GeoPulse v1.29.1

This is a focused patch release that hardens reverse-geocoding cache behavior and prevents broad location over-matching caused by oversized provider bounding boxes.

Highlights

• Added a bounding-box safety guard for reverse geocoding cache entries.
• Oversized provider bounding boxes are now dropped automatically.
• Added configurable maximum bbox area:
  • GEOPULSE_GEOCODING_CACHE_MAX_BBOX_AREA_KM2
  • Default: 5000 km²

In some datasets, very large provider bounding boxes could cause unrelated points to be matched to the same cached geocoding location. This patch reduces that risk and improves location grouping reliability.

Configuration

You can tune the safeguard with:

• GEOPULSE_GEOCODING_CACHE_MAX_BBOX_AREA_KM2=5000 (default)

Set it lower for stricter matching behavior.

You might want to regenerate your timeline (Timeline Preferences -> Regenerate Timeline) if you're affected by this issue.

GeoPulse 1.29.0

This release focuses on better location quality, richer achievements, smoother map behavior, and stronger backend
stability.

New Features

• Added city/country normalization mapping on the Reverse Geocoding page, so location names can be standardized more
  reliably. You can add rules how to rename existing and new country or city based on your preference / language.
• Added new travel achievements for trains and flights, giving more milestone coverage as your trip history grows.
• Added an "Open in Google Maps" action in the Friend Live tooltip for faster external navigation.

Improvements

• Improved Friend Live UX by keeping your manual map position instead of forcing re-centering in case if the user
  moved mouse after selecting a friend.
• Improved mobile readability on Timeline Reports with updated responsive table styles.
• Upgraded Quarkus and backend libraries to current stable versions for better platform health and maintainability.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed timeline edge cases by including short trips between stays, preventing disconnected stay-to-stay segments.
• Fixed Friend Live e2e-related regressions and supporting test stability updates.

GeoPulse 1.28.2

Re-implemented how we add new places during Trip planning

Improved how we add new places we want to visit during a Trip planning. Added option to Search the place, not only pointing it on the map

Added last known battery level on Friends Live tab

See https://github.com/tess1o/geopulse/issues/459

Do not fail when Admin deletes an invited user

See https://github.com/tess1o/geopulse/issues/457

GeoPulse 1.28.1

Added Search option on the [Add Missing Timeline Data] journey. You can search for the place from your selected Geocoding provider

When you're trying to recreate your timeline (when you don't have GPS data available) you can now search for places using Geocoding services instead of manually clicking on the map

Improved UI/UX for [Edit Trip] dialog

Made the datepicker smaller, fixed colors for datepicker in dark mode, etc

Improved UI validations on [Create Share Links] journey

When password doesn't match minimum length requirement we now show proper validation message

Made Photon enabled and fallback geocoding provider by default

Previously Nominatim was used as Primary provider and fallback was disabled. Now default settings (for everyone who did not override it) are: Nominatim - primary, Photon fallback. If you changed these settings previously - no changes to you

GeoPulse 1.28.0

In this release I added new features to reconstruct your timeline for time when you don't have any GPS data, improved search by allowing users to search for any settings and quickly navigate to the, add auto-reject of GPS points with negative accuracy.

Added button [Add Missing Timeline Data] to manually create Stays/Trips when you didn't have GPS data available

From Timeline page or a Trip page you can click on [Add Missing Timeline Data] button and manually add stays/trips for any period of time. The system will generate GPS points for given input with correct speed and coordinates to ensure the Timeline Generation algorithm can recreate timeline properly.

See https://github.com/tess1o/geopulse/issues/452 for more details

Added Settings search to main search input and on Profile/Timeline Preferences/Admin Settings pages.

Improved search functionality so you can search not only for Locations/City/Country but all Settings in the app (from Profile tab, Timeline Preferences and Admin Settings):

Additionally added such search buttons to corresponding setting pages.

Added rejecting GPS points with negative accuracy (enabled by default)

Auto reject GPS points with negative accuracy. See https://github.com/tess1o/geopulse/discussions/451
It's enabled by default. You can disable this feature by setting GEOPULSE_GPS_FILTER_NEGATIVE_ACCURACY_ENABLED=false

GeoPulse 1.27.1

This is a small release to fix some bugs and add "New Version" checker in main menu and on the Home page.

• Added New Version information in main menu and Home page
• Improved k8s helm charts with respect to termination/grace period - see https://github.com/tess1o/geopulse/pull/450 and thanks to @dcelasun for contribution
• Improved highlighted trip tooltip and coloring the path
• Fixed several issues related to Vector maps
• Fixed wrong longitude when a new trip is planned (edge case)

GeoPulse 1.27.0

Trip replay

In this release I added a Trip Replay for a selected trips (for CAR only for now). It works for Vector maps only. It works in both 2D and 3D modes. For 3D I can suggest to select tile styles that support terrains. For instance https://api.maptiler.com/maps/streets-v4/style.json?key=YOUR_KEY_HERE.

Added coloring (green, yellow, red) for selected trips

See https://github.com/tess1o/geopulse/issues/433 - for CAR trips it adds coloring depending on your speed and how long you moved from point X to Y during your trip. Like traffic lights.

Added option to select friend trail duration (1h, 6h, today) on Friend Live map

See https://github.com/tess1o/geopulse/issues/445

Google maps reverse geocoding upgrades

• Added language support for Google Maps Reverse Geocoding - see https://github.com/tess1o/geopulse/discussions/448
• Fixed Google Map Api key env variables - see https://github.com/tess1o/geopulse/issues/446

Fixed time picker on GPS Data page

See details here - https://github.com/tess1o/geopulse/issues/444

GeoPulse 1.26.0

New Features

• Added Vector maps

Previously GeoPulse supported only Raster maps via Leaflet. Starting from this release you can choose between Raster and Vector maps. You can change the map type from Menu -> Profile -> Display (/app/profile?tab=timelineDisplay). You can specify your preferable custom map style (for both raster and vector maps):

By default for now we keep Raster maps enabled. I will change this in the future once the Vector map implementation is more polished and fixed.

• Added 12/24h time format support - #443

Together with the Date Format (EU/US/ISO) you can now select 12/24 hour time format (24h is default):

• Added device.uniqueId support for the Traccar integration

Since traccar sends all users data to one endpoint we need a way how to separate different Traccar users in GeoPulse. See #442

• Added Regenerate Coverage button

Added Regenerate Coverage button and automatic coverage regeneration after file import. See #437

Fixes

• Fixed bar chart label sorting - see #441

The labels were sorted incorrectly when December (12 month) and January (1st month) were on the same chart.

• Fixed geofences alerts concurrency issue - see #436

The system will not send multiple geofences events when batch gps points are received. Also allowed to disable in-app notifications and keep only external notifications.