v2.0.0

Code Changes

• The codebase has been refactored to use JS and CSS modules (#494, #503). (ES6 syntax is now supported!)
• Build scripts have been simplified and updated to use npm scripts (#606, #647, #659). Note: Instructions for building, developing and deploying have changed. Please see the updated documentation for details:
  • Install
  • Usage
  • Development
  • Updating Configuration
• A "watch mode" has been added. Use npm run watch to recompile CSS and JS bundles during development.
• Dependencies are now listed in package.json rather than being committed to this repo
• Updated README & documentation to reflect 2.0 changes and expand existing documentation.

Bug Fixes

• Removed invalid meta viewport attribute that caused warnings in Safari (#671)
• Fixed drag and drop layer order on mobile (#684)
• Fixed issue where changing layer order sometimes did not work on desktop (#680)

Layer Updates

• Includes DMSP F10 and F12 Digital Derived Lightning, OTD/Microlab-1 Calibrated Flash Radiance, LIS/TRMM Flash Radiance; Daily, Monthly, Seasonal, Climatology Mean Lightning Flash Rate layers
• Includes SAC-D/Aquarius Sea Surface Salinity layer descriptions
• Includes CCMP Wind Speed layer descriptions
• Includes MODIS Sea Surface Temperature layer descriptions
• Includes WELD layer descriptions
• Includes product download for SPL2SMAP_S and updates to layer description
• Removes Sea Ice Polar only measurement and moves SSMI and SSMIS layers to Sea Ice measurement
• Updates link to new VIIRS Fire User Guide
• Includes fixes to broken URLs in certain layer descriptions

For more information, see updates to the default Worldview EOSDIS Configuration v2.5.0. Also includes updates from v2.4.0.

Release 1.11.0

New Layers

• Includes 34 CERES Level 3 Surface Longwave and Surface Shortwave Flux layers
• Includes MODIS Land imagery available back to 2003! (with some gaps to be filled in)
• Includes AIRS Daily Level 3 Day and Night layers of Outgoing Longwave Radiation, Methane, Carbon Monoxide, Relative Humidity, Surface Air Temperature and Surface Skin Temperature.
• Includes near real-time OMPS Aerosol Index, Sulfur Dioxide (Lower Troposphere, Middle Troposphere, Upper Troposphere and Stratosphere, Planetary Boundary Layer) and Ozone layers.
• Includes the SMAP/Sentinel-1 Level 2 Soil Moisture layer.

Updated Layers

• Moves MOPITT Carbon Monoxide L2 Near Real-Time up in the search results and measurements list
• Includes layer descriptions for CERES TOA Longwave, Shortwave, and Net Flux and Surface Longwave, Shortwave, Window-Region, and Total Flux layers

Other Changes

• Fixes a bug with running-data not displaying in some circumstances (#616). Thanks to @PacoDu!
• Adds Cucumber for end-to-end test specs
• Adds some basic end-to-end tests for the following features: Natural Events, Event Visibility Notifications, Tour, Animation GIF, Running Data, Layer Search, Sidebar, Layer Descriptions, Layer Addition
• Adds a testing utility function for checking that the URL value represents the expected application state
• Adds Firefox test environment to end-to-end tests
• Resolves browser driver paths programatically for better cross platform compatibility
• Adds Browserstack test runner to automate tests on other platforms
• Adds e2e and browserstack npm scripts for running tests
• Adds documentation for tests
• Updates recommended Node version to 8.8.1
• Removes dead code
• Updates linting rules to use a modified semistandard JS style guide.
• Adds a pull request template
• Adds the Worldview EOSDIS options repo to package.json to be used as a fallback when no custom options are installed

Release 1.10.1

New Features

• Added 2 CALIPSO Wide Field Camera Radiance layers
• MODIS Land layers now available back to 2007!
• Added 45 AMSU-A Brightness Temperature Channels 1-15 layers for NOAA-15, 16 and 17

Updates

• Fixed sidebar row spacing bug found in Chrome 62
• Fixed checkbox layer-removal bug in layer search #601

Release 1.10.0

New Features

• Added AIRS Monthly layers: Outgoing Longwave Radiation, Clear Sky Outgoing Longwave Radiation, Methane, Carbon Monoxide, Carbon Dioxide, Relative Humidity, Air Temperature, Surface Skin Temperature.
• Added VIIRS daily Brightness Temperature (Day and Night) layers.
• Added SeaWiFS Deep Blue Daily and Monthly layers: Aerosol Optical Thickness 550nm and Aerosol Angstrom Exponent.
• Added WELD (Web Enabled Landsat Data) 5 year Tree Cover (2006-2010) composite layer.

Updates

• Enhanced layer search speed results.
• Added MODIS Ice Surface Temperature and Snow Cover (Normalized Difference Snow Index) layer descriptions.

Release 1.9.0

New Features

• Added layer descriptions for the MISR Color Radiance RGB and NGB layers
• Added Daily IMERG Rain Rate and Snow Rate layers
• You can now see all natural events on the map at once. (Fixed #407)
• Selected events are preserved when you refresh the app and you can share links to selected events using the e parameter in the URL with the format ?e={event_id},{event_date}, for example, ?e=EONET_2874,2014-07-24. (Fixed #472)
• The events list is now automatically filtered to only show events that are visible in the current map view, and a "List All" button has been added to see the full list of active events. (Fixed #466)

Updates

• IMERG Rain Rate is now a default layer for Severe Storm Events and IMERG Snow rate is a default layer for Snow Events.
• Event bounding box styles have been improved to be more visible, cleaner, and more aesthetically pleasing.
• Events with a bounding box now have a marker in addition to the bounding box.
• Event marker styles have been improved; each event category now has a unique marker. Markers have been given an outline to make them more visible on the map, and they now use cleaner SVG icons instead of raster images.
• You can now select events by clicking on their marker on the map.
• Active layers are now preserved when selecting a different event/date in the same category. (Fixed #388)
• Animations are smoother and some bugs have been worked out. (Fixed #471)
• The event list is now sorted more reliably in reverse chronological order.
• The default date selection for Storms and Wildfires has been improved.
• Event markers are now positioned more precisely on the map.
• A warning notification has been added for links to inactive/missing events.
• A loading indicator has been added to the events panel, since the events may load slowly in some circumstances.
• Spacing around the buttons at the bottom of tabs has been improved.
• OpenLayers was updated to version 4.3.1.
• Vector icons were added for the events tab and the tab expand/collapse arrows.
• Polar projections now show layers organized by measurement.
• New testing parameter modalView available to force the layer modal to display layers, measurements, or categories.
• Layers now show their single layer description instead of a collection of layer descriptions based on the layer's measurement.
• Extensive refactoring of the layer modal codebase.
• Extensive bug fixes, performance enhancements, and refactoring.

Release 1.8.0

New Features

• Added copy to clipboard functionality.
• Added MOPITT Carbon Monoxide (L2, Daily, Total Column) NRT Layer
• Added eighteen MISR NRT layers

Updates

• Removed non-working palette options from sidebar.
• Added better filtering for orbit tracks.
• Added orbit track descriptions and ensured correct descriptions are shown.
• Added additional flags to orbit track data for better filtering.
• Added layergroup flag to all layer data for better filtering.
• Fixed broken AMSR2 Reference URLs
• Specified the use of UTC time in Orbit Track descriptions
• Added layer specifications to Water Color events
• Fixed display of notifications

Release 1.7.1

• Fixes a bug where the app would crash if the user had LocalStorage disabled or was using a browser that didn't support LocalStorage
• Updates contribution guidelines

Release 1.7.0

New Features

• Refresh state of the application when logo is clicked

Updates

• Added MISR layer descriptions for monthly layers including Land NDVI, TOA Albedo, Cloud Stereo Height, Radiance, Aerosol Optical Depth and Directional Hemispheric Reflectance (DHR)
• Added NSIDC MEaSUREs layer descriptions for Ice Velocity (Greenland), Ice Velocity (Antarctica) and Sea Ice and Snow Extent.
• Updated JS files to be consistently formatted. (Change to 2 spaces)
• Added eslint 2 space indent rule for js.
• Added stylelint rules for css.
• Added grunt stylefmt development tool.
• Moved stylelint and autoprefix into subtasks of grunt postcss
• Removed unneeded coffescript files and coffee grunt step
• Removed npm package grunt-contrib-coffee.
• Prevented polar degrees from showing > 360 or < -360 degrees in some instances.
• Fixed event bug that caused certain events to not respond on click
• Fixed running-data bug caused by specific characters present in layer IDs

Release 1.6.1

Updates

• Formatted css files and added stylelint rules.
• Added grunt stylelint to check for css formatting errors.
• Added grunt stylelint to grunt lint, this is ran during the Travis CI build
• Fixed issue with timeline width in older browsers

Release 1.6.0

Updates

• Added Daily, Monthly, Seasonal and Climatology Mean Lightning Flash Rate layers from TRMM/LIS
• Added NLDAS and GLDAS soil moisture, precipitation and air temperature layer descriptions
• Added polar specific Sea Ice Concentration and Snow extent layer descriptions
• Implemented consistent fonts for better cross-browser support.
• Adjusted design of notification module to be more intuitive for the user
• Added the option to override GIBS GetCapabilities layer start dates in Worldview's options repository