MapCache Desktop v1.6.1

Patch release 1.6.1

New Features

• Survey link added

Bug Fixes

• Fixed WFS data source imports
• Fixed Gpkg layer rename issue
• Fixed Overpass/Nominatum search
• UI adjustments

MapCache Desktop v1.6.0

This is a minor version to update compatibility with Electron 25, Node 18, and Vuetify 3

New Features

• Update to Electron v25
• Update to Node v18.17.0
• Update to Vuetify v3
• UI workflow improvements for downloads and basemaps

Bug Fixes

• Removed source layers staying active after creating tile layers

MapCache Desktop v1.5.1

This release includes several bug fixes.

Bug Fixes

• KML/KMZ filename fix.
• URL no longer missing from base map view.
• Support for binary/octet-stream responses from WMS/WMTS/XYZ services.
• Cancel range ring tool when switching the map projection.
• Slow server notification

MapCache Desktop v1.5.0

This release includes several features and bug fixes.

New Features

• Support a 4326 leaflet map.
• Create 4326 GeoPackage tile layer.
• Added Overpass categories and ability to manually edit the query's filter.
• Extract GeoTIFFs from shapefiles.
• Icon anchor can now be by clicking on the icon.
• Range ring creation tool.

Bug Fixes

• Fix for decimal zoom levels in tile creation.
• Fix for MAGE KMZ exports not importing.
• Grid no longer rendered over context menu.
• Fixed MGRS conversion errors in special regions.
• Fix for error with too many styles/icons and styles with null values.
• Ensure that bounds is set to edit mode when first displayed.
• Fix for shapefile features without geometry error.
• Fix for protected resouces that require users to authenticate through a web page.

MapCache Desktop v1.4.0

This release includes several features and bug fixes.

New Features

• Update to Electron v18.
• Update to GeoPackage v4.1.0.
• Nominatim/Overpass URL Adjustment.
• Support for preloaded data sources.
• Dynamic WMS/WMTS data sources.
• Support for XYZ tile services using EPSG:4326 tile set.
• Option to set bounding box to visual extent of the map.
• Improved drawing/editing tools (including vertex snapping).
• Map snapshot.
• Smooth map zooming.

Bug Fixes

• Vuex file writing bug seen on windows virtual machines.
• Date format in feature view.
• Fix for shapefile zip with multiple shapefiles.

MapCache Desktop v1.3.1

This is a patch release.

Bug Fixes

• KML/KMZ GroundOverlay and style fixes.

MapCache Desktop v1.3.0

This release includes several features and bug fixes.

New Features

• Dark theme added for OSM basemaps.
• Release notes are now shipped with the application for viewing offline.
• Feature layers now utilize streaming during the build to prevent high memory utilization.
• Added user guide.
• Added system notification setting.

Bug Fixes

• Fix for dark mode style issue for nominatim results.
• Fix for grids in dark mode being hard to see.
• More consistent alerts.

MapCache Desktop v1.2.0

New Features

• GARS Grid Overlay
• MGRS Grid Overlay
• WMTS support
• Animated zoom/pan in map
• Upgrade to Electron 16
• Pop-out feature table
• Added file association for .gpkg files
• Window state management
• Added feature view to manage feature editing
• Adjusted feature table to support batch operations, sorting, and column order

Bug Fixes

• Fix for clipping network tiles with specific bounds
• Fix UI slowdown when renaming/copying/deleting large GeoPackage tables
• Fix for nominatim results not showing address
• Fix for bug when creating a tile layer from an existing GeoPackage tile layer
• Fix for tile rendering bug when performing multiple zooms at once

MapCache Desktop v1.1.1

New Features

• Support WMS layers in non-3857 projections.
• Zoom level and bounding box filtering for XYZ layers.
• Support manual entry of bounding boxes.
• Zooming to a layer will ensure that the zoom of the map is at least the minimum zoom level of the layer.
• More accurate tile determination when scaling.
• Improved OSM Nominatim support.
• Map context menu has a 'What's here?' button that performs an OSM Nominatim reverse query.
• OSM Overpass API data source support.
• Updated KML/KMZ to utilize streaming to allow for larger files to be processed.
• Added support for KML icon heading and scale.
• Handle KML that is in a .zip (same as .kmz, but with .zip extension).

Bug Fixes

• Prevent multiple instances of MapCache from running.
• Better error handling for XYZ layers.
• CSS styling.
• Fix for processing sources incorrectly reporting failure.
• Rectangles are now edited as rectangles instead of as polygons.
• Improved feature table paging to prevent reading all features into memory.

MapCache Desktop v1.1.0

Initial release of MapCache for Desktop.