Watch Tower Pro

This release rebuilds the camera database and fixes a number of defects found in a full pre-release audit, including several affecting proximity alerts. CAMERA DATABASE - Refreshed worldwide database — 670,344 documented cameras, rebuilt from a complete OpenStreetMap pass across all seven continents plus published government transportation-agency feeds. Every entry is de-duplicated, so no two cameras share a location. - Wider detection of mapped cameras, so more speed, red-light and automated plate-reader sites appear than before. - An interrupted first load can no longer leave a partial database behind that never repairs itself. PROXIMITY ALERTS - Fixed: alerts now fire when the app is closed. Previously the app had to have been opened since its last launch for a camera alert to be delivered at all — which is the opposite of what the feature is for. - Fixed: turning alerts off now genuinely stops them. Monitored zones used to stay registered with iOS after the switch was turned off, and survived a reboot. - Fixed: changing the alert radius or enabling a new alert category now takes effect straight away instead of waiting for an unrelated event. - Watch Tower Pro now asks for notification permission before arming anything, and tells you — with a link to Settings — when location or notification permission is blocking alerts, instead of leaving a switch that looks on and does nothing. - Tapping an alert now opens that camera even when the app was closed. - In dense areas, several cameras entered at once now produce one grouped alert instead of a dozen, and the same camera will not re-alert for ten minutes. - Location requests that stall no longer freeze alerts, Nearby or the map's centre button until the next launch. NEARBY AND MAP - Fixed a freeze in dense cities caused by the Nearby list reading the whole database on the main thread. - Nearby now updates as you move, and shows the true number of cameras in range rather than a flat "150". - Distances now follow your region's units instead of always using metres. - Map pins no longer blink out and back on every pan. - Fixed a "Search failed" message that appeared after clearing the search box. - Status messages on the map are now legible in dark mode. CAMERA DETAILS - Live traffic-camera images load faster, time out properly instead of hanging, and the refresh button now fetches a genuinely new frame. - Images are no longer cropped to 16:9. - A camera that is no longer in the database now says so instead of spinning forever. - Fixed the "Report a Camera" screen, which did not dismiss correctly after you closed the mail composer. OTHER - Clearer and more accurate source, licensing and non-affiliation information. - Accessibility: VoiceOver labels on the Nearby list and camera details, an operable appearance picker, and better contrast in Read Me. - Removed two background capabilities the app no longer uses.