Ride With GPS Change log

Released 2010-03-05

Version 1.1.5

  • Garmin Sync
    • Completely revamped to add a live-preview map. You can now see what an activity looks like before submitting it to the server. Eventually (soon!) we will add support for stationary trips (indoor trainer sessions), and this interface will reflect it.
  • Trips
    • FIT filesupport was broken. Fixed issue and FIT files can now be processed.
    • Added better error messages for files with no points. No longer says 'unknown file format'
    • Mile markers can now be overlayed on trips
  • Routes
    • Fixed static route image link problem people were having with facebook.
    • CSV output for route cuesheets, when a route has a cuesheet
  • Routes and Trips
    • Added stumbleupon and twitter links to the share page.
    • Added optional mile/kilometer marker overlays when mapping and viewing routes/trips.

Released 2010-02-24

Version 1.1.4

  • Issues/Bug Reports page
    • Create new bug reports or suggest new ideas
    • Vote on other people's submissions
    • Add comments to other suggestions
  • Sitewide
    • Added quick search (Click the Search button in the main menu to access it)
  • Profile page
    • Made "tasks in progress" deletable
    • Fixed missing "no gear image" image
  • Route planner/viewer
    • Added option to disable keyboard shortcuts
    • Widened right sidebar a bit
    • Fixed bug that was hiding most of sidebar (including Save button) in IE 8
  • Route/trip view
    • Preference for overview/metric tab is now automatically remembered
    • Made distance and elevation gain update when zooming on elevation histogram
    • Fixed elevation refetch for trips -- now it actually resets elevation data to USGS data

Released 2010-02-21

Version 1.1.3

  • Route planner/viewer
    • IE8 fix to remove black border around map, fixed short comment box in IE8
    • Fixed bug that caused the route playback area to overlap above content with short window heights

Released 2010-02-21

Version 1.1.2

  • Timezone fixes
    • Your time zone is respected on activity summary tab showing monthly/weekly totals now
    • When viewing someone's profile, you see times in their time zone
    • When viewing a route or trip, times shown are in the time zone of the user that created the route/logged the activity
    • Note: if you notice any time zone problems please let us know through the feedback link on the menu bar up top, thanks!

Released 2010-02-20

Version 1.1.1

  • Route Planner/Viewer
    • Fixed bug preventing playback in IE 7/8
    • Resolved a few minor layout issues in IE 7

Released 2010-02-16

Version 1.1.0

  • Route Planner/Viewer
    • 3D mode and playback controls for uploaded GPS data (you can also zoom in and playback the zoomed section)
    • Re-organized sidebar control panel to include tabbed navigation
    • Added facebook share link
    • We now prompt users to setup their account to allow us to post updates to your wall when creating a new route.
    • Metrics affected by zooming in have their background color changed.
    • Added toggles for HR, Cad, Speed graphs within histogram.
    • Keyboard events less buggy.
  • Garmin Sync
    • Now supports a variety of non-fitness devices like the Nuvi, 60s series, etc.

Released 2010-02-12

Version 1.0.9a

  • Route Planner/Viewer
    • Linear interpolation between points for a smoother effect when you mouseover the elevation histogram. All values interpolate, including HR, speed, etc. You can turn this off under options on the route viewing page.
    • Simple gradient and lighter colored line for elevation histogram.
    • Improved zoom functionality for elevation histogram: click-drag to zoom into a selection, or click for a start point, and click for an end point (both styles of zooming in supported now).

Released 2010-02-11

Version 1.0.9

  • Route Planner/Viewer
    • Re-center map now centers on whole route instead of first point
    • Shift-click and drag to draw a rectangle and zoom into that area
    • New keyboard shortcuts: panning (Shift + W/A/S/D), zooming (Shift + Q/E), re-center map (r)
    • More efficient javascript keypress handling
    • Creating a route will now, optionally, update your facebook profile with a link to your recently created route. Link your profiles and setup your sharing options in your profile settings.
  • Embed View
    • Header now defaults to ft/mi to match histogram units
    • Double-click zooming added
    • Units now match route creator's preferences (metric/imperial)
  • Trip Processing
    • We now support FIT files! Unfortunately, Garmin doesn't allow third party sites to use communicator and FIT devices yet, however, you can manually upload FIT files to be processed.
    • We are now storing power data for both FIT and TCX files. Currently we are not processing the data, however, analytics for power data will come soon.

Released 2010-01-23

Version 1.0.8

  • File uploads, Garmin Sync, Task processing
    • File uploads, garmin sync, bulk file uploads are all handled much more reliably
    • We will better be able to diagnose processing issues
    • Unprocessed trips will no longer sit around forever
    • Existing unprocessed trips have been removed
  • Route viewing
    • Added options: "enable crosshairs" and "enable scroll wheel zoom"
    • Removed undo/redo/start over from right click menu when viewing a route

Released 2010-01-22

Version 1.0.7b

  • Route planner
    • Added right-click context menu with undo/redo/start over/recenter map/donate
    • Added "Enable scroll wheel zoom" checkbox under "Options"
    • Added "Re-center map" link under "More Controls"
  • Header
    • Removed facebook button, made login a simple link
  • Embed view
    • Fixed ugly logo with mismatched background gradient
    • Changed "Signup!" to "Free Signup!"

Released 2010-01-19

Version 1.0.7

  • Front Page
    • Fixed facebook integration to make linking existing account easier. Before it was way too easy to accidentally create a new account.
  • User Profiles
    • Added a preference to the settings menu of a profile to link/unlink an account with facebook
    • Fixed route preview not working for some mapped routes.
  • Routes
    • Route search was broken in some cases -- this is now fixed, sorry about the inconvenience.
    • Some cuesheets had weird locations, which got messed up in our large data migration. All those have been fixed with no issue.
    • Cue sheet printing page was not showing the actual direction notes! This has been remedied, sorry for the blatant bug.
  • Trips
    • Fixed the problem where some trips automatically split into multiple activities -- some Garmin files aren't standard, we are now taking that into consideration.
    • Fixed issues where some KML and GPX files were not recognized
  • Site-Wide
    • Fixed caching issue, so some pages will have faster load times due to more cached images
    • Removed duplicate sprite image on front page, reducing loads by 300kb per pageview
    • Fixed image issue where some thumbnails would not load -- it was a path issue due to caching and facebook integration.

Released 2010-01-05

Version 1.0.6

  • Front Page
    • Removed slideshow for signed in users
    • For unsigned in users, direct link to create account using facebook connect
    • Showing a 'please donate' message for signed in users on front page
  • User Profile
    • Added a donate tab to the top of the preview pane in center of profile
  • Route / Trip
    • Fixed bug where creating a trip from a freshly mapped route was broken. Sorry, introduced this in the previous deploy.
    • Fixed all issues of route uploads not working, and processed backlogged uploads. Again, sorry for introducing the bug.
  • Conversations
    • Fixed bug where email notification of a message in a conversation was duplicated and mal-formed.

Released 2010-01-05

Version 1.0.5d

  • Front Page
    • Minor changes to create account/start drawing buttons.
    • Using A/B testing to determine best presentation for various UI components (Geeky stuff!)
  • User Settings Page
    • Added privacy option to hide location
  • Site-wide misc.
    • Facebook Connect integration. Now you can log-in or create a new account with your Facebook account.
    • Major changes to backend code, which will result in increased reliability and MUCH increased speed.

Released 2009-11-24

Version 1.0.5c

  • Site-wide misc.
    • Lots of missing icons/pictures and sidebar collapse buttons fixed (switching to CSS sprites messed them up)
    • "My Activity Log" now displays as "Name's Activity Log" when you're looking at someone else's activity log
    • Gave top border to map on routes/activities pages
    • Fixed ugly buttons from 1.0.5b
    • Changed incorrectly sized "Image is being generated" image on front page
    • Updated style of embedded routes to match redesign
  • User Profile Page
    • Trip links inside any given route: now the whole list item (instead of just the text link) can be clicked to take you to the trip page
  • Route Planner
    • Fixed missing sidebar collapse buttons from 1.0.5b
    • Removed "Start Clicking" text from histogram, because it would display the text even when it was loading a route to be viewed

Released 2009-11-22

Version 1.0.5b

  • Site-wide
    • Improved performance all around. We are using a better webserver setup, and just finished configuring the performance-related variables. Most images are now contained in sprites, which means less HTTP requests and faster response time.
    • Menus are not as sensitive now. You can pass your mouse over them without them flying open right away.
    • Missing icons fixed.
  • Route Planner
    • Added back the ability to use two clicks to select a map type from the dropdown. The one-click select method (added in 1.0.5) on the map types dropdown was not convenient when using a laptop touch pad. Now you can use both methods.
    • Fixed issue with sidebars not expanding in height when "Record this as a trip" was selected
    • When save button is clicked, a loading notification is displayed until the route is finished saving
  • Routes and Activities page
    • Data table has multiple pages now, and has a configurable number of listings per page. Should make this page more manageable.
    • Deleting items in the data table works much better now. Thumbnails (at the top) are removed when items are deleted as well.
    • Thumbnails for routes that are generated from uploaded trips will display now.
  • Search
    • "Refine Search" button now inserts a loading message into the content area.
    • User search page auto-populates with recently logged in users.
  • Activity Calendar
    • HR zones no longer shows up as 0s when they are not present.

Released 2009-11-20

Version 1.0.5

  • Route Planner
    • Added histogram toggle button.
    • Changed behavior of map type dropdown. Now, you can mouse down to open the menu, and mouse up to select the map type. Before, you had to click once to open the menu, and then click again to select the map type.
    • Fixed IE bug that prevented Draw Lines button from displaying.
  • Bulk GPX/TCX/KML Upload
    • New page for uploading multiple GPX/TCX/KML files at once. They will be new trips for now, but this will be expanded soon.
  • Garmin Devices
    • Icon added to menu
    • Header image added to sync page
  • Menu Bar
    • Re-organized menu. Routes & Users menu items are now gone, functionality can be found now under Search
  • Add Content page
    • New page created to give an overview of the different types of content you can add (click on "Add Content" in the menu bar)
  • Site-wide
    • Implemented support for time zones. Go to your settings page to set your time zone!
    • Fixed login box hints so that they show up on all pages instead of just front page.
    • Converted about 45 icons to two sprite files to reduce image load time
  • Signup page
    • Pressing the enter key when the "Find your location" input box has focus now sets your location.
  • Misc. style updates
    • Fixed issue with lightbox close button being partially obscured until mouseover
    • Removed highlight from Home menu button
    • Added menu highlight shading for submenu items with icons
    • Made photo upload window slimmer (accessed from your profile page)

Released 2009-11-13

Version 1.0.4

  • Direct Sync with Garmin Devices
    • Sync directly with your Garmin device! Check it out under Routes -> Garmin Sync
  • Miscellaneous
    • Search users will search display name now, in addition to first, last, and email
    • Feedback box is much larger
    • Send message to a user box is much larger
    • A link to set up your health information has been added to the My Profile menu, as well as the Settings page. If you set up health information, we will calculate HR zones, estimated power output, and estimated calories burned if you capture heart rate data from your rides.

Released 2009-11-10

Version 1.0.3

  • Site-wide
    • Added icons to submenu items
    • Added mousewheel zoom for drawing and showing routes
    • Modified zooming in via keyboard controls: if mouse is over map, then it centers on the cursor location, otherwise, it zooms on the center of the map
    • Added map type dropdown control to all preview maps
    • Added GPX route file export -- use this for a simple turn-by-turn on a Garmin 305, or let your 605/705 autoroute between coursepoints
  • Route Planner
    • Pressing undo/redo now centers the map on the last point
    • Changed "Keyboard Shortcuts" to "Keyboard Controls"
    • Keyboard controls now work even when map doesn't have focus (except when input boxes have focus), also works when course point info window is open, except when input box has focus
    • Changed blue background of histogram in fullscreen mode to white
    • Disabled the alert that said "We've recovered your route", because it was annoying and unnecessary
    • Made cue sheet sidebar resizable
    • Made route info button (lower right of flash map) slightly wider to accommodate longer numbers
    • Added option to avoid highways
    • Added option to toggle auto-centering
    • Added option to toggle crosshairs
  • Show Route Page
    • Got rid of borders on columns below route
    • Changed the height of the metrics in the right sidebar to fit, so it doesn't push the histogram checkboxes down
    • Resized the speed and gradient graphs below route to avoid horizontal scrollbar
    • Re-added photo list for trips with photos
  • Route Planner Histogram
    • Thinner border line
    • Changed font of cursor label to match sitewide font settings
    • Added antialiasing to fonts
    • Replaced histogram blue ball with smaller circle outline
    • Histogram is taller
    • Zooming in is now a one-click process. Mouse down to begin zoom selection, mouse up to finish zoom selection.

Released 2009-10-03

Version 1.0.2

  • Site-wide
    • E-mail/password labels on login are back, and allow your browser to fill in your login name if it's saved.
    • When sending a user a message, or sending us feedback, clicking outside the box will no longer close it.
    • Removed the scrollbars from the feedback form.
    • Added tooltips to e-mail and password input boxes because there were no labels
    • Added Browse Users link under "Users" button on main menu
  • Activities Calendar
    • Month totals only reflect days in the month, not activities that display on the calendar from the prior or following month. (thanks Max)
    • You can go back and forward months without being logged in now (was throwing an error before).
    • Activities on the same day now sort from first to last (was showing later activities before earlier ones).
    • Days not in current month are grayed out to distinguish them now.
  • Route Planner
    • (unnamed) disappears when you click on the name field when saving a route now.
    • Active (currently viewing) course point is highlighted in cue sheet
    • When editing cue sheet, when the course point window textbox is clicked, it selects the contents of the textbox.
    • Cue sheet now fits the full width of the column, so highlight colors give the text some breathing room on the sides
    • Shift + enter = saves current course point and goes to next course point, auto-selecting the text for easy and fast cue sheet editing
    • Shift + arrow keys = navigate through course points
  • My Routes & My Activity Log
    • Metrics are displayed on My Routes
    • Trips taken on a route are shown on My Routes, and other trips taken on this route are shown on My Activity Log
    • Both pages allow you to export gpx/tcx/kml without viewing the route or trip detail page
  • View route
    • Re-enabled double click zoom for view mode
  • FAQ page
    • Added more frequently asked questions
    • Added table of contents with smooth scroll when links are clicked

Released 2009-09-30

Version 1.0.1

  • Site-wide
    • Added "Browse Routes" as a menu item under "Routes"
  • Route Planner
    • Fixed auto-save problems. Now you will get your full route back, rather than have it occasionally miss sections.
    • Now responds to metric/imperial changes. Sorry about that small bug.
    • Fixed issue where drawing route too fast would 'overload' map and not draw a section.
    • We now auto-center on your last click. Removes the need for dragging around map after clicking.
    • Hopefully found a good middleground between reducing number of cuesheet points generated and losing turns. As always, continue double checking your cuesheets after drawing a route!
    • Changed color of speed overlay on the graph from purple to black -- it now stands out against the reddish elevation background.
    • If you forget to login before drawing a new route, the save form will remind you and prompt you for your username and password. No more accidental orphan routes.
    • Non logged in users can no longer save routes as invisible. There were 327 unviewable routes because they were invisible and had no owners! These have now been made visible.
    • Accidentally introduced a bug that killed cuesheets after saving a route. This was live for a day, but is now fixed with this release.
    • Disabled double-click zoom
    • Added shortcut key for adding new course point (n)
  • Profile Page
    • Fixed previewer map bugs that made it so only portions of route displayed

Released 2009-09-25

Version 1.0

  • Site-wide
    • Fixed problem with shadow overlay being shown but no alert box in IE 6 & 7 (showed up when trying to edit a route or signing in with bad login info)
    • Fixed issues with sidebar & header drop shadows being displayed as black rectangles in IE
    • Removed "Email" text from first text box so it can now auto-complete login info
    • Made login submit button have the focus upon page load (so you can press enter to login if your login credentials are saved)
    • Added "Keep me logged in" feature (cookie lasts 1 year)
  • Route Planner
    • Added keyboard controls for panning and route creation
    • If you undo until before your first point, you now won't lose all your redo states
    • Added functionality to on-map route info control button: now toggles sidebars between open & closed
    • Fixed route info control button: does not display "NaN" for number units, now displays nothing instead
    • Route planner/previewer now uses thinner line
    • Previously, clicking on the map when the histogram was zoomed in caused things to get buggy. Now clicking on the map when the histogram is zoomed in will zoom out of the histogram
    • Units are now abbreviated (i.e. 'm' and 'ft' instead of 'meters' and 'feet')
    • Moved Distance and Elevation back to Route Details to save vertical space on right sidebar
    • Improved start and endpoint marker icons
    • Fixed: pressing undo would not cause the histogram to re-draw
    • Added print button icon on cue sheet sidebar
  • Front Page
    • Redesigned front page to make everything simple and clear
  • Route search page
    • Added "Remember this" to each result in route search
    • Added default "map image is being created" images
    • Clicking on 'Preview' now causes the preview map to slide into the center of view, instead of opening up outside of the viewport
  • Show route page
    • Added route image to cue sheet print view
  • User profile page
    • Fixed IE issues of positioning month navigation arrows in activities tab
    • Changed "Vertical feet" on profile page to "Vertical gain" & "Miles travelled" to "Distance travelled" when viewing a piece of gear
    • Made routes previewer on profile page 50px taller
  • Conversations page
    • Fixed broken image of conversation partner when viewing full conversation thread

Released 2009-08-6

Beta 3 "Redesign Release"

  • Site-wide
    • Redesign deployed: new look and feel, everything is cleaner, more consistent, and easier to user.
    • Performance improvements all around: general site use should feel more responsive.
    • Tooltips around site! Anything that has a dashed underline can be moused over to view a tooltip.
    • Full-screen map mode is back!
    • Added metric/imperial conversion preference into menu bar
    • Fixed problem with IE not being able to save routes
    • Deployed system-wide non-intrusive alert system (jGrowl)
    • Fixed moving/stopped time bugs
    • Correct average speed calculated using moving time
    • Static map previews (full, thumb, micro) for all routes/trips
    • Fixed buggy route import/trip upload. Had some issues with code, should be resolved.
  • Route Planner
    • Added ability to change line color
    • Added "Remove Complete Segment" function
    • Added "Start New Segment" function
    • Added "Add Course Point" function
    • Route planner now auto-saves your route. No more spending 20 minutes on the perfect route to have your power go out and take down all that hard work.
    • Added "Driving/Cycling" mode toggle button
  • Cue sheets
    • Made each direction slimmer vertically to save more space
  • Front Page
    • Ported old front page to new design theme
  • Conversations page
    • In-line replies
    • "With selected" actions
    • Marking messages as read
  • Route search page
    • Cleaner, simpler layout
    • Search from start location AND end location
    • Search by length
    • Search by keyword
    • Search by road surface conditions
    • Search by elevation gain
    • Shows recent comments
    • Shows recently favorited
  • Route editing page
    • Route editing is now possible. You can delete whole line segments, partial line segments and change color of line segments.
  • User search page
    • Find users within a given location
  • User profile page
    • Cleaner layout of tabs
    • Route search filter in routes preview tab (shows up when more than 6 routes are present)
    • Added activity summary tab
  • Trip view page
    • Calories and Watts displayed for trips with such data