GEOlayers 2. New features in version 1.2.0

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Published on September 27, 2017 4:34:58 PM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NC8YGh93cU8

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Projects panel
-Projects panel accessible from the main panels flyout menue
-Quick access to recent GEOlayers 2 projects
-Quick access to online sample projects
-Quick access to online label template projects and direct import
-A lot of new sample projects (You can let us know what you're missing, or if you have a nice project what we could share this way.)

Mapcomps
-The default tilesize is 512 px for quicker finalizations and rendertimes. (If servers deliver smaller tiles GEOlayers 2 will merge them to a larger 512px tile)
-BingmapsAPI supports 256, 512 and 1024 px tiles
-MapstackAPI supports 256, 512 and 1024 px tiles
-UniversalAPI supports 256, 512 and 1024 px tiles
-MapboxAPI supports 256, 512 and 1024 px tiles
-The Finalize button is only highlighted if the selected Mapcomp is not allready finalized
-Size, Pixelaspect, Framerate and Duration in Create Mapcomp dialog
-Mapcomp-renaming in Edit Mapcomp dialog
-holding SHIFT clicking Finalize will finalize in preview quality
-Import new Server Profiles from Mapcomps in Edit Mapcomp Dialog
-jump to feature functions fit the Mapcomp with a margin around the Feature
-You can now draw Features directy in an empty project. A Controller Mapcomp will be created.
-You can import Server Profiles by drag and dropping them onto the main panel.

Feature Styles
-default Feature Style Set includes 3D buildings
-Feature Styles can have a Color to fill Dash Gaps
-Sync Style Sets with AE Project
-A custom Style Set can be set up in the prefs which is applied when you create new projects
-Reset Style Set button in Feature Styles Editor
-You can import Feature Style Sets by drag and dropping them onto the main panel.

Labels
-Label Templates support footage layers (relative and absolute local paths as well as online uris are supported)
-Open Label Template Comps by right- or long-clicking the Label in the Toolbar dropdown
-add Label Template composition button in labelcomps dropdown
-import Label Template Project button in labelcomps dropdown
-add Manual Label Dialog suggests feature name by current view

Features
-KMZ file format supported to import into browser
-CSV and TSV datasets can be imported as a line feature
-press DELETE or BACKSPACE key to remove features from the browser
-features drawn to shape layers are sorted in the layer stack
-jump to feature functions fit the Mapcomp with a margin around the Feature
-Features can be imported via drag and drop on the browser (This does not work with .shp files.)

Routes
-Routes dialog redesigned with up to 5 locations
-Routes dialog supports straight lines between locations

About and Licensing
-New Licensing UI accessible from the main panels flyout menue
-site licensing support (This requires a license server in your network infrastructure. Please get in touch if you want to use floating licenses)

Help
-help contents update
-help is dockable, resizable
-help is searchable
-sample projects can directly be opened from the help

General
-faster launch of main extension and preferences
-if building parts are not downloaded related buildings height is set to the height of the highest building part
-if building parts are downloaded related buildings height is set to 0 to don't create an extrusion hull around building parts
-OSM overpass Querys can be sent by the search bar typing "overpass:" and the query. Note that you need to hit ENTER to send the request.

Bugfixes
-Quick zooms over mltiple zoomlevels can cause wrong zoomlevel blending
-Mapcomps can't be created inside Mapcomps anymore
-features are drawn with wrong stroke widths when auto animate stroke width is turned off
-Manual Labels created near the date border are placed wrong
-repair expressions doesn't fix linked mapcomps in some cases
-label templates with "." in property-names don't get replaced
-label template fields don't get replaced multiple times in one text layer
-Plane Routes for small distances are not ending in the correct destination
-Marker layers animated along features don't work
-Shape layers can get invalid coordinates on feature drawing due to zoomlevel normalization
-initial Controller Mapcomps fail to work when imagery server profiles are applied to them
-Current View Features' Point Geometry Coordinates are swapped
-Server Profile changes in the prefs are not applied sometimes
-Errors in feature downloads from the search are handled by calling the overpass API
-minor bugfixes
-UI improvements