OuterSpatial Releases

New

• Social tools, including the ability to create posts and comment on posts created by others.
• Sponsored communities.
• New "gallery" screens for paper maps and documents make it easier to quickly find the item you're looking for.

Updated

• If you have a network connection, the Explore search now pulls in results from an external source so you can search for a city, an address, or the name of a business.
  
• A redesigned organization screen shows you a map of all of an organization's locations and outings and lets you view the organization's documents and paper maps allin one place.
  
• Improved deep link behavior for areas, trails, points of interest, and outings.
  
• Improved state restoration to ensure you can continue right where you left off.
  

Fixed

• Fixed an issue that was causing bookmark creation and user profile updates to fail in some cases.
• Fixed an issue that was causing the Explore map to fail to properly zoom to the user's location after switching communities.
• As always, this release also includes other significant internal improvements that should improve your OuterSpatial experience!

Fixed

• Add Hawaiʻi community back in.
• Fix a bug that caused deep links to communities to fail in certain cases.

New

• Added the Tennessee and Utah communities.
  

Fixed

• Addressed a number of minor bugs.

New

• Added the Tennessee and Utah communities.
  

Updated

• Made major improvements to the data loading process. Data loading should now be faster and use less memory.
  
• Tapping the "View in Explore" button now highlights feature in Explore map in addition to zooming/panning to the feature.
  
• Improved text formatting so nested list items display properly.
  
• Improved the stability of state restoration on some screens.
  
• Improved deep linking. Now, when an area, trail, point of interest, or outing is linked to, the feature is highlighted on the Explore map.
  
• State restoration now works for all screens in the app.
  
• Maps no longer zoom/pan automatically when selecting a feature.
  

Fixed

• Handled some edge cases that caused deep links not to work properly after installing the app.
• Fixed a bug that was occasionally causing two points of interest to display when selecting a point of interest.
• Fixed a bug that was causing the Explore map to zoom to an incorrect location after selecting a search result.
• Fixed a bug that was causing the status bar on the main Social tab to change colors when going in and out of network service.
• Fixed a bug that was causing the support chat to fail to load when opened immediately after onboarding for the first time.
• Fixed a rendering issue that was causing the "Closed" banner to squash in certain cases.

Updated

• Closed areas, trails, and points of interest now show the closed banner throughout the app.
  

Fixed

• Work on making Facebook authentication work more smoothly.
• Stomped out some crashing bugs.

Updated

• iOS 13 optimizations.
  
• Design improvements for the Social tabs and Event, Featured Content, and Organization screens.
  
• Make activity badges available on the Social tabs to highlight new posts.
  
• Add support for zooming in/out to the photo gallery.
  
• Improved data loading to ensure the best performance and experience on all devices.
  

Fixed

• Numerous bug fixes.

Updated

• New design for community switcher.
  

Fixed

• Explore list view only shows one item.

Updated

• Made it easier to access Stop information for Outings.
  
• Implemented partner organizations for areas, trails, and points of interest.
  
• Added organization information to the Outings screen.
  
• Ensured landscape and portrait images are displayed consistently throughout app.
  

Fixed

• Location control not working in certain contexts.
• Fixed a number of crashing bugs.

Fixed

• Fixed an issue that was causing some "Get Directions" actions to not function properly.

New

• Added Credits section to Settings.

Updated

• Updated some icons to their Material Design equivalents.

Fixed

• Stop points on Outing maps are now tappable again.
• Highlighted Outing lines now display properly underneath Stop points.
• Fixed some issues with Facebook authentication.
• Fixed a number of rare crashing bugs.
• Organization screen now includes all Events, Featured Content, and Outings.
• Fixed an issue that was causing the map on the Organization screen to display improperly.

Updated

• Added reset password and log out actions to the Edit Profile screen.
• Added a print button to the Document screen.

Fixed

• Fixed an issue that was causing the splash screen to show over the loading screen.
• If no image is set for Events and Things to Do items, banner should not be tappable.
• Fixed an issue that was causing changes to the user profile to not save if made immediately after logging in.
• Non-selected features outside of the current community should never appear.
• Fixed a crashing issue that impacted a small percentage of users.

Fixed

• Fixed an issue that was causing bookmarks to not refresh properly on the Me tab.
• Fixed an issue that was preventing profile photos from being updated.
• Also fixed several crashing bugs we hope you never saw!

Updated

• Reworked splash and onboarding screens to ensure they work well on all device sizes.

Fixed

• Fixed an issue that was causing hero items linked to events to not display.
• Fixed an issue that was causing the splash screen to display sometimes when the loading screen should have been displaying.
• Fixed an issue where the Explore map info view would display when the app first loaded on iPhone Xr and iPhone Xs Max.
• Fixed an issue that was causing the button over hero items to display improperly when only one hero item was available.

New

• Added the Hawai'i community.

Fixed

• Fixed an issue that caused titles of hero items, events, and featured content to truncate at two lines.
• Fixed a number of rare crashing bugs.

New

• Added the Hawai'i community.

Updated

• Improved data loading, caching, and refreshing behavior so updates show up more quickly.
• An improved data loading screen highlights what's going on behind the scenes.
• A redesigned photo gallery supports full captions and is more consistent, design-wise, with other parts of the app.
• You can now engage directly with organizations via their social media accounts, by signing up for their newsletter, and/or by donating to them.
• You can now get directions to Outings.

Fixed

• Paper maps now display at all zoom levels.
• Fixed an issue that was causing Outings related to Events to not display properly.
• Events that have already occurred no longer show up.
• Fixed a bug that was causing email links not to work in certain cases.

Updated

• Reworked the Organization screen overview section.

Updated

• Onboarding now properly finds the nearest community.
• Photos are now sorted consistently.
• Lists of documents now sort alphabetically.
• If an Area has an address, it now displays in a tappable section.
• The entire container is now tappable for map gallery items.

Fixed

• Fixed an issue causing Outings to not display properly in Things to Do screens.
• Fixed 7 internal issues that were causing crashes for some users.

New

• Added the Oregon community.
• Add support for Outings.

Updated

• New quick filters on the Explore tab.
• Improved terrain for the Alaska community.
• Documents and events now display in location detail screens.
• Support updating profile information.

Fixed

• Fixed an issue with Facebook sign up/log in.
• Fix "tap" for certain types of points of interest on Explore map.
• Fixed a display issue with the application logo on newer devices.

New

• Added the Oregon community.

Updated

• Area, trail, and point of interest photos are now ordered consistently.

Fixed

• Fixed an issue that was causing events on organization screens to sort backwards.
• Fixed an issue where the drag behavior of the Explore map infoview was a little "funky". (That's a technical term.)

New

• New social tools make it easy to view and interact with updates directly from OuterSpatial's partner organizations.
• Expanded the point of interest symbol set to include more than 100 types.
• Modified the home screen overview map and carousel to show Outings and locations nearest to you (if you've given the app permission to access your location).
• Similarly, the Explore list now automatically sorts to display Outings and locations that are closest to you — if, again, you have given OuterSpatial access to your location.

Updated

• Implemented major performance improvements both when loading the app for the first time and when switching between communities.
• Added edit and camera buttons to make it clear that profile editing tools are available in the Me tab.
• Improved the "Reload Community Data" tool in the application settings.
• Cleaned up the navigation hierarchy to make it more intuitive.
• Implemented lazy loading of some secondary detail maps to improve the memory footprint.
• Cleaned up terrain data for Alaska community.
• Added new area and trail tags, including: Seasonality, an expanded list of activity types, and common rules and regulations.
• Improved messaging around failed log ins and sign ups to make it clear what went wrong.
• Implemented community "masks" throughout the app's maps.
• Implemented Universal Links so opening a www.outerspatial.com URL on your device will now open the app, if available.
• Added support for "Manager" steward organizations.

Fixed

• Fixed an issue that was causing the splash screen to not display at times when loading the app from the background.
• Fixed an issue that caused the bookmark button to stay disabled after successfully creating a bookmark.
• Fixed an issue that was preventing the profile photo from being saved.
• Fixed an issue where the Explore map infoview would hide when navigating back to Explore from a child screen.