Wise Pilgrim Vía de la Plata

Content updates, improved navigation, and minor bug fixes.

Content updates, improved navigation, and minor bug fixes.

Restored a bit of missing content.

Minor bug fixes, including a memory issue which caused your phone to forget your starting point.

MAJOR BUG FIX

Minor bug fixes, including a few albergues which did not appear on the map view.

This update does two things at the same time.
It introduces the ability to send updates 'Over the air' meaning that if there is a change in telephone number, or price, or opening hours of your accommodation I can get them to you faster. The is important at the moment since the hiking season is beginning and many albergues are making last minute changes.
New routes will still be delivered via app store updates.
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It eliminates a minor bug that annoyed me greatly.

Everything else remains as awesome as always.

New feature shows whether an albergue is CURRENTLY open, closed, or about to open/close. Handy for pilgrims walking in the shoulder season and winter.
Separated, and updated, the elevation profile. It now shows the VDLP and the Sanabrés separately.

This release introduces a dark mode for lights out albergue users. And it greatly cleans up the UX to make more content more visible.
There are a few new photos from a recent camino, and minor changes to prices and availability.

Thank you everyone for all of the comments you leave within the app!

Content Update: Updated opened/closed, as well as prices.

Feature Update: Introducing the WhatsApp Message Maker: A simple tool to help you initiate a conversation with the albergue or hotel owner to check for availability and request a reservation. It automatically translates what you need into a short request, and from their you can finish the deal directly with the property owner.

Many changes to the content, updated pricing etc.

Introducing better communication tools: It is now much easier to initiate calls to accommodation via landline, mobile, WhatsApp, and email.

Accommodations linked to maps app, for turn by turn directions if necessary.

Bug fix: A bug crept into the last version, causing the app to crash when you tried to search the albergue directory or leave a comment. That bug is no more!

Updated content for the 2022 pilgrims. These include many uncertain closures and reopening and new prices as well as updated contact information.
Also, minor bug fixes for:
1. notched devices.
2. a bug in the elevation profiles, which are now capable of estimating your location.
3. reading and writing comments to the new wisepilgrim.com website.

2022 SPRING UPDATE

Updated content for the 2022 pilgrims. These include many uncertain closures and reopening and new prices as well as updated contact information.

Also, minor bug fixes with a focus on notched devices.

2021 SUMMER UPDATE

A fair amount of new phone numbers, and updated prices. Also some bug fixes for iPhone 12 pilgrims.

I hope these release notes find all of you safe at home and healthy with your family, no doubt looking forward to brighter days on the camino.

This update hopes to make those days a bit easier to navigate. Here in Santiago we are all home bound so I have made the best of the situation by coding some long desired changes to the apps.

Design Changes, Functionality Additions, and a bit of bed bug fumigation:

• A completely redesigned 'region' view. This was to accommodate a new feature which allows you to set a place as your starting point, and because of that all of the distances had to be reconsidered for the best readability. It should be rather intuitive, and it is better described in the legend page. These changes also allow for the page to be a lot more readable, and of course planning your day just got a lot easier.

• Better accommodation sorting. Accommodation in a city is now better sorted, with albergues grouped by type at the top and with private accommodation options grouped by type below. No more funny business where albergues were scattered randomly throughout the list.

• Better comment sorting. In the past comments didn’t always sort by date. In the now they do.

• Better visualization for exactly how far away from the camino some of those alternate routes take you.

• A bug which caused to guide to crash if there was a comment which was empty has been fumigated.

• Most users will now see the correct decimal separator for distances, with periods and commas appearing where they ought to.

• Generally better typography. Some missing characters were fixed, sizes were adjusted, that kind of thing.

Stay safe, and I hope to see you all later this year.

Hot on the heels of the big Spring 2020 update, comes this minor bug fix.
This update fixes a small mapping bug which caused the map to fail along some stretches of the Camino.

Big code update, and some significant changes to how the maps are accessed. The map icon in the upper-right now opens the map to that location, and the compass in the upper-right zooms to your location.
The app is finally rotatable, which has been requested by a few pilgrims along the way.

This is the big 2020 update. The app will continue to get bi-monthly updates during the year but this is the biggest one.
There are a few new albergues, a few closed albergues, and a smattering of telephone number changes.
Thanks again for all of the great support!

3.0.3 Is a minor update for a major bug which affected German pilgrims, or pilgrims whose phone's language was set as German. Version 3.0 of the Via de la Plata brings a whole new look to the app as well as a small rebranding. It has been rewritten from the ground up to be faster and easier to use. More offline content: The Wisely + edition of the guides now also include offline mapping capabilities. This has been on the wishlist for a long time and I am happy to say that it works wonderfully. The maps are a custom style, allowing you to get a better view of the topography ahead. New content: The app now incorporates all of the new information that was recently published in the 1st edition of the printed book. More comments: Leaving a comment about an albergue or hotel is now much easier, and I have added the ability to leave a comment about cities as well. Many users wanted to leave up to date recommendations for restaurants or other fine things they discovered, and so now it is possible. Note that this feature does require a data connection.