Thursday, August 28, 2025

Scythebill 18.4.1 - mostly bug fixes

Scythebill 18.4.1 is now available. It's mostly out now to fix some import problems for BirdTrack, Faune-France, and Observation.org, but also includes one new feature as well.

As always, download here, and let me know if you have any problems, either on Facebook or by email.

Import improvements

BirdTrack imports were completely broken. I think this only started in version 18.4.0, but they should be working once again.

Also: Faune-France imports - part of the Ornitho family - were importing all locations inside Germany. That's now resolved, and as a bonus, those imports should automatically put sightings in the correct French régions and départements!

Finally, Observation.org imports should now be much better about picking the correct country in (literal) borderline cases - sites near the border between two countries. In general, Scythebill can now recognize country names in German, French, and Dutch.

Easier location editing

In Browse by location, the Edit... button let you change the name of a location, or pick a latitude and longitude, but not much more. Now you can use that editor to change the parent location, or add more detail (like putting a location inside a city).

World lifers map - for families (but it doesn't work)

The Special Reports screen has a new button - "World family lifers map". Unfortunately, I realized after I'd released 18.4.1 that the logic is quite broken, and the numbers are wrong. I'll have that fixed for the next release!

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