This visual feature is a minor improvement I’ve been looking forward to adding — and finally got around to this week: the Range Ring HUD. It’s an overlay consisting of concentric circles that mark...

The last time I took the app out for testing, I promised myself I’d implement a way to manage the visibility of stale or legacy GPS data — information you absolutely want to keep for archival and...

Last week, we answered the question, “How do we create routes?” This week, we’re attempting to answer the question, “How do we use them?” First, a disclaimer about the screenshot — this feature...

When it comes to GPS app development, routes are an essential part of the data model trifecta: waypoints for marking locations, track logs for where you’ve been, and routes for where you want to go....

This past week, I refactored the active track log visualization — the green line drawn behind your puck as you move. Previously, we had no control over where the line rendered on the z-axis. In other...