Fixed: Incorrect suggestion of Indian Grid Zone 1A instead of Zone 2A above 28°N.
Fixed: Opening of files (CSV/GPX/JPEG/KML/KMZ) in Nougat and above.
Fixed: Time selection in Sun Moon Information in Nougat and above.
Updated: Links to website and method of joining Mailing list.
Corrections and improvements.
Multiple bug fixes.
2.3
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Added: Sun Moon Information gives a graphical depiction of the Moon.
Added: Support for Galileo. Indication of SBAS use on main screen and Satellites Info.
Bug fixes.
Miscellaneous corrections, improvements and optimisations.
2.2
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Bug fixes & corrections.
Improved compass compatibility.
Minor optimisations.
2.1
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Bug fixes.
Minor corrections.
2.0
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Added: Optional Google Maps with 'Deesha Internet Extension'.
Misc: Bug fixes and minor improvements.
1.3
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Added: Alert if 'Device settings > Developer options > Don't keep activities' is enabled as it does not allow the app to function.
Added: For devices with 'Menu' key users can disable Action/App Bar under 'Settings > Main Screen' and instead use 'Menu' key.
Added: Grid Overlay in Map View.
Changed: Action/App Bar is shown by default on all devices higher than Honeycomb, even those with 'Menu' key (due to some devices incorrectly reporting availability of 'Menu' key).
Changed: Re-organised 'Settings'.
Improved: Swapped location format is used across the app.
Misc: Bug fixes and minor improvements.
Note: Discontinued.
1.2
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Added: Area & Perimeter Calculation Tool. Defined area can also be saved to KML file.
Added: Conversion Tool: Batch Conversion from locations in CSV file, waypoints or specified locations. Converted locations can be saved to CSV file.
Added: Conversion Tool: Suggestion of Indian Grid Zone as per the known bounds.
Added: Conversion Tool: 'Swap Formats' button.
Added: General: Alert and tip, if location not acquired even after set time limit.
Added: General: Alert if device does not have a magnetic compass.
Added: General: 'Edit' location under 'Map View > Pan To Location', 'Tools > Conversion', 'Tools > Projection' and 'Tools > Sun/Moon Information' now allows you to select from Waypoints or specify location.
Added: General: For CSV file opened from device file browsers, option to import as 'Map Images settings' apart from Waypoints.
Added: General: Heading can be configured to be with respect to either True/Magnetic/Grid North under 'Settings > Sensors'. Also, the Grid Convergence of the current location (as per location format) is also shown apart from the Magnetic Declination under 'Settings > Sensors'.
Added: General: Sharing of location via SMS ('Share/Copy > Share via SMS'. App also monitors for any incoming SMS with location.
Added: General: Support for additional web map service hyperlinks (Bing Maps, Here, OpenStreetMap, Wikimapia, Yahoo! Maps).
Added: GeoTagged Photographs: Support for creating and navigating. 'Tools > GeoTag Photo' allows you to capture a photograph and save location related information. 'Navigation > To Photo GeoTag' allows navigation to a GeoTagged image. Also, app registers to open JPEG files to read Exif location tags.
Added: Home Path: You can configure a 'Home Path' where all files (exports/photos/logs etc) will be saved by the app.
Added: Location Format: For Indian Grid System support for Grid Letters while displaying location. Can be configured under 'Settings > Location Format'.
Added: Location Format: GEOREF (World Geographic Reference System) location format with configurable decimals for minutes.
Added: Location Format: Support for Polar Regions in MGRS.
Added: Material theme for Lollipop and above devices.
Added: Main Screen: On Map View you can now 'Pinch to Zoom'.
Added: Main Screen: Option to enable/disable navigational information and to enable/disable full screen Map View under 'Settings > Display'. These settings are non-persistent and will reset once you exit the app.
Added: Satellites Information Tool: 'Satellite Time' under 'Tools'.
Added: Satellites Information Tool: Average SNR, Maximum SNR and the type of satellite data available (Almanac and Ephemeris) is shown.
Added: Satellites Information Tool: BeiDou and SBAS support. App now also provides information about any BeiDou satellites being used in Main screen and Satellites Information Tool. In addition apart from GPS/GLONASS/BeiDou, any other satellites, i.e. SBAS (EGNOS/GAGAN/MSAS/WAAS) satellites information is shown in Satellites Information Tool under (Others). Note: This is completely hardware dependent!
Added: Satellites Information Tool: Clicking on the row displaying a SBAS satellite's data will show the satellite type and region.
Added: Satellites Information Tool: Earth View to show location of visible satellites relative to the Earth.
Added: Satellites Information & Trip Computer Tools: Option to enable/disable keeping the display switched on.
Changed: General: Exported files are saved to 'exports' sub folder of 'Deesha' folder.
Changed: Icons of ActionBar changed to Material theme.
Changed: Indian Grid System: Minor correction in conversion parameters.
Changed: Main Screen: The Satellite constellation(s) (GPS/GLONASS/BeiDou) in use is displayed with flags of operating country (USA/Russia/PRC). Also you can double click on the flag(s)/icon or the Satellites count field to launch Satellite Information Tool.
Changed: Settings: 'Alert Settings' moved from 'Sensors' to 'Miscellaneous'.
Fixed: Crash on certain OnePlus devices.
Fixed: Main Screen: 'Create Named Waypoint' was not checking uniqueness of name. Now if specified name is not unique waypoint will not be created.
Fixed: Trip Computer Tool: Minor bug.
Improved: File Chooser: Can now open folders/sub folders. The device file manager is now not used/needed.
Improved: General: For CSV file opened from device file browsers to import Waypoints, option to choose between default/custom formats.
Improved: General: Magnetic Compass is improved and now works even when the device is tilted on such devices.
Improved: General: On Honeycomb and above, Action Bar is now translucent and overlaid on the Main screen (on devices without 'Menu Button').
Improved: General: On force close, an error report is also saved in 'logs' sub folder of 'Deesha' folder.
Improved: General: User Interface and Map View layout improved.
Improved: Main Screen: Improved 'Arrival Alert' with option to stop navigation.
Improved: Map Images Settings: Map Image file location is not restricted to 'Deesha' folder only.
Improved: Map Images Settings: While adding/editing a Map Image, thumbnail of Map Image is shown. The same can be clicked for a preview.
Improved: Settings.
Improved: Waypoints Manager: Better handling of duplicate name while creating new Waypoint. You are prompted to specify a different name and other parameters are retained.
Misc: Bug fixes, corrections and multiple minor improvements.
Misc: Multiple performance optimizations.
1.0
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Added: 'Pan Map View To' option added for locations shared via 'geo' URI intents.
Added: Support import of Waypoints from KMZ files.
Added: The app now registers for directly importing Waypoints files (CSV/GPX/KML/KMZ) on selection from file browsers.
Added: 'Sun Moon Information' also gives the Azimuth and Elevation of Sun and Moon.
Added: 'Bearing from Compass' feature button added in 'Projection Tool'. You can align the device towards a location and click the button to get the location bearing for projection.
Fixed: Bug in import of GPX and KML leading to faulty import fixed.
Fixed: Major corrections in 'Sun Moon Information'. Now gives more accurate information.
Fixed: Import of GPX file when choosing file with device/custom file browser is now working.
Fixed: Notification bug on Honeycomb and Ice Cream Sandwich fixed.
Misc: Corrections, improvements and optimization.
0.4.2 Beta
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Changed: Location Sensor is now run as a service. Location data is updated continuously even when Deesha goes to the background/device is in standby/locked.
Added: While Deesha is running (in foreground or background) a notification is shown. The notification can be tapped to return to Deesha.
Added: 'Trip Computer' under 'Tools'.
Added: 'Named Create' Waypoint feature under 'Waypoints'. This saves the current location as a waypoint. While panning in Map View, the current centre location of the Map View is saved. You will be prompted to provide a Waypoint name.
Added: 'Quick Create' Waypoint feature under 'Waypoints'. Similar to 'Named Create', but Waypoints are named serially as 'QW0001', 'QW0002' and so on.
Added: 'Quick Keys'. 'Volume Up' and 'Volume Down' buttons can be configured for various actions. Also, the 'Search' button (on devices with it) will open the Navigation Menu.
Added: 'Sky View' in 'Satellites Information'.
Added: 'Import from CSV' (of Waypoints), now also supports custom formats (Indian Grid Zones, MGRS and UTM).
Added: Management of A-GPS Data. Deesha can be configured to request download of A-GPS Data after specified time (under 'Settings > Sensors > A-GPS Download'). Also, A-GPS Data can be manually cleared and manually requested to be downloaded (under 'Tools > Satellites Information > Options Menu').
Added: Under 'Navigation', option to navigate to the current map location while panning in Map View.
Added: While panning in Map View, options for the map centre locations are available; Pan to location, Create named/quick waypoint, Navigate to, Nearby waypoints, Projection from, Projection to, Share/Copy and Sun/Moon information.
Added: Compass Error value can be set for correction of Magnetic Compass reading under 'Settings > Sensors'.
Added: Suggestion of the Indian Grid Zone can be disabled under 'Settings > Location Format'.
Added: The alerts for 'Location Sensor Disabled' and 'Calibrate Compass' can be disabled under 'Settings > Sensors'.
Added: While moving an arrow indicating relative direction of each Waypoints/Recent Destinations is shown in the list generated by 'Navigation > To Waypoint' and 'Navigation > To Recent Destination'.
Added: Under 'Help Etc', you can click 'Join Deesha Mailing List' to send e-mail to subscribe to the mailing list.
Misc: Bug fixes, corrections, improvements and optimization.
0.4.1 Beta
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Added: 'Satellites Information' under 'Tools'.
Added: 'Export to CSV' (of Waypoints), now supports exporting to specified (custom) location format.
Added: Projection from/to locations are saved for a session. So from Waypoints page you can select two different Waypoints to Project From/To.
Added: While specifying Waypoints you can directly replace the Waypoint's location/altitude with current location/altitude.
Fixed: Multiple instances of apps are not opened.
Fixed: On Android Gingerbread or earlier, geo URI intents are now detected.
Fixed: While sharing as location, exclude option for sharing to Deesha itself.
Improved: Font size of Map View text can be configured.
Improved: Help can be zoomed into for larger text size.
Improved: In 'Navigation to Waypoint' and 'Navigation to Recent Destinations', list of Waypoints/Recent Destinations is dynamically updated as per change in current location.
Improved: 'Navigation To Waypoint' prompt now has option to sort the list of Waypoints alphabetically, in addition to by distance from current location. Also the Waypoints can be filtered for easier search.
Improved: In 'Specify Location' and 'Specify Waypoint', 'Current Location' was as per last reading as the location sensor was switched off. Now it is updated with fresh readings from the location sensor.
Improved: Map image support is more stable. Only one map image as relevant to the Map View is shown. Also, Map Images settings can be exported/imported.
Improved: The list of filenames in the app file chooser is sorted as per file type.
Misc: Multiple bug fixes, corrections and improvements.
Misc: Improved stability.
0.4.0 Beta
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Added: Map View. Optionally you can also configure to display map images (experimental).
Fixed: Action Bar icon colour mismatch.
Fixed: Improved stability of Waypoints while exporting, importing, loading and saving Waypoints.
Fixed: State of Satellites not being reported before a location fix.
Fixed: NMEA and GPS Status listener not being removed after app is closed.
Misc: Bug fixes and improved stability.
Misc: Minor corrections and improvements.
0.3.2 Beta
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Added: Alternate file import option for Waypoints if file manager unavailable/incompatible. Optionally, can also be used directly.
Added: Export/Import to/from GPX files.
Added: Prompt to specify location name while sharing/copying location.
Added: Navigate to Recent Destinations.
Fixed: Absence of 'Menu Button'. On devices with Honeycomb or above, if the 'Menu button' is not present, as an alternative touching the main screen will show the 'Action Bar' on the Main screen. The 'Action Bar' will hide after some time.
Fixed: Error in MGRS conversion.
Changed: SDK method for satellite information is used instead of NMEA method for better compatibility.
Bug fixes.
Corrections and improvements.
0.3.1 Beta
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Added: Support for Waypoints with facility of export/import to/from CSV/KML files.
Added: Supports for 'geo' intents.
Added: Graceful handling of 'Force close' i.e. app crash with generation of error report which can be sent to the developer.
Added: Fully configurable Arrival Alert.
Added: Apart from sharing location as text, you can also share as a location ('geo' URI) or copy to clipboard.
Added: Option for sending feedback to the app author.
Added: Option to recommend the app to someone.
Added: If Location Sensor is disabled, offer option to open device location settings.
Major improvements in the user interface.
Bug fixes.
Corrections and minor improvements.
0.3.0 Beta
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Datum for Indian Grid System updated to 'Indian (India, Nepal)' with 'Everest 1956 ellipsoid' from 'Everest 1830 ellipsoid'.
Added support for metric, nautical/aeronautical, statute units for altitude, distance and speed.
Added support for a primary and a secondary location format which can be toggled on the fly.
The Indian Grid Zone is suggested, in case Zone is not correct as per the known bounds.
While specifying a location, change of location format is now not persistent.
0.2.2 Beta
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Added Sun/Moon calculations.
Added projection to/from locations.
Added setting to configure use of location sensor heading.
Bug fix.
Minor corrections.
Code optimization.
0.2.1 Beta
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Added calculation of destination based on a start point, bearing and distance.
Added conversion feature.
Added help.
Code optimization.
Incorporated Longitude/Latitude field switching in edit location also.
Minor corrections.
Discontinued due to fatal bug.
0.2.0 Beta
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Added support for navigation to set destination.
Added option to include Google Map link while sharing location.
Bug fixes.
Improved layout of main screen for different screen resolutions.
Improved stability.
Minor corrections.
0.1.7 Beta
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Added support for MGRS & UTM (no support for UPS/Polar regions).
Changed layout.
Changed over to custom black theme.
Incorporated sensor smoothing in compass.
Prevented possible crash causes.
Minor corrections.
0.1.6 Beta
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Added support for sharing location.
Added direct opening of webpage from app.
Resolved issue of compass calibration message staying persistently.
Resolved issue of incorrect No of Satellites if GLONASS unavailable.