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GEOSPATIAL PORTAL 15.0 EP05 RELEASE NOTES

March 16, 2016

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About this release: ..................................................................................................................... 3

What’s new in Geospatial Portal 15.0 EP01? ........................................................................... 4

Instance Upgrade Tool embedded into Administration Console ........................................ 4

Latvian, Turkish, Malaysian Language Supported ............................................................. 5

New ECWP & 3D Web Browser Plug-in ............................................................................ 6

What’s new in Geospatial Portal 15.0 EP02? ........................................................................... 7

Possibility to disable the long data processing confirmation window while performing the attribute analysis ............................................................................................................... 7

Geospatial Portal instance authorized by Windows Authentication ................................... 8

Measurements are printable............................................................................................ 10

No restriction for changing WMS style ............................................................................ 10

Removed restrictions for supported Coordinate Systems for Consumer Portal Layout ... 10

What’s new in Geospatial Portal 15.0 EP04? ......................................................................... 11

New Quirk – limitByMapRange ....................................................................................... 11

Ability to change the locatability of WMTS layers ............................................................ 11

Individual display of the WMPS thematic legend entries ................................................. 11

Thematic classes are visible on printed output. ............................................................... 12

Kannada, Thai, Vietnamese Language Supported .......................................................... 12

Hostname Configuration ................................................................................................. 12

What’s new in Geospatial Portal 15.0 EP05? ......................................................................... 14

WebGL support for 3D .................................................................................................... 14

Changed method of presentation of LUWS service search results ................................. 16

New quirk allowing adding features to ERDAS APOLLO WFS Transactional services. .. 18

New Translations for Administration Console .................................................................. 18

Tilted Google Map View in Geospatial Portal .................................................................. 19

First Person Perspective ................................................................................................. 20

Underground Features Transparency ............................................................................. 21

Shadows in Consumer Portal Layout .............................................................................. 22

About this release:

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About this release:

This document describes the enhancements for:

Geospatial Portal 15.0 EP01 Geospatial Portal 15.0 EP02 Geospatial Portal 15.0 EP04* Geospatial Portal 15.0 EP05

This document is only an overview and does not provide all of the details about all product's capabilities. See the online help and other documents provided with Geospatial Portal for more information.

*The patch designated as EP03 was not issued

IMPORTANT NOTICE

READ CAREFULLY BEFORE YOU START INSTALLATION OF THIS PATCH

It is required that Hexagon Geospatial Platform Suite and Provider Suite products installed on this server have the same release and patch version. Before you start installation, please go through the following steps to facilitate the server update process:

1) Verify the products installed on the server 2) Check if the product installation/upgrade concerns two or more of the following products:

Platform Suite: GeoMedia WebMap, Geospatial SDI, Geospatial Portal

Provider Suite: ERDAS APOLLO 3) Make sure that for the products detected in point (2) there are compatible patches available.

Make sure all products detected in point (2) are upgraded to the compatible patch before you initiate instance upgrade procedure. In case some of the products do not provide a compatible patch do not proceed with the installation.

Additionally IIS URL authentication system feature is required to be installed before installing Geospatial Portal EP01

patch or later.

Please contact Support in case of any questions regarding compatibility of products and patches

What’s new in Geospatial Portal 15.0 EP01?

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Instance Upgrade Tool embedded into Administration Console

Geospatial Portal administrator can now upgrade the service instance(s) to a newer version with one click. In the Administration Console in the INSTANCE LIST section there is a button next to every instance entry which allow to upgrade the instance to a newer version in quick and easy manner.

For more information please refer to the “Managing the Instances with Administration Console” chapter in “Geospatial Portal Administrator Guide”.


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Latvian, Turkish, Malaysian Language Supported Geospatial Portal is a multilingual application and comes localized to a variety of languages out-of-the-box. The

Geospatial Portal continues to enhance its rich set of languages and now supports Latvian, Turkish and

Malaysian in addition.


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New ECWP & 3D Web Browser Plug-in New ECWP & 3D Web Browser plug-in (15.00.0000.00242) is delivered with the Geospatial Portal 15.0 EP01. The ECWP & 3D plug-in allows you to support 3D view and streaming of ECWP or JPEG 2000 files within Geospatial Portal. To download the 3D plug-in, use the link provided on the Geospatial Portal Welcome Page.


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Possibility to disable the long data processing confirmation window while performing the attribute analysis In Geospatial Portal (and WebMap Publisher Portal) when performing an attribute type analysis (or predefined queries in WebMap Publisher Portal layout) users can get the values from the service by clicking the [...] button. By default the message info dialog appears with a warning that processing may take longer for large datasets and for some datasets it may not give all the possible values. This dialog can be disabled by the administrator if required.

To disable/enable the confirmation window about processing large datasets:

1. Edit Web.config file for your Geospatial Portal (or WebMap Publisher Portal). 2. Go to the <webclient> section.

3. In the <queries> subsection for the parameter displayLongProcessingConfirmation

set value to “false” in order to disable the confirmation window. OR In the <queries> subsection for the parameter displayLongProcessingConfirmation

set value to “true” in order to disable the confirmation window.

4. Save the Web.config file.


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Geospatial Portal instance authorized by Windows Authentication Geospatial Portal instance can be configured to work with Windows Authentication enabled. This setting is set

individually for particular Geospatial Portal instance in the Internet Information Services (IIS) Manager and in

instance Web.config file.

To enable Windows Authentication for Geospatial Portal instance:

1. Log in to the server where the Geospatial Portal instance you want to secure is

delivered.

2. Open Internet Information Services (IIS) Manager.

3. In the Connections section (on the left) unfold the Sites Default Web Site node

and localize and select your Geospatial Portal instance application.

4. Under the IIS part click on the Authentication. The Authentication section opens

5. Disable Anonymous Authentication and Forms Authentication.

6. Enable Windows Authentication and Basic Authentication.

7. Go to Authorization Rules (for your Geospatial Portal instance).

8. Ensure that the rule "Allow" for "All users" is present, if not add that rule.

9. Close the Internet Information (IIS) Manager

10. Open the Web.config file for your Geospatial Portal instance in any text editor. The

Web.config file by default is located in C:\Program Files\Common

Files\Hexagon\Services\Instances\<Instance_name> folder.

11. Edit Geospatial Portal Web.config file.

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12. Ensure that the following section in the <configuration> section ( under

<system.web> ) is present. If not add this to the Web.config

<location path="AdminService"> <system.web> <authorization> <allow users="*" /> </authorization> </system.web> </location>

13. Ensure that the following entry in the <modules> section

within <system.webServer> is present:

<add name="RequestTokenValidation" type="Intergraph.WebSolution.Core.WebClient.Authorization.RequestAuthorization, Intergraph.WebSolution.Core.WebClient.Authorization" />

14. Ensure that the following entry is not present, otherwise remove this from the

Web.config file (even if commented):

  

15. Save the Web.config file.

CAUTION If access to the .NET Authorization Rules for "All Users" is denied the printing functionality may not work properly. In such a case the access to the .NET Authorization Rules must be enabled for IIS_IUSRS (server user).


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Measurements are printable Since now with Geospatial Portal 15.0 EP02 all the measurements visible in the map window will also appear in the print. This applies to maps displayed in 2D mode since the printing functionality is not supported in 3D view.

No restriction for changing WMS style Users working with Geospatial Portal 15.0 with patch EP02 applied now can change without any restrictions the display style for all layers with spatial data served by WMS that comes from GeoMedia WebMap 15.0 EP02. In case the WMS is served by GeoMedia WebMap without the EP02 patch applied or it is third party service the change of the display style for more than one layer may be impossible.

Removed restrictions for supported Coordinate Systems for Consumer Portal Layout Along with Geospatial Portal 15.0 EP02 patch the restrictions in supporting Coordinate Systems for Consumer Portal layout were abolished. Now maps prepared in other coordinate systems than EPSG: 3857 or EPSG: 4326 can also be displayed in Consumer Portal layout.


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New Quirk – limitByMapRange The section <quirksMode> in the Web.Config file for Geospatial Portal contains several fixes for OGC

services that are not published according to the specification, but which require custom configuration in order to operate in the portal. Custom rules called quirks are provided for different types of services, and they enable

the bypassing of the imperfection of services.

New service quirk – limitByMapRange comes with 15.0 EP04 patch. This quirk allows to change default value ("true") of WFS layer display mode (limited by map range). When the value for this quirk is set to “false” the default map range limitation for displayed WFS features is ignored.

Ability to change the locatability of WMTS layers WMTS locatability switcher is added in Geospatial Portal. Now user can determine whether a WMTS map object layer can be located with the select tool or not.

Individual display of the WMPS thematic legend entries It is now possible to switch on or off individual sub-entries within a thematic legend entry. This feature is

available in Geospatial Portal only when working with WMPS service supporting individual thematic legend entries display.


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Thematic classes are visible on printed output. When printing maps all entries and sub-entries of thematic legend are now visible on printed output.

Kannada, Thai, Vietnamese Language Supported Geospatial Portal is a multilingual application and comes localized to a variety of languages out-of-the-box. The

Geospatial Portal continues to enhance its rich set of languages and now supports Kannada, Thai and

Vietnamese in addition.

Hostname Configuration Hostname aliases configuration is a new functionality, which allows to change Website name to a

specified alias. This hostname alias must be a resolvable name (for example: by mapping to an appropriate name in hosts file, located in C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\). This configuration enable to set domain name and port. After setting a hostname alias for specific Website, all services contained in that Website will have paths with configured hostname alias. In the requested (e.g. WMS) GetCapabilities document occurs substitution of all names in existing paths of the server to hostname alias which set in the server configuration.

To configure and enable hostname alias for specific website:

1. Run Administration Console

2. Go to the HOSTNAME ALIASES section (click the Hostname aliases link under

the Server Configuration box on the left navigation pane).

3. In the HOSTNAME ALIASES section all available Websites on the server are

shown. Here you can define the hostname alias and port.

In order to edit selected Website enable the checkbox for the appropriate

Website, next provide Hostname alias and Hostname alias port.


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4. Click APPLY button to save changes.


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WebGL support for 3D Apart from the traditional 2D map display available in Geospatial Portal, there is also a possibility to view data in 3D. Geospatial Portal displays a base map on a three dimensional globe and renders other supported data sources where appropriate. Since 15.00.05 (EP05), Geospatial Portal leverages the native support for WebGL in selected browsers. Using WebGL is by default the preferred approach. The ERDAS ECWP and 3D Plugin can be used in browsers which still support 3rd party add-ons. The preferred technology used for rendering 3D scenes (WebGL vs the plugin) can be configured using the Administration Console:

1. Run the Administration Console.

2. Click the Instance List and click Configure for selected Geospatial Portal

instance.

3. Click the Appearance tab.

4. Select the option Enable ERDAS ECWP and 3D Plugin when browser

supports it (disabled by default). Now the ERDAS ECWP and 3D Plugin will be

used for 3D display when the client environment contains the latest version of the

ERDAS ECWP and 3D Plugin (see the Supported Environments document for

details on browser support for the plugin). If the plugin is not installed or not

supported by the browser, WebGL will be used if available.

NOTE: You can also control this setting in the Web.config file for example when the Administration Console is

unavailable for some reasons. To do this use the forceWebGL parameter in <WebClient> section. Be aware

that the options set in Administration Console are superior.


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In order to display 3D data (3D Map Tiles and/or 3D Objects) in Geospatial Portal using the WebGL technology the 'Access-Control-Allow-Origin' HTTP Response Header must be set for these services. Be aware that 3D Map Tiles and 3D Objects not having the above mentioned response header can be displayed only using the ERDAS APOLLO ECWP & 3D plugin. It is also recommended to set the 'Access-Control-Allow-Origin' HTTP Response Header for services such as WMS, WMTS, WFS, WMPS. This may result in better response performance when displaying data from those services in 3D view, using WebGL technology.


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Changed method of presentation of LUWS service search results

When several LUWS or OpenLS services are registered in your Geospatial Portal workspace, the search action is performed against all of them unless selected otherwise.

Before:

The original behavior was that the results from several search providers were displayed across different pages without taking account scoring between them. The page order was directly related to the order in which search providers like LUWS or OpenLS were initially registered in your Geospatial Portal workspace. Thus the first registered service's results were placed on the first page, while the service registered last had its results displayed on the last page.

Search results display could be controlled through the appropriate web.config sections using the following settings:

The maximum result number could be configured using Intergraph.WebSolutions.Core.SDIPortal.OpenLS.Service.IntergraphLUWS.MaxResultsCount

in Web.config under appSettings section.

Search results from only one dataset per service were taken into consideration (even if more datasets were available). The Intergraph.WebSolutions.Core.SDIPortal.OpenLS.Service.IntergraphLUWS.DatasetName configuration option allowed to change the dataset used by a service.

From EP05 onward:

Results retrieved from all registered search providers are concatenated and then sorted according to their respective match score. This is done regardless of the number of search services connected and the number of datasets served by them.

The search results display configuration settings available prior to the EP05 patch are now obsolete and replaced with the following settings in the appropriate web.config sections:

In order to change minimum candidate score for LUWS:

1. Edit the Web.Config file for Geospatial Portal.

2. In section <webclient>, subsection <search> for attribute

minimumCandidateScore provide the number for minimum score value to present

result.

In order to set number of features returned by LUWS:

1. Edit the Web.Config file for Geospatial Portal instance.

2. In section <webclient>, subsection <search> for attribute maxResults provide

the number for maximum search results that will be presented Geospatial Portal search list. By default, the value for maxResults is set to 20.

Selecting services used for search:

By default each service (LUWS or OpenLS or WFS-G) after registration is automatically selected to be used for search action, although user can decide which connected services will be used.


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In order to choose services used for search:

1. Click the Search tab on the toolbar.

2. Next to search field click the down arrow. The list of all available services used for search is displayed.

3. Only services with selected checkboxes are used for search. Select/deselect given service checkbox.


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New quirk allowing adding features to ERDAS APOLLO WFS Transactional services.

Adding features to an ERDAS APOLLO WFS-T requires a service quirk to be set for each of the services used (possibly through urlPattern matching).

In order to enable the quirk for particular ERDAS APOLLO services:

1. Edit Web.config file for Geospatial Portal.

2. Go to the <quirksMode> section.

3. In <serviceQuirk> entry for WFS set the following:

forceMultiCurve="true"

It enables the possibility of adding curve geometry. This setting causes that the curve type geometry is wrapped into multicurve geometry, what is required by ERDAS APOLLO services.

forceMultiSurface="true"

Use this parameter to enable the ability to add surface geometry. This setting causes the surface type geometry being wrapped into multisurface, what is required by ERDAS APOLLO services.

Sample: <serviceQuirk serviceType="WFS" urlPattern="erdas-apollo" forceMultiCurve="true" forceMultiSurface="true"> </serviceQuirk>

New Translations for Administration Console Administration Console is now also available in: Dutch (nl), Malay (ms), Polish (pl), Portuguese (pt), Thai (th) and Vietnamese (vi) languages.


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Tilted Google Map View in Geospatial Portal Google Maps provides 45° perspective imagery at high zoom levels (where available) for Satellite and Hybrid map types. Viewing "Satellite" or "Hybrid" Google Map type in Geospatial Portal the perspective view is set automatically if you zoom into a location for which such imagery exists. The satellite or hybrid imagery will be replaced with 45° perspective imagery centered on the current location. By default, such views will orient towards north. If you zoom out, you will return to viewing the default satellite or hybrid imagery. When the perspective imagery is being displayed, depending on the specific map content configuration, other layers might not match up with Google Maps as the base map. To mitigate you might want to disable the switching between satellite/hybrid and perspective imagery.

In order to disable/enable the tilt option:

1. Edit Web.config file for Geospatial Portal.

2. Go to the <webclient> section.

3. Set the "true" value for the parameter tiltDisabled to disable the tilt option

<GoogleMaps enabled="true" apiKey="" tiltDisabled="true"/>

OR

Set the "false" value for the parameter tiltDisabled to enable the tilt option.

<GoogleMaps enabled="true" apiKey="" tiltDisabled="false"/>

4. Save changes in Web.config file and reload the Geospatial Portal.

tiltDisabled="true" tiltDisabled="false"


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First Person Perspective Geospatial Portal’s 3D view now offers a first person perspective mode.

To enable first person perspective in Geospatial Portal:

1. Switch to 3D view mode. 2. Click 3D View Settings tab in the sidebar. 3. Toggle the First person perspective button in the View mode option group 4. Click on the map. The first person perspective view is enabled from the view point you

selected. Click the place on the screen you want to go. 5. To exit from first person perspective view mode toggle the First person perspective

button again.

This feature does not require any additional configuration and is available out of the box.


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Underground Features Transparency Now users of the Geospatial Portal while viewing the 3D data (3D objects) can easily set the visibility of underground objects. You can seamlessly adjust the visibility range from completely visible to completely invisible for underground objects.

To adjust the visibility of underground object in rendered 3D scene:

1. Switch to 3D view mode. 2. Click 3D View Settings tab in the sidebar. 3. In the Objects & Features option group adjust the visibility using the Underground

objects transparency slider. Slider set to 100% means that the underground object is invisible, slider set to 0% means that the underground objects (or part of objects that are under the ground level) are fully visible.

Note: There is no possibility to set the underground objects transparency for 3D Objects combined with 3D Map tiles that forms one layer. This feature works only with standalone 3D Objects (objects displayed in separate layer).

This feature is also available in Consumer Portal Layout in 3D mode.

To adjust the visibility of underground object in 3D scene displayed in Consumer Portal:

1. Click 3D View Settings tab in the sidebar. 2. In the Objects & Features option group adjust the visibility using the Underground

objects transparency slider. Slider set to 100% means that the underground object is invisible, slider set to 0% means that the underground objects (or part of objects that are under the ground level) are fully visible.

Note: 3D View Settings tab is unavailable in Consumer Portal Layout run in 2D mode.


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Shadows in Consumer Portal Layout With the objects being displayed in the Consumer Portal in 3D mode, you can see how the shadows cast by objects at a given latitude and longitude are changing during the day and seasons.

In order to enable and view the shadows for 3D object:

1. Click to open 3D View Settings tab on the sidebar. 2. Ensure that the Enabled option is selected, if not enable it. 3. Ensure that the Shadow casting option is selected, if not enable it. 4. Use the sliders to specify the month, date and time. The sunlight and shadows will be adjusted

immediately. 5. Select time zone (from Timezone pull down list) to which the specified date and time applies. 6. Check the Position tracking option if you want the time zone to be calculated and automatically

adjusted based on the current position on the map (since it only uses the longitude of the center of the map view, this may not result in the true official time zone for a given region).

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