Hectares BC Update History

• March 23, 2010
  • Firefox 3.6 bug fix (http://www.hectaresbc.org/trac/ticket/774)

• March 3, 2010
  • How Much table drag and drop bug fix.
  • Search results bug fix

• January 04, 2010
  • Addition of 22 climate datasets from the CGCM2-A2x global climate models for the 2020s decade.

• January 26, 2010
  • New Distance to Coastline dataset.
  • New "Zoom to Location" dialog box.
  • Admin interface bug fixes.
  • Fix missing units in query box (for value layers).

• December 11, 2009
  • New database tables for improving Species (AoI) and Ecological Communities datasets
  • Improved datadrill performance.
  • New zoom to place name functionality.
  • Ability to zoom to lat/long defined as dd/mm/ss.
  • Bug fix in layer tree / metadata dialog box link.

• December 10, 2009
  • New Datasets:
    • High Priority Species (Areas of Interest) Counts
    • High Priority Species (Areas of Interest) Percentile
    • Mapsheets (1:5L. 1:10K, 1:20K, 1:50K)
  • Updated Datasets:
    • Updated Natural Areas Conservation Plan Boundaries Dataset
  • Fixed Datasets:
    • VRI Age dataset no longer has age 0. Age 0 has been converted to no data values.

• November 28, 2009
  • Application updates:
    • Addition of Ecological Communities & update to data drill export format.
    • Update 'How Much...' export the prevent excel exports with more than 256 columns and added xlsx format.
    • Added a virtual species export warning for summary export.
    • Addition of "Perform Data Drill Option" to the zoom to dialog

• October 26, 2009
  • Application updates:
    • Improved performance of the data tree (FastTree? Widget);
    • Update summary export the prevent excel exports with more than 256 columns
    • Added a virtual species export warning for summary export.

• October 22, 2009
  • New Datasets:
    • Ecological Communities (Areas of Interest)
    • Species (Areas of Interest)

• September 23, 2009
  • New Datasets:
    • Ecological Aquatic Units
      • Lake SubType?
      • River Ecosystem SubType?
      • Wetland Classifcations
    • Fresh Water Impacts
      • Obstructions
      • Road / Stream Crossings
    • Fresh Water
      • Riparian Area
    • Conservation Prioritization
      • Irreplaceability
      • Marxan Summed Solution
      • Relative Biodiversity Index
      • Utility

• September 11, 2009
  • Addition of New "Themes" tab
    • allows user to generate color-themed show me where queries
    • the data tree contains "Saved Themes..." to use saved themes in other queries
  • Updates to the data layers tree to include an additional icon to differential between regional and provincial datasets
  • Addition of "WMS" button on maps that allows users to add a WMS layer (in BC Albers) to any Hectares BC map (and control the transparency).
  • Addition of "Layers" button with the map button that opens/closes the layer
  • Ability to re-order layers in the layer switcher. This allows users to move WMS layers up/down.
  • Addition of "Recent Updates" panel to the Welcome page.

• June 10, 2009
  • Addition of ILMB Regional & Subregional Boundaries

• June 08, 2009
  • Website Update
    • http:///www.hectaresbc.org now points directly to the Hectares BC application. You can reach this wiki page from the application by using the link at the bottom of the application.

• May 20, 2009
  • Application Update
    • various bug fixes (Administrative Units is now back on the Show Me Where tab!)
    • a new data drill dialog box
    • support for upcoming species and ecological communities layers (to be added soon).

• May 15, 2009
  • Addition of Natural Area Conservation Plan Boundaries

• April 3, 2009
  • Addition of Forest Regions (based of Forest Districts)

• March 10, 2009
  • Addition of Local Health Boundaries

• January 23, 2009
  • Addition of Distance to Point of Appraisal
  • Addition of Distance to Point of Origin

• January 12, 2009
  • Bug fixed related to Average Site Index (VRI)

• January 9, 2009
  • Addition of Agricultural Land Reserves
  • Addition of Provincial Forest
  • Addition of Mountain Pine Beetle Forecasts (2011, 2019)
  • Addition of Indian Reserves

• December 5, 2008
  • Addition of Wildlife Management Areas
  • Addition of Federal Lands
  • Addition of Treaty Lands)

• November 20, 2008
  • Addition of Municipalities
  • Addition of Community Watersheds
  • Addition of Old Growth Management Areas
  • Addition of Visual Quality Objectives

• October 17, 2008
  • Addition of Ministry of Environment Regions (Environmental Stewardship Division)

• August 26, 2008
  • Addition of Salmon Conservation Units
  • Addition of Climate Futures

• July 09, 2008
  • All the climate data was updated to match the layers provided by Climate BC.