Reger.com Version 5.2 is out! This build includes the start of a bunch of GPS/geography features. Currently, these features are rudimentary. You can add gps coords to an entry and then you can see a little yellow spot on a global map where that entry occurred. And you can get a map with little dots for all of your entries.
It's neat, but not yet that powerful.
In the coming weeks I plan on adding zoom/pan ability to the map. After that we need to get some better US shapefiles in the system. And then the ability to click on dots to see entries from that location. And then the big kahuna... the ability to find other people's entries in the area.
Lots to do on the geography side of things. This is a strong start and I think it's fairly unique to see a map generator inside of a blog tool. I could be wrong... maybe there's one out there. Let me know if there is.
Also did some basic bug fixes on this version. Here are the release notes:
Bug
Broken links on http://www.reger.com/biz/technology.log
search.log shows private logs on right hand search summary
Page titles not working
EmailApi Problems with Validation
PolarHRM Graph Occassional Compilation Errors
/about/features.log NPE
MegaChartSeries.java possible issue
Can choose location that shows no entries
New Feature
Show Blog Locations on World Map
Release Notes infrastructure - showing what's changed on the site
Static Content Pages
Ability to Nest Logs and Create Navigation Heirarchies
List locations screen in Admin section
Edit location screen in Admin section
Ability to delete a location
Improvement
GPS always on
Activity-specific should be Data Blogging
Upgrade charting library to 1.0 pre2
Admin Home page display cleaned up, more compact
GPS coords & city, state, zip hidden on public entry when no coords exist
SufferFest 08 Day 4
