New features coming

For some time past we deployed only smaller enhancements and bug fixes. However, some more interesting new features are under testing or development, and will be deployed soon. These include

• POI handling (importing, defining, querying and using POIs),
• new client - that is actually downloadable as the unstable client; the new version uses a more reliable new mapping library and has some new features.
• Since trying out the client is quite complicated, we will make the process simpler: the client app will be integrated in the webpage, as an embedded Java application. The client has a rich feature set, and it would be nice to be able to try them out easily (especially while it has some features that the website has not).
• Our main goal is still a good traffic map visualization - we are working on a newer, efficient algorithm with good prediction abilities.
• We are considering a slight design and functional change of the web site; we already have a (probably) good concept in our mind, that have to be tested a bit.
• Web site functionality is evolving contiunally. Some basic features under development are track media modification and deletion, track editing functionality, track-group statistical functions, user-user connections (friends), openid integration, gpx import/export etc.

Briefly, new features coming out continually, with some more noticeable very soon. Stay tuned, and use our community place to influence our priorities - as mainly developers, we do not always choose the best priorities. However, we know ourselfs, and are hence suggestible :)