From announce at geomapapp.org Wed Jun 18 20:46:27 2008 From: announce at geomapapp.org (GeoMapApp Announcements) Date: Wed, 18 Jun 2008 22:46:27 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [announce] GeoMapApp 1.7.0 release Message-ID: <200806190246.m5J2kRX09741@reality.ldeo.columbia.edu> Dear GeoMapApp user, We are pleased to announce a new release, version 1.7.0. The new release can be downloaded from: http://www.geomapapp.org/ Click "Download Options", select your operating system, and click "AGREE" at the bottom of the page. Alternatively, if you launch your existing version of GeoMapApp, you will be prompted to download the newest version. Please email us with any issues, comments, and/or suggestions: info at geomapapp.org ************************** GeoMapApp 1.7.0 *************************** *Important Updates* - A North Polar stereographic projection view is now available using the 2 km grid node IBCAO v2 compilation as the primary basemap. - ASCII grids can now be imported into both South and North Polar projections (from main menu File >Import Grids). - A new "Earthquake Focal Mechanism Solutions" data viewer is available via "Custom Data Viewers" in the "Available Data" menu. This viewer displays focal mechanism solutions of the Global CMT Catalog. - The Scripps Institution of Oceanography ("SIOExplorer") collection is now available from the "Bathymetry, Gravity and Magnetic Profiles" section in the "Available Data >Custom Data Viewers" menu. *Setting GeoMapApp Home Folder* - Added warning to cancel button that encourages setting home directory (home directory critical for important GeoMapApp functionality). *GeoMapApp in Mac MenuBar* - Name in MenuBar for Macs set to GeoMapApp. *File Menu* Connect to WFS: - Replace all valid XML escape characters in URL strings within data fields when loading data from a WFS. - Added "Load for Current View" button to WFS window that will load data from the current layer for the current view area of the map, also added "Current view" option to the bounding box options which, when selected and the "Load Feature" button is clicked, performs the same function. - Connect to WMS (Web Map Service) now functional from Polar stereographic map views. Imported Data (Tables) - Data points for imported data tables ("Imported Data (Tables)" area) are now displayed based on their proximity to other data points (the closer the data point to other data points, the lower its display priority), ensuring a better distribution of displayed data points. - Added graphing tool for URLs that link to valid ASCII table, user must Ctrl-Shift-Click on URL to bring up table. Import Grids - Added option in "Confirm Projection & Bounds" window to add custom offset to the grid z values. - Offset and scale factor from files no longer automatically applied to grid, they are now sent to the "Confirm Projection & Bounds" window so the user can review them before they are applied. - If the grid file header contains min/max z values, these are displayed in the "Confirm Projection & Bounds" window. Save Menu - Images can now be saved as .bmp for best resolution. - User can now remove map inset, map scale and color bar (and any other insets) when saving images, user prompted if any of these are visible. *Available Data Menu* - In "Available Data", add different layers depending on map view (North Polar, South Polar, Mercator), do not load focus sites (NSF Focus Sites) unless in Mercator view. Bathymetry, Gravity and Magnetics Profiles - Access to the entire Scripps Institution of Oceanography (SIO) collection of underway trackline gravity, magnetics, and bathymetry is now available by selecting "SIOExplorer". Access to the ADGRAV gravity trackline data is now available through the U.S. Antarctic Program ("USAP") collection. Multi-Channel Seismics - Added digitizer to MCS interface, records longitude, latitude, two-way travel time (in seconds), and CMP#. Single Channel Seismics - Replaced "time" with "cruise time (Unix seconds)" in output for SCS digitizer. - Imported grids no longer disappear when viewing a profile in SCS. DSDP Interface - Added sediment display to DSDP interface, displays available sediment data for selected hole. It interacts with other DSDP interfaces (displays depth line and zooms and scrolls with other DSDP interfaces). *Places Menu* - In polar projections removed High-Res grids and focus sites from "Places" menu. *New Data* Many Antarctic and Southern Ocean datasets now accessible through General Viewers> Layers interface: British Antarctic Survey BEDMAP grids of Bed Elevation, Ice Thickness, Surface Elevation, Grounded Ice Sheet Bed Elevation, Bathymetry Amundsen Sea Bathymetry Grid of Nitsche et al., 2007 Ross Sea Bathymetry of Davey et al. South Georgia Sea bathymetry from British Antarctic Survey (BAS) AGASEA Sub Ice topography (Holt and Blankenship) Multibeam bathymetry tracks from select cruise from BAS Multibeam bathymetry tracks from Palmer cruises under proprietary hold (<2 years) Gravity and magnetic grids from the SOAR aerogeophysics campaigns Global grids including most recent Smith and Sandwell topography and gravity, Seafloor age (Muller et al., 2008), Sediment thickness (NGDC, Divens et al., 2006) and Magnetic Anomaly Map (Maus et al., 2007). LIMA Imagery: USGS Web Map Service for LIMA imagery accessible from main menu View>Basemaps The North Polar Stereographic Projection view is now available using the IBCAO v2 - 2 km grid as the primary basemap. Higher resolution multibeam bathymetry datasets will be added as obtained. Currently you can access the AAGRUUK Alaska Margin data compilation from Edwards and colleagues. A number of other Arctic region datasets are accessible through General Viewers> Layers interface: CCOM Law of the Sea Mapping Project bathymetric data sets for Gulf of Alaska Slope off Mantague and Kayak Islands, Bowers Ridge Bering Sea, Alaska Gulf, and Alaska Margin Bering Sea DNAG Magnetic Anomaly Map of North America and Arctic Navigation tracks for expeditions of the USCG Healy from 2001 to 2007. ************************** GeoMapApp 1.7.0 ***************************