4.8
2024-04-11
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Here's what's new:
- German translation added (by Uwe Spaniol).
- French & Greek translation improvements.
- Sat24.com updates.
- Clear Sky Charts locations update.
4.7
2024-03-22
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Special update for the April 2024 Solar Eclipse:
- Solar Eclipses tool (new button under the weather forecast). Shows a list of future solar eclipses from your location.
- Solar Eclipse Simulator (available from the Solar Eclipses tool) - lets you explore any eclipse with a simple slider to control time.
- On the weather forecast, the solar eclipse type and time of maximum will be displayed in place of the moon phase on eclipse days.
- Solar eclipse details are shown on the lunar calendar under eclipse days.
- Fixed barometer for iOS 17.4 devices (requires Motion & Fitness permissions).
- Apply/Tab buttons added to keyboard when editing coordinates.
4.6
2024-01-22
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Here's what's new:
- Font shadow for stripe mode and other fixes.
4.5
2023-06-28
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Here's what's new:
- Better contrast on main weather view text and icons.
- Location Manager option for coordinate entry in decimal degrees.
- Improved display of Sat24.
- Fahrenheit to Celcius switch does not require restart.
- Cloud Free Nights link for users in Australia/NZ.
- Show last good weather forecast on update failure.
- Avoid possible crash with bad Apple Weather data.
4.4
2023-03-29
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Here's what's new:
-Apple is shutting down Dark Sky, having relaunched it as Apple Weather. Xasteria+ is being upgraded to Apple Weather, adding options (in settings) of extending forecast to 10 days and cloud layer forecast.
-A new MET Norway forecast is also added. It's based on the non-hydrostatic ECMWF model, giving better forecasts for regions with steep terrain.
-Zero values in 7Timer/icon mode are completely blank for clarity and option to turn off twilight times display.
-Added 4h forecast step option for Apple Weather and MET.no.
-ISS/Satellite entries show timezone, provide button to open Heavens-Above map view.
-Timezone shown in settings.
-DST bug fix for ISS/Satellite times. Affected Pacific and Alaska timezones.
-Other fixes and improved weather display speed.
From April 2023, iOS 9/10 compatible submissions will not be allowed on the app store, so this is the last version I can provide for those with very old devices.
4.3
2022-10-26
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Here's what's new:
- New Jetstream link for users in N. America.
- Fix visibility of light pollution map button for newer iOS versions.
4.2
2021-10-31
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Here's what's new:
- Improvements in webviews, including collapsible Back/Done buttons.
- Barometric pressure and altitude added to Location manager (for iPhone/iPad with barometric sensor).
- Full support for new iPad mini & iOS 15.
4.1
2021-04-29
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Here's what's new:
- Landscape mode for iPhone - fit more of the forecast on your screen.
- Updated app icon & splash so it’s easier to tell apart from non-Plus version when you use both.
- Lunar calendar updated with Sun/Moon graphs.
- Fixed wind direction icons & clarified their meaning in the info screen.
- Misc fixes, mainly around handling of retries on bad network connections.
3.3
2020-12-28
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Here's what's new:
- Made some 7Timer icons larger/clearer.
- Fixed error when trying to display ISS passes for next year. Apologies to the affected users.
- Updated Light Pollution info page and corrected Green/White night mode colors.
3.2
2020-12-02
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Here's what's new:
- Light pollution button with Bortle class & WA2015 color code display, that opens a light pollution details page.
- Added Windy.com, Astrospheric, Jetstream forecast to "Other" sources.
- Location Manager decimal coordinates switched to lat, lon to match popular (Google maps etc) usage, so main page switched too to match.
- Clicking the heavens-above.com bottom bar in ISS/Satellite tools opens the relevant Havens Above page.
- Opening links to web pages in night mode will try to apply a dark theme before showing them (does not work on all sites - experimental).
3.1
2020-10-30
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Here's what's new:
-The main display shows the location name when available. Coordinates still available below and also in Location manager.
-Improved Clear Sky Chart page display.
-Replaced obsolete Iridium flares with daily bright satellite passes.
-Fix for ISS passes not returning for some locations.
-NOAA Water Vapor page got alternative links to image loops, second nearest depending on location.
-Size of main weather view is increased for most devices.
-Dimmer, Green/White night mode options added.
-Quick Help that demonstrates how the 7Timer view is easily read.
3.0
2020-09-15
This is the first public version of Xasteria Plus. It is the version included in Polar Scope Align 5.3.