Release Notes

These release notes give you an idea of what's new in the PORTAL.

PORTAL 2.1.0 (2023-04-21)

What's New

  • DATA search results:
    • Resources, links or downloads belonging to a dataset are listed in the drop-down menu of a search result.
    • Icons in the search results provide information about the existence of a license, a PID and open access
    • License, PID and access type werde added to facets. In addition, all facets can now be expanded at the same time
  • The pop-ups for the respective ships on the home page are described in more detail
  • Tutorial popups were redesigned and improved
  • The viewer was updated and includes more filters and methods for importing data

Bug Fixes

  • A bug that prevented filtering on the map in the search results was fixed
  • Download links to tracklines on Expeditions page werde fixed

PORTAL 2.0.0

What's New

  • You can now view additional information and explore relationships in an interactive graph for data search results.
  • The viewer state is now kept in the background while navigating. When you return to the viewer, the state is restored.
  • You can now click on the tracklines on the home page map to open the ship specific popup.
  • We have added a color-coded bar that corresponds to the tracklines under the vessel icons on the home page.
  • The guided tours for specific pages can new be re-enabled by clicking the question mark button on the bottom right.
  • It is possible to select the number of visible search results for platforms and expeditions.
  • We are currently working on a login function, so many internal changes have been made. The "My Data" feature has been temporarily disabled and will return when we launch the login feature.

Bug Fixes

  • "Latest Publications" with an invalid release date are no longer displayed on the home page

PORTAL 1.5.0

What's New

  • Marine-Data Mobile Version
    • You can now use our portal on mobile devices such as tablets or smartphones
    • We optimized every single page to automatically adapt it's content to different screen sizes
    • improved support for touch screens was added to the individual user interface elements (e.g. sliders)

PORTAL 1.4.0

What's New

  • "Seafloor Viewer" and "Ocean Observatory Viewer"
    • Both new viewer instances enable you to browse a curated selection of marine research data
    • the "Seafloor Viewer" focuses on visualizing bathymetric and sediment data
    • the "ocean observations" viewer focuses on data from the body of water itself

PORTAL 1.3.0

What's New

  • We added new features to the viewer
    • You are able to add additional services from a catalog
    • Draw your own geometries on the map and add annotations
    • View more Metadata in the popups when clicking on data in the map
    • Select a different comparison operator in the time filter
  • We added the vessel Alkor to the startpage
  • Near Realtime Data for all vessels on the startpage is available now
  • Selected platforms have near realtime data on their individual pages
  • A tour guides you through the indiviual subpages of the portal
  • The map based filter on the data page now uses the visible area of the map for filtering.
  • You can now download the list of your favourite datasets on the mydata page

Bug Fixes

  • Fixed an issue with automatic feedback transmission.
  • Only "Latest Publications" with a valid publication date are displayed on the startpage

PORTAL 1.2.0

What's New

  • We have near real-time tracklines for large vessels in the portal
  • You are able to mark your favorite datasets
  • It's possible to select number of visible datasets
  • Improved our feedback dialog
  • Find featured projects right on the home site
  • We spend effort in offer you datasets from more providers, e.g. DKRZ
  • A lot of minor user interface improvements
  • You can filter for more facets in search
  • Where available you get an information about the underlaying data license

Bug Fixes

  • Provided save file dialog for downloading event lists
  • Fixed an issue for less relevant search results

Version: 2.1.0 4ffd396