diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md index 7dd907ae..92588394 100644 --- a/CHANGELOG.md +++ b/CHANGELOG.md @@ -1,32 +1,136 @@ # NEXT_VERSION -* Merge "Places/Towns" and "Places/Settlements" layers into one "Populated - places" layer. Scale point markers for this layer by population. -* Add new "Internet-required data/Geological Map (1:500 000)" layer from GEUS. -* Add new "Geology/Mineral occurrences" layer from GEUS. -* Update `layer_list.csv` to include new column indicating if each layer is +- Resolve `Font "Helvetica" font not available on system` warnings +- Update `layer_list.csv` to include new column indicating if each layer is stored on disk. Internet-required layers take the value `False`. -* Add new "Glaciology/Ice sheet velocity" layers: +- Establish a more explicit/readable pattern for defining the order of QGreenland's + layers and groups in the Layers Panel +- Configure gradient style legends, add new style validations for gradient legends +- Fix palletted styles +- Publish versioned Docker images to DockerHub and GHCR for improved reproducibility + + +## :warning: Breaking changes + +- Minimum supported version of QGIS is now `v3.28`. +- QGreenland Custom is no longer supported. + + +## Documentation + +- Restructured documentation for improved readability +- Added documentation of QGreenland future plans under next NSF grant +- Improved recommended citations for QGreenland + + +## Layers + +### New + +- Add new "Places" layers: "Towns" and "Settlements". These layers replace the + previously removed "Towns and settlements" layer. +- Merge "Places/Towns" and "Places/Settlements" layers into one "Populated + places" layer. Scale point markers for this layer by population. + * TODO: Combine the above two +- Add new "Internet-required data/Geological Map (1:500 000)" layer from GEUS. +- Add new "Geology/Mineral occurrences" layer from GEUS. +- Add new "Glaciology/Ice sheet velocity" layers: * "GrIMP/Annual ice sheet velocity vectors 2021" * "GrIMP/Annual ice sheet velocity magnitude 2021 (200m)" * "GrIMP/Annual ice sheet velocity x component 2021 (200m)" * "GrIMP/Annual ice sheet velocity y component 2021 (200m)" +- Add "Geology/Tectonic plates" polygon layer. This layer accompanies the + existing "Geology/Tectonic plate boundaries" polyline layer from the same + dataset. +- Add new WMS layers from the Danish Agency for Data Supply and Infrastructure + (SDFI): + - "Internet-required data/Topographic map of Greenland" + - "Internet-required data/Satellite orthophoto mosaic (10-0.2m)" +- Add new "Internet-required data/Blue Marble shaded relief and Bathymetry + (500m)" WMS layer from NASA Global Imagery Browse Services (GIBS) +- Add new "Places/" layers from Asiaq/NunaGIS: + - Buildings + - Roads +- Add new "Biology/Vegetation/Vegetation classification map (1km)" layer from + the Raster Circumpolar Arctic Vegetation Map produced by Raynolds et al., + 2019. + + +### Updated + +- Remove "Biology/Fish/Arctic Char" layer. +- Fix descriptions of "Hydrology" outlets and basins layers. +- Rename "Places/Place names database" -> "Places/Points of interest". Towns and + settlements are now excluded from this layer (in favor of the more-up-to-date + "Towns" and "Settlements" layers. +- Update the BedMachine dataset ("Terrain models/BedMachine") to v5, which was + released in September 2022. +- Update the geothermal heat flow dataset ("Geophysics/Heat flow (Colgan et + al.)" layers) to v2. +- Update "Sea ice/Weekly age (12.5km)" layers (2010-2020 -> 2011-2021) +- Update "Sea ice/Monthly mean concentration (25km)" layers (2010-2021 -> 2011-2022) +- Update the "Oceanography/Seawater temperature 2018 (25km)" layers: + - Use the World Ocean Atlas 2023 Temperature data. These new layers are + climatological averages between 1991-2020. Previous input data (WOA 2018) + was an average for the years 1955-2017. + - Update layer group name to remove "2018" ("Oceanography/Seawater Temperature + 2018 (25km)" -> "Oceanography/Seawater Temperature (25km))" + - Improve layer descriptions + - Expand layer extent to QGreenland 'background' boundary. +- Update the "Glaciology/Surface elevation change" layers to the latest version + (v3) of the Climate Change Initiative (CCI) Surface Elevation Change dataset + from the European Space Agency (ESA). This extends the timeseries to include a + surface elevation change layer for 2016-2020. +- Rename "Geophysics/World Magnetic Model/Dip poles" layer group -> + "Geophysics/World Magnetic Model/Geomagnetic north pole" +- Rename "Sea ice/Median extent" layer group -> "Sea ice/Median extent + (1981-2010)" +- Update "Oceanography/Bathymetry/Depth (400m)" layer to use the General + Bathymetric Chart of the Oceans (GEBCO) Grid 2023, replacing the Bathymetric + Chart of the Arctic Ocean (IBCAO) dataset. The GEBCO grid includes the IBCAO + grid. This update includes the most recent data and expands the spatial extent + of this layer to the QGreenland background boundary to make it consistent with + other ocenaography layers. +- Replace "Human Activity/Research sites/" layers related to PROMICE and GC-Net + ("PROMICE automated weather stations", "Former PROMICE automated weather + stations", "GC-Net automated weather stations") with one layer ("PROMICE and + GC-Net automated weather stations") from a more up-to-date dataset provided by + GEUS. +- Fix title of BedMachine "ice thickness error" layer (remove `/`) + + +### Removed + +- Remove Humanitarian Open Street Map (HOTOSM) layers ("Places/Community map + (crowd-sourced)"). These layers had innaccuracies and missing locations that + we received feedback on. These layers were not considered usable. +- Remove outdated "Terrain Models/Topographic map (1 to 500,000)" layer from the + Danish Agency for Data Supply and Infrastructure (SDFI). Replaced by above + mentioned "Internet-required data/Topographic map of Greenland" WMS layer. +- Remove "Oceanography/Bathymetry/Depth contours" layer. This layer was pulled + from the "Geological map of the Arctic / Carte gologique de l'Arctique" + (Harrison et al., 2011) dataset and was provided with the geological data for + additional context. It was derived from the (IBCAO) grid. Comparing this with + the current IBCAO and GEBCO grids, these contours seem outdated. They also + only cover a portion of QGreenland's background extent. Users can produce + their own custom contour layer from the included "Oceanography/Bathymetry/Depth + (400m)" layer using the Processing Toolbox (GDAL -> Raster extraction -> Contour). # v3.0.0alpha4 (2023-07-21) -* QGreenland Custom is no longer supported. -* Remove "Biology/Fish/Arctic Char" layer. -* Add "Geology/Tectonic plates" polygon layer. This layer accompanies the +- QGreenland Custom is no longer supported. +- Remove "Biology/Fish/Arctic Char" layer. +- Add "Geology/Tectonic plates" polygon layer. This layer accompanies the existing "Geology/Tectonic plate boundaries" polyline layer from the same dataset. -* Fix descriptions of "Hydrology" outlets and basins layers. -* Add new "Places" layers: "Towns" and "Settlements". These layers replace the +- Fix descriptions of "Hydrology" outlets and basins layers. +- Add new "Places" layers: "Towns" and "Settlements". These layers replace the previously removed "Towns and settlements" layer. -* Rename "Places/Place names database" -> "Places/Points of interest". Towns and +- Rename "Places/Place names database" -> "Places/Points of interest". Towns and settlements are now excluded from this layer (in favor of the more-up-to-date "Towns" and "Settlements" layers. -* Establish a more explicit/readable pattern for defining the order of QGreenland's +- Establish a more explicit/readable pattern for defining the order of QGreenland's layers and groups in the Layers Panel