OpenGTS Changelog

What's new in OpenGTS 2.3.8

Oct 11, 2011
  • This version includes support for most TK102/TK103 GPS tracking devices.
  • It has an updated JSON API in "events.war".
  • It adds Unicode character encoding to address and other text displayed on maps.
  • It has an updated Spanish language translation.
  • There are various bugfixes.

New in OpenGTS 2.3.5 (Jul 3, 2011)

  • Support for OpenCellID mobile cell-tower GPS location service is now included.
  • Event query "events.war" now supports JSON formatted GPS record output.
  • Additional Status Codes and table fields were added.
  • Map bug fixes for Internet Explorer are included.

New in OpenGTS 2.3.0 (Feb 4, 2011)

  • NEW: Hungarian language localization (many thanks to Totyi Ferenc).
  • NEW: Added Device "Creation Date" read-only field to "Device Admin" page.
  • NEW: Added Device "deviceCreateDateTime" field to report EventDataLayout fields.
  • NEW: Added a "Pushpin" column, to display the event map pushpin, to various Event Detail Reports. Enable by setting the "columnPushpin" property, in the file 'reports.xml', to "true".
  • NEW: Added additional boolean condition testing to "RTConfigTag.java" module.
  • NEW: Added maximum allowed number of devices field "maximumDevices" to Account table, and supported on System Admin Accounts page.
  • NEW: Added support for "Nominatim" reverse-geocode provider, available from Mapquest and OpenStreetMap (see 'private.xml')
  • NEW: Added several additional Status Code definitions.
  • CHG: Changed Pushpin selection pulldown on the Device Admin and StatusCode Admin pages to display more pushpins at one time.
  • CHG: Made changes to URIArg.java utility module.
  • CHG: Updated "OpenGTS_Config.pdf" document.
  • FIX: Fixed issues with EventData "getNextEventData" (thanks to SourceForge user Daniel [xing2kin] for finding this).
  • FIX: Fixed "sipgear" device communication server IMEI# parsing issue.

New in OpenGTS 2.2.7 (Sep 13, 2010)

  • New accounts can now be created through the "sysadmin" Web interface.
  • A Russian language translation was included.
  • A "Fleet Detail" report group was added.
  • The Polygon Geozone feature is now enabled by default.

New in OpenGTS 2.1.6 (Oct 8, 2009)

  • This version now includes sortable table columns on reports and admin pages, and descriptive pushpin "labels" on group map showing last known GPS location.
  • Example GPS Tracking device 'template' server updates were made.
  • Miscellaneous bugs were fixed.

New in OpenGTS 2.1.1 (Jun 3, 2009)

  • Added support for GPX (GPS Exchange format) data format to the 'events.war' servlet. (See http://www.topografix.com/gpx.asp for information regarding GPX)
  • Added "Creating/Modifying Reports" section to 'OpenGTS_Config.pdf'.
  • Added additional checks for JDK installation to CheckInstall for Windows users.
  • Should now build to completion without the JavaMail 'mail.jar' file, however email sending will be disabled.
  • 'activation.jar' is no longer needed (already included in Java 6).
  • Increased Device background thread pool size to 25.
  • Fixed runtime config file path conversion from 'URL' to 'File' when the file path happens to contain embedded spaces.

New in OpenGTS 2.0.8 (May 6, 2009)

  • This is version v2.0.8 update of the OpenGTS Open GPS Tracking System. This release contains the following changes (see CHANGELOG.txt for a detailed change history):
  • Added additional status codes (see StatuseCodes.java)
  • Added "speedLimitKPH"/"isTollRoad" fields to EventData for reverse-geocoders that support returning this information.
  • Added "validgps" argument to 'Event' servlet URL to allow only valid GPS locations.
  • Added support for "idle" elapsed time to MotionReport.
  • Added "Ignition Input Line" to Device Info page to specify which digitial input (if any) is used as the 'ignition' sense (used by MotionReport to calculate "idle" tile).
  • Added an error indication when running 'bin/checkInstall.sh' as 'root', plus other additional checks.
  • Removed "Totals" line generation from CSV report output.
  • Fixed 'admin.bat' to work around Windows batch file processing issues.
  • Added additional commercial Geonames support.
  • See 'CHANGELOG.txt' for additional details.

New in OpenGTS 2.0.7 (Apr 5, 2009)

  • Added additional help/comments to RuleFactoryExample.java.
  • Special thanks to Thomas Cozien for providing the French localization.
  • Added server support for GPSMapper "Google Map GPS Cell Phone Tracker" project client component on SourceForge (http://gpsmapper.sourceforge.net). This support module is still undergoing testing and may not yet be fully functional.
  • Added new device communication server support for the I-Care G3300. Build with command "ant icare".
  • Fixed 'initdb' command to create new tables with proper character set encoding. Previously, the work-around was to run the 'dbAdmin.pl -tables=ca' command to alter the various table columns to the appropriate character set.
  • See 'CHANGELOG.txt' for additional details.

New in OpenGTS 2.0.4 (Jan 2, 2009)

  • Latitude and longitude display formats may now be configured.
  • The calendar's first day of week can now be set to Monday.
  • Google KML support was integrated.
  • A Turkish language translation is now included.

New in OpenGTS 2.0.2 (Oct 17, 2008)

  • Many new features. Initial support for GeoServer (via OpenLayers) to support custom ESRI shapefiles. Better ACL control.
  • Additional yellow 'arrow' pushpins indicating GPS direction.
  • Support for expandable menus.
  • The map auto-update feature now supports re-centering on a new GPS location without changing the current zoom level.

New in OpenGTS 1.9.7 (Sep 2, 2008)

  • GPS location "replay" pause now supported.
  • "Replay" and Geofence "recenter" are now supported for Google Maps (updates are provided for OpenLayers and MS Virtual Earth).
  • "Delete Confirmation" is now implemented for User, Group, and Geozone deletions.
  • Calendar bugs were also fixed.