Map Code

M = Mercator
S = South Polar
N = North Polar

Software Updates

Database Activity

Bug Fixes:

1. Updated and removed obsolete links and URLs.

Enhancements:

1. Updated the Digital Seismic Reflection Profiles portal to load all the lines for each cruise rather than bounding boxes.
2. Added the weighting factor to the sequence of popup windows when previewing data from a GMRT cruise.
3. Incorporated higher-resolution GEBCO 2023 tiles in the GMRT base map.

Bug Fixes:

1. Fixed issue preventing Intel-based Mac users from opening version 3.7.0.

Bug Fixes:

1. Fixed issue with track lines from tabular data sometimes not all being drawn.
2. Disabled drawing tracks if a segment has just one point, rather than connecting that one point to the previous and next segments.
3. Fixed runtime exception when a seismic cruise image file name has no digits.
4. Fixed runtime exception when loading the Multibeam Swath Bathymetry portal with GMRT 4.1.1.
5. Updated the link in “Help > Join Mailing List” to refer to the bottom of the GMA website home page, where there are subscription instructions, rather than an obsolete mailing list.

Enhancements:

1. Updated the PetDB portal to use newly available rock types, materials, and data types. Users must update to this version of GeoMapApp to continue to use the PetDB portal.
2. Added ability to insert points within a digitized segment when using the Digitizer Tool and the Waypoints and Survey Planner portal.
3. Added menu-driven capability to preview GMRT data; in the “Preferences > GMRT Tiles” pane.

Bug Fixes:

1. Updates to the Elevation Data Sources info and cosmetic changes to the pop-up window.
2. Removed log4j dependency.

Enhancements:

1. Changed GMRT Mercator base resolution to 128.
2. Updates to make GeoMapApp compatible with https.

Bug Fixes:

1. Fixed the Contribute Data link.
2. Fixed the cruise list to only display cruises with tracklines in the current map window in the Bathymetry, Gravity and Magnetics portal.
3. Fixed some MGD77 import issues.
4. Color Scale bar in the Overlays menu now properly refelects the color range in the map window for GMRT basemap.
5. Import tabular data: Segment separator and comment records now identified and ignored.
6. Fixed issue with displayed number of grid nodes during grid import.
7. Fixed issue with re-opening the Ocean Floor Drilling portal after switching projections.
8. Fixed issues with digitized horizons appearing in the wrong place in both the Analog and Digital Seismic portals when viewed with certain displays with the Mac version of GMA.
9. Refined the precision of the start and end coordinates in the Profile Tool.

Enhancements:

1. Improvements to the Analog and Digital Seismic Portals, including the ability to edit loaded horizons.
2. Added the ability to save the Color Scale overlay.
3. New option to save underway data in CSV format in the Bathymetry, Gravity and Magnetics portal.
4. Can now import an MGD77 Header file without a corresponding data file in the Bathymetry, Gravity and Magnetics portal.
5. Added the ability to color and scale multiple tabular datasets in the same session.
6. Location/Timing of Seafloor Earthquakes and Volcanoes portal: Animations can now be saved in either MPEG4 or Quicktime (.mov) formats.
7. A NoData value can now be manually specified when importing grids.

Bug Fixes:

1. Updated checksum generation code to be compatible with Java 9+.

Enhancements:

1. Notarized DMG file to comply with Apple's latest security standards.
2. Mac version of applictaion now comes packaged with Java 15.

Bug Fixes:

1. Fixed ESRI and Polar ASCII grid import errors.
2. Fixed external URLs for PetDB Portal.
3. Fixed issue with Distance Scale bar when switching projections.
4. Fixed issue with Preview Cruise functionality.
5. Fixed issue with Country Boundaries overlay.
6. Fixed SEGY processing functions.
7. Fixed GMRT grid loads for Guatemala and Sicily.
8. Added contour line bolding to Save Session.
9. Fixed issues with Save Session ordering and projection switching.
10. Fixed flag code for Germany in credits.
11. Fixed horizontal lines in Analog Seismic Profile reloaded horizons.
12. Fixed control file caching issue in Multibeam Portal.

Enhancements:

1. Improved load time for Multibeam Portal.
2. Updated Underway Portal code to handle MGD77 tabbed files.
3. Enhancements to Preview Cruise functionality.
4. Include GMA version number in log messages.
5. Display number of nodes during Grid Import.
6. Added option to flip grids vertically during import.

Bug Fixes:

1. Removed commas in saved digitized segment files.
2. Set mask to only be controlled by the mask button, not by the transparency of a grid layer.
3. Fixed issue with contributed grid units.
4. Fixed issue with re-saving an imported saved session.
5. Fixed issue with importing grids that cross the Greenwich Meridian.
6. Fixed issue with importing NetCDF files where the COARDS compliant flag is not in the first line of the Global Attributes.
7. Added logging of data and image downloads and saves.
8. Fixed issue that causes 'illegal reflective access operation' warning messages when using Java 9 or higher.
9. Fixed various issues with Digital and Analog Seismic portals.
10. Fixed broken link on Seafloor Earthquakes and Volcanic Eruptions portal.
11. Updated PetDB Catalog.
12. Updated Grid Composer logic.
13. Updated startup page.
14. Updated Symantec code-signing certificate so Webstart version will now work again.

Bug Fixes:

1. Fixed issues with table save options.
2. Fixed some data table import issues.
3. Can now save large XSLX files.
4. Fixed so that MGD77 files can be downloaded from the At Sea disk, or from online.
5. Fixed issues with Profile Window.
6. Fixed issues with netCDF grid imports, including some more helpful error messages.
7. Fixed Mask issues.
8. Fixed issues with Inset Map
9. Fixed zoom logic around Greenwich Meridian.
10. Clear all portal settings when portal Close button is clicked.
11. Fixed issues with MCS Seismic portal.
12. Release GMRT grid when Digitizer is closed.
13. Handle URL redirects.
14. Fixed issue with Rivers Overlay.
15. Fixed issue with Ocean Floor Drilling portal.
16. Should now work on Hi DPI Windows screens.
17. .GMA/layers folder will be deleted when a new version of GMA is installed, since format changes to the saved session XML file in new releases can leave old files incompatible.
18. Fixed issues with Saved Session imports, including handling broken URLs in any of the layers.
19. Fixed issue with the Color Scale Bar when importing a Saved Session.
20. Fixed issue with Survey Planner tool with lines that wrap around the viewing area.

Enhancements:

1. New direction circles added to Survey Planner which can be used to determine the direction in which additional lines can be added.
2. Added the ability to choose between plotting Great Circles or Straight Lines to both the Digitizer and the Survey Planner.
3. Added functionality to lift pen when drawing tracks from an imported table. Individual segments can be drawn in different colors.
4. Modified to keep Contours fully visible whilst the opacity slider is used to change grid opactity.
5. Contours can now be bolded at user-specified intervals.
6. Added new functionality for logging usage statistics.

New Functionality:

1. A new portal: GPS Velocity Vectors. Allows geodetic velocity solutions to be drawn on the map. Choose from the built-in UNAVCO geodetic data sets or import your own velocity solutions.
2. Added Create Waypoints and Import Waypoints to the Waypoints and Survey Planner portal.

Bug Fixes:

1. Profile tool lifts pen at data gaps.
2. The default color palette is now applied to all loaded grids.
3. The Info button has been fixed for tabular data sets.
4. The Info button has been fixed for WMS layers.
5. The Icon button has been fixed for WMS layers.
6. Fixed issues with displaying WFS data sets in polar projections.
7. In the Shapefile Manager window, fixed so that a polygon can be selected by clicking inside it.
8. Profile tool can now handle multiple profiles with the same name.
9. Attempting to save an imported session will display a warning message.
10. The Save Session function has been improved to better handle layering options and symbol configurations.
11. Elevation Data Sources credit dialog updates for Marine.
12. Switching projections now correctly disposes any loaded data sets and tear-off menu windows before the new projection is displayed.
13. Fixed so that Bathymetry portal can be loaded from the AT SEA disk.
14. General tidying up of code base.

Enhancements:

1. Major redesign of the Digitizer tool. The interface should now be more intuitive. Digitized points can now be interactively edited, re-ordered, dragged on the map and deleted, and digitized segments can be appended.
2. Imported grids in netCDF format can now have Z values in float or double-precision format, corresponding to the GMT nd and nf formats.
3. Mac version of GeoMapApp now comes bundled with Java 8. This allows for https WMS and WFS services to be accessed.
4. Reorganization of GMRT SHA1 hash value storage means GMA can more easily handle GMRT releases.
5. The option to color, scale or graph tabular data sets is now easier to use – only valid numerical columns are listed in the drop-down menus.

Bug Fixes:

1. Fixed log messages for Grid Import so that they display in the Import Grid text area.
2. Fixed keyboard shortcuts for Macs.
3. Fix to not display progress bar if we can't get the content-length when importing a URL.
4. Fix bug preventing the removal of certain Overlays once loaded.
5. Fix for bug in WFS XML parsing code that prevented the PRR core sample table from being displayed correctly.
6. Fix for bug that was preventing units from being correctly displayed in the top bar.
7. Fix for bug in WMS XML parsing code that prevented WMS Geolog maps from importing from a Saved Session.

Enhancements:

1. Grid Imports
   • During Grid Import, made it clear that activity is ongoing with a "Please Wait" message and a series of "."s expanding every 2s.
   • Display an error message if the imported file is of an incorrect or obsolete format, with a link to the Importing Data FAQ page.
   • If the header information for a file contains values that indicate UTM projection (xmax > 360, ymax > 90), then open Projection Dialog with UTM already selected.
   • Color the Zone textfield in yellow until a valid input is entered (1-60).
   • Move the Hemisphere radio buttons to just below the Zone textfield and set all UTM fields to only be visible when UTM is selected.
   • Display Out Of Memory error message if import throws a Heap Memory exception.
   • Added preference option to generate logs when importing grids.
   • Automatically update min/max Z values for multiple grids if the values are changed using the Edit option. Also updated text to say "Select to Import All Grids At Once".
2. Color Palettes
   • Addded a new color palette - "allen".
   • For the additional color palette buttons, stretched the palette image across the entire width of the button.
   • When changing palette, set the new range to be the same as the previous one.
3. Added support for https:// URLs throughout.
4. Profile Tool
   • If the drawn profile does not cross the active grid, display a message saying this in the Profile window.
   • Multiple Profile Plotting:
   The Global and Contributed Grids dialog windows have been combined to a single Loaded Grids dialog. Clicking on the Profile Tool button on the main toolbar will display Plot Profile checkboxes on the bottom right of each grid Layer Panel in the Layer Manager. These are checked by default. Vertically stacked profiles will be drawn for up to 4 grids that have their Plot Profile checkboxes checked.
   • Profile tool activation has been consolidated into the single Profile Tool button in the toolbar.
5. The Grid Toggle button has been redefined to only toggle the GMRT grid.
6. Clicking Digitizer button will now disable zoom, pan and the profile tool.
7. Save Sessions
   • Added support for saving Overlays
   • Saved sessions can now be restored with the order of the layers retained.

Bug Fixes:

1. Replaced JFileChoosers with FileDialogs in Digital Seismic portal as there were reports of the former causing application freezes.
2. Fixed a bug that prevented global and contributed grid data sets froms loading in North and South Polar projections.
3. Fixed two bugs related to setting the color or scale size of data points in tables that contain empty or partially filled columns.
4. Fixed a bug to correctly reload color palettes if multiple grids are saved using the Save Session functionality

Enhancements:

1. Added functionality to allow users to define Z value units and data type when importing a grid.

Bug Fixes:

1. Fixed a typo in the WMS error message.
2. Fixed a bug that prevented the graph window for tabular data from resizing correctly.
3. Fixed to only show the "Points Displayed" number for the currently selected tabular dataset.
4. Fixed bug that affected the coloring of tabular data points if the data is resorted by column.
5. Fixed bug that displayed a red square at (0,0) when any Bathymetry portal profile is scrolled to the right edge.
6. Fixed Save Palette so that palette is only saved to file and/or added to Palette Menu if checkboxes are checked.
7. Fixed the z-value displayed at the top of the window when a global grid is loaded to account for wrapping of the map bounds.
8. Fixed Save Sessions so that the current projection only is saved in the XML file. When the session is imported, GMA will switch to the new projection if required. Also fixed it so that imported sessions will only be added once to the My Layer Sessions menu, no matter how many times you import them.
9. Fixed issues with the Global Map Inset when a saved session is imported.
10. Fixed so that the Zoom To Layer button appears in the Layer Manager for built-in WMS layers which include WESN values.
11. Fixed code to display the correct legends for WMS data layers.
12. Fixed to load correct GDEM content at high zoom levels (>2048x and >8195x).
13. Fixed text entry problems with Grid Import UTM Zone text box.

Enhancements:

1. Added functionality to flip the color scale for a colored tabular data set.
2. Added a new Scale Legend Dialog for a scaled tabular data set. Also set both the scale and color legends to save as PNGs, rather than JPEGS, to improve resolution. Also improved rounding for both legends.
3. Added line thickness and line type options (solid/dashed/dotted/dash-dotted) for track lines in the tabular data Configure dialog.
4. Added a Plot column to tabular data that allows user to deselect individual data rows. Data points are removed from the map and graphs if deselected.
5. Made cells editable for imported tables only. Update XY position of a data point if lat/lon changed and repaint the map. Also repaint the map after any other data changed, so no need to Plot Refresh to update colors/scale. All edits update the map automatically.
6. For imported tables that have been set to editable, you can now drag data points to new locations on the map. The table will automatically update with new lat/lon values.
7. Added Preferences option to switch longitude range to either -180 to +180, or 0 to 360. Set the former as default. This affects the longitudes returned to the table when dragging a data point across the map. Applied to Polar projections too.
8. Added a Save Displayed Profile button to the Bathymetry/Grav/Mag portal. Added a legend explaining the meaning of yellow and red tracks.
9. Added capability to import MGD77T files in Bathymetry portal.
10. Improved the display of tracks in Bathymetry portal. If the width of the data set is less than the width of the viewport, stretch the x-axis to fit the width of the viewport. Set to only display portions of the profile that are visible in the map window. Added an autoscale option to automatically scale the displayed data to fill the viewport without scrolling. This is updated as you zoom or scroll the map. The scaling is based on the track currently visible on the map.
11. Introduced a cross-hair cursor for drawing profile lines.
12. Added more choices for GMA grid color palettes. Added a More Palettes option in the grid dialog that will open up a new window with all available palettes. Can click on any to use. Also added the extra color palettes to the Color dialog for tables.
13. Improved Save Sessions functionality to store all the parameters needed to recreate a displayed data table (symbol colors, sizes, etc). Also applied to grids so that color palettes and other settings can be saved and restored.
14. GMRT version number is now read from a file on the server or AT_SEA disk, allowing greater flexibility when updating GMRT.
15. Removed cached GMRT tile images from GeoMapApp. Images are now always downloaded from the server, allowing changes to the GMRT grid without requiring an update to GeoMapApp.

New Functionality:

1. Survey Planner Portal (Beta):
A limited functionality Beta Survey Planner Waypoints Portal provides track line distances and sailing times. Multiple parallel survey tracks can be generated automatically.

Note:

1. Java digital security certificate has been updated.

Bug Fixes:

1. Mask for the South and North poles did not load properly or focus when the mask was turned on. This issue has been fixed.
2. Loading of portals or tabluar menu items are now more uniform in the zooming actions and are less sporadic.

Enhancements:

1. The new DataLayers menu consolidates the wide range of built-in global, regional, and local geoscience data sets that were originally listed under the Basemaps and Datasets menus in earlier versions of GeoMapApp. The consolidation allows the DataLayers menu to be structured more intuitively and managed more efficiently. The old-style menus are now frozen and no longer maintained but remain available for use with older versions of GeoMapApp.
2. The Zoom Undo function has been expanded to capture the four most recent zoom actions.
3. The Session Manager (Save Session) has been enhanced and offers a basic ability to store, share, and re-use an instance of a GeoMapApp session. Saving a session (File > Session Manager) captures limited features that include the loaded built-in data layers, layer transparency, map location, and zoom level. It also captures any loaded data portal. The captured information is stored as a small XML file that can be shared with colleagues and students. When a saved session file is imported, GeoMapApp automatically zooms to the geographical area and displays the data layers. A saved session could be shared with a class to allow every student to open GeoMapApp at exactly the same starting point with the same data layers loaded and the same area displayed. When using GeoMapApp to generate a figure for publication, storing the session could be useful for later re-use.
4. New status bar when loading the Analog Seismic Reflection Profiles portal
5. The GMA download for the new version pop up has changed behavior. Users are pointed to the download webpage to activate the download from the browser instead of a direct download from the application.

Bug Fixes:

1. File Import: Grid Import navigation window for Mac users is correctly displayed.
2. Loading certain menu items the map will unexpectedly jump to another area. This is corrected.
3. A broken WFS URL for EarthChem has been corrected.
4. South Polar mask is displayed beyond zoom 1

Enhancements:

1. Versign secutiry ticket updated for Windows executable, webstart and .jar executable.
2. The Earthquake Focal Mechanisim Soultions Portal is updated with data from Jan 1976 to Apr 2015.
3. The Earthquake Focal Mechanisim Soultions Portal GUI has more information displayed for the user.
4. The information warning message about limitation of points displayed on the map for tabular datasets is made more clear.

Bug Fixes:

1. Excel: First column numerical-only values or mixed alpha-numerical values now import correctly for Excel .xlsx and .xls files.
2. Excel .xlsx and .xls libraries packets updated.
3. Excel: A blank first row last cell caused failure of display of last column. This is now fixed so the last column is correctly displayed.
4. Spreadsheets and Data Tables: Placing a "#" symbol as the first character in the first column of any data row should trigger the omission of the row.

Bug Fixes:

1. Profile tool will now always have two or more annotation labels in the y-axis
2. XYZ values fixed in being displayed in profile tool window on different operating systems
3. South Polar Radar Portal AGAP dataset fixed.
4. Small changes to Save Session Menu Items
5. Tabular Graph function now displays file name extension for saved image
6. Clean up the GUI for various GeoMapApp Portals

Enhancements:

1. The GMRT base map images now load faster in all projections allowing the map to be refreshed more quickly when zooming and panning. Additionally, the underlying GMRT grids are provided at greater precision.
2. Updated GeoMapApp for Java 7.
3. Code sign GeoMapApp with Trusted Apple Developer ID for Mac .dmg downloads.
4. Clean up and improve Mac .dmg installer
5. When importing tabular data files, GeoMapApp now treats lines that begin with a '#' symbol as a comment. Importing data tables GUI has been cleaned up further.
6. Clean up WFS GUI interface
7. Lock display area for contributed grid window

New Functionality:

1. A new Undo Last Zoom action is now available in the application. The new feature can be found on the main map toolbar next to the zoom out icon. When you have zoomed anywhere on the map by mistake clicking this new Undo Last Zoom icon will undo your zoom history once. If you trigger an automatic zoom in the application by opening a menu item you can now go back to the last map view.

Bug Fixes:

1. Updated WFS connections.

Bug Fixes:

1. At the bottom of the window frame, Elevation Data Sources can be listed, with updated country flags showing the nations that have contributed data for the GMRT elevation model.
2. The Ocean Drilling portal is now correctly released when closed.
3. The importing of NetCDF grid in .grd or .nc format now imports multiple grid properly. Also lets users know the wesn range of entire import.
4. The location of saved files now defaulting to a user's home directory
5. When importing a ESRI formatted shapefile bug is corrected for user to change the color in the shapefile manager.
6. ixes to correctly display the red-green-blue colours of an imported spreadsheet or data table.. Also format your cells for the RGB column as text.
7. Some columns did not sort properly in the windows platform. This is fixed, now all columns in the datatable sort with either Windows/Mac platforms.
8. Tool tip information was also updated

Enhancements:

1. The GMRT base map Tiles load sequentially allowing the map to be refreshed more quickly when zooming and panning.
2. Save Sessions/Import Sessions functionality allows users to store and re-use an instance of a GeoMapApp session. Saving a session captures the loaded data layers and the map display area. When a session is imported, the application automatically zooms to the pre-set area and loads the data layers.
3. Improvements made to the loading/importing data sets and decimation of points allows better control of the number of points plotted on the map.
   1. If a data set contains more than 20,000 records, a user is given the choice to plot all points (potentially impacting graphics card performance) or to plot a geographically-decimated subset of the points (may not display all valid points).
   2. When importing ASCII data from a URL, the import function prompts the user if the data set has more than 100,000 points.
4. The availability of Tear-Off Menus is highlighted at the top of each menu - when clicked, a separate menu navigation window helps users quickly navigate within the built-in data sets and functions.
5. Progress bars and status messages for the Multibeam Swath Bathymetry portal have been updated. Once loaded, the Multibeam Swath Bathymetry portal is cached automatically, making subsequent loading times very fast.

Bug Fixes:

1. The new Projection Menu located between the 'Windows' and 'Help' menus now works properly. This menu allows users to switch between the Mercator, south polar or north polar projections without restarting the application.
2. The importing of grids in grd98 format for big-endian files has been fixed. This option can be found on the File Menu> Import a 2-D Grid File> From Local File System Gird File. A drop-down list of different grid formats to import will appear, choose the GRD98 format.
3. When importing a grid the information button on the top right provides header information to the user. It will now also alert users if an imported grid file has no readable header information.
4. The Lasso Tool is fixed for all tabular data and for use within the PetDB portal.
5. Ocean Drilling portal - selecting a drill site no longer causes errors or freezes the portal.
6. The zoom-to-region functionality now works when selecting these menu items:
   1. Basemaps > Geological Maps
   2. Overlays > Watersheds (HydroSHEDS)
   3. Basemaps > Regional Maps > North Atlantic Ocean
   4. Basemaps > Regional Maps > North America
   5. Basemaps > Regional Maps > Pacific
   6. Basemaps > Regional Maps > Mediterranean and Black Seas
   7. Basemaps > NOAA Nautical Charts (not for navigation)

Enhancements:

1. Improvements to the Multibeam Swath Bathymetry Portal: The portal now updates the cache automatically when there is a new version available. Users can still manually refresh, clear or disable caching via the File > Preferences > Cache Options menu.
2. The Earthquake Focal Mechanism portal has been updated to include data from May 2012 to August 2013.
3. User instructions for importing Shapefiles, 2-D Grids, Tables and Spreadsheets have been updated. See the Import Data Format Requirements page, located under File > file type.
4. Changed terminology for the sun illumination section of the Global and Contributed Grids windows from Declination to Azimuth and Inclination to Altitude.

Bug Fixes:

1. The Bathymetry, Gravity and Magnetic Anomaly Profiles Portal the USAP/Antarctic Tracks are now loading.
2. Opening he "Digitize Latitude, Longitude and Depth" icon on the main map toolbar the Digitizer panel on the right is fixed to be in view on start up.
3. The South Georgia Bathymetry (south polar projection) and Ross Sea Davey (south polar and mercator projections) grids are now available.
4. Cleanup of unnecessary nested borders on the main map window of GeoMapApp.

Enhancements:

1. Excel spreadsheets ( .xls/.xlsx ) with simple addition, subtraction, division and multiplication included in the cells can now be imported into GeoMapApp.
2. Reduction of unnecessary dialog boxes and user clicks when importing Excel formatted file (.xls or .xlsx).
3. The Excel import does not support importing Excel 5.0/95 (BIFF5) spreadsheets. An error dialog has been added to inform users of the error.
4. Icons on the main tool bar in GeoMapApp have been updated.
5. The WMS has been upgraded to handle version 1.3.0. If users want to use a certain version (1.1.1 or 1.3.0) they can indicate that in their WMS GetCapabilities URL otherwise it is up to the default setting of the WMS server they connect to.
6. Profile Tool box has been enhanced with the following items:
   1. Changed the Help button to a menu item.
   2. Removed Vertical Exaggeration slider.
   3. Decreased the decimal place value from 3 to 1.
   4. North, East, South and West drop downs have been hidden on startup until the user chooses the Degrees & Decimal Minutes option.
7. For the Contributed Grids dialog box, the default action has been set to lock the map view from zooming. Users must unlock the zooming feature to zoom in or out.

New Functionality:

1. Projection Menu Item (Beta):
1. A new Projection menu item has been added and can found before the Help Menu item on the main GeoMapApp window. This allows users to switch projection without restarting the application. If a user is on one projection they have the option to switch to one of the other two projections. For example if the user is on the Mercator projection they will have the option to switch to the North or South projections.

Note:

1. Java digital security certificate has been updated from 07/2013 - 08/2015.

Bug Fixes:

1. Users who import their own custom Excel sheet can create a RGB column which specifies the comma separated rgb color code of a particular map point. This GeoMapApp functionality is now fixed.

Bug Fixes:

1. The location of certain save file features now defaults to the user's home directory.

Enhancements:

1. Compatibility issues with .xls and .xlsx formats from Microsoft Excel 2011 have been addressed.
2. GMRT Grid with version number to appear in the layer manager in place of Global Multi Resolution Topography (GMRT) layer name.

Bug Fixes:

1. For GeoMapApp application on a linux environment any buttons or links from the application to call on a internet browser window for opening a URL page would produce a error. This has been fixed.
2. When 2 contributed grids are open if the user is zoomed into one grid for viewing and proceed to toggle to the other view, after enabling the lock icon the map will not zoom back out to the world view.
3. The option for saving a high resolution image will appear only when the GMRT Grid is active otherwise this option is disabled.

Enhancements:

1. Improved Caching of Menus: Validation of syntax to detect corruption of xmls in cache. Corruption might happen if a user clicks abort on startup of GMA. This is addressed, if there is a corruption in the cache the application switches to fetch xml on server. New cache options in the preference panel will give user control to clear the menus cache.
2. Several look and feel changes to the PetDb Portal GUI for better user control. Corrected decimal place bug when displaying values on the data columns.
3. Profile Tool Imporvements: Slider scales to current vertical exaggeration. Slider range is labeled. A drop down was added to select between decimal degrees and decimal minutes. Added return key functionality to the text boxes for the endpoints. Added dropdown boxes for North, South, East and West directions. New help button text for the Profile Tool.
4. When loading any tabular data menu item a 2nd progress bar shows the loading of the file with the size.
5. Added the ability to display a color legend for datasets. User can save the legend as a .jpeg.

New Functionality:

1. Portals Cache for Multibeam Bathymetry Portal: In the File menu under Preferences menu in the Cache Options tab a user can enable the cache for the Multibeam Bathymetry Portal. The cache for this portal will work with all three projections of the map. New cache options in the preference panel will give user control to clear the portals cache.

Bug Fixes:

1. In the Digital Seismic Reflection portal, bounding boxes of expeditions that cross the international date line have been corrected. The ability to right click to select an expedition with a bounding box nested within other bounding boxes has been added.3. The ability to right click and select bounding boxes within another bounding box has been corrected.
2. Within the Ocean Floor Drilling Portal, the Add Graph button can be activated again if the user chooses to not complete adding a graph. This is located in the section of viewing the core measurements for a selected hole. Also the width of the pop up menu in the Add Graph functionality has been expanded.

Enhancements:

1. The PetDB portal now includes recent data samples through March 2012. The controls for data selection within the portal have been simplified and certain non-relevant categories were removed.
2. The Focal Mechanism Solutions portal activated once again. The plotted Centroid Moment Tensors (beachballs) have been improved but the portal is still under construction.
3. Under the Save Map as Grid menu selection we have added an option to save the grid with a higher resolution.
4. Within the Distance/Profile tool user can specify the Lat/Lon positions of start and end points. A slider bar has replaced the text box to control the Vertical Exaggeration of the graph.
5. Tabular Data symbols now include selections, circle, square, triangle and star. This can be found within the configuration section of a data table under the shapes drop down.

Note:

1. Java digital security certificate has been updated.

Enhancements:

1. Enhance cache menus logic for those users who don't allow caching

Bug Fixes:

1. Fixed excel table imports for .xlsx
2. Fixed table export issues on selected points.
3. When the Bathymetry, Gravity and Magnetic Profiles portal is selected, the NGDC (default) track lines appear.
4. Bathymetry, Gravity and Magnetic Anomaly Profiles the download data button is functional. Will download to user desktop as a .a77 file.
5. North or South polar projection, when any grid is loaded, the action of changing the color palette range in the Global/Contributed Grid window will now change colors on the map.
6. Multibeam Swath Bathymetry portal selection from the cruise list dropdown now loads ping data for download.
7. Save jpg or png of a graphed tabular data now prompts the user to have the proper file extensions before saving.

Enhancements:

1. Start up map images are bundled with the application.
2. Tiles of zoom level 1, level 2 and level 4 are bundled with the application. Level 8 only for mercator.
3. Excel files as .xls can now read in Date formatted cells. Will show proper 24hr time versus the 12 hr time along with the date.
4. Additional data progress bars for interaction within the portal is added to the portals, Earthquake Locations, Epicenter Depths and Magnitudes, Analog Seismic Reflection Profile and Bathymetry, Gravity and Magnetic Profiles
5. Added high resolution jpeg images to ntarctica's Gamburtsev Province Project (AGAP).
6. Made download options restricted/ grayed out to available data in Digital Seismic Reflection Profiles portal and Radar Profiles of Antarctic Ice Thickness portal,. (Bug reported, tested by DP)
7. Allowed for the downloading of mat and nc files in the Radar Profiles of Antarctic Ice Thickness portal
8. Redirected Digital Seismic Reflection Profiles portal SEGY downloads to the website.
9. Redirected Radar Portal data downloads to the website.
10. Added SCAR Seismic Data Library System (SDLS) lines to the Digital Seismic Reflection Profiles

New Functionality:

1. A new portal, Search Expedition Data, provides a searchable map-based cruise track interface. A range of search parameters allows the user to filter the cruise tracks on display. Users can choose from the type of data collected, ship name, cruise ID, date range, funding source, and the name of chief scientist or other member of the science party. Simple boolean logic permits multiple search parameters to refine the results, and linked web pages provide additional information and downloadable cruise data.
2. We've added Menus Caching, a new optimization feature to reduce the start up time of the application. GeoMapApp will detect if the user has the latest set of menus and will proceed to load and cache them. After the initial caching GeoMapApp will start noticeably more quickly until it detects a new set of menu items. We've also bundled tiles of zoom level one, level two and level four with the application on all three projections and added level eight for the Mercator projection.

Bug Fixes:

1. Fix PetDB Portal was not functional. The bug was introduced in version 3.1.4

Enhancements:

1. Update splash image for South Polar and North Polar projections on startup

Bug Fixes:

1. Includes an important bug fix for proper loading of the global GMRT grid at the zoom levels 1 and 2
2. The map window digitizer tool has been updated to load the Global Multi-Resolution Topography (GMRT) elevation grid on start up as the default grid.
3. Within the Save Map Window, fixed the 'No' button to preform the close action instead of continuing to save.
4. A bug associated with switching between the Zoom and Digitize a Reflector tools has been fixed.
5. In the Earthquake Locations and Epicenters portal 'Get More Info' button is no longer hidden behind the Legend box in the right side panel

Enhancements:

1. Update NETCDF library to 4.2
2. Updated the Import a 2D Grid file feature to accept .nc format and can import NetCDF-4 grids and NetCDF-3 grids.
when importing a grid, a More Info button displays the file details of your .nc (.grd file extension also accepted) grid.
3. The Radar portal (for South Polar projection), Digital Seismic Reflection Profiles portal and Analog Seismic Reflection Profiles portal have been updated with a new feature to enable users to load files of previously digitized horizons from a radar or seismic line.
4. A major new radar dataset from the US-British AGAP survey of Antarctica has been added to the South Polar Radar portal.
5. Update splash image for Mercator, South Polar and North Polar projections on startup

New Functionality:

1. One added feature is the ability to import a Excel file (.xlsx) even with formulas in the cells. This was not possible in the previous versions of GMA

Bug Fixes:

1. Remove USGS Industry section in the Digital Seismic Reflection Profiles portal.
2. Fix PetDB Compiled Chemistry section was not displaying results. The bug was introduced in version 3.1.0

Bug Fixes:

1. Improved loading of the global GMRT grid at resolutions higher than the global view.

Enhancements:

1. The 'Multi-Channel Seismic Reflection Profiles' Portal has been renamed to 'Digital Seismic Reflection Profiles' and the 'Single-Channel Seismic Reflection Profiles' Portal to 'Analog Seismic Reflection Profiles'
2. Updated the'Locations and Timing of Seafloor Earthquakes and Volcanic Eruptions' portal to reflect the most current seismicity catalogs provided by the PMEL hydroacoustic database. We've also /included a new menu option to view local seismicity episodes as provided by the PMEL database.
3. Updated the 'Multi-Channel Seismic Reflection Profiles'portal to /include new options to access seismic data (both multi channel and single channel) from the USGS. The portal has also been updated with the most recently released stacked and migrated profiles within the holdings of the UTIG and LDEO Academic Seismic Portal.

Bug Fixes:

1. An option to apply a scaling factor upon grid import.
2. An option to import a grid in ESRI acsii format.
3. Profiling tool for contributed grids can deselect when the main tool bar items are selected

Enhancements:

1. This release represents a major upgrade to the base topography dataset accessible through GeoMapApp to /include the GMRT 2.0, with greatly expanded coverage in the oceans, and the ASTER and NED topography datasets for the global land masses.
2. Removal of the two fingers zoom on the Mac 'track pad'.

Bug Fixes:

1. Zoom Icon:
   1. When zoom button option is selected the zoom by drag black rectangle outline is restored.
2. North and South Polar Projections:
   1. Show/Hide grid dialog loading is restored.
   2. Color bar is updating properly when different grids are opened.
3. Gravity Magnetics Portal:
   1. When users select a track line and zoom or pan the highlighted track line no longer disappears.

Enhancements:

1. GMA Tools: Zoom function
   1. In addition to zoom by click of mouse after selecting the zoom icons the default zoom with mouse scroll wheel is enabled.
   2. On the Mac 'track pad' we can zoom with the 2 fingers in a top to bottom motion. Fingers toward the screen moves you in for zoom. Fingers away from the screen moves you out for zoom.
   3. Speed of zooming with scrollwheel or track pad adjusts with variable speed.
2. WFS and WMS:
   1. Interface has been updated. No longer freezes or crashes GMA when a service cannot be reached. User can continue using GMA while thread is executing. More message prompts for the user.
3. WMS:
   1. Info and zoom to icons on layers are enabled if it is available in the WMS. Info buttons will  link back to either the DataURL tag or the MetaDataURL tag of the loaded layer. Zoom to icons appear for those layers with a specified LatLonBoundingBox tag.
4. Graphics:
   1. Flags graphics has been updated.
5. Grid Dialog:
   1. Interface has been updated. Slight changes in placement.
6. Help Menu:
   1. How to Cite GMA section has been added to help users of GMA have the correct citation.

New Functionality:

1. Windows Menu:
   1. Dynamic Windows menu helps manage all currently opened child windows. Its displays a list and upon selecting will help bring to front the hidden window. This /includes those which are minimized and docked.
2. Color Palette:
   1. Delete a custom color palette: Users are now able to delete those custom color palettes from GMA.
   2. Export a custom color palette: Users are able to export the .lut file to their desktop or file directory of choice.
   3. Import a custom color palette: Users are able to import a .lut file into GMA.
3. Lock and Unlock Icon:
   1. Lock a color palette with ranges in place.When a palette is imported it automatically default to lock for the user. Zooming or panning will keep the same color palette with specified ranges locked. Click on the icon for locking or unlocking.

Bug Fixes:

1. Single Channel Reflection Profile Portal cruise name changed C0707-C2117 to be RC0707-RC2117.

Enhancements:

1. GMA Tools: Zoom function
   1. In addition to zoom by click of mouse after selecting the zoom icons the default zoom with mouse scroll wheel is enabled.
   2. On the Mac 'track pad' we can zoom with the 2 fingers in a top to bottom motion. Fingers toward the screen moves you in for zoom. Fingers away from the screen moves you out for zoom.
   3. Speed of zooming with scrollwheel or track pad adjusts with variable speed.
2. GMA Tools: Pan function
   1. New pan grab hand is /included.
   2. In addition to pan by click of mouse after selecting the pan icon the default pan with right mouse click is enabled.
   3. Pan is also enabled if the user holds down the space bar and moves the mouse or Mac 'track pad'.
   4. On the Mac 'track pad' if your model has the Secondary Click option you can substitute this for the space bar.
3. Layer Manager:
   1. On each layer within the layer manage the opacity slider indicates dynamic opacity values within the tool tip
4. Disclaimer:
   1. A disclaimer is added to the 'Choose a Base Map Projection' window before entering the GeoMapApp program. Users must agree the displayed maps, images, and data tables are not to be used for navigation purposes.
5. File Import: Grids
   1. Functionality to edit the min and max on certain types of grids before importing into GMA. Currently enabled for .grd and .G98 formats.
   2. Portals: Multi-Channel Seismic Reflection Profiles
   3. The is a new section with USGS data
   4. After choosing a expedition will the option to choose a line appear.

New Functionality:

1. File Import: Microsoft Excel spreadsheets
1. 2007 and 2010 (.xlsx) format can now import in GMA.
2. Can save entire data table from GMA in .xlsx format.
3. Can save selected row entries in GMA in .xlsx format.
4. Microsoft 2007 and 2010 .xlsx spreadsheets differ from 2000 and earlier spreadsheets because of the xml format used in the .xlsx file type.

Bug Fixes:

1. NOAA PMEL Earthquake Animation portal layout is reorganized. Reset functionality is working. Behavior of histogram time window and play button behavior is fixed on MAC OS platform.
   Location: Portals -> Locations and Timing of Seafloor Earthquakes and Volcanic Eruptions
2. Bathymetry Data Credits item can be set visible / nonvisible.
   Location: Overlays -> Bathymetry Data Credits
3. Bathymetry, Gravity and Magnetic Anomaly Profiles portal is functional for GeoMapApp At Sea.
   Location: Portals -> Bathymetry, Gravity and Magnetic Anomaly Profiles
4. Removal of NASA Aster DEM Grid button on GeoMapApp Polar Projection views
   Location: Startup Select a Base Map Projection -> South or North Polar
5. Vertical Exaggeration function is now working on global and contributed grids other then GMRT and NASA grids.
   Location: On any Grid Dialog box for global or contributed grids panel -> V.E. text label
6. Alboran Sea grid item is currently working.
   Location: Basemaps ->Regional Grids -> Bathymetry -> Mediterranean, Marmara, Black and Caspian Seas -> Mediterranean -> Alboran Sea
7. PetDB portal layout is reorganized. Portal now correctly draws wrapped data points.
   Location: Portals -> PetDB (Composition of the Oceanic Volcano Crust)

Enhancements:

1. Scrollbar added to right panel which appears on the main map, such as a Data Table Tool Box
   Location: Datasets or Portals
2. Data Tables with a RGB column to color map points now extends to the graph function. A scatter plot will display the color points of the rgb values.
   Location: File -> Import Table or Spreadsheet, after loading in the Tool Box -> Graph (Lat vs Lon).
3. Radar Demo restored to South Polar View
   Location: Startup Select a Base Map Projection -> South Ploar -> Portals -> Radar Profiles of Antartic Ice Thickness
4. Info button to layers manager added to Human Settlements Night Lights overlay
   Location: Overlays -> Human Settlements Night Lights
5. 'GMRT grid' renamed to 'Global Multi-Resolution Topography (GMRT)' can now be accessed as a menu item.
   Location: Basemaps -> Global Grids -> Bathymetry and Topography -> Global Multi-Resolution Topography (GMRT)
6. The Grid Dialog for Global Grids list is now alphabetized
   Location: Show/Hide Grid dialog toggle button (12th icon) -> Drop down list
7. Global/Contributed dialog box, has a tool tip to describe l.o.t.Area, Elevation, Slope box layout has moved. Add one decimal value to the Mean Slope
8. Grid Dialog Continuous/ Discrete function, upon opening of Global/contributed Grids Dialog box the Continuous and Ocean toggles are always defaulted as selected.
   1. A 'Continuous:' label added next to the set coloring interval text box.
   2. Interval text box is now changed to say 0 upon opening.
   3. With the Continuous button selected if a user wants to change the value to anything above 0, for example 800, upon pressing return the toggle button will automatically change to select the discrete button. The label will also automatically change to discrete. The map will update and the histogram scale will update.
   4. As the user interacts with the text box for any value above 0, pressing return will update the map and histogram scale.
   5. If a user enters the value 0 or below while the discrete toggle is selected and presses return the continuous label will automatically be selected, the label will change to 'Continuous:' and the value in the text box will change to 0. The map and histogram scaler will update.
   6. If there is only interaction with the Continuous toggle button the default is always 0, the label will change to 'Continuous:' and the map and histogram scale will update.
   7. If there is only interaction with the Discrete toggle button the default is a dynamic interval according to range of histogram instead of the current static 1000 value, the label will change to 'Discrete:' and the map and histogram scale will update.
9. Control certain WFS servers on our list to disable our GMA Select Bounding Box List and default to the LatLongBoundingBox tag indicated in the get capabilities of that WFS server.
10. Check sums for SHA-1 and MD5 are now /included on our GeoMappApp Download links pages.

Bug Fixes:

1. Quitting GeoMapApp from the Mac menu bar is now enabled.
2. Menu items in USGS-NEIC Eathquake Locations are now plotting

New Functionality:

1. Added a NASA Worldwind DEM grid which is a merged DEM of the SRTM, ASTER, and the NED.
   Location: The new NASA icon is located on the main toolbar in GeoMapApp
   
2. Imported tables may now contain a column labeled polyline, which consists of a sequence of comma separated longitudes and latitudes that define a line (i.e., ship tracks or seismic profiles). A polyline will now show on a map window. Selecting the line will bring you to the row in the table.
3. The Grid dialog now shows the area of the viewports (ocean, land, and both), the mean elevation of the viewports (ocean, land, and both) and the mean slope of the viewports ocean, land, and both
4. The Global Grids and Contributed Grids dialog boxes now /include an Elevation and Slope (E/S) toggle button to show the distribution of the slope of the viewports (ocean, land, or both).
5. New warning icon in the Layer Manager for those layers with a warning message.

New Functionality:

1. WFS now implements a filter type and value if the selected feature has one (must scroll down selected feature to see). If the select feature has no filter type a grayed out box shows
   Location: File -> Import Dataset from Web Feature Service (WFS)

Enhancements:

1. Tool tips adjusted on tool bar
2. Tool tips adjusted on Global and Contributed Grids.
3. Layer Manager panel snaps back into screen view when pressing Layer Manager Icon.
4. Layer Manager panel has Minimize, Maximize, Close window.
5. Reposition Grid dialog box to open lower right of the screen and also bring window to front of view of GMA window.
6. Reposition Contributed Grid dialog box to open lower right of the screen and also bring window to front of view of GMA window.
7. Gray color scheme is hard to tell whether a tool icon on the GMA main map is selected. Enhanced the selected color. Also is enhanced when we first load GMA to select a projection.
8. Contributed Grids window changed behavior where the 'X' button on the frame does nothing. User can still minimize and maximize the frame. To close user must press the close button next to reload button which will remove the layer from the layer panel and also close the Contributed Grids frame. Similar to the Grids dialog behavior.
9. WMS:
1. Clean up overall look of window.
2. Add Default messages.
3. Behavior change. Does not connect on select but need to push connect.
4. Gives User messages on connecting and connected.
5. Load Layer gives Layer Manager the actual name of the loaded layer.
10. Layer Manager font size decrease.
11. Units and Data Type changes as users load a contributed grid.
1. Units display in 3 places and data type display in one place. On main map, after using the profile tool the Y-axis, and the color bar.
2. If a contributed grid and a global grid is open at the same time the units change on the main map. To plot with the profile tool: If both layers are visible the top most layer gets plotted. Otherwise selected one to be hidden from view.

Bug Fixes:

1. Color scale now changes colors when user adjusts palettes.
   Location: Overlays -> Color Scale or Any Basemaps which opens Global Grids/Contributed Grids -> Palettes
2. Change from email gma@marine-geo.org to email info@geomapapp.org
   Location: Help menu -> Comments and Suggestions
3. When choosing a station hitting 'Open PetDB web page for first selection'Root path has changed from http://www.petdb.org/petdbWeb/search/statn_info.jsp? to http://www.petdb.org/appsearch/statn_info.jsp?
   Location: Portals Menu -> PetDB
4. Broken link on 'Contribute your educational materials.
   Location: Education -> Contribute Your Educational Materials
5. Colorscale bar units changes for contributed grids. Location: Basemaps -> Global Grids -> Magnetic Anomalies ->EMAG2: Earth Magnetic Anomaly Grid (2-arc-minute resolution)
6. Colorscale bar units change for global grids
   Location: Show/Hide Grid Dialog Icon -> Drop down bar

New Functions and Improvements:

1. Bookmarks improvement:
   
1. Loads a bookmark for a first time user who never saved any bookmarks
2. When user saves bookmarks will update immediately into My Places folder
3. Tool tips for Bookmarks buttons added in Organize Your Bookmarks Section
4. .My Places' folder became 'My Saved Places'.
5. Browse/Organize Bookmarks has /includes a 'Show Bookmarked Places' checkbox which is synced with checkbox in the Main XML Menu Bar.
2. GMA -> File -> Preferences on changing Map Border Size or font and pressing ok no longer gives message "Please restart GeoMapApp for server settings to take effect"
3. GMA lat and longitude label density improved.
4. Under Datasets, within xls Link column that has url to data. Can now insert comments into the beginning of the data page (see example here and will still graph data. Comment must follow standards and be between regular expression /* */
5. GMA Change Overlay Menu 'Color Scale' to 'GMRT Color Scale'
6. Place info button on GMRT Image in Layers Panel and GMRT Grid Panel
7. Layer manager Startup width enlarged. If a user just clicks the Layers Manager Icon when the app first loads.
8. Tables GMA Screen 'Import Data Tables' change to 'Data Tables Tool Box' and 'Lasso Tools' change to 'Lasso Data'
9. All layers which uses the Data Tables will display "Data Table:" + Layer Name in the layer panel

Bug Fixes:

When loading a data table from a menu for the first time, the layer in the Layer Manage on a Mac OS 10.5+ no longer disappears

Datasets:

The LDEO core descriptions have been parsed for the Munsell color code of the topmost sediment unit. This code has been transformed to red, green, blue triplets that allow the actual sediment color to be rendered in the map window at the core location. This provides a view of the true color of the seabed. Three preliminary datasets have been added: one for the LDEO Core Repository data, a second for USGS samples along the US East Coast continental shelf from Maine to Florida and a third for global the dbSEABED collection. Sediment colors have been added in the Ocean Drilling Portal for the DSDP cores for Legs 1-96.

Additional geologic maps have been tiled and listed in the menus.

New Functions:

The ability to display symbols with colors extracted from red, green, blue triplets in a dataset column whose heading is required to be rgb.

The West, East, South, North bounds of all datasets can be displayed as bounding boxes in a map overlay when using tear-off menus. Only the locations of the data on that menu and all daughter menus are shown. Any layer can be invoked by clicking in the region of its bounding box.

A Zoom Button has been added to each layer in the Layer Manager. When pressed this button causes the map window to resize its content so as to just encompass the data pertaining to that layer.

When invoked, the Layer Manager opens in a location on the screen so that at least a part of the Layer Manger extends outside of the main Map Window.

Bug Fixes:

A fix has been made to now display selectable markers for all core photographs in the Ocean Drilling portal and not jut a single marker for the first core.

Sea-Going Version:

The sea-going version of GeoMapApp can now open all datasets residing in the shipboard database by replacing the path root of the URL with the ship's data server path.

Datasets

A selection of Geologic Maps (global) and Nautical Charts (US Coast) have been tiled and added to the database. They are listed in the Basemaps menu. The Geologic Maps and Nautical Charts are only viewable in GeoMapApp version 2.1.0 and later.

Menus

Moved the Menus for the Macintosh operating system from the previous fixed location at the top of the Main (default) computer screen (Mac OSX convention) to the top of the GeoMapApp map window so that the menus are always visible and travel with the application when the map window is moved to a second screen. This solves the disappearing menus complaint of many Mac users when other GeoMapApp secondary windows are open and selected.

Layer Manager

The layer manager has legend (when appropriate) and zoom-to buttons.

Proxy Server

Added functionality to automatically detect if the GeoMapApp application is being blocked by a local proxy server as it tries to open. If GeoMpapApp detects an opening issue, it presents a Dialog Box to permit the user to enter the IP address of the Proxy Server, the Port Number used by the server, and optionally (if needed) a user name and password. This information is saved in the GMA directory (folder) in the user's home directory to facilitate subsequent openings of the application.

Imagery

Imagery is obtained automatically from a Web Mapping Service or from pre-computed tiles just by selecting the item from a menu list. Images (geologic maps, nautical charts) appear as overlays with transparent borders and can be manipulated in the Layer Manager.

Add Image Overlay...

Functionality is providedin the File menu for a user to add their own image (jpeg, gif, png, bmp) (tiff not allowed) from the local file system as an overlay in the map window by providing the corrdinates of the image's west, east, south, north bounds and by checking an appropriate box to indicate whether the image is in Mercator of Geographic (latitude, longitude) projection. A user can also add an image from a local kmz file where the bounds are provided in the contained kml file. The kmz functionality is new and may present some problems with large and complex files.We recommend that you be patient as the image is loaded and processed and scaled to it proper location. Add Image Overlay is not available for the North and South Polar Projections.

Go To...

A "Go To" function has been added to the Bookmarks Menu. When selected the user is presented with a option box for entry of west, east, south, north bounds for the desired region. The "Go To" function is not available for the North and South Polar Projections.

Menus

Fixed issue with Menus being hidden when using resent veresions of MAC OSX Leopard 10.5.6 and 10.5.7

Stand-Alone Version

GeoMapApp has been coded so that the application can go to sea with all of its necessary data on a portable hardrive (500 GB). This fuctionality was successfully tested on the JOIDES RESOLUTION.

New Server

All datasets have been moved or copied to a new server (new.geomapapp.org). All new datasets are being added to this server.

Datasets for GeoMapApp version 1.7.8 are frozen. We encourage you to update to GeoMapApp Version 2.x.x at your convenience.

Added bathymetry tiles to the North Polar projection from IBCAO and Smith & Sandwell v10 predicted bathymetry gridded datasets. Added available multibeam bathymetry from Healy Arctic cruises. Added extensive CTD datasets for the Arctic Ocean..

Added WOCE datasets as CTD stations, bottle stations, maps at various depth intervals and cross-section profiles.

Projections

Added North Polar Sterographic Projection option.

Changed the menu design

The main menu items now consists of: File Basemaps Portals Datasets Focus_Sites Overlays Bookmarks Education and Help.

Basemaps: The Basemaps menu presents a cascading list of grids and images at both global and regional scales.This menu can also be torn off and parked elsewhere on the terminal screen. Available images /include geologic maps, nautical charts, ocean & land temperatures.

Portals: The Portals menu presents a list of special visualization interfaces.

Datasets: The Datasets menu lists primarily tabular datasets. This menu can also be torn off and parked separately from the main map nwindow.

Focus Sites: The Focus Sites menu organizes datasets according tio the National Science Foundation MARGIN and RIDGE2000 Programs. This menu can also be torn off and parked separately from the main map nwindow.

Overlays: The Overlays menu list datasets consisting of polylines and unfilled polygons, such as coastlines, lakes and rivers, country boundaries, watersheds, etc.

Bookmarks: The Bookmarks menu allows an user to save the coordinates of the current map window either for the session or permanently in a file. This functionality allows one to return to a saved area. The saved bookmarks can be opened from a tear-off menu.

Education: The Education menu presents a choice of a few related educational web sites.

Help: The Help menu allows selection of a help "cookbook" and a link to tutorial movies. We are in the progress of updating the tutorials to GeoMapApp version 2.x.x.

Note: The menus are implimented from a set of xml files. This method allows us to continuallyb add new grids, imagery, tabular data, and overlays without the need to re-compiled the program.

Layer Manager

There is now a separate Layer Manager window that can be opened with the rightmost button on the toolbar or from the Overlays menu. Layers can be shuffled up and down in this window and their transparency changed with a slider bar. The layers can be turned on and off individually or removed. Each opened layer contains an info button to view the souce and citation information of the dataset using a separate browser window.

 

***** IMPORTANT FIXES *****

-Fixed a problem with database indexing that was causing issues with remote access.

-Fixed problems with the grid not loading properly when scrolling, etc. until a the grid dialog window had been opened.

-Fixed other grid issues as well.

-Nullified code in GTable that was causing GMA to crash by clicking inside the map area while DSDP was open in South Polar view.

-Fixed some pull-down menu issues when multiple datasets are loaded.

-Adjusted the layout of the "Custom Databases" window; added some helpful directions.

Save As

-Moved "Save As..." below "Preferences". 

-Changed "underway MG&G" in Database menu to "Bathymetry, Gravity and Magnetic Profiles".
  
Multibeam

-Changed "Multibeam" in Database menu to "Multibeam Bathymetry Swaths".  

RIDGE PetDB

-Changed "RIDGE PetDB" in Database menu to "PETDB Bedrock Chemistry".
  
Seismicity

-Changed "Seismicity" in Database menu to "Earthquake Locations and Epicenters".
  
Seismicity - from PMEL

-Changed "Seismicity - from PMEL" in Database menu to "Seafloor Earthquakes and Volcanic Eruptions".
  
MCS Demo

-Changed "MCS Demo" in Database menu to "Multi-Channel Reflection Profiles (Hosted)".

Multi-Channel

-Replaced "Multi-Channel" in Database menu with "Multi-Channel Reflection Profiles (Contributed)".
  
Single Channel Seismics

-Changed "Single Channel Seismics" in Database menu to "Single Channel Reflection Profiles".

-Added hour glass icon when loading SCS database.  

Isochrons

-Replaced "Isochrons" in Database menu with "Seafloor Ages (Selected Isochrons)".

Digitize

-Moved Digitize menu item from Database menu to Tools menu.

-Opening Digitizer now loads the grid automatically.

Drilling-DSDP/ODP/BRG

-Added tool-tip-text to AgeDepthModel in DSDP.

-Made the DSDP window minimizable.

-Closing the DSDP window now automatically repaints the map to get rid of the DSDP datapoint icons on the map.

-Added "Close" button to DSDP window as an alternative to the close-window icon.

-Expanded the size of the pull-down menu for the different datasets in DSDP.

-Nullified code in GTable that was causing GMA to crash by clicking inside the map area while DSDP was open in South Polar view.

Other Datasets

-Changed "Other Datasets" to "Other Datasets (Hosted)".

-Adjusted the layout of the "Custom Databases" window.

-Fixed some pull-down menu issues when multiple datasets are loaded.

-Moved Digitize menu item from Database menu to Tools menu.

-Opening Digitizer now loads the grid automatically.

Grids

-Changed the default color scheme for the topography grid.

-Added function to Grid2DOverlay to assist in managing grid overlays.

Digitize Button

-Added the digitize button to the toolbar in MapTools which performs the same action as selecting the Digitize menu item from Tools; button is the one with diagonal "xyz".

-Opening Digitizer now loads the grid automatically.

-Added digitize icon to Icons in haxby.image (square with diagonal "xyz").

Grid Button

-Corrected a problem with loading the grids in MapTools.

-Changed the default color scheme for the topography grid.

-Added function to Grid2DOverlay to assist in managing grid overlays.

More Info Button

-Closing the "Elevation Data Sources" window now disposes any location boxes drawn via that window.

Main Menu Changes

-The Under Development menu has been discarded and Drilling DSDP is now under the Database menu.    

-Import Data has been moved from the Database menu to the File menu.    

-Other Data has been added to the Database menu and is now the portal to the global datasets.    

-Preferences has been moved from the View menu to the File menu.    

-A Save As option has been added to the File menu which operates in exactly the same way as the save button.    

-The View menu now has a Grids menu which allows you to choose one of the three main grids.  Choosing an option will load the corresponding grid and display the grid dialog.    

-The Help menu has been moved to the left to be next to the other menus.     

Main Tool Bar Changes

-The Save button has been moved to the left.    

-The Profile button now loads a grid when selected s/ince this is necessary for its proper operation.  Deselecting the Profile button disposes the grid unless the Grid Dialog window is open.  In addition the Profile window now has radio buttons that allow switching between Great Circle and Straight Line instead of a drop down menu.    

-The Grid Dialog button now loads a grid when selected and disposes the grid when deselected.  The Grid Dialog window has been changed from a JDialog to a JFrame, making it minimizable.  The Reload button is simply the Load button renamed.  The drop down menu containing the grid types now loads whichever grid is selected automatically.  The Contour button in the Grid Dialog Window can now be accessed even if the interval in the text field is not changed.  The Contour window now obtains reasonable values for min, max and interval.  The redundant and non-functional no option has been removed from the Contour window.  Closing the Grid Dialog window now disposes the grid and gets rid of any contour lines.

Main Map Changes

-Correct units (i.e. meters/mgal) now displayed according to which grid is loaded.  Moving the cursor over the map no longer refocuses on the main app window.      Specific Database Menu Changes     

-Import Data is now in the file menu and browse databases can no longer be accessed from Import Data.    

-Other Data has been added to the Database menu and automatically brings up the selection window for the global datasets when selected.  The import options cannot be accessed through Other Data.    

-Single Channel Seismic now has a scroll pane on the right side of the main window containing all the tracks in alphabetical order. Clicking on a track in the scroll pane will highlight it on the map.  Double-clicking will display the profile in the window at the bottom of the main window.  The "Load Already Digitized ..." dialog window no longer appears when the View Profile button is clicked.  Instead there is a new Load Already Digitized button that performs the same actions as clicking yes in the Load Already Digitized dialog window.  The Load Already Digitized button will display the profile of the selected track no matter what options are selected.  Double-clicking on a track on the main map now displays the profile of that track.  Zoom buttons have been added to the toolbar for the profile window on the bottom left of the main window.    

-The Color Scale tool and Symbol Scale tool are now both JFrames, making them minimizable.  In addition, they display the data type     bieng colored/scaled and the database they belong to in their title.  Tabs have been added to the tab pane at the bottom of the main     window indicating which data type is coloerd and which is scaled.  The Color Scale tool now defaults to normalized.     

Other Changes

-I think that it was in Underway MG&G that the circle on the map that indicates the location of the part of the track your cursor is over was made thicker to be more visible.  It might have been in Single Channel Seismic.  Sorry for the confusion, if you can find it see if you want the circle thicker or larger.  Unfortunately the color cannot be made uniform as the circle is displayed using an XORing of the pixels     with the map, meaning that having a solid color would make the map pixels unrecoverable unless the map were repainted, which causes many problems.

• plot locations on a map as points or a track
• scale and color symbols based on the value for a column
• view X-Y graphs of one column vs another.
  

• Changes to VE are applied in a way that preserves the focal point (previously moved it up/down, sometimes out ot the viewport).
• After adjusting the viewpoint (when mouse button is released), the current perspective geometry is always applied.
• Clicking in the viewport will change focal point to clicked point whenver that point has an associated elevation.

• customizing colors
  
• 3D perspective viewing
  

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