2.29.0
This is a small release that mainly entails improvements to the Cesium map view.
New Features 🎉
New Cesium map features 🌍
Highlight regions of interest
The new "viewfinder" feature enables highlighting specific regions of interest in Cesium maps. With this feature, areas can be predefined in the map configuration, along with the layers that should be visible when the user navigates to that area. This creates a list of "views" that users can zoom to with a single click! See #2281 for more details.
Adjust imagery saturation
A new configuration option has been added to imagery assets in Cesium maps that enables adjusting the imagery's saturation, either making it more or less vibrant. This feature is especially useful when the imagery is overly bright or saturated, making it difficult to see vector data on top of it. See #2379 for more details.
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Set the base color of the globe
A new feature has been introduced that allows users to change the base color of the globe in the Cesium map. When all layers are hidden, the default bright blue color can now be customized. The color can be set in the map configuration using the globeBaseColor parameter, which accepts hex codes or CSS colors. For more details, see #1904.
Cesium map & portal style updates 🎨
This release introduces several improvements to map and navigation styles. The layer list panel in Cesium maps has been widened to improve the visibility of long layer names, while the styling of the Feature Info panel has been enhanced with a wider modal, adjusted layout, spacing, and new animation when opened. The portal navigation bar styles have also been improved for both light and dark themes, resulting in a cleaner and more intuitive navigation experience. Additionally, various other styling improvements have been made to map components, including tweaks to vector pins, toolbar links, and other elements.
For more background on these changes, see #2342, #2344, #2346, #2358 & #2361.
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Misc Improvements
- The default settings for the Metadata Assessment Suite have been updated. The FAIR suite version has been changed from "0.3.1" to "0.4.0" for the following parameters:
mdqSuiteIds,mdqSuiteLabels,mdqAggregatedSuiteIds,mdqAggregatedSuiteLabels - Fixed up some existing JSdocs #2366
- Issued new DOI for MetacatUI 2.29.0 #2367
Bug Fixes 🔨🔧
- Fixed missing ADC logo from portals #2364