1.11.0

• Fix the issue that the height of the sidebar upper pane is unintentionally changed when the window is resized.
• Support showing the list of files whose thumbnails cannot be generated.
  • Prior to this version, when HEIF thumbnail generation fails because of invalid HEIF files, the thumbnail generation progress never completes. With this version, the progress completes, and there is a dialog that displays the list of files whose thumbnails cannot be generated.
• From this version, the list of available maps are fetched from photo-location-map-resources repo, which enables changing the list of maps without releasing a new version of this application. This is to be able to change the list of maps quickly as the map services become available/unavailable.
  • As of this writing (Jan 18, 2025), the available maps are OpenStreetMap, Esri World Street Map, and Esri World Imagery. The list of maps are subject to change as noted above.
  • Bing Maps is removed. This is because this application uses a free account of Bing Maps for Enterprise, which will retire on June 30, 2025.
• [Windows-only] Support "Open with Photo Location Map" in the context menu of Explorer.
  • This context menu item can be added/removed in the Settings dialog.
  • Clicking "Open with Photo Location Map" in the context menu of Explorer launches this application and opens the folder currently opened by Explorer.

1.10.0

• Add sort feature in the directory tree view.
• Fix thumbnail generation failure of HEIC files created by iPhone 15 with iOS 18.

1.9.0

• Add the histogram of the photos' date/time.

1.8.0

• Update how thumbnails are shown in the sidebar.
  • Previously, thumbnails are displayed in the tooltips. From this version, such tooltips are abolished. Instead, thumbnails are shown within the sidebar.
• Update the pins on the map.
  • From this version, the pin shows the date which the photo is taken.
• Update how the cluster of photos are displayed on the map.
  • Previously, after clicking the cluster, it expands as pins. From this version, clicking the cluster shows the viewer for the photos in the cluster.

1.7.0

The release date of v1.7.0 is January 5, 2023.
For some reason, GitHub says it's March 3, 2023, but this is incorrect. Moreover, GitHub does not allow fixing it.

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• Add "Select by Region" feature
  • After a region is set on the map, "Select Photos" button appears on the map. Clicking the button selects the photos within the region.
• Support undo/redo of photo selection.
  • Available in the newly added Selection menu.
• Add "Select Only This" feature for the directory tree view.
  • Available in the context menu of the directory tree view.
• Reduce the size of thumbnail cache for HEIF files.
  • If you have generated thumbnail cache using prior versions, please delete the cache so that the thumbnail cache is generated with reduced size. Deleting the cache can be done in the Settings dialog.
• Fix the bug that loading many HEIF files (approximately more than 10000 files) crashes the application.
• Fix the bug that the Settings dialog is sluggish when the size of the thumbnail cache is big.
• Fix the bug that Bing Maps becomes empty when photo selection is changed frequently in a short time.

1.6.0

• Support the file with .MP4 extension for Live Photos
  • Requested in Discussion #406
  • Previously, .MOV extension is supported because it's the file gotten from iPhone as Live Photos. From this version, .MP4 extension can also be used.
• The popup in the map automatically appears when only one file is selected.
• Added "Select Only This" menu item in the photo info viewer.

1.5.0

• Added "View Data" menu item in the photo info viewer.
  • Clicking it launches a new window for displaying the EXIF data of the photo.
  • The integrated version of Photo Data Viewer runs in the new window.

1.4.0

• Support Bing Maps.
  • Users can choose "Bing (Road)", "Bing (Aerial)", "Bing (Aerial with Labels)" or "OpenStreetMap" with the layer selection button at the top right corner of the map.
  • The default map is "Bing (Road)".
• "More Options" menu (looks like horizontal three dots) is added in the photo info viewer.
  • "Open Folder" button is changed to a menu item in this menu.
  • "Open Google Maps" and "Open Google Street View" menu items are added.

1.3.0

• The loading folder dialog became smoother and more informative.

1.2.0

• Display the progress in the loading folder dialog after a folder is selected.
• Added the status bar which displays the information about the loaded files.
  • Visibility of the status bar can be toggled by the Show Status Bar checkbox in the settings dialog.
• PNG/TIFF files are displayed.
  • Note that PNG thumbnails are displayed, but TIFF thumbnails are not available.
• Metadata files generated by Windows or macOS (e.g. Thumbs.db, .DS_Store) are hidden in the directory tree view.
  • This is to be aligned with Explorer on Windows or Finder on macOS because such files are hidden.
• Fixed the bug that loading folder freezes when certain files are loaded.
• Performance improvement.