4.7.1
2021-10-14
- Fix for start-up crash on iPad mini 6th generation
- Fixes for In-App Purchase subscription check-out and restore process
- Premium features unlocked for all iOS 12.4 users
4.7
2021-08-25
- Added specific maps for US states, Canadian provinces, Australian territories, and major countries when viewing MODIS & VIIRS hotspot maps or PM2.5/PM10 air quality maps.
- Canadian & Australian weather added throughout app when applicable.
- Toggle Blue Map Tools Marker setting added to the App Settings page.
- Two-day MODIS & VIIRS hotspot detection counts added for specific states/provinces/territories/countries.
- Fix for map jumping on various screens.
- No longer have to hard reset the app after purchasing or restoring a Premium subscription
- Premium users: Fix for numerous bugs in the "General Weather Lookup" section. It has been renamed "Weather Lookup - USA, Canada, Australia".
3.9.2
2020-11-13
- View 250m resolution true color images from NASA GIBS (Global Imagery Browse Service). Images are available back to Jan. 1 2007. Worldwide coverage. Available in the new "Satellite Image & Archive" feature in the Weather section. Zoom a map to the center location you want to investigate.
- Ad display bug fixed.
3.9.1
2020-11-06
- Landscape Left & Right (aka horizontal) view now enabled throughout the app, especially good for iPads
- Minor bug fixes
3.9
2020-10-30
- Fix for crash on iPhone 12, iPhone 12 Pro, iPhone 12 Pro Max, and iPad Air 4th gen
- iOS 12 support
3.8.3
2020-10-21
- IRWIN perimeters completely redesigned. Major memory and speed optimizations, perimeters should now be smooth to view when zooming and scrolling, especially for larger fires.
- Fixed a crash when toggling settings on the new IRWIN data table.
3.8.1
2020-09-24
- Map views now cache your last viewed location across screens and app launches for quicker access to the information you need.
- Added a 3-day filter for CAL FIRE Active Fires Map, InciWeb Active Fires Map, and InciWeb Incidents Feed.
- Search filtering for the Current Wildfire News Wire.
- Cleaned up the CHP view.
3.8
2020-09-14
- Added Ad-Free subscription
- Updated Privacy Policy
3.6.1
2020-08-28
- MODIS/VIIRS views added: South America, North & Central Africa, Southern Africa, Russia & Asia. Speed optimizations for these busy views will be explored soon.
- Zoom defaults for some of the MODIS/VIIRS views changed to make more hotspots visible initially.
- The Weather at Map Center screen improved with distance, timestamp, and wind direction.
3.6
2020-08-21
- New current and forecasted weather table accessible from the top-right corner on all USA maps. Whatever location is centered on the map will be used for the lookup.
- Text fixes
3.5
2020-08-13
- IRWIN perimeters sortable by "Past 3 Days" or "All" now.
- CHP incidents sortable by "Fire-Related", "Past 3 Hours", or "Past 1 Hour" now.
- Text fixes throughout.
3.4
2020-07-31
- New User-Submitted Map feature: if you see a wildfire or other large fire, you can report it here. Photos are allowed. Please keep your titles and descriptions short. Posts and replies are anonymous, no account needed. Please report any improper submissions for moderation.
- Current Wildfire News Wire will now display a message if there are no relevant or timely articles to display.
3.3
2020-07-20
- Now with IRWIN Current Wildfire Perimeters (Integrated Reporting of Wildland Fire Information). This service is not "live", but is updated every 5 minutes to reflect changes to perimeters posted to the National Incident Feature Service (NIFS). It is updated from operational data and may not reflect current conditions on the ground. On a weekly basis, fires meeting specific criteria are removed.
- Can now change map type throughout the app. Your selection will persist across launches. Select from the new Settings screen in the top left corner of the main screen.
3.2
2020-07-11
- Added a Fire Weather and Situation Reports (SitReps) section.
- Added a map displaying the approximate location of wildfire-related Twitter accounts.
- Added a section for CHP (California Highway Patrol) Incidents viewable by last 1 or 3 hours.
- Removed defunct GeoMAC perimeter data. This section will be replaced soon with similar data.
- Fix for crash on iPad 7th generation.
3.1
2020-04-07
- Rebuilt for iOS and iPadOS 13+ and watchOS 6+
3.0
2019-10-12
- Aggregated news wire service for wildfires. Roughly the past six hours of headlines with links and source names are displayed and linked.
- iOS 13 dark mode support.
- Removed Google Fabric Analytics.
- Bug fixes.
2.9.2
2018-11-13
- Fix for MODIS/VIIRS thermal hotspot map color-coding bug. Red pins are UTC current day. Green pins are UTC prior day. Prior to this fix, there was some incorrect color mixing.
2.9.1
2018-11-06
Now with more details on the MODIS/VIIRS maps. Map pins now have:
1. brightness temperature value, in Kelvin
2. fire radiance power, in megawatts
3. timestamp of the measurement in UTC.
4. color-coding: red pins are from the current UTC day, green pins are from the past UTC day.
Minor performance improvements throughout the app.
2.9
2018-05-13
- Map pins now reverted to the classic look throughout the app.
- Reordered the main menu based on current estimated user utility.
- Bug fixes and UI improvements throughout the app.
- 20px spacer added above all ads in the app.
- If a feature is labeled BETA, it means the feature is working sporadically; but could become solid in the near future.
2.8
2018-03-28
- Fix for GeoMAC Active Fire Perimeters crash
- Improved App Info section
- Minor improvements throughout
2.7.1
2017-11-14
- Fix for Gmail "Report a Bug / Feedback" process.
2.7
2017-11-13
- iPhone X and iPad 10.5" support.
- Improved handling of an issue where tapping an incident on the CAL FIRE map would not go to the CAL FIRE incident page.
- Added Gmail app support to "Report a Bug / Feedback".
2.6.2
2017-09-24
- Map markers for hotspots and perimeters now cluster in iOS 11 to improve performance.
- Small optimizations for iOS 11
2.6.1
2017-09-19
- Fixed a bug where selecting and deselecting markers in the various map views would result in unexpected jumping.
2.6
2017-09-12
- Organized the GeoMAC Active Fire Perimeters as a map now instead of a table view. Each perimeter is represented as a single marker on this map. Tap the representative marker's info window to be taken to the detailed fire perimeter.
- GeoMAC Active Fire perimeters now zoom to fit the screen automatically
- Fixed a critical bug in the InciWeb Incidents Feed. MODIS and VIIRS data would be missing under certain conditions.
- Stopped the map from flashing after pressing Refresh
- Updated TwitterKit
2.5.4
2017-09-11
- Fixed a bug where clicking on an incident in the InciWeb Incidents Feed would result in a blank page for the MODIS hotspots tab.
- Fixed a bug where the brightness slider would not slide.
- Updated TwitterKit
2.5.3
2017-09-09
- Fix for Washington state missing from Twitter view.
- Updated TwitterKit.
2.5.2
2017-08-31
- Fixed a crash when there are no hotspots in a particular region. Alaska MODIS map view was affected.
- Improved GeoMAC Active Fire Perimeters listings. The timestamps are now on a separate line.
2.5.1
2017-07-22
- GeoMAC Active Fire Perimeters now listed by state, and then alphabetical order within a state.
- InciWeb Articles Feed is still in chronological order, but each article is tagged with its corresponding state, if available.
- Added new Twitter accounts for the National category. Added Twitter accounts for Canada, Montana, Nevada, South Dakota, and Utah.
- Font size increased slightly in some parts of the app for readability.
- Some small typo fixes.
2.5
2017-07-17
- Adds GeoMAC active wildfire perimeters. Accessible from the main menu.
2.4
2017-07-13
- Added InciWeb Active Fires Map. Accessible from the main menu
2.3.1
2017-07-12
- Added a search bar to filter the InciWeb Incidents and Articles feed.
- Default MODIS & VIIRS brightness set to 0.
2.3
2017-07-09
- Added CAL FIRE active fires map to the main menu. Tap a marker on this map to go to the corresponding CAL FIRE incident page.
2.2.1
2017-07-07
- When you tap a fire from the InciWeb Incidents view, there is now a pin representing the location of the fire as reported by InciWeb.
- Added a "share" button to the app's info menu.
2.2
2017-07-06
- Now with regional MODIS & VIIRS thermal hotspot maps for most of the world.
- Split "InciWeb Incidents/Articles" feed into separate main menu items
- Improved "App Help File" page (previously "Readme")
- Minor UI fixes and changes
2.1
2017-06-29
Version 2.1
- Simplified the Inciweb RSS feed.
- If a GPS coordinate is available for the Inciweb Incident RSS, a thermal hotspot map will be zoomed. More info will still be available from Inciweb from the top right "Info" button.
- Inciweb entries now open in the embedded Safari View without Reader View.
- Twitter entries and links now open in the embedded Safari View.
- Added Washington and Idaho Twitter account data.
- Small bug fixes and improvements.
2.0
2017-06-20
Version 2.0
- UI redesign.
- Inciweb Incident and Article RSS feed data is reimagined and stabilized.
- Tapping on an Inciweb RSS entry takes you to the corresponding fire-specific webpage in Safari Reader View.
- Added a brightness slider to the MODIS and VIIRS satellite map. The cutoff initializes to the average reported brightness.
- Improved Twitter section, broken up by source, categorized into national entities and state entities.
1.8.1
2016-08-24
Version 1.8.1
- Major bug fixes and improvements in this version. States will now properly select. Fixed some logic bugs where the app would get in bad states. Fixed a memory leak regarding pins on the map. The app should be smoother now.
- Maps have been switched over to Hybrid Flyover for iOS 9+ and Hybrid for iOS 8. Now you can see exactly where the wildfires are geographically.
- Now the details view for an individual fire includes a big map and a separate link to the fire info.
- New Help / Info pop-up text.
1.8
2016-08-18
Version 1.8
- Now including MODIS and VIIRS past 24 hour thermal hotspot and perimeter maps. This data comes from NASA satellites in real time.
- When you access the details view for a particular wildfire through the "Feed" view, the map will now display the fire's last active 24 hour hotspots / perimeter.
- The old national map you were familiar with is now accessible under the "Ref" tab.
- Fix for a timestamp bug in the Feed view.
- Added a Refresh Button in the upper left hand corner.
1.7
2016-08-16
Version 1.7
- Added a ranking system using the number of acres burned to the news feed. The more fire emojis you see, the bigger the fire.
- Fires that are recently added to the news feed are marked with the "New" emoji in the news feed.
- Fires that will be contained soon ( > 85% containment) are marked with "Soon" emoji in the news feed.
- Fires that are 100% contained are maked with the 100 emoji in the news feed.
- Fires that are prescribed burns are marked with a "seedling plant" due to their positive environmental impacts in the news feed.
- Moved the national map of all wildfires to the upper left corner.
- You can now pinch / zoom / rotate / the smaller map on a detailed fire view.
- The app now remembers if you were looking at the State news feed or National news feed and launches in the correct orientation.
- Added support for all iPads
- Minor bug fixes and improvements
1.6
2016-08-04
Version 1.6
- Improved the "All Map" feature. Color-coded the pins so they correspond to active fires, recently 100% contained fires, and prescribed burns.
- Fixed a bug where selecting a pin in the "All Map" view would jump directly to the Details View for that particular fire. The expected behavior with the preview bubble is now back.
- Fixed some titles to remove redundant data.