What's New

All the latest features, improvements, and fixes for Nomad Forecast.

New Features

Climate by Region, Compare & When to Go

  • •Regional climate heatmaps — coast vs mountains vs inland, not just country averages. NASA POWER 10-year daily normals (2014–2023), hand-curated regions for 40+ countries with climate diversity that flat averages hid
  • •Country climate view — click any country on the map to see its regions painted live; hover a region row in the heatmap and its polygon lights up instantly, bidirectional sync
  • •"When to go" pages — pick a month at /when/january (through december) and see destinations where the weather's actually good that month. Each month is its own indexed URL
  • •Compare destinations — new /compare page stacks two or three places side by side; temperature, rainfall, humidity, month by month, no tab-hopping
  • •Data sources page — clean attribution for NASA POWER, geo-countries, and the other public datasets that power the heatmap, at /data-sources
  • •French overseas territories on the map — Martinique, Guadeloupe, French Guiana, Réunion, Mayotte, Saint Barthélemy, Saint Martin, Saint Pierre, Wallis & Futuna, French Polynesia, and New Caledonia now all appear under France with their own regional climate data
  • •Antimeridian fix — New Zealand, Fiji, Russia, the US Aleutians, Kiribati, Tonga, and Tuvalu are no longer split across the world's left edge when highlighted; every country renders as one contiguous outline
  • •Smarter country panning — clicking a country pans it into the visible last third of the viewport (not dead-center behind the sidebar), so the climate card never obscures what you clicked
  • •Admin-1 polygon highlighting — when you expand a region in the heatmap, the exact province/state polygons highlight on the map. Where we don't have an editorial mapping, Voronoi tessellation fills in automatically
  • •Sub-destinations compete in Voronoi — cities like Ibiza or Mallorca now carve their own territory out of mainland Spain's polygons instead of being hidden under the national average
  • •Custom pin cursor — placing a pin in Plan mode now shows a pin-shaped cursor instead of the default hand, so you know exactly where the drop lands. (High-quality polish pass still on the roadmap.)
  • •Self-hosted country borders — 14 MB GeoJSON now served directly from the origin for fast, deterministic first map mount; jsDelivr stays as fallback
  • •Mobile polish — 100dvh for climate card max-height (fixes mobile Safari viewport bug), card handles its own overflow instead of wrapping scroll, parent-only countries scroll with a pinned close button
  • •Plus: capital name + family-count backfill on country hover, lighter highlight tint, stable heatmap typography, smoother row-hover, snappier map-highlight handoff when scrolling through regions
New Features

Plan Trips by Talking to Your AI — MCP Server

  • •New /ai landing page — animated chat demo, install buttons for Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, and VS Code, a full tool reference, and an FAQ covering scopes, logging, and revocation. Reachable from the landing-page header (new "AI" link after FAQ) and footer
  • •MCP server at /api/mcp — connect any MCP-capable AI assistant (Claude Desktop, Claude Code, ChatGPT, Gemini CLI, Cursor, VS Code, Zed, Cline, Warp, Inspector) to your Nomad Forecast account
  • •Natural-language planning — ask your AI to list trips, check Schengen days, plan stops, or suggest destinations; it picks the right tool under the hood
  • •10 tools across 2 scopes — read-only (list_my_trips, get_trip, check_visa_situation, get_family_profile, get_climate_for, suggest_destination) or full access (create_trip, plan_stop, update_stop_dates, confirm_trip)
  • •OAuth 2.1 + PKCE — standard auth with dynamic client registration (RFC 7591); one consent screen per client, then your AI can act on your behalf
  • •Install in seconds — Cursor and VS Code get a true one-click deep-link; Claude and ChatGPT open their Connector settings with the server URL already copied to your clipboard, so you only have to paste and confirm
  • •Connected Apps (Profile) — every authorized client and the full metadata-only audit log of tool calls (auto-deleted after 90 days) now live together at /dashboard/profile/connected-apps. Revoke any client with one click
  • •Safety guardrails — MCP can never delete trips, accept connection requests, invite family members, or change your password; those stay dashboard-only
  • •Per-token rate limits + global circuit breaker — abuse protection runs silently in the background; nightly cleanup cron removes expired tokens automatically
  • •Discoverability — /.well-known/mcp.json manifest, llms.txt, sitemap entries, plus a machine-readable "For AI assistants" block on the landing page so chatbots can guide users to install without reading the page themselves
New Features

Collaborative Trip Planning, Open to Travel & PWA

  • •Collaborative Trip Planning — invite other families to a shared trip. Each family gets their own editable copy (Loose-Copy model), so you see each other's stops on the map and timeline, but nobody can overwrite your plan. Withdraw or leave a shared trip any time from the timeline card.
  • •Open to Travel pins — drop a pulsing cyan pin on the map when you're open to meeting up. Other families can send a join request straight from the pin popup; you approve or decline in your Connect inbox.
  • •Join-request inbox — new pending requests are surfaced on the Connect tab with a live counter, and connection/trip invites share a unified notification bus so badges stay in sync across tabs.
  • •Privacy controls per field — fine-grained toggles for what each connected family sees (location, children's ages, travel style, messengers, socials). Share what you want, keep what you don't.
  • •Daily rate limit on connection requests — protects against spam while keeping legitimate outreach frictionless.
  • •Onboarding tutorial — a friendly 4-step walkthrough (Welcome → Explore → Plan → Connect) introduces new families to the app. Progress syncs across devices, so you won't see it twice.
  • •PWA "Add to Home Screen" guide — platform-aware instructions for iOS Safari and Android Chrome, with a subtle prompt in the user menu.
  • •Family counter per country — hover any country on the Explore map to see how many Nomad Forecast families are currently based there.
  • •Copy coordinates — one-click copy of any stop's lat/lng with the new MapPinned icon and a confirmation toast.
  • •Connected-family hints — when you and a connected family are planning the same destination, a subtle cyan pill surfaces the overlap on the timeline.
  • •Map pin polish — connected-family pins are now larger (40px) when you share a trip, and overlapping planner pins are hidden automatically so the map stays legible.
  • •Planner inline-editor polish — unified hover styles, clearer edit/delete/coords buttons, cyan-accented "Joined" pill on shared-trip cards.
  • •Visa Tracker polish — dark-mode contrast in alerts, hidden alerts header when nothing is wrong.
  • •Fixes — Set iteration compatibility in the dashboard shell, stricter auth split between read and write on trip-plan routes, and a handful of small dark-mode touches.
New Features

Per-Person Visa Tracker

  • •Each family member now has their own passport — adults set theirs in Account Settings, children's passports are managed in the Family Profile
  • •Multi-passport support for children — dual citizens can hold multiple passports, using the same picker as the family-level passports
  • •Per-person visa alerts — the Visa Tracker modal now shows alerts grouped by family member, each with their own Schengen, visa-free, and tax residency calculations
  • •Weakest-link banner — when a family member has a more restrictive visa situation, an amber banner highlights who is limiting the trip
  • •18+ graduation hint — children aged 18 or older see a subtle badge suggesting they can create their own account
  • •Empty-state nudge — if no passports are set, the Visa Tracker links directly to Account Settings
  • •Dark mode fix — alert badges (critical, warning, info) now have proper text colors in dark mode
Improvement

Dark-Mode Map Popups & Schengen on Trip Cards

  • •Map popups now match dark mode — every popup type (trips, planner stops, community previews, pending stops) uses a dark surface with subtle type-colored tints instead of hardcoded light backgrounds
  • •Schengen badges on trip cards — each stop in your sidebar timeline now shows your rolling 90/180-day Schengen usage (e.g. 'Schengen: 46 → 60 / 90') with green/amber/red color coding
  • •Clickable visa badge — tap the Schengen line on any trip card to jump straight into the Visa Tracker modal
  • •Unified hover styles — all interactive buttons (edit, delete, coordinates, visa) now share the same subtle gray hover, giving the UI a more consistent feel
New Features

Visa Tracker — Schengen Heatmap & Smart Alerts

  • •Visa Tracker modal — see your Schengen 90/180 usage, tax residency progress, and passport strength at a glance
  • •Schengen Availability heatmap — a GitHub-style calendar showing your daily Schengen balance from today until full recovery, color-coded from green (safe) through yellow/orange to red (overstay)
  • •Interactive heatmap — hover or tap any day to see exact usage; arrow navigation for mobile; info bar defaults to today and persists your last selection
  • •Multi-passport support — families with dual citizenship get the most permissive visa rules applied automatically
  • •Severity-aware alerts — critical (red), warning (amber), and info (blue) alerts with matching icons in both the modal and the sidebar stats bar
  • •Predictive Schengen on stop cards — each trip stop shows how many Schengen days you'll have used by that date
  • •PlanStatsBar redesign — stacked layout (country + alert / Schengen bar / residency bar) when Schengen is relevant; compact horizontal triptych otherwise
  • •Tax residency per-country thresholds — Cyprus 60d, Switzerland 90d, UAE 0-tax, and 30+ country-specific overrides
  • •Fixed: overlapping Schengen stops no longer double-count days
Improvement

Touch-Friendly Explore Map & UX Polish

  • •Touch country pill — on mobile & tablet, a pill at the top of the Explore map shows the country at viewport center (flag + name). Tap it to open the country info card. Country polygons no longer respond to taps, matching the Plan & Connect tabs
  • •Nostr messenger — add your Nostr npub to your social links. Long npub handles are truncated for readability
  • •Global copy toast — every copy/clipboard action now shows a brief confirmation toast
  • •Invite code persistence — invite codes in share links now carry through login/register navigation without getting lost
  • •Filter bar polish — desktop filters are centered when they fit and the dropdowns open correctly; mobile map controls are properly centered
  • •Family member removal fix — the Remove button on the family profile page works again
New Features

Social Links & Sharing Improvements

  • •Per-member social links — each family member can now have their own set of social/messenger links, shown alongside the family-level ones
  • •Family size now counts registered accounts accurately
  • •Past trips drawer with year disambiguation and a CTA linking to the family's social profiles
  • •Map control hover no longer causes a 2px icon shift
Improvement

Settings & Toggle Polish

  • •Shared Toggle component across the app — off-state is now clearly visible in dark mode (no more invisible switches)
  • •Travel price suggestions (Kayak) are now ON by default in Settings so you can try them out immediately — still opt-out, and the widget disappears completely when you turn it off
  • •Profile navigation: the Back button now says 'Dashboard' and jumps straight there; the 'Settings' heading is clickable from any subpage to return to the overview
  • •Sharing & Privacy section padding tidy-up
Improvement

Paste Coordinates Into Stop Locations

  • •Stop location inputs now recognise pasted coordinate pairs — paste "1.307, 103.836" or even the German format "1,307, 103,836" and we'll resolve it to a real place name
  • •Works in all four planner flows: inline add, inline edit, sidebar edit, and the trip detail page's Add Stop form
  • •Reverse-geocodes for a friendly name + country flag while preserving the exact coordinates you pasted (no snapping to a city centre)
Improvement

Privacy & Security Hardening

  • •Pending share-link connections — accepting a share link now stays pending until both sides confirm, so neither family is exposed before they agree
  • •Stricter Nostr login challenge replay protection
  • •Tightened admin user-deletion to clean up all foreign keys (no more orphaned records)
  • •Backend security cleanup to harden the JWT handling that powers your login session
Improvement

Landing Page & Subpage Polish

  • •Refreshed landing page — new ProductDemo command center, smoother sticky nav, mobile menu
  • •Hero section polish, refined social proof bar, simulated setup walkthrough
  • •Unified subpage header across /profile, /legal, /changelog with consistent back-link pattern
  • •Dashboard navigation cleanup — admin pages now share a single layout shell
  • •Theme toggle fix on landing pages
New Features

Waitlist & Invite Codes

  • •Beta wave gate — registration now requires a valid invite code or wave code, keeping early access curated
  • •Smart code detection — paste a family invite OR a wave code into the same field, we figure out which it is
  • •Personal invite codes — every member gets 3 invite codes from their profile to share with other nomadic families
  • •Public waitlist — anyone without a code can join the waitlist and get notified when the next wave opens
  • •Admin waitlist dashboard — review signups, send invites, track who has joined
  • •Travel price preview (beta) — opt-in Kayak widget on stop cards shows flight & hotel price estimates (sandbox data, off by default)
New Features

Guest View — Share Your Route

  • •Share your family route — generate a public link from your Sharing settings and share it on social media
  • •Per-stop visibility — choose exactly which stops are public when creating a share link
  • •Guest map view — visitors see your route on an interactive map with numbered pins and arcs
  • •Family card — shows your route, current location (NOW indicator), and tentative stops
  • •Dark mode support — the guest view looks great in both light and dark themes
  • •Mobile-optimized — compact theme toggle, responsive card layout, smart map offsets
  • •Friendly expired link page — invalid share tokens show a helpful message with sign-up CTA
  • •Fixed: trip type color not updating after editing a single-stop trip
  • •Fixed: 'Add' button now correctly shows 'Save' when editing an existing stop
Improvement

Planner UX Redesign

  • •Redesigned trip builder with progressive disclosure — fields appear as you need them
  • •Variant navigation: clean tab bar with A/B/C switching, inline delete
  • •"Tentative" status — mark upcoming stops as tentative with dashed borders on cards and map pins
  • •Unified editing — all trips (single-stop and multi-stop) now use the same full-featured editor
  • •Map pins show variant labels (A1, B1, C1) when planning with alternatives
  • •Smart selection — clicking a card on the map flies to it, clicking again deselects
  • •Plan tab entry zooms to fit all your trips at once
  • •Search-based location setting flies to the pin without changing your zoom level
  • •Trip type dropdown replaces the old grid selector
  • •Add cost button redesigned for better visibility
  • •Fixed mobile logo sizing
  • •Legal links now open in the same window
New Features

Undo Delete, Changelog & Bug Fixes

  • •Undo delete — accidentally removed a trip? A toast appears for 10 seconds to undo
  • •Changelog page — see what's new at a glance from the user menu
  • •Atomic batch-save for trip stops — prevents data loss during concurrent edits
  • •Connection share links now work correctly
  • •Same-day trip transitions — a stop can now start on the same day the previous one ends
  • •Email verification UI on the join page instead of a generic error
  • •Code quality cleanup — deduplication, caching, and performance optimizations
New Features

Climate & Visa Filters, Legal Pages

  • •Explore countries by climate — filter by temperature, rainfall, and best travel months for 197 countries
  • •Visa filter — see which countries you can visit visa-free based on your nationality
  • •Interactive country cards with climate charts and visa info on the map
  • •Continent filter to narrow down your search
  • •Legal pages added: Imprint, Privacy Policy, Terms of Service
  • •Date picker now has quick year/month navigation
  • •Accommodation type multi-select in travel profile
  • •Map improvements: correct route lines near the date line, better zoom limits
New Features

Three-Tab Architecture

  • •New app layout: Explore, Plan, and Connect tabs — each with its own map perspective
  • •Explore tab: discover community pins, filter by trip type, time range, and more
  • •Plan tab: full trip planner with inline quick-add from the header bar
  • •Connect tab: Gantt timeline showing your trips alongside connected families
  • •Overlap detection — get notified when you'll be in the same place as a connected family
  • •"Open to Travel" trip type — signal you're available without a fixed destination
  • •Resizable sidebar with drag handle and snap points
  • •Messenger deep links in overlap alerts — contact families directly
  • •Connection management moved into the Connect tab
  • •Multi-page profile settings with dedicated sections
  • •Comprehensive mobile polish — bottom sheet, filters, cards, and flows
New Features

Mobile UX Overhaul & Email Verification

  • •Fullscreen trip planner on mobile with drag-to-resize sheet
  • •Autosave — your trips save automatically as you type
  • •Inline location search — tap any stop name to search and change location
  • •Messenger contact fields: WhatsApp, Signal, Telegram, Threema with deep links
  • •Email verification for new accounts
  • •Bot protection: honeypot, timing detection, JS verification, rate limiting
  • •Profile completeness indicator with smart auto-hide
  • •Variant click flies to first stop on the map
  • •iOS Safari safe area fixes for seamless full-screen experience
New Features

Sharing & Community Pins

  • •Anonymous pins — every trip automatically appears on the community map
  • •Public profile sharing — choose exactly what others see (name, social links, etc.)
  • •Connected families — exchange codes to see each other's full profiles and trips
  • •Share/Shared toggle per trip — one tap to share your journey with the community
  • •"Still Planning" indicator on map pins for upcoming stops
  • •Family ownership system — owner controls profile, can transfer ownership
  • •Feedback notification badge — see new community feedback at a glance
  • •Past trip filter — hide or show completed trips on the map
New Features

Trip Planner V2 & Design System

  • •Completely rebuilt trip planner with scenarios (Plan A, B, C)
  • •Cost tracking per stop — accommodation, food, transport, activities
  • •Transport modes between stops — flights, trains, cars, ferries with costs
  • •Booking status per stop — track what's booked and what's pending
  • •Drag-and-drop stop reordering
  • •New design system: orange primary, Inter font, light-first with dark mode
  • •Unified sidebar with timeline, detail views, and trip builder
  • •Gap detection — spots gaps between trips in your timeline
New Features

Bitcoin & Nostr Integration

  • •BTC Map layer — find Bitcoin-accepting merchants worldwide
  • •Country borders layer (FBCE) for map orientation
  • •Nostr NIP-07 login — sign in with your Nostr browser extension
  • •Bitcoin features toggle in profile settings
New Features

Feedback System & Localization

  • •Community feedback page — submit ideas and vote on suggestions
  • •Full English translation (previously German-only)
  • •Admin feedback management with resolve and delete
New Features

Authentication & Admin Panel

  • •Secure login with email and password
  • •Admin dashboard with user management
  • •Family profiles with nationality, children, and travel preferences
  • •Forgot password flow with email reset link
Launch

Nomad Forecast Launch

  • •Interactive world map for planning nomadic family journeys
  • •Trip planning with stops on the map
  • •Family profiles with member details
  • •Light and dark mode
  • •Mobile-responsive design