GLIMSView Release

[Deborah Lee Soltesz]

Greetings GLIMSers,

The latest release of GLIMSView is available. This release adds or fixes several features and bugs:

    * Redo! Redo is the opposite of Undo - if you Undo something and you want to put it back, just hit Ctl-Y or Ctl-Shift-Z!

    * Undo glitch found and fixed: glacier definitions in glacier configuration weren't affected by Undo/Redo. This should now work correctly.

    * New and improved toolbar buttons, arranged with spacers.

    * Improved menu names - more improvements coming soon.

    * Session fixes: the full text of Process Description and 3D Description are now exported to the shapefile (they were truncated to 200 characters); RC ID is now editable; All session data is properly saved to the project file; other improvements coming soon (particularly to date-time handling).

    * Units for lengths, areas, etc. on edit glacier configuration window.

    * Exit/Open Project issues solved: Annoying questions eradicated - if the project has been saved, it shouldn't ask you to save it again before closing the project. There's now a "cancel" option to keep from exiting or closing the project.

Related Bug/Wish List items: 9, 16, 27, 28, 31, 60, 98, 102; partial fix of 18

The next high priority items that will be addressed will be related to making sure GLIMSView is consistent with the GLIMS data dictionary, that all metadata can be entered and modified through GLIMSView, and that date-time fields are standards compliant. Hopefully, this work will include adding warnings or other feedback regarding the completeness and correctness of a project. Consistency work has been started in the form of a Data Dictionary vs. GLIMSView comparison chart that is intended to highlight which elements GLIMS is not handling correctly.

The latest release of GLIMSView can be dowloaded at http://www.glims.org/glimsview/

deborah
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Deborah Lee Soltesz
Web Development & Administration
USGS Astrogeology Research Program
2255 N. Gemini Dr * Flagstaff * AZ
http://astrogeology.usgs.gov
(928) 556-7088