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:: Version 1.3.3 ::

Changes to support update to NATS web site made on the 21/09/2009.

:: Version 1.3.2 ::

Extension to expiry date and some minor bug fixes.

:: Version 1.3.1 ::

Update of static data to latest AIS publication and extension to expiry date.

:: Version 1.3.0 ::

This version has been released in response to NATS discontinuing the publishing of the pre-prepared preflight information bulletins in their original format in May 2008. This necessitated a major rewrite of the code to allow the data to be obtained from the new official site.

The opportunity has been taken to make other improvements too. These include:

• Downloaded data is now live and not pre-prepared.
• The File view is now much clearer.
• Attempt is now made to distinguish routings from areas.
• Use of arrow keys for traversing notams and views.

:: Version 1.2.1 ::

Addition of ability to scroll map by dragging with the mouse.

:: Version 1.2.0 ::

This version contains many improvements over the previous one:

• Full interpretation of 'Q' line
• Separate, clearer window to display individual notam data
• Addition of a filter for removing irrelevant data
• Persistence of configurable data, in particular the filter parameters
• Many other cosmetic improvements and minor bug fixes

:: Version 1.1.3 ::

The expiry date has been extended.

:: Version 1.1.2 ::

This release includes a number of minor bug fixes but the main change is that the validity times in sections B and C are interpreted so that they may be presented in a clearer format and in local time. In addition the notams are filtered so that only those that are valid within the next 24 hours are presented. (This is a configurable parameter.)

The 'Q line' is now parsed for the position data and this is presented in the table and used for centering the map. The graphic drawn on the map, however is still derived from the parsed text.

:: Version 1.1.0 ::

The text parsing alorithms have been totally rewritten by hand and now do not rely on third party lexical analysers and compilers. This has allowed a much more flexible syntax and has removed the parse error dialogues that appeared before.

This version now requires version 1.5.0 or above of the Java JRE but preferably version 1.6 as this has fixes for a couple of bugs. The NATS html page is presented complete with graphics and the circles are drawn better.

:: Version 1.0.7 ::

The expiry date has been extended.

:: Version 1.0.4 ::

In March 2006 NATS updated their web site and changed the location of the pre-prepared bulletins. This version of NotamMap has been updated to point to the new location.

The list of Danger Areas has been updated according to the latest information from AIS.

The expiry date has been extended to the 30 June 2006.

:: Version 1.0.3 ::

This version just extends the expiry date to the 31 March 2006.

:: Version 1.0.2 ::

Another rebuild under J2SE 1.4.2_08 but with version 1.3.2 of the JGoodies Looks library. There was a bug in version 1.3.1 that prevented it working with the latest version 10.4 of the Mac OS X operating system.

This version also extends the expiry date to the 31 December 2005.

:: Version 1.0.1 ::

This is just a rebuild of version 1.0.0 under J2SE 1.4.2_08 so that it will run on machines with earlier versions of the Mac OS X operating system. It will still run on platforms with the J2SE 5.0 Runtime Environment.

:: Version 1.0.0 ::

Initial release built with version 1.5.0 of the Java SDK.