Mapboard GIS4.3.0 - App Store

Mapboard GIS is an iPad app for drawing maps with an Apple Pencil. Mapboard combines the intuitive workflow of pen-and-paper mapping with the precision, flexibility, and scale-independence of geospatial information systems (GIS). Its forward-looking design helps beginner and expert mappers produce multiscale, topologically consistent geologic maps.

MOTIVATION AND DESIGN

Mapboard GIS was born out of frustration with both paper- and GIS-based mapping workflows. It is primarily designed for geologists but is potentially useful in many situations demanding interpretive mapping. Mapboard attempts to bring digital mapping closer to the intuitive experience provided by paper. A sophisticated open-source spatial engine drives simple tools for drawing, erasing, and reshaping features. Outputs are natively compatible with common GIS software. Mapboard allows mapping time to be spent refining interpretations
instead of fighting with technical tools.

KEY FEATURES

- Editing tools geared towards pen-based mapping
- Powerful and intuitive reshaping, snapping, and erasing
- Iterative topology solver to fill map units
- Sophisticated onboard Spatialite GIS engine
- Project files natively readable by standard GIS software (QGIS, ArcGIS, etc.)
- User-configurable data types for line and polygon features
- Tether to remote PostGIS for work across large datasets and real-time collaboration
- Interoperable with standard formats (mbtiles, Spatialite, PostGIS) and open-source + commercial software

OTHER FEATURES

- Load MBTiles basemaps
- Satellite, streets, and topographic basemaps
- Dark mode support
- Geologic line types

TERMS OF USE: https://mapboard-gis.app/terms-of-service
PRIVACY POLICY: https://mapboard-gis.app/privacy
CHANGELOG: https://mapboard-gis.app/docs/ios/releases

Version History Map layer con­trols

- Im­prove the user in­ter­face for show­ing and hid­ing map lay­ers
- Add an op­tion to show only one map layer at a time, dras­ti­cally in­creas­ing per­for­mance for large, mul­ti­layer datasets

Bug fixes and in­ter­nal im­prove­ments

- Fix pro­ject file share sheet
- Prop­erly up­grade pro­jects from older ver­sions on app startup
- More ef­fi­cient han­dling of app ini­tial­iza­tion and pro­ject load­ing
- Im­prove mes­sage pass­ing at the top lev­els of the app
- Up­date the un­der­ly­ing data­base frame­work to work with iOS 18 4.3.0 11/03/2024 - Fix a high-im­pact bug in cre­at­ing new pro­jects

- A new sys­tem for work­ing with re­mote (Post­GIS) pro­jects housed in the Map­board Plat­form ap­pli­ca­tion.
- User in­ter­face im­prove­ments for more stan­dard­ized com­po­nents and nav­i­ga­tion pat­terns.
- Stream­lined of­fline pur­chase han­dling
- Much quicker topol­ogy pro­cess­ing
- More ef­fec­tive pri­or­i­ti­za­tion of edit­ing op­er­a­tions over topol­ogy main­te­nance tasks
- More con­trol over how map lay­ers are dis­played 4.2.1 06/27/2024 - A new sys­tem for work­ing with re­mote (Post­GIS) pro­jects housed in the Map­board Plat­form ap­pli­ca­tion.
- User in­ter­face im­prove­ments for more stan­dard­ized com­po­nents and nav­i­ga­tion pat­terns.
- Stream­lined of­fline pur­chase han­dling
- Much quicker topol­ogy pro­cess­ing
- More ef­fec­tive pri­or­i­ti­za­tion of edit­ing op­er­a­tions over topol­ogy main­te­nance tasks
- More con­trol over how map lay­ers are dis­played 4.2.0 05/08/2024 Ad­just­ing map area

- Set the map area for an ex­ist­ing pro­ject
- Switch base layer types for map area se­lec­tion
- Show map area as an ed­itable map layer

Bug fixes and in­ter­nal im­prove­ments

- Fix a ma­jor bug that caused the app to crash when open­ing a pro­ject
- Re­moved po­ten­tial sources of in­sta­bil­ity in app startup rou­tines
- Re­duced du­pli­ca­tion and global state, po­ten­tially im­prov­ing mem­ory man­age­ment and per­for­mance
- Refac­tored app startup code for more ef­fi­cient and in­tu­itive de­vel­op­ment
- Up­dated to Ap­ple’s StoreKit 2 for sub­scrip­tion man­age­ment 4.1.0 02/27/2024 LAYER-BASED EDITING

Editing by map layer is extremely useful for capturing overlapping map features
(for instance, "bedrock geology" and "surficial geology" layers).
But it can be used to separate any features that you want to edit
independently.

- Separate layers of mapping that can be independently edited
- Snapping improvements for individual map layers
- Layer reordering

Going forward, this feature will underpin a handling of more complex types of
map data (e.g., notes, point-based sample data, etc.) atop the current topological map.

NEW PROJECT-CREATION WORKFLOW

- New control to set map area
- Suggests the best projection (UTM zones or WGS84 lat lon) for your mapping area

USER INTERFACE IMPROVEMENTS

- New controls: Zoom to map area, Reload map
- First steps towards reworking Projects page
- New selection functions: Change layer

PERFORMANCE AND INTERNAL FIXES

- Fixes to topology engine to not delete straight lines
- Fixed CPU leak from map event handlers
- More modern internal map server
- Slightly more efficient map queries
- Improved server-linked mapping mode
- Internal handling of point data sources
- Fixes for several bugs with MBTiles layers 4.0.0 12/17/2023 This version updates project file type to use with external projects, and fixes many user interface issues

- Greatly improved the layout of UI controls, especially when considering device rotation
- Return to packaged projects in order to hide SQLite temporary files and improve interoperability with projects stored outside of the application directory.
- Initial steps towards QField compatibility (more on that later).
- Improved SwiftUI code generally

The full changelog is available at https://mapboard-gis.app/docs/ios/releases/3.3.3 3.3.3 04/16/2023 This re­lease is a quick fix for sev­eral is­sues:

- A ma­jor re­gres­sion that pre­vented the cre­ation of new pro­jects
- Make 3D Ter­rain the de­fault set­ting to com­bat the lack of a func­tional “map idle” event when ter­rain is off.
- Fix a bug that pre­vented cre­ation and edit­ing of data types
- Sev­eral tiny bug fixes to map lay­out

Release notes: https://mapboard-gis.app/docs/ios/releases/3.3.2 3.3.2 01/26/2023 This release contains several internal enhancements prioritizing a smoother editing experience

- Prevent database writes from freezing the user interface
- Speed up some database queries
- Fix several small but annoying UI issues
- Enhance the display of in-progress edits
- Better prioritization of edits over background topology solving

See full release notes at https://mapboard-gis.app/docs/ios/releases/3.3.1 3.3.1 01/25/2023 This re­lease builds atop the strong base es­tab­lished just a few weeks ago with the pub­lic re­lease of Ver­sion 3. In this release, we add sev­eral long-awaited fea­tures:

- Mapping atop 3D terrain
- User interface rotation
- Map movement while in editing mode
- Numerous fixes for UI, overlay management, and editing 3.3.0 01/23/2023 This is the first pub­lic re­lease of Map­board GIS Ver­sion 3, a ma­jor update to the
ap­p’s in­ter­nals and spa­tial edit­ing ca­pa­bil­i­ties that prepares for future enhancements.

NEW EDITING TOOLS: "Reshape" and "Topological erase" tools, previously available
only by tethering to a server, have been made available for iPad-based mapping. These
features greatly simplify iterative and multiscale data capture.

IMPROVED "UNDO": All mapping actions can be fully reverted, improving recovery from errors.

IMPROVED LINE SNAPPING: Snapping is quicker; nearby line endpoints can snap to new features.

QUICKER TOPOLOGY: The stability and performance of the onboard topology solver has been improved.

OVERLAY OPACITY: The opacity of polygons, topology faces, and user-provided overlays can be adjusted.

Many internal improvements:
- Mapping user interface: Tran­si­tion from Map­box’s legacy iOS SDK to the newer Map­box Maps SDK for iOS
- Up­graded spa­tial stack: The open-source libraries that power map editing have been upgraded
- Major improvements to configuration management, internal data flows, and error handling

Full release notes: https://mapboard-gis.app/docs/ios/releases/3.2.0 3.2.0 01/06/2023 - Added a basic user interface for creating and managing Mapbox GL offline tile packs
- Fixed a bug with the control panel for creating tile layers from external URLs
- Fixed some minor display bugs 2.3.1 01/28/2022 - Better raster tile layer support: improvements and bugfixes for input forms, and ability to specify tileset parameters (tile size and scheme)
- Project reprojection: Spatialite projects can now be reprojected from the "Edit project" form by specifying a new SRID. All features will be rewritten, so use this capability with caution!
- Better support for planetary (non-Earth) use: provides a pathway to add custom coordinate systems, and adds an optional `spheroid_radius` project configuration setting to adapt map scale display to different planetary bodies. 2.2.4 04/19/2021 2.2.3 03/23/2021