landscape works
- "What's News" added to Help.
version 3.330
posted on 2021-06-17
Release 3.330 (27 May 2021)
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- Major updates to some libraries.
version 3.328
posted on 2021-05-23
Release 3.326 (20 May 2021)
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- New Data in Free: GFS Wave replaces the MWW3 wave model. The new data is twice the resolution.
- HRRR Smoke is back.
- Removing some rarely used settings.
- Added a polish pro dialog link.
version 3.322
posted on 2021-04-24
Release 3.322 (8 Apr 2021)
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- New SILAM Air Quality data (0.1 degree ~10km) over Europe in Gold.
- New button to change air quality sources in the air quality menu.
- Added extra zoom to Gold.
- Fixed a bunch of bugs with the widget editor.
version 3.318
posted on 2021-03-19
Release 3.318 (23 Feb 2021)
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DWD has retired Cosmo-D2 (in gold). We have added its replacement, Icon-D2 - an improved weather simulation.
- Openzones now zoom down to the same level as Gold.
- We have a new website at www.flowx.io - there are still some rough parts to fix up.
- Our data servers have also been upgraded so please report any quirks.
version 3.316
posted on 2021-02-25
Release 3.316 (16 Jan 2021)
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- New ~1km domain for the Cook Islands. Thanks again Expedition Marine.
- Fixed an Openzone crashing bug.
- Fixed the Expedition Marine domains in Sydney.
version 3.312
posted on 2021-01-16
Release 3.312 (8 Jan 2021)
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- Happy New Year all!
- Apple Dev Wanted: We are porting Flowx to Apple.
- OpenZones: fixed OpenZone bugs.
- Fixed heaps of long-standing bugs.
version 3.310
posted on 2020-12-16
Release 3.310 (15 Dec 2020)
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- NEW GOLD SOURCE: Alaro from the Royal Meteorological Institute of Belgium (RMI) is now available. The 60 hour forecast has a 4km/1hr resolution and it updated every 6 hours. Thanks RMI.
- OpenZones bug: fixed an OpenZone bug that didn't allow you to choose pro data sources. Sorry about that.
- NOTICE: RTOFS is broken - sorry. The source of the data is not working. I am currently adding a different source. I hope to get this out soon.
version 3.308
posted on 2020-12-12
Release 3.308 (11 Dec 2020)
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- NEW DATA: Expedition Marine has kindly run a high-resolution model over the Southern Cook Islands. I'm enjoying seeing high-res data again. Thanks Nick.
- Priority downloading. Now we'll download data for the graphs, then the recently selected map data and then others. Now you don't wait for backlogged data to download before seeing what you're interested in. Smoove as.
- Fixed a silly bug in my last release that caused blank data values.
version 3.300
posted on 2020-11-23
Release 3.300 (22 Nov 2020)
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- Just a minor update.
version 3.296
posted on 2020-11-10
Release 3.296 (20 Oct 2020)
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- Added more Expedition Marine data.
- New regions: Adelaide and Queensland, AU, South UK with Solent (~1km), Cape Town, Antigua (Caribbean), Baleares and Sicily.
- Sorry my website is still uneditable so I can't upload pictures of the domains. This is my next job.
- Updated Italian translations - thanks Khronos.
version 3.294
posted on 2020-10-22
Release 3.294 (10 Oct 2020)
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- NEW GOLD DATA: I'm very excited to announce the addition of Expedition Marine data with resolutions ranging between 1km and 9km.
- This data covers NZ and regions in Australia. We plan to add more regions soon.
- This has been kindly provided by Nick White at www.expeditionmarine.com. Expedition Marine provides great tactical and navigation software for sailing.
- In other news, RDPS (silver) increases from 2 days to 3.5 days forecast.
version 3.292
posted on 2020-10-11
Release 3.292 (28 Sep 2020)
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- Widget Updates 4.0: This is my fourth! major attempt at fixing widget updates on Android 9+.
- Please can you monitor the widget updates, especially if you've had issues before. Please report any bugs on forum.flowx.io.
version 3.290
posted on 2020-09-30
Release 3.290 (20 Sep 2020)
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- Beta feature: Time step increment in Settings, e.g., 1m, 5m, 10m...
- Fixed crashes after recording a movie for sharing. Shout-out to HBRecorder for their great library.
- Smoke selection in the menu fixed.
- Icon menu position saved between places and source changes.
- And many other small bugs to make you happier :-)
version 3.286
posted on 2020-09-21
Release 3.286 (6 Sep 2020)
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Sorry for the slow update. Time was spent on background work and this new data took ages to add.
- NEW DATA: CAMS Air Quality data. This is a submenu with PM2.5, PM10, NO2, SO2, CO and O3 options.
- NEW GLOBAL MENUS: There is now only one map data menu which is shared by all places. This simplifies the menu, UX and code for maintenance.
- Per-Place-Menus: If you want a different menu for each place, please share your views on the forum.
version 3.280
posted on 2020-09-08
Release 3.280 (27 Jul 2020)
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- NEW DATA: UV Index global data. Big shout-outs to Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service (CAMS) for the data.
- Edit Data via the top-right menu to add UV Index.
- Sorry UV Index is not on the graphs yet. I'll be working on this soon.
- Fixed bug with travel mode and comparing graphs.
- Improved visibility of data labels.
- Fixed scalebar decimal places.
- Fixed bugs I created fixing other bugs.
version 3.268
posted on 2020-07-29
Release 3.268 (25 June 2020)
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Guess who's back, back again. Tracks are back. Tell a friend.
- Our previous data source for hurricane tracks broke. This is all fixed now and tracks are working again.
- Note, there might be some bugs but I'll fix these as they arise.
- More MAJOR updates to libraries.
version 3.266
posted on 2020-07-01
Release 3.266 (11 Jun 2020)
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- Major Feature: A submenu has been added to the sun/moon data to turn the sun or moon on or off, and also raise a help dialog.
- Submenus may not seem like a major feature but it will lead to other cool data manipulations, e.g., accumulated precipitation :-)
- Also MAJOR updated to libraries.
version 3.264
posted on 2020-05-27
Release 3.264 (25 May 2020)
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- Mapbox has deprecated the Emerald, Run-Bike-Hike and Pirates theme. I'm sad about loosing the Pirates theme. So now these maps default to Streets.
- Click on time/date in Compare Graphs to go to current time.
- Selected data source highlighted in drop-down menu.
- Otherwise some minor fixes, features and one major crashing bug.
version 3.262
posted on 2020-05-19
Release 3.262 (17 May)
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- Sunrise/set and Moonrise/set/phase/angle. Gold Credit to Vladimir Agafonkin (@mourner) and Richard Körber for the SunCalc lib.
- Edit Data and add "Sun and Moon".
- Sun/Moon is very new so please let me know if you see anything wrong.
- Night/day shading on the graphs and map is on the plans, and so are many other improvements.
- We will add some help for this feature on www.flowx.io. Also feel free to join in the discussion on forum.flowx.io.
version 3.256
posted on 2020-05-07
Release 3.256 (3 May 2020)
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- The Compare Graphs is showing the time.
- Manual refresh of one widget now updates all widgets.
- Fixed the graph labels for HRRR.
- Fixed the double graph lines.
- Disabled data controls now show in a faded form.
- Major refactoring and tidying of the code.
version 3.254
posted on 2020-04-29
Release 3.254 (28 April 2020)
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- BIG CHANGES with high res. time stepping.
- HRRR now has 15 minute time steps!!! up from one hour steps.
- GFS and ICON has 1 hour time steps for the first 3-5 days up from 3 hour steps.
- If you can't handle the jandal, you can choose low resolution time steps in Settings.
version 3.246
posted on 2020-04-27
Release 3.246 (19 April 20)
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- Fixed a crashing bug.
Release 3.244 (13 April 20)
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- SPECTRUMS: Long-press on the scale bar to change the range, transparency and colors.
- Welcome to our Dark Sky friends. I've added Precipitation Dark Sky and Temperature Dark Sky options for you.
- ATTENTION: Please email me if you have problems with your PRO Version.
- Bugs: One-day graphs is a show, mid clouds are forming, RDPS wind gusts is playing nice.
version 3.244
posted on 2020-04-19
Release 3.244 (13 April 20)
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- SPECTRUMS: Long-press on the scale bar to change the range, transparency and colors.
- Welcome to our Dark Sky friends. I've added Precipitation Dark Sky and Temperature Dark Sky options for you.
- ATTENTION: Please email me if you have problems with your PRO Version.
- Bugs: One-day graphs is a show, mid clouds are forming, RDPS wind gusts is playing nice. Thanks for the reports.
version 3.240
posted on 2020-04-08
Release 3.240 (2 April 2020)
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- ATTENTION: I have made many changes to the Pro Version code. If your Pro Version is not showing, please email me. Thank you for your patience.
- Place Editor to reorder places. Go to Side Menu > Editors > Places.
- Changed the way widgets update. Let me know if you see problems.
- Many major bug fixes!!
version 3.228
posted on 2020-04-02
Release 3.228 (3 Mar 2020)
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- Firstly, Happy New Year to everyone. 2020 is going to be a great year.
- Apologies for 3 months of no releases. I've been working on major changes to the backend.
- Added major polish to how we add data and edit places. Check out "Edit Data" and "Edit Place" in the menu.
- Long-press the data icons to reorder them.
- As mentioned there are major changes to the backend so please watch for and report bugs.
version 3.220
posted on 2020-03-03
Release 3.220 (6 Dec 2019)
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- 16-days of GFS (FV3) weather forecast in all pro versions.
- Is 16-days forecast useful? Check out my new blog (projectink.ink) which talks about the value of this data.
version 3.218
posted on 2019-12-08
Release 3.218 (21 Nov 2019)
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- New Gold Pro Data: KMNI HARMONIE 2.5km (Netherlands+) and 5km (Europe and UK). The forecast is for 2 days and updates every 6 hours.
- Widget updates now only occur when there is a network connection.
version 3.216
posted on 2019-11-22
Release 3.216 (13 Oct 2019)
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- Fixed GDPS 15km fallback for RDPS and HRDPS sources.
- Fixed wind gusts, now all data sources have wind gusts..
- Major update to the library that downloads stuff. Be aware of bugs.
version 3.214
posted on 2019-11-03
Release 3.214 (31 Oct 2019)
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- New Data: CMC GDPS 15km is now available in Free.
- Removed CMC GDPS 25km since it was similar.
- Updated a bunch of libraries.
- Fixed a few bugs.
version 3.212
posted on 2019-10-22
Release 3.212 (20 Oct 2019)
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- Widget Updates: A big update to the automatic refresh process to cope with Android 8+.
- Please report issues on the forum at forum.flowx.io
- GDPS Model: the new 15km resolution version of GDSP is Bronze. This will drop into the free version later.
- Fixed HRDPS which was accidentally showing in Silver instead of Gold only.
- Precipitation units now includes cm/h (for Canadians).
version 3.206
posted on 2019-10-21
Release 3.206 (9 Oct 2019)
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- Apologies for the long dry spell. Just major bug fixing in this release - pretty boring really.
- Search place autocomplete fixed.
- Movie Maker: Fixed a lot of crashing, hopefully.
- Fixed "Add Graph" bug. Thanks Alican.
- Fixed random crashing when loading new OpenZones.
version 3.200
posted on 2019-10-10
Release 3.200 (15 Sep 2019)
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- Movie Maker: Click share to create and share a video with friends. This is beta and a work-in-progress. More improvements to come.
- HaRRR* Smoke and HYSPLIT smoke data is now free since there are lots of fires in California.
* Don't forget International Talk like a Pirate day on the 19th of September.
version 3.148
posted on 2019-09-03
Release 3.148 (2 Sep 2019)
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- BUG: Fixed the wind streamlines bug where the wind goes backwards for speeds > 32 m/s.
Sorry, I had never checked streamlines for winds this fast!
Release 3.146 (30 Aug 2019)
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- NEW: OpenZones where we opens up all data in disaster zones. This is super Beta and rushed a little.
- Add Florida (USA) to see the current OpenZone with the predicted landfall of Hurricane Dorian this weekend.
version 3.140
posted on 2019-08-22
Release 3.140 (19 August 2019)
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- Improved the travel mode to better find your location.
- Bug fixes, updated libraries and general improvement in code.
version 3.136
posted on 2019-08-09
Release 3.136 (7 Aug 2019)
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- NEW: Storm/Hurricane tracks and points for following the possible paths of tropical storms.
- YAY: I have finally found and fixed the blanking radar bug!!!
- NEW: Information pop-ups - currently only for storm tracks - more to come later.
- NEW: Single click the time icon goes to the current time. Double click goes to the latest radar image.
- FIXED: the radar forecast time format in the info box.
- Fixed a minor crash.
version 3.132
posted on 2019-08-02
Release 3.132 (1 August 2019)
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- Added a new layer ordering scheme. Email me if you see any quirks.
- Force refresh now works by clicking "Refresh" twice and now shows a more obvious dialog.
- Fixed NOAA radar layers - thanks Jeff O for spotting that.
- Fixed checking for new data when the app is opened.
- Fixed some layering bugs with storm tracks.
version 3.124
posted on 2019-07-12
Release 3.124 (10 July 2019)
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- Flowx now shows radar if you own RainViewer Pro. This is a good option for Free and Bronze users to get radar
- Fixed radar loading bug and force refresh
- Short 12 hour format (e.g., 10pm) setting
- Fixed map loading issues
Release 3.120 (2 July 2019)
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- Big News: RainViewer Radar in Silver!
- A special thanks to our kind friends at RainViewer for the data. Check out RainViewer Pro on Google Play
version 3.120
posted on 2019-07-03
Release 3.120 (2 July 2019)
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- Big News: RainViewer Radar in Silver!!
- A special thanks to our kind friends at RainViewer for the data. Check out RainViewer Pro on Google Play.
- Just edit place and add RainViewer Radar data. Yay!
- Checks write permissions to storage on start up.
- Fixed some bugs.
version 3.114
posted on 2019-06-28
Release 3.114 (26 Jun 2019)
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- Time now has minutes. Note, this doesn't mean the data is more precise.
- Widget config now checks the Battery Optimization state for Android 9+.
- Major library migration to AndroidX. Not sure why but everyone is talking about it, shiny and supposedly better. Probably because it has a X in it like FlowX.
version 2.222
posted on 2018-02-05
Version 2.222 (4 Feb 2018)
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- Fixed Travel Mode so it updates more regularly.
- Can now add graphs after removing all graphs.
- More efficient loading of data.
- The usual bug fixes.
version 2.220
posted on 2018-01-11
Version 2.220 (11 Jan 2018)
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- More bug fixes - they are coming in fast.
- Fixed the widget time for the "10PM" format.
- Thanks to all those who reported bugs - keep them coming.
2.218 (9 Jan)
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- More bug fixes with selecting widget graphs and travel mode.
2.212 (30 Dec)
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- A shiny new Database.
- Hopefully the migration goes smoothly.
- If you got some issues, please email me.
-Thanks for your patience. Enjoy the New Year.
version 1.070
posted on 2016-07-25
25 July 2016: Version 1.070,=====================,- Added Beaufort wind units. Check units options in settings.,- Fixed blank map issues around the UK.,- A bunch of bug fixes and polish.
version 0.9.28
posted on 2013-06-08
Several fixes and updates
