Reger.com Version 5.2 Launched

Reger.com Version 5.2 is out! This build includes the start of a bunch of GPS/geography features. Currently, these features are rudimentary. You can add gps coords to an entry and then you can see a little yellow spot on a global map where that entry occurred. And you can get a map with little dots for all of your entries.

It's neat, but not yet that powerful.

In the coming weeks I plan on adding zoom/pan ability to the map. After that we need to get some better US shapefiles in the system. And then the ability to click on dots to see entries from that location. And then the big kahuna... the ability to find other people's entries in the area.

Lots to do on the geography side of things. This is a strong start and I think it's fairly unique to see a map generator inside of a blog tool. I could be wrong... maybe there's one out there. Let me know if there is.

Also did some basic bug fixes on this version. Here are the release notes:

Bug

• Broken links on http://www.reger.com/biz/technology.log
• search.log shows private logs on right hand search summary
• Page titles not working
• EmailApi Problems with Validation
• PolarHRM Graph Occassional Compilation Errors
• /about/features.log NPE
• MegaChartSeries.java possible issue
• Can choose location that shows no entries

New Feature

• Show Blog Locations on World Map
• Release Notes infrastructure - showing what's changed on the site
• Static Content Pages
• Ability to Nest Logs and Create Navigation Heirarchies
• List locations screen in Admin section
• Edit location screen in Admin section
• Ability to delete a location

Improvement

• GPS always on
• Activity-specific should be Data Blogging
• Upgrade charting library to 1.0 pre2
• Admin Home page display cleaned up, more compact
• GPS coords & city, state, zip hidden on public entry when no coords exist
• Link on new entry screen to locations list