Release Notes

WeoGeo follows an agile release philosophy. It has the following main components: the website, the client and server side utility (WeoSuite), and the job processing engine. They all have their own release schedules. Below you will find the release notes outlining the major changes of each component. Items in bold are especially of interest to developers.

Website

Release: 3.6.0 - May 1st, 2012

MAINTENANCE: Added P3P privacy policies and headers to ensure widget functionality in Internet Explorer.
FEATURE: Help bubbles and dialogs for new users to review introductory material based on current page view.

Release: 3.5.1 - April 10th, 2012

MAINTENANCE: Private Store URL hostnames have changed to a hyphenated style, for example: topo.market.weogeo.com is now topo-market.weogeo.com.
MAINTENANCE: Cleaned up remaining issues with Job Cart Checkout, including improved handling of incomplete User Contact Information.
Minor bug fixes and performance optimizations.

Release: 3.5.0 - March 8th, 2012

FEATURE: You can use a social media account (currently: Google, Yahoo, or Facebook) during registration. We will pull registration information from these accounts to create your WeoGeo account.
FEATURE: The search panel now always shows 10 results (when available) and it will scroll if there is not enough space.
FEATURE: If your account has access to any Libraries, a “My Libraries” item will be present in the top menu bar. This can be used to quickly switch between the Libraries you have access to. Administrators will also see the option to jump directly to the Admin Panel for the Libraries.
FEATURE: You can now log in to your account with your email address or your WeoGeo ID.
FEATURE: You can now search by Tag name in the Datasets tab of the Admin Panel.
MAINTENANCE: Revised Checkout process to be more intuitive / user friendly.
MAINTENANCE: User Registration has been simplified. Much of the information that was required before is now only requested at Checkout, and then only when needed.
MAINTENANCE: Newly created Payment Methods now require full billing address information.
Minor style and bug fixes

Release: 3.4.0 - January 31st, 2012

FEATURE: Library to Library data transfer now available when ordering a job.
FEATURE: Volume & Non-Uniform Layer pricing models now available. Contact support@weogeo.com if you are interested in applying them to your listings.
FEATURE: Similar Datasets feature added to DataView page.
MAINTENANCE: Increased job download availability window from 3 to 7 days.
MAINTENANCE: Login sessions persist across Libraries (e.g. you can log in on market.weogeo.com and go to mylibrary.weogeo.com without logging in again)
Minor bug and copy fixes.

Release: 3.3.0 - January 12th, 2012

FEATURE: Embeddable Mapview widget now available.
FEATURE: New permalink popup panels on Mapview and Dataset details pages which provides permalink URL and widget iframe code.
MAINTENANCE: Cleaned up HTML and file names in CSW results.
MAINTENANCE: Implemented better error handling on Job/Cart Order page.
Minor bug fixes

Release: 3.2.0 - December 15th, 2011

FEATURE: Added an embeddable dataset web widget, accessible via the permalink options on the Dataset page.
FEATURE: Library User Invitation form now details which email addresses were Invited, Approved, Already Invited & Already Registered.
FEATURE: Added mechanism for requesting access to a Library using an existing WeoGeo account.
MAINTENANCE: Receipt emails better describe available Account credit and incurred credit card charges.
MAINTENANCE: Updated social networking website buttons on the Dataset page.
Minor bug and style fixes

Release: 3.1.0 - December 1st, 2011

FEATURE: License name is now available as Mapview filter facet accessible by Library Administrators.
FEATURE: A Library Administrator can now assign a default Role when inviting users to a Library. (Must have Access Controls enabled)
MAINTENANCE: More zealous use of caching to improve Dataset page performance.
Minor style and bug fixes

Release: 3.0.7 - November 9th, 2011

MAINTENANCE: Faster page loading enabled by implementing several optimizations that decrease the time required to load pages. The website is also even more friendly to browser caches, which further optimizes page drawing speed.
MAINTENANCE: Faster Mapview tiles. This should be especially noticeable when using geo-location to move to a previously unseen area.
FEATURE: Index dataset permalinks/tokens for search on Mapview. Accessed by putting the token or permalink in a dataset page URL directly in the Search box. The dataset in question will be the only one shown in search results.
Many style and minor bug fixes

Release: 3.0.6 - October 20th, 2011

Minor bug fixes.

Release: 3.0.5 - October 20th, 2011

FEATURE: Price model changes now specify as min_price/max_price, which determine the minimum/maximum price that will be charged for a data listing, including all relevant fees. This allows for directly setting the price of a data listing without needing to review the price after fees are added when attempting to hit a specific final price point.
FEATURE: The user-interface displays a profit and fees breakdown on fixed price datasets and a tool for evaluating profits and fees for the amount of data a user could order when using variable pricing.
FEATURE: Explicit subsidies are no longer available. If the price you set does not cover all of the fees for a dataset, you will be charged a subsidy for the remaining balance.
MAINTENANCE: The following API fields are no longer used: provider_margin, provider_min_margin, provider_max_discount, provider_discount_rate, and provider_discount_expires_at. The following API fields have been added: max_price (was present before, but now is an editable field) and min_price
FEATURE: The “credited” royalty model is now used by default on all Market data. This can still be changed to “uncredited” through the API, but it is no longer editable through the user-interface. API clients do not need to fill in this field unless they want to override this default behavior.
MAINTENANCE: All datasets have had maximum and minimum prices computed from the old pricing model.
FEATURE: Private Store Sitemaps are now being generated. These are special files used to tell search engines what content is available on a website. Sitemap files are updated daily, with search engines fetching them at their discretion.
FEATURE: Data outside viewport indication in Mapview now indicates when a search that returned no results does match data outside of the current viewport. This is especially valuable for keyword style searches. This is represented in the Search API by the ‘entries_outside_viewport’ field. This field will only be meaningful when no results were returned by a search.
Minor bug fixes and performance improvements

Release: 3.0.4 - October 12th, 2011

Minor bug and style fixes.

Release: 3.0.3 - October 5th, 2011

FEATURE: Now generating sitemaps for WeoGeo Market. This happens on a daily basis, but it may take up to several days for search engines to see changes.
FEATURE: Dataset API returns now include Group IDs. This makes it easier to work with the Groups associated with a dataset through the API.
Minor bug and style fixes

Release: 3.0.2 - September 26th, 2011

Minor bug and style fixes.

Release: 3.0.1 - September 20th, 2011

Minor bug and style fixes.

Release: 3.0.0 - September 14th, 2011

FEATURE: Full User Interface Redesign
FEATURE: Fully redesigned data browsing to take advantage of every inch of screen real estate. As you expand your browser window you see more of the map and more data
FEATURE: Advanced filtering tools allow you to see which attributes of your data cut results down the fastest, making it easier to find that one needle in your giant data haystack. We’ve also made it easy to share your searches through links, enabling you to send collaborators what you’re seeing, complete with map position and filter criteria.
FEATURE: Dedicated dataset pages allows data to take center stage with a larger tiled map and fully visible description. Customizing and ordering data is now easier too. An area of interest is now defined with a marquee tool, making it easier to order a precise location.
FEATURE: Social Media access - All datasets available on Private Stores and WeoGeo’s Marketplace automatically get Facebook, Twitter, and Google+ buttons, so it’s easier for people to share the data that is helping them get things done.
FEATURE: Administrator control from a dataset page while on Market allows on the fly changes without having to be in your Library.
FEATURE: Improved Admin interface allows for more effective handling of common tasks. The new Admin panel builds on our newly constructed reporting APIs to provide better insight into a Library. It’s now easier to manage data, users, and access controls with reporting tools which expose CSV and PDF versions of their data that can be downloaded for review.
FEATURE: Revised data upload requirements - We removed barriers that caused issues in the upload workflow. Our system now pulls projection parameters from the data itself, freeing you from having to look up and provide information that’s already in the data. Cutting back on metadata requirements has made it easier to get data from your desktop to our servers, allowing you to fill in all of the details at your convenience.
FEATURE: The Shopping Cart allows for bulk ordering in a single transaction. Need someone to sign off on the data you want to order? Put it all in a Cart then send them a PDF with the details. As with all of our other tools, the Shopping Cart is exposed through APIs that make it easy for third-party clients to integrate this feature into their WeoGeo experience.
FEATURE: Reports API offers better insight into a Library. Datasets, Users, Access Controls, Orders, and Charges are all presented in a structured format designed to make it easy for any API client to present them in a tabular view. All of the available report types offer CSV and PDF output, making it easier to crunch numbers or grab a snapshot of the current data for review.
FEATURE: API redesign follows stricter adherence to REST principles, making it easier to write clients that stay up to date. Both JSON and XML API results now include hyperlinks to URLs relevant to the activities that may take on a resource. This makes it easier for our servers to provide backwards compatibility with existing clients until they are able to upgrade. The APIs have also been gone over with a fine-toothed comb, making sure that the JSON and XML versions provide the same information.

Release: 2.1.3 - March 10th, 2011

FEATURE: Remove references to WeoGeo from csw feeds, excepting the reference to WeoGeo as the CSW provider.
FEATURE: Add a mailer notifying the library admin when a user requests access to their library through registration.
BUG FIX: Fix broken links in csw feed.
FEATURE: Providers are now notified by email when a request for their data fails.
FEATURE: Providers are now notified by email if their request for data fails.
FEATURE: Remove postal code / cvv from library update form.
BUG FIX: Fixes new order mailers not being sent for market orders when that mailer is enabled.

Release: 2.1.2 - February 7th, 2011

FEATURE: CVV is no longer required or used.
BUG FIX: Updated datasets RSS index so that the proper host name is be used in all contexts (market, library, or private store).
BUG FIX: Small fix to variable pricing method at the lowest zoom level.
FEATURE: A library administrator can now opt out from provider emails - currently opt-out is enabled for new order notification and listing upload success emails.
MAINTENANCE:Switch out tag search for fulltext search in the advanced filter options.

Release: 2.1.0 - December 9th, 2010

FEATURE: New library plans/tiers added including a plan for Enterprise customers. Library customers who signed up under the old scheme will have access to the old and new plans. The old plans will be supported for 6 months.
FEATURE: Website support for XYZ tiles and WeoApp 2.0. Ka-Map tiles no longer accepted.
FEATURE: Modified Weofile format to support WeoApp 2.0. See WeoFile 2.0 documentation.
FEATURE: Projections for preview image now limited to Geographic and Spherical Mercator.
FEATURE: Add (optional) proj4 tag to all /dataset/boundaries/* fields - see WeoFile 2.0 documentation for the changes.
FEATURE: The website version API www.weogeo.com/version now includes appliance flag.
BUG FIX: Tags no longer case sensitive.
BUG FIX: Fixed a problem with billing dates being incorrect in receipt emails.
MAINTENANCE: Remove primary tag support.
MAINTENANCE: Minor rails deprecation update. Minor copy updates in email.

Release: 2.0.16 - September 23rd, 2010

The API call /jobs/#{token}/download will now accept ssl requests.
Changed validation for “no price type” to “invalid price type” since the website now assumes “FIXED” on empty price types in the Weofile validator.
Updated the job upload_weofile xml builder to support the catcher’s newer format.See Generate an upload weofile for the changes.
Added Get Satisfaction to WeoGeo application pages. You may use this to leave feedback or contact support.
Closed hole in jobs api that would allow people with access to the token to order jobs on unavailable datasets via the api.
Small tweak to the ui_user_secure_controller so that jobs will be properly created, while respecting access controls.
Small fix to dataset.js so that xyzTileFormatString uses the dataset’s tile_file_format.
Added message to inform users that they may require a valid payment method to cover their subsidies.
Only admins can now access library related reports.
Added http://www.safe.com logo to the job download page.
Fixed a check that prevented maximum subsidy from being greater than the dataset’s price. The check prevented the dataset from being free.

Release: 2.0.15 - August 18th, 2010

Refactoring backend to manage background tasks such as billing, library cleanup etc better.
Improved copy for billing emails.
KML file size now included in total data storage calculations for a library.
Libraries with enough credit balance will have their subscription charges deducted from the credit balance first.
The jobs api will now respond with the error message ‘dataset could not be found’, instead of throwing an exception when the dataset token is not found.
Ability to downgrade to a free tier now added to the Library Information page.
Fixed an issue related price fluctuations for General Geo-Content datasets.
Add link to Account Tier Information next to library tiers in the Library Information page.
Fixed an website user interface issue related to ordering a dataset when the layers menu was open. Earlier, if the layers selection was made without clicking on “Done” button and the user proceeded to order the dataset, the selection was lost. In this fix, this selection is maintained throughout the ordering process.
Fixed order report issue which caused an exception related to invalid datasets.
Performance improvements to reports page.
72-hour advance notice sent to Library admins whose libraries are about to be billed for the first time.
Fixed a 500 Internal Server Error that occurred when a user posted a job for an invalid dataset.

Release: 2.0.14 - July 19th, 2010

Infrastructure improvements added to website. Faster, more efficient search and Advanced Filter functionality.
Datasets RSS feed is now xyz aware for baseimage links.
Added tile_layer_type and tile_file_format to the dataset portion of the jobs#index json response.
Stopped requiring line pixel and sample pixel sizes for boundaries/geo. Boundaries can now use North, South, East, West instead. Please note: Developers can still use line and sample pixel sizes if they wish.
Fixed job history pagination error so that job history panel paginates properly now.
Price displayed on Panel 5 is now simplified to display just the total cost.
Updated provider dataset column headers for provider Panel 1: file format and max price (replacing the spatial resolution in meters and provider column headers respectively).
Copy changes made to mention Safe and Safe FME.
Balances and totals are no longer displayed on Library’s Panel 6 for a library job.
Added the ability to return to your library from the reports page.
All uses of dataset thumbnails in the website ui are now context sensitive to file format.
Bumped weofile version number based on last commit. Weofile Version number is now 1.1.0
Allow ‘spherical_mercator’ as a preview projection value.
First draft of xsd for weofile obtained through datasets api. Click here to access the file.
Fixes made to job serialization for spherical mercator jobs.
Some fixes and changes to how Panel 4 is rendered to better support spherical mercator datasets. + Kamap bounds should be in spherical mercator (meters) for spherical/XYZ datasets.

Release: 2.0.13 - May 6th, 2010

Independent developer environment at www.weogeo.net.
Website text changes to reflect WeoGeo leaving Private Beta status.
Support for Custom Licenses for Datasets.
Upgraded to the latest stable version of prototype.js 1.6.1.
Updated new library form to enable user info javascript to observe onclick events instead of onchange, since IE handles onchange incorrectly for radio buttons.
Small tweak to data density. Apply data density to all datasets regardless of size.
kml_file_size is now an ignored tag. This tag is generated by WeoApp.
Bug fixes in display and javascript code related to private store functionality which caused the blank tab to be active.
License links now point their url to [1].
Updated the javascript for panel 3 so that library names will be properly truncated to avoid design problems.
Removed GeoRSS centerpoint from RSS feed. (The GeoRSS standard currently only allows for one geographic element.)’
Added library_id to dataset resource, added license url to license resource.
Home link added a link to WeoGeo header images, so that users can easily return to the homepage from any page.
WeoFile Tag < tile_file_format > now only accepts ‘jpg’ (instead of ‘jpeg’).
Add Website functionality to utilize FME Server’s security system.

Release: 2.0.11 - March 30th, 2010

Support for new projections. WeoFile modifications to facilitate the support. See the next point.
Updated XSD to follow new WeoFile format. WeoFile validation rules updated. For details, please refer to WeoFile documentation.
API changes. All website API calls require authentication. For full details, please refer to API documentation.
Add crossdomain.xml file.
Login required for Datasets and Jobs show and index APIs on libraries.
Add admin email to library xml and json.
Library name is now used instead of username on panels 4 and 5.
Fix kamap projection conversion issues with non-GEO projection datasets.
Fix zoom slider issues.
Fixes to Panel5 map loading code.
Update side buttons with “Back” and “Next” text instead of arrows. Added an “Order” button state for the right side button on Panel 5.
Remove data density tile functionality. Only relevant Panel 3 results are displayed on Panels 1 and 2 and only if within current panel 2 extents.
Removed zoom_level from jobs. This was unnecessary for api created jobs.
Updated the job to_json code since north/south/east/west are now returned via methods instead of attributes.
Updated subsidy email to be credit balance aware.
Improved functionality to reports. Date interface now includes two date picker combo boxes.
Added recaptcha functionality to the contact_us page.
Fix to zoom level calculations so that the value can never be less than 0.
Datasets index can no longer be accessed on a library, unless you are authorized.
Remove weoapp download page - now at http://downloads.weogeo.com/index.html
Display message on Panel 3 if no results found - “No data found in this area.”
Updated dataset links for reports. Links will no longer be generated to datasets that are no longer available.
Fix Panel 5 incorrect extent issues caused as a result of solving dateline issues.
Removed the ‘odd’ option from the layers drop down on Panel 5. Also, updated the layers to change ‘Groups’ to ‘Custom’. Now if someone selects ‘All’ then deselects a layer,the layer drop down will change to ‘Custom’.
Fix bug related to removing all groups/roles relationships.
Update maintenance page with new graphic and link to http://twitter.com/WeoGeoStatus
Libraries automatically upgrade when user limit is reached and additional users are invited provided financial information is stored. Limit still applies for libraries with no payment method.
Fix issue where about tab was enabled on library, even though it was un-labeled.
Copy changes to free library tier signup email.
Added link to system page from the library edit page for Library Appliances. New features added to system page.
Non-display of layers for non-hosted datasets on Panel 5.
Layers are now displayed in a single column layout.

Release: 2.0.10 - January 5th, 2010

New free library tier introduced.
Added ability to upgrade to a paid tier, switch tiers, etc.
Fix for validation error on empty data_created_on tags.
Fix javascript alert error that occurred when user was on Panels 3 and 4 while dragging the red box on Panel 4.
History tab now loads data each time it is loaded.
Fixed issue where projection for a dataset in New Listings panel displayed “Unknown”.
Fix Panel 5 job co-ordinates bug which arose when a user went beyond the dataset’s extents.
Fixed issue with the method determining a job’s availability for download.
Updated sign up email no longer refers to monthly fee when the fee is $0.
Emails now display megabytes instead of gigabytes, when the total file size limit for library is less than 1GB.
Minor re-design to the library sign up page.
New logo images now have a time stamp in their URL. This should cause them to be refreshed each time they are replaced.
Update address on contact form.

Release: 2.0.9 - December 17th, 2009

New feature: Human readable URLs used for datasets. All datasets’ permalinks now feature the Human Readable URLs instead of tokens. Note: Tokens can also be used.
CSV (comma separated values) file format now supported as an output file format for vector jobs.
Performance improvements added via caching.
RSS feeds now display newest datasets first.
Validator improvements and bug fixes.
xsd: ignore ‘file_format’ check for ‘other’ data types.
xsd now correctly links docs for number_of_layers tag.
allow < u > tags in descriptions.
xsd: Fix some market related validations being performed when the market tag is present but empty.
Fix for nil exception from attempting to check an invalid date is not in the future.
GeoIP centered on Portland, OR in case of non-resolution.
SSL seals now displayed where needed.
Users are now given a context sensitive message when they attempt to log into a library to which they do not have access.
Improved user activity stats for administrators.
Increase dataset file format field size from 10 characters to 20, to accommodate longer names.

Release: 2.0.8 - November 2nd, 2009

Updated XSD to follow new WeoFile format. WeoFile validation rules updated.
Original file size is now displayed on Panel 5. Job estimated file size no longer displayed.
Non-raster datasets no longer display Projection, Datum and Format on Panel4.
The http status returned by the validator during validation errors changed.
Empty data_created_on appears as ‘unknown’ on Provider Listings Panel.
When a new user signs up for a library, only one confirmation email sent.
Library Admins will now see a reports link tab on Admin side next to Library Settings tab.
Data download button now added to history tab. Clicking on this button will take the user directly to job download page.
Added dynamic GeoRSS feature to Panel 3.
Datasets.rss will now provide users with an rss feed of datasets with geoRSS box and point coordinates. This accepts all of the same search paramters as normal /datasets.weo or /datasets.json
Vector support added.
Datasets no longer allow semicolons as valid characters in layers names.
Layers select button is now hidden for datasets with less than 2 layers.
Kml added to description.
Removed geocrop link and text at the bottom of Panel 5.
Added help links to Reports and Library Settings Page.
Library tiers will now automatically upgrade for heavy users.
XML response added to library show API.
Vector support added to advanced filter.
Separated job parameter names from job parameter values on panel5 to be easily descriptive to users.
Zoom level for search is now calculated on the server, via the passed in extents. The ‘scale’ parameter is no longer used in GET /datasets.
Force minimum width and height of selected map box on Panel 4 to be 5 pixels.

Release: 2.0.6 - August 24th, 2009

Added a select box to Panel 5 to allow the user to turn on/off geo cropping if it is available for the current dataset.
Panel 3 results now adjusts properly for datasets without spatial res.
Exposing new XSD validator
Remove download limit from roles
fix boolean attributes to not be case sensitive (“True” should now work, as well as “true” and “TRUE”)
Removed Projection, Datum, and File Type from tab advanced filter
Changed payment methods controller to require ssl for all actions
Allow advanced filter parameters to be passed in query string for Dataset query API
Complete conversion of dataset JSON responses, and move to new Grid2 class for dataset grids.
Adding the new payment method functionality to the panel6 view

Release: 2.0.5 - July 22nd, 2009

Events API (for backend reporting of dataset upload and job process logs)
Job creation API - can now be done via API on market for non-free jobs without submitting credit card info - will use user’s stored credit card if they have one. (Free jobs and library jobs don’t require a credit card at all.)
Library admins can set a default zoom level in the library edit screen (in addition to current default lat and long settings)
If a library dataset doesn’t belong to any groups, it is viewable by all users of a library. Access is only limited once groups are assigned, in which case, it is only viewable by users which have access to that group.
New libraries no longer get a “All Users” role or “All Datasets” group. Facilitated by above change.
Panel 5 download options are hidden for non-raster datasets
Change message if user attempts to download a job that does not belong to him/her, to be more readable. Also redirect to homepage instead of showing a blank white screen.
Libraries now have their own financial information stored for them. This will keep users from accidentally deleting their library subscription payment method. It will also give us more flexibility in the future.
Access Controls are now optional.

Release: 2.0.3 - May 26th, 2009

Update DatasetsController#scoped_datasets - only scope for library users groups if logged in, as a non-admin - fixes API call issue, where non-logged in call cant see any datasets at all
Added fields for default latitude and longitude, added validations for numeric and required if the other exists, refactored ICBM meta tag, and JS that parses the ICBM meta tag
Added api key, user count, and hosted data to the library#edit view. Also made it so that saving libraries will generate api keys for admin users that do not currently have them.
Send library cancellation emails to admin and all users, and do it in a background job
At zoom level 0 (most zoomed out), set job coordinates to native dataset coordinates
Fix activation email, so they dont appear to come from market when really on a WeoGeo Library
Updated the Library edit page to properly account appliances.
If running in appliance mode, set current subdomain to the default subdomain - prevent issues if website is called via IP, or anything other than what is in the settings
Fix paging in Provider Panel 3, users
Updated admin ui to add a grant access button for requested library users

WeoSuite

Release: 3.2.1 - April 16th, 2012

FEATURE: Updates to make better choices of images to use for bilinear interpolation, basically creating a pyramid based bilinear interpolation.
BUG FIX: Fixed bug in the bilinear interpolation algorithm involving when to use edge pixels as a copy of the top-left corner.
MAINTENANCE: Changes bilinear interpolation to accurately calculate which pixel to base the weights off of.
BUG FIX: Fixed bug in making previews in WeoApp. The preview images are now better.

Release: 3.2.0 - February 2nd, 2012

MAINTENANCE: Tiles now have a cache control value of 24 hours.
MAINTENANCE: Improved connectivity, transfer, and stability between WeoApp and WeoCatcher.

Release: 3.1.1 - January 9th, 2012

MAINTENANCE: Fixed problem calculating md5hashes which resulted in failed uploads.
MAINTENANCE: More stable WeoCatcher.

Release: 3.1.0 - December 19th, 2011

FEATURE: Added ability to make tiles without watermark.
FEATURE: Added support for skipping watermark stamping for tiles in WeoGeoUtility.
FEATURE: Implemented parallel uploads.
MAINTENANCE: LongLat is now recognized as LatLong.
BUG FIX: Fixed automatic update on OS X.
BUG FIX: Fixed memory leaks.
BUG FIX: Fixed problem loading licenses for new listing in the WeoGeoUtility.
BUG FIX: Fixed problem with coordinates changing when updating preview images without changing the boundaries.
BUG FIX: Fixed problem reporting the size of very large listings.

Release: 3.0.3 - October 19, 2011

FEATURE: Implemented new Market tags in GUI.
MAINTENANCE: weobatch removed.
BUG FIX: Fixed problem re-reading the storage space utilization in the GUI.
BUG FIX: Fixed memory leaks in XML parsing.

Release: 3.0.2 - October 12, 2011

FEATURE: weoupdate now has the ability to perform the installation directly.
MAINTENANCE: “Details” button hidden in the info dialog.

Release: 3.0.1 - October 6, 2011

FEATURE: By default the “Enter” key now presses the “OK” button on certain dialogs.
FEATURE: Warning put in place when validating previews indicating the the next validation resets the previous one.
FEATURE: gWeoapp now referred to as WeoGeoUtility.
FEATURE: Added information on Library tier and storage space used to the GUI.
MAINTENANCE: New error messages when user credentials are incorrect.
MAINTENANCE: When ’–continue’ is specified, ’–info’ is disabled.
MAINTENANCE: Style in tabbed windows in the GUI was revised.
BUG FIX: Fixed problem when GUI runs before WeoApp runs on first installations.
BUG FIX: Fixed copy text on the info dialogs.
BUG FIX: Fixed problem with NGRID files not accounting for the existence of TAB files.
BUG FIX: Fixed problem uploading listings without tilepacks.
BUG FIX: Fixed problem when updating descriptions.
BUG FIX: Cannot execute a clean up operation while there are ‘active’ windows in the GUI.

Release: 3.0.0 - September 14, 2011

FEATURE: BUILD UP implemented.
FEATURE: Completely new GUI implemented on top of WeoApp.
FEATURE: Implementation of modify Weofiles to allow updates of listings.
FEATURE: Include SSL in bitrock installer.
FEATURE: FMEClassifier removed from WeoSuite.
BUG FIX: Fixed instabilities regarding hidden files in Windows.

Release: 2.0.6 -August 19, 2011

MAINTENANCE: Update libarchive library.
BUG FIX: Fixed problem with very large sizes in Windows.

Release: 2.0.5 - May 3, 2011

MAINTENANCE: Preview images cut in a way that guarantees that they do not exceed world coordinates.
BUG FIX: Fixed problem when sending error report when FMEClassifier fails.
BUG FIX: Fixed bug in cURL write data callback function.

Release: 2.0.4 - March 18, 2011

MAINTENANCE: libs3 updated to version 0.0.10
MAINTENANCE: Chunking removed.
MAINTENANCE: FMEClassifier LOG_FILE parameter replaced with parameter LOGFILE.
BUG FIX: Fixed problem determining the existence of files in S3.
BUG FIX: Fixed problem with misc files being uploaded as data files.
BUG FIX: Catcher now properly handles FMEClassifier errors.

Release: 2.0.3 - March 4, 2011

FEATURE: WeoGeoAPI.py made part of the FMEClassifier.
MAINTENANCE: Updated version of supporting files to FMEClassifier.
MAINTENANCE: Copyright notice updated.
MAINTENANCE: XML files saved with UTF-8 encoding instead of UTF-16 encoding.
BUG FIX: FMEClassifier properly delivers error messages to weocatcher.

Release: 2.0.2 - February 4th, 2011

BUG FIX: Single preview validity check does not work in Windows XP.

Release: 2.0.1 - December 20th, 2010

BUG FIX: FMEClassifier now accepts uploads from files having tables of contents with shared data
BUG FIX: Moving backwards in GUI no longer causes a panel to appear that should not have been shown.
BUG FIX: Check projection information for raster images correctly.
BUG FIX: Unexpected validation errors no longer cause GUI to crash.
BUG FIX: Accept a tile boundary when no preview boundary exists and –no-preview is used.
BUG FIX: Update internal documentation.
BUG FIX: Ability to create geographic boundary solely from tile boundary.
BUG FIX: Fix crash when creating a KML if there are no data_preview_files.
BUG FIX: Fix bad tile selection when –no-preview is used.

Release: 2.0.0 - December 10th, 2010

FEATURE: Use XYZ Tiles instead of Kamap Tiles. Includes support for create XYZ tiles in the spherical mercator projection (Google maps) and in geographic projection.
FEATURE: Remove references to “kamap” in WeoApp options, replacing with “tileset”. All instances of ‘kamap_resample_algorithm’ have been replaced with ‘tileset-resample-algorithm’ in the GUI.
FEATURE: Projection information is now handled by PROJ4 strings instead of the collection of controls that we had in the past.
FEATURE: Use FME to help classify data once it reaches server.
FEATURE: WeoFile changes. See WeoFile 2.0 documentation.
FEATURE: Use of libjpeg-turbo greatly increases the speed of WeoApp (200+%).
FEATURE: Do not immediately create contrast stretched previews. Wait until the user demands a contrast stretched version. GUI does not issue request for contrast stretched previews until a user clicks the “contrast stretch” button.
FEATURE: The “magnifying glass” in the world preview is no longer centered around the mouse pointer to make it easier to use.
FEATURE:Added new control to allow users to pick the projection of the preview interpolated files in the GUI. The only options are GEO and Spherical Mercator.
BUG FIX: Contrast stretch does not use user overridden re-sampling algorithm.
BUG FIX: ERDAS IMG file does not including ige file in file list.
BUG FIX: An existing tile directory in the temporary folder before running WeoApp no longer pollutes the output tile pack.
BUG FIX: Fixed unit conversion problem from feet to meters in panels where the unit could be chosen by users.
MAINTENANCE: Remove unnecessary and often directory checks when create tiles.
MAINTENANCE: Update other third party packages.
MAINTENANCE: Replaced the system that checks the date on the template to see if its still valid with a completely new system.

Release: 1.2.0 - September 9th, 2010

WeoApp GUI can email error reports to WeoGeo Support.
Fix problems related to handling interlaced PNG images specified manually.
Fix error related to Grayscale JPGs. Attempting to create a grayscale jpeg from a 1 band preview image caused libjpeg to throw an error.
PNG/JPEG confusion of GUI images fixed (PNG was being named as .jpg when images were manually specified.)
Zoom levels do not need to be specified in the weofile when using –no-tiles.
Use tar.gz instead of zip64 due to limitations in zip64 library.

Release: 1.1.0 - June 25th, 2010

Addressed difficulty in deselecting a license once it has been selected.
Fixed issue related to licenses not loading properly when opening a file in the edit mode (instead of through the wizard) in GUI.
Fixed the display of error messages containing XML.
Catcher can now handle XYZ format uploads (can not yet be generated with weoapp however).
Fixed overzealous validation of boundaries in rare cases.
General/Other (non-raster, non-vector) data can be assumed to be WGS84/latlong.
No longer a distinction between support and data files for General/Other (non-raster, non-vector) data sets.

Release: 1.0.0 - May 6th, 2010

Added support for Custom license/legal description.
Increased size of KML PNG for < kml_preview_file > tag from 350x350 to 1024x1024.
Added Support for OSGB36 datum.
Third party applications like ArcGIS Toolbar can now use WeoApp to automatically check for updates to their software.
Added support for custom licenses in WeoApp GUI (gWeoApp).
Allow providers to include multiple related files in a single vector upload via Table of Contents (ToC).
Added support for integrated plugin update in WeoApp GUI (gWeoApp).

Release: 0.7.2 - March 30th, 2010

Jpeg quality increased.
Method to add weogeo watermark to center of arbitrary image.
Fix spaces in file names.
Fix issue in which small images would create a black speck in the world reference map.
Resolve shortcut conflict for File|Open and File|Close.
Ability to select a preview projection different from the underlying data projection.
All website API calls require authentication.
Fix bug in checking that preview images have square pixels.
Weoapp –other, -f option removed.
Addition of a new option: weoapp –use-png, -H. Use PNG for intermediate files, breaking the 64K row/column limit of JPG.

Release:0.6.1 - December 14th, 2009

GUI now supports Vector and General Geo-Content uploads.
Layer/bands questions are not asked in GUI if the upload type is not raster.
Groups question (access controls) are not asked in GUI if the target library account has access controls turned off.
Download weofile name changed form $(token).weo to $(token)_download.weo
KML preview file format now enforced. Must be a PNG file with no dimension greater than 350 pixels. Must not be greater than 490 KB (kilobytes).
Non-hosted dataset order fulfillment is functional again.
Appropriate whitespace ignored in the weofile.
Weoapp now listens to the port number specified in the weofile.

Release:0.6.0 - November 2nd, 2009

Overhauled XML validation.
More efficient tile creation from jpeg streams reduces memory requirements and decreases processing time.
Tile creation on client machine allows selection of the number of zoom levels, interpolation algorithms, level of detail, etc. For more information, please refer to WeoApp documentation.
Tile creation from arbitrarily large JPEG files allows for detail up to 64Kx64K pixels (JPEG limit).
KML PNG preview creation on client machine allows selection of different interpolation algorithms.
Use of JPEG images rather than PNG images for intermediate processing reduces the processing time and temporary disk space requirements without significantly impacting the detail of the imagery.
Use of Bilinear interpolation by default in all cases where interpolation is requested.
No longer breaking apart raster data into band delimited files reduces processing time and temporary disk storage.
No longer requiring files to be of size \< 5GB before transferring to WeoGeo reduces processing time and temporary disk storage.
Distribution of the image metadata/headers without modification no longer drops unknown/unhandled information.
Modifications to allow easier 3rd party development and scripted operations.
Built in documentation of weoapp is feature complete.
Microsoft Windows Vista/7 support enhanced.
Error handling increased.
Progress bar enhancements to WeoApp GUI.
More flexible backend processing, allowing for the delivery of customized imagery of various types (e.g. vector and raster).

Release:0.5.1 - September 16th 2009

Fixed a bug dealing with job fulfillment on raster images that have >10 bands
Add final MD5 check of files before committing to WeoGeo Library
Increased verboseness of log file communications

Release:0.5.0 - July 6th, 2009

All communication between WeoApp and the weoserver occurs using HTTP, no more need for port 6422 to be open
WeoApp batch uploading
Add a group to the weoserver from WeoApp
Handling of different units through GUI
Remembering recently used servers in GUI
More options added to the backend WeoApp program

Release:0.4.4 - April 14th, 2009

New way of previewing the map location in respect to the rest of the world
Paletted images can be contrast stretched
Image descriptions can be previewed with embedded image tags

Release:0.4.0 - February 27th, 2009

New listing wizard moved from website to GUI
Display size of image before uploading
Validator to discover client side errors before they reach the server
More appropriate unit handling
User order fulfillment
Removal of express/complete mode
More options added to the backend weoapp program

Job Processor

Prior to the October 2009 release, Job Processor was built in to WeoSuite.

Release 3.5.0 - May 3rd, 2012

BUG FIX: Fixed the parameter workspaces so that the word “native” is no longer shown on Dataview. Instead, the actual file format is shown.

Release 3.4.0 - April 19th, 2012

MAINTENANCE: Removed several formats until FME supports them better (ECW, Esri HDR).
MAINTENANCE: Files that are not natively georeferenced are now OTHER.
FEATURE: Added support for Raster Mosaics through the ToC file.
FEATURE: Library to Library with file transformation added. Still a little problem with Shapefiles and the 10 character limit for attributes.

Release 3.3.0 - February 2nd, 2012

MAINTENANCE: Removed the “seamless” check on MITAB files. TAB pointer files must be declared as miscellaneous files now otherwise the listing will not be customizable.
FEATURE: Library to Library implemented for uncustomized jobs.
BUG FIX: Fixed problem in conditionSolver.py under certain logic conditions.
MAINTENANCE: Major error recovery and error handling improvements.
FEATURE: FFS is now available as output for Vector and TAB listings.
FEATURE: DWG is now available as output for TAB listings.

Patch 3.2.2: - December 17, 2011

BUG FIX: Fixed problem with attribute name and whitespace regarding vector layers.

Patch 3.2.1: - December 12, 2011

MAINTENANCE: WeoGeoAPI.py was missing the classification calls, which are private functions thus not present in the standard python API. The functions were added into the file.

Release 3.2.0: - December 2, 2011

FEATURE: Attribute filtering on vector features now works with strings too.
FEATURE: Classifier now sends a warning when the size of the data files for a listing approaches 300 GB.
MAINTENANCE: Updated the WeoGeoAPI.py version.
BUG FIX: Fixed problem compressing jobs between 4GB and 6 GB with more than 10000 files.

Release 3.1.0: - December 2, 2011

FEATURE: Added secondary file format workspaces for some formats (ENVI, Esri HDR, and ERDAS IMG).
FEATURE: Added new scheme to handle TAB template files. No more need to have users manually make those files since the files are made automatically by the Classifier. The Job Processor now also accounts for this change and tries to first get the new templates and if that fails fall back on the old method.
FEATURE: Added new raster_mixed workspace to handle raster ToC listing with more than a single file format.
FEATURE: Added ability to create “Groupings” of files for ToC vector listings.
MAINTENANCE: Made a condition more solid by comparing lower case strings.
MAINTENANCE: Now recalculates the size of a listing by using both the dataset size and the files pointed to by the ToC file.
BUG FIX: Fixed problems with SJW workspace and the new ‘data’ directory.

Release 3.0.0 (BUILD UP): - September 14, 2011

FEATURE: Added all new parameter workspaces.
New classifier with support for new formats.
New algorithm to find ENVI/Esri raster files. The data file must match the header file in basename and there must only be one such match.
MAINTENANCE: Got rid of all the unpacking options in the download Weofile. Replaced them all with a single (and universal) / tag.
MAINTENANCE: Job files are no longer split into 2GB pieces.
MAINTENANCE: New algorithms for download of files. Still goes through two tries for everything (decompressed and compressed), however, now there is a timer that stops processing for a few seconds if something should fail, to account for random S3 errors.
MAINTENANCE: Updated San Jose Water workspace with new attribute setter (request from San Jose Water).
MAINTENANCE: No longer consuming the ‘whole’ dataset for rasters during classification. Only header information is requested.

Patch 2.3.5 changes: - July 29, 2011

FEATURE: Added shortcut to files that are not modified at all. Instead of putting them through FME an outright copy is made instead.
MAINTENANCE: Encoding now explicitly given to the vector main workspace when the input file is a MITAB file.
MAINTENANCE: Replaced vector output file format IEPS with regular EPS.
MAINTENANCE: Now it takes two tries to fail a s3copy from S3.
MAINTENANCE: Now it takes three tries to fail a s3copy from S3.
MAINTENANCE: Now it takes three tries to fail a s3copy to S3.
MAINTENANCE: Assigned defaults to the vector workspaces.
MAINTENANCE: MITAB template files are now compression insensitive.
BUG FIX: For MITAB jobs, WindowsLatin1 is actually Windows-1252, not ISO-8859-1.
BUG FIX: Fixed a little problem with the extra MITAB reader for options only. Had to make it a ‘resource’ without any inputs.

Patch 2.3.4 changes: - April 7, 2011

MAINTENANCE: Changed the protocol from http to https for download links in download Weofiles.
BUG FIX: Job download signed URLs now last 3 days instead of 1. They were meant to last 3 days since the beginning but when the change to s3public was made the option to extend the expiration date was not used.

Patch 2.3.3 changes: - April 4, 2011

MAINTENANCE: If the job success notification API call fails and the status of the job is already “Ready for Download” then do not fail. Ignore it.
MAINTENANCE: When dealing with miscellaneous ToC files, do not move them to their final location, instead, copy them.
MAINTENANCE: The ffs files that sometimes appear next to the log files are now cleaned up on success.

Patch 2.3.2 changes: - March 30, 2011

BUG FIX: Fixed problem with s3public and python not being nice to each other. Now s3public gets called once for every file that needs a public s3 link.

Release 2.3.1 changes: - February 26, 2011

BUG FIX: Fixed little problem with “empty” datasets not going into post processing. This problem was introduced in the 2.3.0 release.

Release 2.3.0 changes: - February 23, 2011

MAINTENANCE: Added file SJWWorkspace.fmw to the repository.
Incorporated the SJW workspace into the system. Specifically, added a hook in the unsupported driver workspace just for it.

Release: 2.2 - March 10th, 2011

Fixed problem with the postProcessing function getting called for each ToC file. Now it is only called once for all ToC files.
Fixed minor issues with variable names in the function WeoGeoBase.copyFile().
Fixed issue with non-delivery of empty files referenced by the WOR files for orders with MITAB->MITAB file format transformation.
Fixed issues related to ToC file parsing associated with vector orders that required delivery of empty files.
Fixed issues related to ToC file parsing associated with vector orders that required masking of attributes.
The readme file for jobs now supports Unicode too.
Code refactoring of some C++ utilities (fmeutils with s3public) for easier maintenance and deployment.
Fixed job processing issues associated with missing upload weofiles. If upload weofile is not present, job processing program assumes data files chunking to be disabled and tries to successfully fulfill jobs.
Fixed directory structure issues with vector and raster ToC jobs, ensuring that the relative paths are now maintained.
Fixed issues in which MITAB pointer files were being processed rather than copied.
Fixed problem with ToC jobs where no dataset files are requested. In the past the job would never end, now a signal gets send even if there are no data files. This signals starts the post process functions.
The TableOfContents(ToC) Ingester workspace can now handle features which have no area (like points).
Added support for KML and GML file formats for vector jobs.
Removed transformers that stored features during run time to alleviate the massive usage of memory. Replaced them with custom python code.

Release: 2.1 - January 18th, 2011

Added a new custom exception to the weogeobase called jobProcessorError which is now triggered by any error which occurs in custom python code. This works together with a new system of error checking which extracts errors straight from the FME log files in a chain starting from the deepest workspaces all the way to the driver workspace. The actual errors are now enclosed in CDATA tags so that the API does not freak out when XML reserved characters show up inside the body of the events (and they do).
Every workspace now uses the function “connect” of the WeoGeoAPI to establish a connection to the website instead of the less reliable function “connectUsingAPIKey”.
Cleanup all the code in the weogeobase so that all error messages include the name of the function that triggered it.
The FME transformer called ‘postProcessor’ was simplified by moving almost everything to it to the “postProcess” function in the weogeobase. This is better since all workspaces use the same postProcess function so there is less repetition of code.
Updated the weoXML python module to its latest version.
Fixed problem with raster main workspace not keeping the palette for geotiff-geotiff jobs.
Fixed problem with raster band selection of jobs which use table of contents.
Cleaned up old, useless code from weogeobase.
Optional option ‘WEO_NATIVE_FILE_FORMAT_ONLY’ no longer ignored for ToC features.

Release: 2.0 - December 9th, 2010

FEATURE: Added new transformer that splits raster jobs of sufficient size (mostly anything over 2 GB) into smaller tiles so that the job can be delivered in the selected file format. Thus now it is possible to deliver a 10 GB job as a collection of JPEG tiles, in the past that job would have failed, or it would have been forced into a file format that could handle the 10 GB (such as ENVI).
FEATURE: Implemented a brand new job packaging system. Jobs that are over 6 GB in size are now packed and shipped as .tar.gz files. Jobs smaller than 6 GB are delivered as ZIP files.

Release: 1.2.0 - September 23rd, 2010

Fixed problem with custom transformer proj4reprojector. Now, when it takes an empty parameter as input the transformer simply does not reproject.
Dataset is not re-projected if the job projection is set to “native”.
It is now possible to provide proj4 strings directly via the jobs API.
Renamed the output file format option “ESRI_BIL” to “ESRI_HDR”.
Preview tiles corresponding to a job selection are reprojected to GEO before being reprojected to the source dataset’s projection.
Fixed problem with UTM projections in the southern hemisphere.
Reversed the order of job file downloads for ToC jobs to be more efficient on average.
Removed deprecated python files.

Release: 1.0.2 - July 14th, 2010

Fixed the problem with multiple processes writing to the same log file and then crashing. The inner workspaces now will have their own, unique, log file which will be saved to the working directory for the job.
Fixed the problem with main workspaces trying to access the file “_job_dump.text” at the wrong location.
ToC improvements:
- The job processor will keep the directory structure of datasets which contain a ToC file. This directory structure will be maintained in the deliverable ZIP file. Vector job processing program no longer stops processing even if the job with a ToC file doesn’t produce any result.
- New option “WEO_EMPTY_FILE_DELIVERY” added to the Look Up Table in ToC. If this option is set to ‘yes’, empty files are delivered for those layers that have not been selected for jobs and/or layers that create no output after job processing. For example: Empty, template, and MITAB files may now be delivered if the right conditions are met.
- Made ToC attribute filter case insensitive.
- Added an option (“WEO_MASK_ATTRIBUTES”) in the ToC which, if set to ‘yes’, clears every attribute other than the selected attributes (attributes filtered on).
- Added an option (“WEO_MISCELLANEOUS_FILE”) to the WEO_FEATURES in the ToC file. If a ToC feature has this property, it means that the files the feature represents are miscellaneous files. Please take note, these miscellaneous files will not be processed by the backend and will be delivered “as is”.
Greatly improved error reporting.
Style files are now uploaded and delivered “as is” by default. The style files are delivered (even for a customized job), and empty files are delivered as placeholders to TAB files that are in the style files but not part of the job.
Applied a change to vector workspaces so that geo_cropping = off, completely by-passes the clipping/spatial_selection step in favor of using the database coordinates.
Added a smart logic solution engine. This enables ToC jobs to solve complex logins such as “(true and false or (true or true) and false)” where every boolean expression is a full attribute condition.
Unicode is now allowed in dataset descriptions.
Added a new WeoGeoAPI python file to handle all the WeoGeoAPI calls.
Added functionality so that the custom license, or the default weogeo license, is delivered with every job.

Release: 0.2.3 - May 6th, 2010

Support to include multiple related files in a single upload using a Table of Contents (ToC).
WeoGeoAPI calls use WeoGeoAPI python suite.
Differentiation between testing and production environment.

Release: 0.2.2 - March 30th, 2010

Addition of Database events to all workspaces to record errors etc.
Adjustment of the reprojection mechanism to separate the preview projection from the data projection. Reprojection is now achieved through proj4 strings instead of EPSG codes.
Addition of a readme file with information about the source dataset and the resulting dataset.
Change in the geo crop option for vector jobs. Before the default behavior was “clip” and now the default is “Spatial Selection”.

Release: 0.1.1.1 - January 11th, 2010

CSV output now includes a header line with the names of the rows as the first line.
Layers’ selection for vectors now enabled. Users can pick desired layers out of a vector dataset and only those layers will be delivered.

Release: 0.1.1 - December 17th, 2009

CSV (comma separated values) file format now supported as an output file format for vector jobs.
RGB order now enforced for 3 band requests to ensure that the output image looks properly.
Job Processor can now handle processed input files.
Job Processor can now handle JPEG request with a number of bands not equal to 1 or 3.
Job options updated.
Job Processor now groups all the job files into a single compressed zipped file.

Release: 0.1.0 - November 2nd, 2009

Distribution of the image metadata/headers without modification no longer drops unknown/unhandled information.
Modifications to allow easier 3rd party development and scripted operations.
More flexible backend processing, allowing for the delivery of customized imagery of various types (e.g. vector and raster).
Job processing on datasets done off of native format. No longer will datasets be converted into interim format.