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  1. v1.1.40Android
    - All-sky image now has two views: Fisheye and panoramic view.
  2. v1.1.35iOS
    - Added 2025 VIIRS and Sky brightness overlays.
    - When area statistics are shown for Sky brightness/World Atlas, locations of the minimum and maximum values are now also marked on the map.
    - Other minor fixes and improvements.
  3. v1.1.39Android
    - Added 2025 VIIRS and Sky brightness overlays.
    - When area statistics are shown for Sky brightness/World Atlas, locations of the minimum and maximum values are now also marked on the map.
    - Other minor fixes and improvements.
  4. v1.1.34iOS
    - Bortle class display fixed.
    - Fixed the issue with sorting 'My locations' when a new item is added.
  5. v1.1.33iOS
    - New Sky brightness overlays (all years)
    - Render All-sky image at a specified location (with terrain)
    - Added International Dark sky parks polygon feature overlay
    - Redesigned offline mode (supports all Sky brightness overlays and point information)
    - Added basemaps from Apple and OpenStreetMap
    - Other improvements and bug fixes
  6. v1.1.31iOS
    - New Moon tool that displays realistic moon state (phase, illumination, libration, relative size), moonset/moonrise times and other properties at any given moment and location on the planet.
    - Added NOAA 3-day Aurora forecast (turn on Aurora layer and a link should be visible under the dropdown menu)
    - Various bugfixes
  7. v1.1.29iOS
    - Changes to the user interface
    - Added 'Zenith brightness simulation' tool
    - Added 'Find closest dark' site tool
    - World Atlas 2015 overlay has some new additional display options
    - Viewing SQM-LE charts received some performance upgrades
  8. v1.1.25iOS
    - VIIRS overlays now use Black marble v2.0 instead v1.3 data
    - Added VIIRS 2024
    - Basemaps and search providers changed because Bing Maps for Enterprise will be discontinued on June 30th 2025
  9. v1.1.22iOS
    - Added 2023 VIIRS overlay
    - Other minor fixes
  10. v1.1.21iOS
    - VIIRS chart now has an option to display monthly values
    - Fixed trailing artefact produced by the popup window on some devices
    - Fixed the issue of previously downloaded offline maps not showing after app update
    - Fixed the issue of search bar not showing when there are too many users on the server
  11. v1.1.18iOS
    - VIIRS 2022 added
    - Search for places now first searches through Geonames database and if it fails it will search Bing's database
    - Other minor fixes
  12. v1.1.17iOS
    - Added exponential trend (annual % change) to VIIRS radiance chart
    - Fixed the issue of non working offline mode in the last version (re-download the cache if not working)
  13. v1.1.16iOS
    - VIIRS data source is now NASA instead of NOAA
    - Fixed the issue with adding a marker to "My locations"
  14. v1.1.14iOS
    - Fixed elevation units when imperial units are selected in settings
  15. v1.1.13iOS
    - VIIRS 2021 overlay added
  16. v1.1.10iOS
    - New option under settings to display VIIRS/World Atlas overlays in a color blind friendly style
    - Enabled landscape mode for iPad
    - Fixed a bug from previous release where basemap was not displayed in offline mode
    - Other
  17. v1.1.9iOS
    - New VIIRS overlay (2020)
    - Search is now using Geonames database instead of Microsoft service
  18. v1.1.8iOS
    - Minor bug fixes
  19. v1.1.7iOS
    - Added high DPI base map option under settings, which should provide larger map labels (especially if you zoom in)
  20. v1.1.6iOS
    - Map navigation and help menu fix for iOS 12.x
    - Other minor cosmetic changes
  21. v1.1.5iOS
    - Added support for dark mode (iOS 13+)
    - Minor bug fixes
  22. v1.1.4iOS
    - SQC images can now be zoomed in
    - Fixed a few broken links
    - Fixed a bug that would sometimes show a previous spatial query instead of a current one
  23. v1.1.3iOS
    - New Aurora forecast overlay. It forecasts aurora visibility in the next 30 min and is updated every 5 min.
    - Fixed a bug that would cause the app to sometimes hang on start.
    - Other minor cosmetic improvements.
  24. v1.1.2iOS
    - VIIRS spatial query now displays a timeline chart
    - Some other small improvements
  25. v1.1.0iOS
    - Main menu redesign for easier navigation

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