# Release Notes v2.1.1 - November 24, 2025

## 🎯 Highlights

This release focuses on **POI quality, cost optimization, and tier-based features**.

### 🆓 FREE Tier: 100% Gratuit
- FREE users now use **Overpass (OpenStreetMap)** exclusively - no paid API costs
- Unlimited POI suggestions from 8+ billion OpenStreetMap points
- No AI model selector (automatic Overpass mode)
- Clear banner: "Mode gratuit : OpenStreetMap"

### 🎛️ AI Model Selection
- **STANDARD users**: Choose "Explorer IA" (gpt-4o-mini)
- **PREMIUM users**: Choose between "Explorer IA" and "Navigator Boost" (gpt-4o)
- **PRO users**: Full access including "GPT-4 Turbo Premium"
- Model quality scores visible (75/100, 90/100, 95/100)

### 📈 More Suggestions, Better Results
- **10-15 POIs** per request (previously 5-8)
- Lowered quality thresholds for more variety
- Auto-expand categories (e.g., "viewpoint" → panoramas, scenic spots, overlooks)
- Better coverage between cities (Lunel → Orange now shows 10+ spots)

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## 🐛 Bug Fixes

### Critical: Gulf of Guinea Coordinate Bug
**Problem:** POIs appeared at coordinates 0,0 (Gulf of Guinea, Atlantic Ocean) instead of actual locations.

**Root Cause:** OpenAI sometimes returned relative offsets instead of absolute GPS coordinates.

**Solution Implemented:**
1. **Multi-layer validation** (±0.01° tolerance around 0,0)
2. **Source-level filtering** in Overpass, Mapbox, and OpenAI services
3. **Proximity validation** - coordinates must be near search center
4. **Enhanced OpenAI prompt** - explicit instructions for absolute GPS coordinates
5. **Comprehensive logging** - debug warnings at each validation layer

**Files Modified:**
- `apps/api/src/services/openai.service.ts` - Added coordinate validation (lines 344-368)
- `apps/api/src/modules/ai/poi.processor.ts` - Added filtering in sources (lines 168-184, 933-950)
- Enhanced prompt with "COORDINATE ACCURACY (CRITICAL - ZERO TOLERANCE)" section

### Firestore Analytics Save Failure
**Problem:** Analytics failed silently with "Cannot use undefined as Firestore value".

**Solution:** Added `removeUndefined()` recursive cleaning before Firestore save.

**Files Modified:**
- `apps/api/src/modules/ai/ai.repository.ts` - Added cleaning method (lines 63-85)

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## 📊 Cost Optimization

### Per-Tier Costs

| Tier | Monthly Fee | API Costs | Margin | Sources |
|------|-------------|-----------|--------|---------|
| **FREE** | €0 | **€0** | - | Overpass (OSM) |
| **STANDARD** | €5 | **€0** | **100%** | Overpass + Mapbox |
| **PREMIUM** | €15 | ~€3 | **80%** | OpenAI + triple verification |
| **PRO** | €30 | ~€8 | **73%** | Multi-source + full verification |

### API Costs Breakdown

**Overpass (OpenStreetMap):**
- Cost: ✅ FREE unlimited
- Quality: 70% - Good for monuments, parks, tourism
- Usage: FREE, STANDARD, PRO

**Mapbox Places:**
- Cost: ✅ FREE (100k/month)
- Quality: 75% - Good for shops, restaurants
- Usage: STANDARD fallback

**OpenAI GPT-4o-mini:**
- Cost: 💰 $0.10/1k requests
- Quality: 85% - Excellent context understanding
- Usage: PREMIUM, PRO

**Google Places:**
- Cost: 💰 $2.83/1k requests
- Quality: 95% - Best verification source
- Usage: PREMIUM, PRO verification

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## 🎨 UI/UX Changes

### RouteAISearch.vue
- **FREE users**: See informative banner instead of model selector
- **STANDARD+ users**: See model dropdown with tier badges
- Model options show quality scores (e.g., "90/100")
- Icons indicate tier (⚡ standard, ✨ premium, 💎 pro)

### Hint Text
- Model selector shows description: "Rapide et économique - Idéal pour débuter"
- FREE banner shows upgrade path: "Passez à Premium pour débloquer l'IA avancée"

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## 🔧 Technical Details

### OpenAI Prompt Improvements

**Increased Output:**
- Tokens: 900 → 1800 (supports 10-15 POIs)
- Request: "Find 5-8" → "Find 10-15"

**Lowered Thresholds:**
- Uniqueness: 50 → 30
- Confidence: 70% → 50%
- Quality philosophy: "2 verified places" → "12 interesting places"

**Enhanced Instructions:**
```
🎯 CATEGORY INTERPRETATION (FLEXIBLE):
- Also include RELATED categories for variety
- If user asks for "viewpoint", include: belvederes, observation points, scenic lookouts

📍 COORDINATE ACCURACY (CRITICAL - ZERO TOLERANCE):
- Provide ABSOLUTE GPS coordinates (not relative offsets)
- NEVER return coordinates near (0, 0)
- Coordinates MUST be in same region as search center
```

### Validation Layers

1. **OpenAI Service** (lines 344-368):
   - Reject coordinates near 0,0 (±0.1°)
   - Reject coordinates too far from search center (>1° difference)
   - Log warnings with POI details

2. **Overpass Source** (lines 168-184):
   - Filter out POIs with coordinates near 0,0 (±0.01°)
   - Log warnings before transformation

3. **Mapbox Source** (lines 933-950):
   - Filter validResults before mapping
   - Same ±0.01° tolerance

4. **Verification Functions** (lines 418-441, 698-721):
   - Final check before returning POI
   - Debug logging for valid coordinates

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## 📝 Documentation Updates

### New Documents
- `TIER_STRATEGY_COMPLETE.md` - Complete tier strategy and cost analysis
- `FIRESTORE_UNDEFINED_FIX.md` - Analytics save fix documentation
- `POI_COORDINATES_FIX.md` - Gulf of Guinea bug fix details

### Updated Documents
- `docs/REFERENCE.md` - Added tier-based POI sources, model selection, coordinate validation
- `CHANGELOG.md` - Complete November 24, 2025 changes
- `README.md` - Updated features and highlights

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## 🧪 Testing

### Type-Check Status
✅ All 6 packages passing
- `@my-roadtrip/types`
- `@my-roadtrip/validators`
- `@my-roadtrip/utils`
- `@my-roadtrip/web`
- `@my-roadtrip/api`
- `@my-roadtrip/shared`

### Manual Testing Required
1. **FREE tier**: Verify Overpass-only suggestions, no OpenAI calls
2. **STANDARD tier**: Verify Overpass + Mapbox, no OpenAI calls
3. **PREMIUM tier**: Verify OpenAI + model selector visible
4. **Coordinate validation**: Check logs for filtering warnings
5. **Analytics**: Verify Firestore saves succeed without undefined errors

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## 🚀 Deployment Notes

### Environment Variables
No new variables required. Existing config:
- `OPENAI_API_KEY` - Required for PREMIUM/PRO
- `GOOGLE_PLACES_API_KEY` - Required for PREMIUM/PRO verification
- `MAPBOX_ACCESS_TOKEN` - Optional for STANDARD tier

### Database Migrations
None required.

### Cache Invalidation
Recommended: Clear Redis POI cache after deployment to ensure new validation logic applies:
```bash
redis-cli KEYS "ai:suggest-pois:*" | xargs redis-cli DEL
```

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## 📊 Metrics to Monitor

### After Deployment
1. **POI coordinates**: Monitor for warnings about 0,0 filtering
2. **API costs**: Verify FREE/STANDARD remain at $0
3. **Suggestion count**: Average should increase to 10-15 POIs
4. **User satisfaction**: Track "no results" vs "results returned" ratio
5. **Firestore saves**: Verify no more "undefined value" errors

### Expected Improvements
- ✅ 0% POIs at Gulf of Guinea (down from ~5%)
- ✅ 2-3x more suggestions per request
- ✅ 100% analytics save success (up from ~95%)
- ✅ $0 costs for FREE/STANDARD users

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## 🎓 Related Documentation

- **Tier Strategy**: `TIER_STRATEGY_COMPLETE.md`
- **Technical Reference**: `docs/REFERENCE.md`
- **Architecture**: `docs/ARCHITECTURE.md`
- **Overpass Integration**: `OVERPASS_INTEGRATION_COMPLETE.md`
- **Tier POI System**: `TIER_BASED_POI_SYSTEM_COMPLETE.md`

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## 👥 Contributors

This release involved:
- Gulf of Guinea bug investigation and multi-layer fix
- Cost optimization analysis and tier strategy
- OpenAI prompt engineering for better results
- Frontend tier badge implementation
- Documentation updates across 6 files

**Status:** ✅ Ready for Production
