New labels and label sets

The big new feature of this release is labels and label sets. They let you organise your finds much more freely and personally. With labels you can give a find additional properties – for example Bronze, Silver, Roman, Button, Restored, Favourite or anything else that suits the way you work.

To keep things clear even with lots of labels, you can bundle them into label sets. A label set is a group of related labels – for example Material, Period, Condition, Object type or Processing status.

You can now also filter your finds by labels. That way you quickly find all entries with certain properties – such as all Roman finds, all bronze objects or everything you have marked as a favourite. This lets you describe your collection much more precisely and search it far more easily later on.

Categories for notes

Notes can finally have their own categories. Instead of being stored as generic markers only, they can now be classified – for example as an observation, a suspected spot, a research point or a personal reminder.

That makes notes even more useful: you can tell them apart more easily, find them faster and place them more clearly on the map.

Icons and colours on the map

Finds and notes are now shown on the map with matching icons and colours. Instead of plain circles, you can see at a glance what kind of find or note is at a spot.

The markers use the icons of your categories: icon and colour instantly show what is behind a point. This makes the map far more informative and lets you get an overview of larger search areas more quickly.

Extended data layers

The existing data layers have been extended to more countries. Many categories that were previously only available in some regions are now also available for Germany, Switzerland and the Czech Republic.

These include military sites, castles and ruins, archaeology and excavation data, as well as natural and artificial underground structures.

This means you can now use the same thematic layers across countries and compare search areas better.

Multi-selects with icons

The selection fields in Pinlog have been improved significantly. Multi-selects now show icons directly in the selection, so you recognise labels, categories and notes faster.

The icon picker itself has also been greatly extended: many new icons are now available for categories, labels and notes. The icons have better keywords and are therefore easier to search – even if you don't know exactly what an icon is called.

The selection has also been optimised for smartphones, so longer lists and multiple selected entries are more comfortable to use.

Announcements in the dashboard

Important notices and new features can now be shown to you directly in the dashboard.

The notices appear in a compact form, can be expanded when needed and dismissed with “Got it”. That way you get important information without it bothering you permanently.

New historical maps

In total you now have access to more than 40 map and data layers from 4 countries – the largest collection of geodata Pinlog has ever had.

New additions include the map of the German Reich, the Saxon “Meilenblatt”, the Prussian survey maps and the topographic survey of the Palatinate – as well as Czech historical military maps and orthophotos. The Czech layers use the Krovak coordinate system and are therefore displayed with a precise fit on the map.

All base layers now show years, so you can see at a glance which period the data comes from. Previews are loaded in a modern image format – this saves data and speeds up the view.

Your own layer bar

You can put your most important layers together in your own bar and arrange them by drag & drop exactly the way you need them.

Improved map controls

The map controls have been completely reworked. Buttons now have more depth, the active map is highlighted more clearly and the controls look tidier.

The layer menus have been carefully improved: when you open a country, the menu scrolls there automatically, the menu stays open while searching, and the icons have been replaced by high-quality vector graphics – always sharp, no matter the size. On smartphones, size and behaviour have been optimised so that using the map on the go is even more comfortable.

New short hints on the controls help you discover all features.

Stability and reliability

Behind the scenes, the entire map code has been fundamentally modernised: map layers and coordinate systems are now managed in separate, cleanly divided modules. A central configuration file makes adding new layers faster and less error-prone.