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Version History

Version 1.7
May 23RD, 2010
  • Added Statistics Page

Version 1.6
November 21ST, 2009
  • Added Small Icons Option

Version 1.5
October 11TH, 2009
  • Created Perl scripting code to automatically download database updates from the NGS FTP site and extract/format the shape files for inclusion in the mirror database.
  • Database Update: Web site updating is virtually automated and done monthly (Around the middle of each month).
  • Added Google Analytics to the site.

Version 1.4
March 22ND, 2009
  • Database Update: The databases for 50 of the 50 States, as well as Puerto Rico and Washington DC have been updated from 02/15/2009 to apprx 03/19/2009.
  • Added Appache License to all files.
  • Updated Charts to reflect 2009 data.

Version 1.3
June 25TH, 2008
  • Database Update! The databases for 50 of the 50 States, as well as Puerto Rico and Washington DC have been updated from 12/12/2007 to apprx 05/29/2008.

Version 1.2
January 23RD, 2008
  • Added the "State" of Puerto Rico, for all those out on vacation who get the itch :)
  • Added 3 Charts that show Benchmark Stability, Top Recovery Organizations, and Benchmark Conditions for the State Being Viewed.

Version 1.1
January 6TH, 2008
  • Database Update! The database for 49 of the 50 States has been updated from 03/01/2007 to apprx 12/12/2007.
  • New Jersey (NJ) and the District of Columbia (DC) did not have an update available, so those pages will still use 03/01/2007 Data.
  • Added the "Terrain" Map, and set it as the default map type.
  • Removed the "Satellite" Only Map, as the Satellite data is available with the Hybrid Option. (May make these map types a pulldown in the future, as there is starting to be a lot of them)
  • Removed the mini "overview" map from the corner, as it was exhibiting some odd behavior, and is technically unsupported. (It may return in the future when I implement a fix from the Google Groups Forums)

Version 1.0
October 1ST, 2007
  • PID Viewer from NGS on the Right Side of the Map
  • Added a .LOC File Generator to create LOC Files Dynamically from your PID List

Version 0.6
July 4TH, 2007
  • PID Label as a Toggle Button for Marks
  • Added ToolTips for PID Identifier when putting cursor over markers
  • Auto Scrolling to get Pop-Ups into Display Window
  • Added Marker Vandalism Warning Page

Version 0.5
June 20TH, 2007
  • Significant Upgrade to the State Template for Each Page
  • Widened the Google Map
  • JavaScript Combined to One File
  • Added Topographic and Orthographic Maps
  • Washington D.C Added to Database
  • Changed Indiana and Oregon files to IND.html and ORE.html because of Naming Conflicts with "OR" and "IN"

Version 0.4.1
June 13TH, 2007
  • Added the Remaining 50 States

Version 0.4.0
May 29TH, 2007
  • Added a Clustering Algorithm to Average Marks Into Groups of 100
  • Updated the FAQ
  • Moved to a Template for Each State
  • Added Arizona, Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire, Connecticut, and New Jersey to the State Database

Version 0.3
May 18TH, 2007
  • PHP Script to Upload Shape Files
  • Streamlining Database to only Keep Required Information
  • Created "Benchmarks" Sub-Domain from ScaredyCatFilms Site
  • Added State of Hawaii

Version 0.2
April 25TH, 2007
 
  • Conversion from Shape File Parsing to an SQL Database for each State
  • Rhode Island, New York State, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, California Test Pages
  • 100 Markers Displayed at a Time, But the Total Number Available is Displayed to the User
  • Color Coding of Markers (Green = Good, White = Monumented, Red = Others, Not Found, Destroyed)

Version 0.1
March 31ST, 2007
  • Rhode Island Map Using Google Maps API
  • Text Parsing of a NGS Downloaded Shape File
  • Zoom Level 13 to Control Content (Need to Keep around 100 Marks or less at One Time)
 


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