SkyBound Dashboardv2.4

What changed

• New featureNew 'My Balloons' 3D builder for custom envelope designs and logos.
• New featureIntegration of real-time surface wind data from Ambient Weather Network stations.
• SocialAdded landmark dropping and instant sharing with selected teams.
• SocialEnhanced teammate tracking with vertical speed measurement and selective pings.
• PlatformSupport for .mbtiles competition maps and OziExplorer/KML file imports.
• UXNew overlay folder system for organizing and collapsing map layers.
• New featureAdded a lift calculator using real-time conditions for specific locations.
• PlatformCarPlay integration now maintains pilot tracking while the phone is locked.
• PerformanceOptimized map rendering for large zone files to ensure smooth panning and zooming.
• MonetizationIntroduced a 30-day trial period accessible directly from the dashboard without a card.

Original release notes

NEW

- My Balloons. Build your own envelope — gore count, rows, crown shape, scoop,
  racer or round, a colour wheel with real shades, and your own logo — then fly
  that balloon in your 3D replay and in live 3D instead of a blue dot. The
  builder is the same on the phone and the web, so a design made in one shows
  up in the other.

- Surface winds from ground weather stations. Real stations on the map, not a
  model. Tap one for the last half hour of wind, pick whether the needle reads
  to or from, set the radius you care about, and fly to a station from the
  intro card. Credit to the Ambient Weather Network.

- Landmarks. Drop a landmark on pre-flight or in the air, choose its icon, and
  share it with the teams you pick — arrival banner included. They appear
  instantly on every device.

- Flying with friends. See every teammate who is flying, choose which of them
  pings you (all at once if you like), and watch their track, targets and
  scoring rings on your own map. Teammate vertical speed is measured against an
  anchor now, so it reads true.

- Live reactions. Anyone watching your flight can send a reaction and it floats
  up the map. The pilot sees it, and it reads from across a basket.

- Competition maps as .mbtiles. Import one directly, with a progress bar that
  actually moves, and the black padding trimmed off the sheet.

- Overlay folders. Make them, fill them, import into them, and collapse them on
  the pre-flight Map Overlays page. OziExplorer .plt and .wpt files import on
  the phone now, and Google Earth's cascading KML styles are read properly.

- Set a waypoint as a target. Tap a waypoint on any map overlay and make it a
  target, with the waypoint's own name on the card.

- Import a wind sonde on pre-flight, including columnar sounding exports that
  used to be dropped without a word.

- Lift calculator with real conditions for a place and a date, on the phone and
  the web.

- Heading chevron. Swap the position dot for an arrow that points where you are
  going.

- 30-day trial, no card. Start it from the dashboard; the countdown is on the
  home screen.

- CarPlay keeps up with the pilot you are chasing with the phone locked and in
  your pocket.

IMPROVED

- Big zone files pan and zoom smoothly, on the pilot's map and the crew's — the
  geometry now crosses to the map once instead of being rebuilt on every GPS fix.
- Crew stay o…