Hi to all,
After a long waiting period, it's already available the new 1.2.1
version of Kosmo - Free Desktop GIS (yeah!! ;-) , at least we finished
it !!). This new version is an update of the 1.2 version that includes a
bunch of bug fixes made to the 1.2, as well as some additional
improvements that we have included (don't confuse with the next Kosmo
Desktop version, which it'll contain all the new features that we have
comment for the last months: new printing module, advanced topology
rules, ...).
The Windows ([1]) and Linux ([2]) versions are already available (with
JRE 1.6, the recommended version, and without JRE, for those that have
already installed the JVM). For those that you have already installed
the 1.2 version, it's also available a update zip file with the files
that must be updated over the 1.2 version (in order to install it,
uncompress the zip file and copy the \bin directory to the 1.2 install
directory, overwriting the existent files). It's also available the
source code for the new version ([3]).
In order to improve the Windows Vista Kosmo install, the Windows
installed have been changed to behave in a more appropiate manner that
the 1.2 one.
[1] Kosmo Desktop - Windows:
http://www.opengis.es/index.php?option=com_docman&task=cat_view&gid=17&Itemid=42
[2] Kosmo Desktop - Linux:
http://www.opengis.es/index.php?option=com_docman&task=cat_view&gid=18&Itemid=42
[3] Source code:
http://www.opengis.es/index.php?option=com_docman&task=cat_view&gid=26&Itemid=42
The list of new features, improvements and bug fixes is the next:
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= New features =
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* General
- Kosmo.ini file – Added a new configuration file “kosmo.ini” at the
Kosmo \bin directory that allows to configure a set of parameters. Most
of them where included in the language files in previous versions and
have been extracted to avoid some problems detected with the
traductions. Apart from this, this file allows to modify the Kosmo
starting splash image (splash_image parameter), the application icon
(app_icon parameter) and the background image at the Help > About
windows (about_image parameter). As an additional feature it's possible
to set a background image in the Kosmo window (desktop_image parameter).
By default no image is set.
- Kosmo Windows installer – A new Kosmo Desktop Windows installer have
been prepared to improve the installation of the application under
Windows Vista. Apart from this, if the user hasn't got any Java virtual
machine installed in his computer, the installer would open a download
url in order to download and install it.
* Graphic interface
- New languages – Added the new languages Czech (supplied by Jan
Helebrant) y Catalan (supplied by Isimat Geográfica,
http://www.isimatgeo.es)
- Language updates – Added the language updates to Italian (supplied by
Giuseppe Aruta, http://www.openjump.org), German (supplied by Johannes
Sommer) y Russian (supplied by Sergey Smirnov,
http://www.yugniro.crimea.com).
- New main toolbar buttons – Added two new button to the main toolbar:
Localization by coordinates and Extension manager. These new buttons
will allow to access to both functionalities faster than before.
* Simbology
- Line labelling – Turning – The line labelling algorithm have been
modified in order to avoid that a label configured to be positioned over
the line would be faced down (this would happen if the line is
digitalized in the reverse sense from habitual). If the label is faced
down, its angle its changed to turn it around.
- Line labelling – Rotation angle – The Kosmo line labelling algorithm
have been modified in order to make that a label configured to be
positioned following its line to follow more closely the line angle at
its anchor point.
* Datasources
- WMS – WMS 1.3.0 server suppor – Added the functionality to connect to
1.3.0 WMS servers.
- WMS – Client transparency – Added the possibility to assign a
transparency to the image obtained from a WMS server at client level
(not confuse with the transparency parameter sent to the server).
* Extensions
- Kosmo 1.2 Additional tools extension – Added to new geometry
simplifying tools to the Conversion menu: “Douglas-Peucker
simplification” y “Topology preserving simplification (JTS)”
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= Improvements =
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* Configuration
- proxyUser and proxyPassword parameters – Added the necessaryh code to
take into account this parameters when the internet connection proxy
needs user and password validations.
* Edition
- Remove last inserted vertex – The functionality of this tool have been
applied to the Continue linestring tool.
* Extensions
- Geoprocessing wizard, Spatial Join – Added the possibility to save the
distance from the source feature to the target one in an existent field
at the new layer or in a new field.
- Geoprocessing wizard - Dissolve – Added the possibility to add a field
to count the number of elements that forms each of the result geometries
for each aggregation.
* Tools
- Join Feature – Geometry simplification – This tool have improved to
simplify the result geometry. E.g., if two simple lines that share their
ending vertexes are joined, the result geometry will be simplify to a
simple line (instead of a multilinestring one). Also the tool options
dialog have been modified to clarify what feature has been selected to
take its attributes and copy them to the joined one.
- Meassure area – Simbology – The simbology associated to the area layer
has been modified, so by default a semitransparent color is choosen, in
order to improve the visualization of the underlaying features.
- Draw polygons – The behaviuour of all the drawing polygon tools have
been changed to show the resulting polygon closed while the polygon is
drawn.
- Tools > Topological > Validate selected layers – Selectable
validations – The validation selection dialog have been changed in order
to allow only those validations that are according to the selected
layers geometry type:
- Bookmark manager – Tools – Added the possibility to move bookmarks
between different categories. The bookmark can be dragged to the desired
position o the movement tools included in the bookmark contextual menu
can be used: “Move to the end”, “Move to the beginning” and “Move to the
category XXXXX”.
* Graphic interface
- View/edit attributes – Toolbar – The attribute view/editing table
toolbar have been moved to the upper part of the window to improve its
vissibility:
- Load layer/table – Directory content refresh – When the load data
dialog is opened, if the selected format is a file type one, the current
directory content is refreshed to show any changes made outside of Kosmo.
- Layer info > Database layers – The layer information has been changed
so if the layer datasource is a database, the schema and table name is
shown:
* Datasources
- Oracle – No EPSG code found for the Oracle SRID – The Oracle
connection driver has been changed so if there is no correspondency
between the Oracle SRID code and a EPSG code in the conversion table,
the current view projection will be assigned to the new layer. The user
would have to assign the appropiate projection to his data in this case
(and the transformation if it would be necessary) to see the data properly.
- Oracle – Geographic projections (Longitud/Latitud) – The queries used
to draw Oracle layers have been changed to make them compatibles with
those layers stored with geographic projection (Lat/Lon).
- Shape files / DBF files – Coding – Added the possibility to select the
coding type for shape and dbf files in order to load them correctly if
their coding isn't the default one (by default the ISO-8859-1 format is
selected, as it was selected internally in previous versions):
- Load layer from database – Connection dialog – The connection dialog
have been modified so by default the PostGIS connection is selected:
- Load layer from database – Filter in the schema selection combobox –
When the connection to the database is stablished, only those schemas
that contains at least one geometric table are shown:
- MDB files – Connection dialog – The connection dialog have been
improved to organized it in a more logical form. The comboboxes have
been alphabetically sorted::
- DXF files – Loading speed – The loading speed for this files has been
improved for this file type.
* Simbology
- Advanced style editor – Fill – The advanced style editor have been
changed to make it similar to the basic one when configuring the polygon
fills:
- Advanced style editor – Line styles – The advanced style editor have
been changed to make it similar to the basic one when configuring the
line dashing:
- Labelling – Numeric fields – The feature labelling have been changed
so if a layer is labelled using a numeric field, the number of decimals
that are shown in the label can be setted using the appropiate tab at
the Kosmo configuration dialog (File > Configuration... > Advanced,
Viewing options tab):
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= Bug fixes =
=============
* Configuration
- Default directories – Fixed an error that the configured valued were
not taken into account when a table is loaded (DBF/MDB files)
* General
- Save files (projects, datasources, simbology, etc.) – Fixed an error
that appeared while saving a file with '.' characters inside its name.
This could provoke that the correct extension wouldn't be added to the
file name.
* Tools
- Fence layer – Fixed the behaviour for this tool to refresh correctly
the drawed polygons and that they could be editable..
- View/Edit attributes – Zoom/Flash a feature from the table – Fixed a
problem that appeared when a row from the table is selected while the
table associated view is iconified.
- Meassure distance / Meassure area – Geographic projection views – The
algothim used have been modified to show a more accurate meassure when
the view have a geographic projection.
* Graphic interface
- Tables – Header – Fixed a bug that appeared when the table columns and
the rest of the data went unsynchronized while moving the horizontal
scroll bar.
* Datasources
- Shape / DBF files – Boolean fields – Fixed a bug that could make that
the dbf file was not correctly written if the layer includes boolean
fields.
- Shape / DBF files – Integer values out of range – Fixed a bug that
could make that the DBF file wasn't correctly written if a > 216 integer
value is saved.
- PostgreSQL – Numeric type fields– Fixed a bug for this field type.
- WMS – TIME parameter – The TIME parameter is now correctly sent to the
WMS server.
- WMS – Envelope – The maximum envelope for some WMS servers are
correctly calculated.
- WMS – Zoom to WMS layer – Fixed a bug that appeared when zooming to
some WMS layers.
- DXF files – Loading errors – Fixed some errors that appeared when
loading some DXF files in Kosmo.
* Simbology
- Point symbology – Rotations – Fixed a bug that appeared when rotated
point features where drawn in a print map.
- Polygon symbology – External graphic fill– Fixed a bug that apperared
when a SLS file was saved with a polygon symbol that included a external
graphic fill (the associated graphic file could be recoverd incorrectly).
- PostgreSQL – Multipoint layers – The rendering algorithm have been
modified to draw this type of layers correctly.
- PostgreSQL – Line labelling – The rendering algorithm have been
modified to draw the labels associated to a line layer correctly if
label possition is assigned to line position.
- Selection – Multipoint layer – The selection rendering algorithm have
been changed to draw this type of layers correctly.
Regards,
--
Sergio Baños Calvo
Jefe de desarrollos
Sistemas Abiertos de Información Geográfica, S.L. (SAIG S.L.)
Tlfno. móvil: 685005960
Tlfno. fijo: (+34) 954788876
E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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