TrafficCamNZ
macOS / Voyages
TrafficCamNZ displays internet accessible pictures of Traffic Cameras from around the world. It can be used for any images, weather maps, surf pictures, even office security.
Images you choose as "Featured" are downloaded and displayed on screen in a configuration of 1, 4, or 16 images per screen, you can scroll the screen left and right.
TrafficCamNZ is also available on the iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch.
TrafficCamNZ now contains details of more than 5000 cameras from around the world. You choose which cameras are the "featured" ones.
Managing your own personal list of cameras is easy too via the add new camera screen. Cameras can be bulk imported and exported.
Usage Notes:
* Pictures are displayed in the order they are received unless you set the image sequence number, you can then order the images how you want them
* Images are not cached, if you receive an image that isn't right (i.e. daylight when you know it is night time, that camera may not be functioning)
* Sometimes the traffic camera pictures are not up-to-date. You may see night pictures when it is supposed to be daylight or perhaps pictures don't change. TrafficCamNZ has no control over that
* You receive updates to the camera list automatically; a check is performed every 7 days when the application starts
* Click the image on the main window to display it full screen
Features:
* Load your own web images
* Use the same camera list on the iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch for seeing images while you're on the move!
* Allows XML import and export of camera list
* Camera list (XML Import file) can be updated from a web site - doesn't require the release of a new application
Quoi de neuf dans la dernière version ?
In this version
● Same imagination, New internals - 95% rewritten in Swift - with increased reliability and improved User Experience
• Single-click for full screen, double-click to refresh, right-click for context menu
• Intuitive drag & drop to export images or reorder cameras (in the list screen)
• Smart tooltips and discoverable controls throughout
• Eliminated confusing keyboard shortcuts in favor of natural Mac interactions
● Revolutionary Auto-Refresh System
• Beautiful countdown progress ring shows exactly when next refresh occurs
• Elegant segmented controls for instant interval selection (15s, 30s, 1m, 5m)
• Click progress ring to cycle through intervals, long-press for custom timing
• Smart scheduling prevents network overload
● Pixel-Perfect Layout Engine
• Content-aware layout adapts dynamically to your camera count
• Dramatically improved performance and responsiveness
● Enhanced CloudKit Integration
• Complete migration to modern CloudKit architecture
• Improved memory management and faster startup times
• Seamless synchronization with TrafficCamNZ iOS app
● Smart Image Processing
• Intelligent disk caching with background processing
• Fresh image guarantee ensures current road conditions
• Error image caching and optimized network operations
• Modern layer backing for smooth visual performance
● Quality Polish
• Modern visual design with smooth animations throughout
• Enhanced right-click context menus with instant actions
• Redesigned splash window with rich text formatting
• Professional appearance that feels truly native on macOS
● Technical Excellence
• Enhanced Swift-Objective-C interoperability
• Improved memory management and performance optimization
• Maintained existing data and workflows
● Enhanced CloudKit Integration - Complete migration to modern CloudKit architecture for improved reliability and performance
• Improved Stability - Eliminated app crashes and launch delays through async Core Data initialization
• Better Memory Management - Optimized image processing and network operations to prevent memory leaks
• Seamless iOS Sync - Enhanced cross-device synchronization with TrafficCamNZ iOS app using shared CloudKit container
• Faster Startup - Streamlined initialization process for quicker app launch and camera display
• Reduced Background Activity - Optimized CloudKit sync notifications to improve battery life and performance
● Image handling performance improvements - The implementation balances performance optimization with the absolute requirement for fresh traffic camera images, ensuring users always see the most current road conditions.:
• Inteligent disk caching
• Background image processing
• Error image caching
• Modern layer backing
• Fresh image guarantee
● Drag and Drop on the camera list screen to reorder the cameras. Select the featured cameras checkbox at the top of the screen - drag and drop to reorder.
● Significant improvement in image refresh visual performance.
● Added visual countdown for auto refresh
TrafficCamNZ Desktop now delivers a truly native Mac experience with intuitive interactions, beautiful visuals, and rock-solid reliability.
