Geo Meter 2.0 released

I released version 2 of Geo Meter and Geo Meter Free today.

The most important improvement is support of non-straight path segments. With the introduction of bend-point and bend mode, now you can bend a path segment. That is especially useful when you create hiking plan. The following example shows bend-points usage in a hiking trail map.

bend-points shown

bend-points hidden

You will typically show the bend-points while you edit the path, then hide them when the edit is complete.

I also made a change to Automatic Screen Fitting or Auto-fit. Previous version had three Auto-fit direction options: toward north, toward destination and bounding box. With bounding box option, the Geo Meter App determined the Auto-fit direction by its own algorithm which sometimes may not be the best direction the user was expecting. I decided to give more control to the user, so replaced it with a new toward set-direction option. You set the direction by rotating the map, then auto-fit direction will follow that direction when you choose toward set-direction option.

Another notable change is the reorganization of navigation menu items and toolbar buttons. I removed the preference settings page and moved settings items to the navigation menu and toolbox, so that users can have easier and quicker access to frequently used setting changes.

Other miscellaneous changes include, refreshing UI design, improving performance and fixing some minor bugs.