Release Notes

[4.4] - 2025-03-31

Added

  • Table filtering on the catalog and workspace

  • Aggregated view tab for sites

  • Harmonized catalog and workspace site views

  • Created site type column

  • Added a PDF map export from the map viewer

Changed

  • Linked map version to processing worker such that dynamic delineation uses the same processing (whenever possible) that the map used when initially processed.

  • Updated the WebIFA code to be the full site code instead of the 3-letter code.

[4.3] - 2024-12-04

Added

  • Added French translation.

  • Added an onboarding tour to the catalog, the workspace, the map viewer, the map editor and the map creator.

  • Added a user interface allowing you to tweak the parameters of the processing engine for your maps.

  • Introduced versioning of the processing engine.

Changed

Fixed

  • Fixed a lot of issues in the whole application.

Security

  • Upgraded our dependencies to their latest secure released version.

[4.2.1] - 2024-10-09

Fixed

  • Fixed a bug in raster cropping that caused errors of catchment population estimates in maps using custom DEM/population raster(s).

[4.2] - 2024-09-02

Added

  • Support for temporal and spatial composite sites.

  • Allow editing of remotely sourced data (ODK, ONA, etc.).

  • Support self-registration of organizations during sign-up process.

Changed

  • Now include the map name in navigation breadcrumb.

  • Improved site symbology.

  • Always display snapping point of sites.

  • Display features metadata in the map viewer and editor.

Fixed

  • Fixed a lot of issues in the whole application.

Security

  • Upgraded our dependencies to their latest secure released version.

Known issues

  • Group managers currently don’t have access to the user management interface to manage their group.

[4.1.4] - 2024-07-03

Removed

  • Removed the dialog welcoming users from the legacy system and the link to the legacy system from the top menu.

[4.1.3] - 2024-06-24

Fixed

  • Improved the refreshing of the workspace table when publishing a map.

  • Allow site managers to access all custom rasters (DEM and population).

  • Worked around an issue upon import of collection samples from xMart.

[4.1.2] - 2024-06-12

Fixed

  • Use local mirror of FABDEM dataset instead of Bristol’s data server.

  • Fixed a small issue that prevented fetching of some FABDEM tiles from the server.

  • Fixed an issue that caused wrong display of n/a values for population and area of some site catchments in the catalog.

[4.1.1] - 2024-05-30

Changed

  • Added a labNames property on site export, in addition the the more technical pre-existing labs property. The latter still lists GUIDs of labs associated to the site, while the new labNames lists the human-readable name of the same labs.

  • Added two new possible values for populations represented in catchment areas: “Recent case” and “Low immunity”.

  • In exports, admin0 now represents countries and admin1 is for country states. WHO regions are still there and were renamed to whoRegion.

Fixed

  • Fixed two issues in the processing of maps that prevented some maps from being processed.

  • Stabilized the way we obtain the WhiteboxTools library, making sure we reliably keep using the same version over time.

[4.1] - 2024-05-16

Added

  • Exports of sites, maps and labs from the catalog and the workspace in different formats.

  • Exports of layers from the map viewer and the map editor as GeoJson.

  • Exports of draft sites from the site creation helper.

  • A global search bar.

  • FABDEM was added as another default elevation source.

  • Allow copying coordinates by clicking anywhere on a map.

  • Allow copying site coordinates in site details pop-ups.

  • Added a tutorial video.

Changed

  • Workspace table was harmonized with the catalog table.

  • Site symbology was harmonized across the application.

  • Various visual improvements.

  • Sites are now listed individually in the map editor and map viewer.

  • Direction of rivers and sewage lines can now be switched in the map editor.

Fixed

  • Fixed a lot of issues in the whole application.

Security

  • Upgraded our dependencies to their latest secure released version.

Known issues

  • Closed sites (either having the “Closed” status or a non-null “Closed” date) have no catchment delineated.

  • Attempts to dynamically delineate the catchment of a draft site in the site creation helper will result in processing errors with no proper feedback.

  • Some styling issues remain on the map editor.

  • Set extent button is not active unless you change the extent of the rectangle.

  • Snapping is active by default, while toggle says otherwise.

  • Registration without selecting an organization can get user into limbo state.

  • Treatment plants do still have catchments.

  • Sorting the catalog/workspace tables on certain criteria does not work as intended.

[4.0.7] - 2024-04-26

Changed

  • Restart the API automatically when it crashes.

Fixed

  • Optimized the computation of natural basins in the map processing.

[4.0.6] - 2024-04-19

Changed

  • Added missing site-associated pathogen type “Astrovirus”.

Fixed

  • Improved the parsing of dates (properties start and closed of sites) from user-uploaded vector features.

  • Modified spelling of some site-associated pathogen types.

[4.0.5] - 2024-04-17

Fixed

  • Fixed a regression introduced in v4.0.4 that prevented the import of manual features.

[4.0.4] - 2024-04-16

Changed

  • Added new reference values for type, collectionFrequency and pathogenTypes properties of sites.

[4.0.3] - 2024-04-11

Changed

  • Increased the maximum upload size for rasters and vectors to 2 GiB.

Fixed

  • Fixed labs not being clickable on the catalog/workspace maps.

[4.0.2] - 2024-04-03

Fixed

  • Fixed broken communication between ES and xMart in production conditions.

[4.0.1] - 2024-04-03

Fixed

  • Fixed an issue with ODK/ONA/WebIFA sources preventing the exclusion of features from the processing of a map.

[4.0] - 2024-03-27

The release notes for v4.0 are this entire documentation.

Known issues

  • Multiple draft sites selection actions are not active.

  • Admin information about approval date are not correct.

  • Set extent button is not active unless you change the extent of the rectangle.

  • Snapping is active by default, while toggle says otherwise.

  • Map version / dates are not correct.

  • Registration without selecting an organization can get user into limbo state.

  • Map information on the catalog may not correspond to the latest map version.

  • Clusters not working after importing sites sources.

  • Map jumps when moving between the map viewer and the map editor.

  • Treatment plants do still have catchments.

  • ODK, ONA and WebIFA features that are hidden will not be ignored during processing if they are not hidden together with other changes. The issue can be circumvented by adding for instance another source (could be empty).