Difference between revisions of "DiversityGazetteers"

Use the installer if you have administrator rights, otherwise use the DiversityGazetteersUnpack batch file. For more information see General Download Notes.

New features and fixes:

• Silent Database Update via commandline arguments implemented.
• Software adapted to be built with Microsoft Visual Studio 2019.
• GIS Editor: Fix for changes in OSM web interface: Overlay was shifted and no longer visible, shapes were shifted on OSM map. Webbrowser width for OSM window now has been adapted to current version.

Use the installer if you have administrator rights, otherwise use the DiversityGazetteersUnpack batch file. For more information see General Download Notes.

New features and fixes:

• Help file adapted to .NET 4.8.
• No blanks in the name of the installed application in program menu and desktop icon.
• DiversityGazetteersUnpack batch file added for installation without admin rights.
• Localisation implemented in the installer setup to switch language between English and German.

New features and fixes:

• Bugfix: Query failed: "DataReader.GetFieldType(1) returned null". The Windows Installer includes an actual Microsoft.SqlServer.Types.dll which causes this error. Changed to older version of this Dll which works properly.
• Last released version had wrong version number in header. Has been corrected for this Version.

New features and fixes:

• Initial version for Framework .NET 4.8
• GIS-Editor update with minor adaptions for needs of .NET 4.8 (e.g. Color selection, Clipboard coordinates reading ...)

New features and fixes:

• Optional encryption of SQL server connection (activated by default).
• New GIS Editor version 2.2.10.0 included:
  • The GIS Editor now supports loading of csv files with Gauss-Krüger coordinates.
  • The sample switching on working area is now turned off when DWB clients operate in Viewer mode.
  • A progress bar is shown when switching samples (takes long on certain PCs).
  • GIS-Viewer had to be adapted due to changes in Google Maps API.
  • Bugfix: Conversion error when reading longitude, latitude from TAB-separated textfiles has been fixed.

New features and fixes:

• Privacy Consent according to EU-DSGVO implemented.
• Database update: Create spatial index to fasten the search of geographies.

NOTE: This database update will last some minutes, increase timeout expiration time in the update form!

New features and fixes:

• GIS Editor update:
  • Shapes and samples now can be switched off and on directly on the working area using the mouse buttons analog to the toggle buttons: left button affects selected object, right button affects all other objects. This is only possible in Shift mode to avoid confusion or interaction in other modes.
  • The transparency of the switched off elements now can be adjusted using the opacity slider in the settings: opacity 0% means invisible, opacity 100% means fully visible.
  • The frame for saving a part of the working area now also can be used to make a (pre)selection of the samples there. Activate the frame in the settings, adjust it to the area of interest and press the right mouse button to switch off all samples outside of the frame. This is useful if lots of samples are displayed and you just want to see a certain region of them. The frame is only visible in Shift mode.
  • Selecting samples on the working area by mouse or frame is deactivated in GIS view mode of other DWB modules using the enbedded GIS Editor.
  • There are 4 new point symbols which have been requested by users: Pyramid, Cone, Minus and Questionmark.
  • The artificial blank reference area will no longer be removed automatically after loading non aligned maps. It has caused problems when loading additional non aligned maps.

New features and fixes:

• Database update script added to include the HierarchyList into the HierarchyCache.
• If no name related database parameters are shown for an entry, a hint will be displayed to update database hierarchy cache first.
• Prevent the German style input of coordinates with decimal comma instead of decimal point.
• Bug fix: Application had crashed in GIS Editor interface function "clear all samples" when sample list was empty.
• New GIS Editor version 2.2.8.0 included.

New features and fixes:

• New Gis-Editor version 2.2.5.0 included:
  • WebBrowser window adapted due to changes in GoogleMaps
  • Get altitude from GeoNames server enabled again
  • GPX file support added: Read shapes from GPX files
  • OSM service: Deactivated MapQuest layers replaced by ESRI Aerial World and Komoot Topo World

New features and fixes:

• Database procedure added to include Hierarchy List into the new Hierarchy Cache Tables.

New features and fixes in Vers. 1.4.3.0:

• New role implemented: DiversityWorkbenchEditor.
• New entry: GIS-Editor Identifier will be taken and assigned to ExternalNameID.
• Database update: ViewGeoPlace and ViewHierarchy added for linked server access.
• Database update: GeoCache table added for hierarchy segments needed in DiversityCollection (Place to Country, top down and bottom up).
• Menu item „Update DB Hierarchy Cache“ adapted to new tables.
• Menu item „Set DB Hierarchy Sequence“ removed, will be handled in GeoCache now.
• Flexible timeout handling added for DB calls.

New features and fixes in Vers. 1.4.2.0:

• New control button ‚Show Name Parameters‘: Opens a window with all database parameters of the selected Name
• Database update for Getty TGN 2015: Multiple languages and place types supported
• Language and place types controls extended for multiple entries
• Clear Query and Name info when changing the database connection
• Database query timeout reduced to 30 seconds with the option to try again for 300 seconds, if failed first
• Notes extended to text blocks to show even very long notes and avoid truncating
• Tooltips added for Inferior Places list box und Notes text blocks
• Info area sizing adapted to max height
• Check database version and disable multiple language and place types queries for older ones
• Bugfix: TestLog-Messagebox removed, which has popped up on incorrect text input

There is a new up-to-date version of Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names available in database DiversityGazetteers_TGN on TNT server!

New features and fixes in Vers. 1.4.1.0:

• Inferior place name list implemented in addition to superior hierarchy, first level of names below current entry.
• Place names can be switched out of hierarchy windows now (inferior names include coordinates).
• Reconnection check at start with reduced timeout to avoid long waiting if no internet connection available.
• GIS Editor update: Sample list, right click on active toggle button will switch off all other samples; right click on inactive toggle button will switch on all other samples.

New features and fixes in Vers. 1.4.0.4:

• GIS Editor update: New assignment for TAB separated text files import added: MTB/Q (German Messtischblatt)
• Bugfix: When creating a new Place entry associated with a Name, the PreferredName has not been created so far. But it is needed by the SQL procedure to create and display a hierarchy correctly.

New features and fixes:

• GIS Editor update: Load TAB separated text files (with extension .shp2) implemented
• Help file update (Import Wizard)

New features and fixes:

• Import Wizard implemented (description not yet in help file)
• Notes field for Place and Name implemented
• GIS Editor update