Eduard version history
Minimum system requirements: Eduard requires macOS 13.0 or later.
macOS 15.2 running on an Apple M1 or newer CPU is recommended.
Eduard 1.4.13
8 April 2025
Download of GEDTM Global Ensemble Digital Terrain Model at 30 meter resolution.
Various bug fixes.
Eduard 1.4.12
22 January 2025
Eduard displays a warning when the download area is too large.
Various bug fixes and improvements.
Eduard 1.4.11
23 November 2024
Eduard now remembers the download area.
Various bug fixes and improvements.
Eduard 1.4.10
7 November 2024
This update fixes a bug related to the mask dialog not appearing on macOS 13.
Eduard 1.4.9
20 September 2024
This update contains bug fixes.
Eduard 1.4.8
19 September 2024
Download of Copernicus surface and GEBCO bathymetry models.
Eduard 1.4.7
10 September 2024
Mask layers with image files.
Remove details in strongly generalized aerial perspective layers.
Various bug fixes and improvements.
Eduard 1.4.6
8 March 2024
Improves the handling of bookmarks, and fixes various bugs.
Eduard 1.4.2 and 1.4.3
16 and 17 January 2024
Various bug fixes.
Eduard 1.4.1
27 November 2023
Fixes a bug that prevented the settings dialog from opening.
Eduard 1.4
24 November 2023
Combine multiple shadings with layers , and adjust the opacity and blend mode of each layer.
Mask layers by terrain elevation or slope.
Adjust contrast and brightness with curves.
Apply aerial perspective to any kind of shading.
Gaussian blur and unsharp mask layers.
Adjust the level of detail for analytical shading and ambient occlusion.
Select a gray value for void values.
This update includes many other improvements, such as a convenient bookmark button in the window toolbar, or a scale bar on download maps, and also fixes bug.
Eduard 1.3
3 July 2023
Render ambient occlusion to add depth and texture to a shading.
This update includes other user interface improvements and bug fixes.
Eduard 1.2.2
28 June 2023
Bug fixes for version 1.2
Eduard 1.2.1
24 June 2023
Bug fixes for version 1.2
Eduard 1.2
12 June 2023
Select the map scale for viewing shadings from a menu with predefined map scales. Define a custom reference scale, and click on the magnifier button to zoom to the reference scale.
Import and combine multiple grid files. Select multiple files or drop files together on a window to combine them into a single grid. All grids need to share the same coordinate system and cell size.
Download MERIT DEM data, which is an error-corrected SRTM and ALOS elevation model at approximately 90 meters resolution.
The download map now indicates the area without available elevation data near poles, and the height and width of the download area can be adjusted individually.
Convert downloaded grids to web Mercator or geographic coordinate systems.
This update includes other user interface improvements and bug fixes, notably, the Zoom 1:1 button now scales to the physical size of pixels on Retina and other high density displays.
Eduard 1.1
20 January 2023
Adjust the contrast of dark slopes.
Render texture shading .
Export to Esri BIL and FLT grid formats.
This update includes user interface improvements and bug fixes.
Eduard 1.0.7
23 November 2022
Run Eduard on macOS 13 Ventura.
Open grid documents in Finder.
Grid, world and prj files now have custom icons.
Import and export bookmarks with rendering settings.
This update includes stability improvements, user interface improvements, and bug fixes.
Eduard 1.0.6
19 October 2022
Improved user interface.
Eduard 1.0.5
17 October 2022
Bug fixes.
Eduard 1.0.3
16 October 2022
Improvements.
Bug fixes.
Eduard 1.0.2
13 October 2022
Improvements.
Bug fixes.
Eduard 1.0.1
11 October 2022
First public version on the Mac App Store for macOS 12.3 and higher.