DroneDeploy Ground App

- Enhanced the Uploads screen with faster loading, improved mobile data handling, and tap-throttling to prevent duplicates - Improved Bluetooth reliability with smarter camera reconnection, power detection, and faster time-to-capture - Resolved several crashes and race conditions related to the walk recovery, resume, and deletion flows - Optimized pano capture by automating camera settings and resolving issues with silent capture failures - Fixed a bug where the search bar would disappear and resolved upload banner interference during active walks - Improved accuracy of camera SD card storage readings and replaced raw error codes with helpful descriptions - Increased overall app smoothness by optimizing how the device handles background data transfers

- Improved the accuracy of the 360 camera connection status during active sessions - Resolved an issue where app audio could interfere with other sounds during walks - Added a loading spinner to the project screen to provide better visual feedback during data retrieval - Fixed a file management bug to ensure 3D scan frames are handled and removed correctly - Enhanced overall app reliability through unified camera data handling and background optimizations

- Added clear feedback when Capture Media is disabled, introducing a "Ask to Edit" feature, allowing users to request project access directly within the app - Fixed bug that showed media preview when leaving the map screen - Pre-capture checks for SD card, firmware, storage, and battery before you start capturing - Low battery warning now shows once instead of blocking every capture at 15% - Project permissions persist offline and stay correct after role changes - Clearer upload and error messages that tell you what to do next - Improved camera connection and first-time connection with fewer redundant notifications - Improved resume walk flow when returning to the app from the background - Fixed with pin preview and photos loading, allowing for faster loading - Fixed overlay download crash when multiple overlays load at once - Deleted overlays and pins from the web now sync correctly to the app - Upload delay after tapping upload is fixed, and upload stops correctly when cancelled - Sync is more reliable after cancel or retry - Sign-in is disabled when offline, so you get clear offline behavior - Ricoh Theta X now gets extended time limits for Walks - Fixed a bug that causes issues with pano capture

- Fixed a bug where the upload button could appear disabled even when you had a network connection

- Projects now load faster with cached data and smooth placeholder loading animations - Fixed an issue where capturing a photo wouldn't work right after deleting a photo - Updated pre-capture check. Warning now displays correctly on devices with limited storage - Various UI fixes, including filter button state and media carousel thumbnails

- Fixed an issue where some 3D scans would appear to upload successfully but arrive incomplete - Fixed multiple crashes related to camera connection and background threading - Fixed a crash that could occur during VideoWalk capture

- Redesigned camera connection experience with a unified UI and more reliable thread management - Project list now shows an offline empty state and refreshes automatically in the background - Renamed "Sync" to "Upload" across settings and the Wi-Fi preference for clearer labeling - RTK connections now automatically refresh NTRIP credentials when switching between projects - Project and floor plan downloads now prioritize based on what you are actively viewing for faster load times - Fixed multiple crashes related to camera threading and VideoWalk background operations - Fixed an issue where the tap-to-connect button appeared while already connected to an RTK device - Fixed firmware version check not correctly identifying outdated device firmware

- Skeleton loading state on the project list while your projects load - More accurate RTK offset calculation for 3D scan positioning

- Fixed a crash that could occur when uploading after disconnecting from the camera - 3D scan GPS coordinates are now more accurate at the start of a scan - Upload progress shows the correct percentage when uploading multiple items at once

- Added support for custom RTK offsets for scanning with Emlid RX without their scanning handle - Additional RTK fixes, including one where negative ellipsoid values were not being written correctly to photo EXIF data. - Sync completion notifications now appear reliably - Various other fixes

- 360 live preview is now on by default, so you can see exactly what the camera sees as you walk - The App now stays awake during uploads so large syncs finish without interruption - You'll now get a prompt to update firmware when connecting a Ricoh Theta camera - You can now discover nearby Ricoh Theta cameras - The app now checks for enough available storage before starting a 3D scan - More reliable 360 live preview, including restoring correctly after full screen, after a walk ends, and hiding when the camera disconnects - Fixed navigation issues with the back button and returning to Settings from camera connection - Improved the stability of the project search field and the sync banner so they no longer flicker or re-animate during updates

- Introducing Field Notes: add notes to standard photos right after capture using voice or text, and tagging by type and severity - Import photos from your camera roll directly into capture mode, with automatic placement based on each photo's GPS data - Fixed an issue where sync could hang indefinitely when a walk had no attachments - iOS notification permission prompts no longer appear during active walk capture - Exterior map opens at a slightly wider zoom by default, showing more of your site at a glance - Fixed an issue where tapping the map would dismiss an active prompt on screen

- Introduced updated media pin markers on the map with new icons for uploads and video walk endpoints - Fixed an issue where map pins stayed in their selected state after dismissing the pin preview - Upload now starts automatically after turning off a 360 camera, even if the phone briefly switches to cellular - Canceling an upload mid-transfer now properly stops in-progress work and leaves the capture ready to retry - Fixed 3D scan upload progress oscillating back to 0% during multi-file uploads - Refreshed the capture tooltip design

- New: Capture a photo during a walk and quickly add a Field Note right after - Fixed an empty overlay selector on large projects that were still loading - Fixed a crash that could occur when capturing photos

- Various bug fixes and architecture updates

- Backing out of an in-progress 3D scan now asks for confirmation before discarding it - Capturing a pano when the camera's SD card is full now shows a clear warning instead of creating a blank capture - Pano photo downloads now retry automatically on timeouts instead of failing the whole capture - Fixed an issue where walk transfers could be marked complete even when the upload failed - Fixed the "Walk in progress" indicator disappearing when switching to Photo mode during a walk

- Continue an interrupted 3D scan after closing and reopening the app - The 3D scan camera preview now resumes reliably after the app returns from the background instead of showing a frozen view - Camera connection now fails fast with clear help within a few seconds when it can't join the camera's Wi-Fi, instead of waiting the full ~30-second timeout - Levels opened offline with no cached content now show a clear empty state and load automatically once you're back online - Added Cancel and Done buttons when editing field notes for easier text entry

- Upgraded camera connection flow. Now, automatically detects your nearby camera for instant discovery and quicker connect time. - Smarter Walk end points: when you finish a Walk on-site, we now pre-position the end point near your current location instead of keeping it at the starting spot. You can still adjust it before confirming. - Location heads-up: if you're about to place media far from where you're actually standing, the app now lets you know, so captures land in the right place.

- Overlays list now shows file type and clearer labels - DXF overlays reload faster after the first time you view them - More reliable reconnecting to a camera you've used before - Proximity camera connect shows a clear success confirmation before closing - Fixed a crash when pausing, resuming, or canceling a 3D scan - Clearer error message when uploading to a project that no longer exists - Fixed an issue that could prevent starting a walk from certain project links

- Pin visibility toggle now works in explore mode, not just capture mode - New Map and Overlay configurator for accessing your Maps and Overlays - Camera connection is now dramatically faster - Various crash fixes