Looking back at the app’s feature roadmap from mid-2023 to the end of 2024: Speedometer 55, Compass 55, Taximeter, GPS Camera 55.

 

What has been done:

Taximeter 55. 

AppStore: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/taximeter-gps-taxi-cab-meter/id1038944803

Integrated SumUp payment provider/POS so you can payments and print receipts via SumUp and use SumUp terminals.

Pre-trip calculator. Pre-trip calculator results can be stored as a taxi trip.

Trip start/end dates added to the taxi trip receipt start and end fields (option).

Customizable color for buttons so they are well visible under all possible lightning conditions.

Compass 55.

AppStore: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/compass-55-map-gps-kit/id1120906807

Integrated BLE Cyclo sensors (heart rate, cadence, speed).

Advanced options for the photo title pattern for the camera tool.

Text based SK-42 and OSGB coordinate converters with options for high precision conversion.

Customizable color for buttons so they are well visible under all possible lightning conditions.

Handling overzoom and underzoom for the offline maps.

Re-worked integration of Siri Commands.

GPS Camera 55.

AppStore: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/gps-camera-55-field-survey/id1439730560

QR and text scanner added into the Notes Editor, enabling you to populate note fields from the scanned QR code or simply text found in the camera view finder.

Browse photos left/right in the photo preview. Show stamped or original photos by default.

Export/import/share all of the app settings so you can easily switch to the different watermark, note settings profile or share with the new colleague at work.

Pattern based photo title.

Customizable color for buttons so they are well visible under all possible lightning conditions.

Pattern based photo file name for export or sharing.

Text based SK-42 and OSGB coordinate converters with options for high precision conversion.

Options for external control and automation with Siri commands.

Speedometer 55 PRO.

AppStore: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/speedometer-55-pro-gps-kit/id530829008

Schedule for the automatic tracking function, so you can let automatic driving tracking work or not per weekday and hour schedule.

Completely re-worked rally computer.

Integrated BLE Cyclo sensors (heart rate, cadence, speed).

Re-worked track fields editor for easier changes to start/end address and track category.

Text based SK-42 and OSGB coordinate converters with options for high precision conversion.

Handling overzoom and underzoom for the offline maps.

Evolution of Siri commands that allow you to set speed limits by your voice and keep your hands on the wheel and attention on the road.

Compass 55: Beta version 4.2 with OSGB and SK 42 (СК 42) converter is now available!

Re-designed free-text coordinates converter is available from version 4.2 of the app. You’ll find it in several places:

1. MENU > Coordinates converter.
2. On the map, in the map search > Coordinates.
3. In the point editor, to the left of the Done button or in Lat/Lon, UTM, MGRS rows.

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New coordinates converter adds support for OSGB and SK 42 coordinate systems, in addition to current Lat/Lon, UTM, MGRS. More coordinate systems will be added with time.

We started with OSGB and SK 42 as they both represent some unique challenges that we wanted to solve before looking at more generic conversions:

• OSGB. The app provides options for both approximate conversion and precise conversion with usage of a grid shift file. By default, approximate conversion is used (as in most online converters and apps). In the OSGB conversion settings section in the converter screen, if you switch to a precise conversion, the app will ask you to download grid shifts file (about 15MB). After that you can use the precise conversion and avoid error of 0..±5 feet which happens in case of an approximate conversion. OSGB settings also provide an option to insert space between coordinate components or not.

• SK 42. Former Soviet Union standard (covering area from Germany to Japan) that a lot of Eastern European users still have maps for. The app provides precise zonal conversion for SK 42, where different parameters are used for each zone and thus accuracy corresponds to sources like EPSG iself or SK42.org.

This probably makes the app one of the rare ones that can provide offline precise conversion for OSGB and SK 42 systems.

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You can enter free text in the top coordinate input text box and the app will do its best to parse it as a coordinate.

For WGS84 latitude, longitude (d, dm, dms), UTM or MGRS input you have an option to switch format between these coordinate representations. Use the Format button:

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For the point editor, converter button is available on top of the screen and in Latitude/Longitude, UTM, MGRS input rows:

The above screenshot also shows that you can have different button colors from Version 4.1

The top converter button starts with coordinates in either Latitude/Longitude, UTM or MGRS - dependent on your choice of a default in Settings > Coordinate format.

Buttons in the Latitude/Longitude, UTM or MGRS rows start with respectively with Latitude/Longitude, UTM or MGRS.

Still working on a new free-text coordinates converter (adding OSGB and SK 42).

A short preview for how this new converter will be used in the Point editor. This is recorded with the Compass 55 app, but will be available in the same way in GPS Camera 55.

Here is current documentation, work in progress:

http://hdocs.blocoware.com/en/landnav/coordinates-converter/

Taximeter 55: Added documentation page for the soon coming options for creating a taxi trip directly in the Fare Calculator.

 http://hdocs.blocoware.com/en/taxi/v42/

Adding support for creating a taxi trip directly in the Fare Calculator (MENU > FARE CALCULATOR).

• In the fare calculator select the preferred route, tap on ‘Create trip’ button:

• Now add/manage extras for the trip, use Receipt button to adjust the total, note or collect the payment.
• If you don’t need the calculated trip, swipe on the delete button to delete the trip.
• If you keep the calculated trip, you’ll find it later in the trips log (MENU > TRIPS LOG). This should enable new business scenarios when you need to give a fixed price estimate and issue a receipt exactly for the estimated price.

Fare calculator

Taximeter 55: Getting closer to releasing beta version with new options for creating a taxi trip from the fare estimator.

Recent focus was on getting extras management right for the estimated trip and adding swipe to delete button.

Compass 55: Version 4.1 with ability to change button colors is now in the App Store.

The app: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/compass-55-map-gps-kit/id1120906807

More information on version 4.1: http://hdocs.blocoware.com/en/landnav/v41/

Taximeter 55 app - version 4.1 - The first one with custom button colors, others to follow.

 Version 4.1 - What's new?

Custom color for buttons. (Settings > Advanced > Button colors).

This should provide more options for improved visibility of buttons in bright sunlight and potentially assist in cases involving vision color deficiencies.

You can now pick colors for all of the buttons in the app with following exceptions:

• Buttons in popups are having system blue color.

All other buttons will have the color that you pick here.

Integrating the latest version of SumUp SDK (5.0.0) as SumUp has the following important updates for you:

• Support for the Solo Lite card reader.
• Support for the Australian Dollar and Mexican Pesos currencies.

Miscelany

• Bug fixes and optimizations.