Exploring MapStore Release 2022.02: improved 3DTiles support and more

Webinar from GeoSolutions on the recent MapStore 2022.02.00 release. Learn about enhancements related to 3D WFS support and improved styling support for 3D data, MapStore side toolbar, enhanced Dashboards and GeoStories, authentication support for OpenID and Keycloak and more. We will have 1 hour presentation and 30 minutes of Q&A.

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1. What’s new in MapStore
   2022.02
   Ryan Burley
   Alessandro Cristofori
   Tobia Di Pisa
   Stefano Bovio
   GeoSolutions
   

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2. GeoSolutions
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   Founded in 2006, offices in Italy & US
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   Our core products
   ●
   Our offer
   Enterprise
   Support Services
   Deployment
   Subscription
   Professional
   Training
   Customized
   Solutions
   GeoNode
   

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3. Trusted by more than 200 clients
   • UN FAO (CIOK, FIGIS, NRL, FORESTRY, ESTG), UN WFP, World Bank, DLR, EUMETSAT,
   JRC, ARPAT, NATO CMRE, UNESCO, IGAD, UNEP, etc..
   • BAYER, BASF, DigitalGlobe, MDA, TOPCON, SwissRE, e-GEOS, Halliburton, etc..
   

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4. Industries
   Smart
   Cities
   Space MetOcean Defense
   Natural
   Resources
   OpenData Utilities
   Research
   Emergency
   Response
   Government
   

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5. Associations
   We strongly support Open
   Source, it Is in our core
   We actively participate in
   OGC working groups and get
   funded to advance new
   open standards
   We support standards
   critical to GEOINT
   

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6. What is MapStore?
   

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7. What is MapStore?
   It is a Product
   Complete GeoPortal with customizable look&feel
   

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8. What is MapStore?
   It is a Framework
   Build applications leveraging MapStore
   framework (and by developing your own plugins)
   denver.crime-map.info
   covidtrackingmap
   

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9. MapStore Facts
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   Create and share maps, charts, dashboards and
   geostories online
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   Mobile first | Responsive
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   Mapping engine agnostic
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   OpenLayers|Leaflet|Cesium
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   Leveraging React ecosystem
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   Pluggable Look & Feel
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   Consume data from many sources
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   OSM, Bing, WFS, CSW, WMS, WMTS
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   License is Simplified BSD
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   Commercial friendly!
   

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10. Who uses MapStore?
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    Halliburton
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    Austrocontrol
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    MapStand
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    UN FAO
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    EMSA
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    World Bank (via GeoNode)
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    Unesco (via GeoNode)
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    EARTH-I
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    Arno river basin authority
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    Region of Tuscany (Hydrologic Service)
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    Region of Tuscany (Urbanistic Department)
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    LaMMa
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    City of Munich
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    City of Florence
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    City of Genova
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    City of Bozen
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    City of Brussels
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    IGB (via GeoNode)
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    Rennes Metropole (via Georchestra)
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    GeoNode
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    geOrchestra
    

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11. Who uses MapStore?
    MapStand
    

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12. Who uses MapStore?
    City of Brussels
    

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13. Who uses MapStore?
    Austrocontrol
    

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14. Who uses MapStore?
    Arno river basin authority
    

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15. Who uses MapStore?
    City of Genova
    

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16. Main Features
    

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17. MapStore Home Page
    Users can create and share contents with other users.
    They can browse their own contents and contents shared by
    other users using the Home page
    Optionally the creation of contents can be reserved only to
    administrators
    

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18. MapStore Basic Flow
    Add data
    Create a
    Resource
    Share
    Save and set
    permissions
    Thanks to resources like Maps, Dashboards, GeoStories and
    Contexts
    

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19. Maps
    The usual mapping interface and
    many tools available out-of-the-box:
    ● Timeline / Elevation tools
    ● Widgets (charts and tables)
    ● Compare tool
    ● Measure tool
    ● Annotations
    ● Visual Styler
    ● ...
    Compare Measure
    Widgets
    Timeline
    Annotations
    Visual Styler
    

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20. Dashboards
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    Charts, Maps, Tables and more that interact each other
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    Give life to more sophisticated visualizations!
    

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21. GeoStories
    • Tell compelling stories by mixing maps, videos, images, etc..
    • Users can scroll and interact with a really cool visual impact and a
    high level of customization using an advanced web editor
    

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22. Application Contexts
    • MapStore allows to customize the viewer with tools (plugins) you
    need
    • Select standard MapStore plugin or develop and install your own
    • Maps inside MapStore can have specific tools reserved to particular
    use cases through App Contexts
    

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23. Users and groups management
    MapStore has an user/group management system and the
    possibility to integrate it with LDAP, GeoServer and GeoFence to
    provide advanced security and resource/data access privileges
    with high level of granularity set
    

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24. Downstream Project System
    Start from the standard MapStore and create your own project,
    replacing whatever you want, and keeping track only of your
    customizations (simplifying future updates).
    You can:
    ● Customize Look and Feel
    ● Create/replace pages
    ● Configure and create your own
    plugins
    ● Extend or replace the back-end with
    your own
    Well known projects like GeoNode and geOrchestra use this
    concept 🡪 More details here
    

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25. More Information
    ● Official Demo
    http://mapstore.geo-solutions.it/
    ● User Docs
    https://mapstore.readthedocs.io/en/latest/user-guide/home-page/
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    GitHub Repo
    https://github.com/geosolutions-it/MapStore2
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    Dev Docs
    https://mapstore.readthedocs.io/en/latest/developer-guide/requirements/
    ● Youtube Videos
    https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLe2yzutVrnZ5tjYGYYcKmZzo_M9ku5I9X
    ● Mailing Lists
    https://groups.google.com/g/mapstore-users
    https://groups.google.com/g/mapstore-developers
    ● MapStore Online training
    https://training.mapstore.geosolutionsgroup.com/index.html
    

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26. MapStore release v2022.02
    

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27. MapStore v2022.02 releases timeline
    ● 2022.02.02 Released December 13th 2022
    ● 2022.02.01 Released November 17th 2022
    ● 2022.02.00 (Major) Released September 28th
    2022
    ● 2022.01.02 Released June 9th 2022
    ● 2022.01.01 Released May 4th 2022
    ● 2022.01.00 (Major) Released March 16h 2022
    

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28. New with 2022.02 - Improved 3D data handling
    3D Tiles support: to manage 3D Tiles layers and styling leveraging
    on the Cesium JS update
    You can add 3D Tiles from
    Catalog tool!
    

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29. New with 2022.02 - Improved 3D data handling
    Improved the support for Terrain layers including a new
    dedicated layer type to support terrain provider layer for the 3D
    viewer
    Look at
    https://docs.mapstore.geosolutionsgroup.com/en/v2022.02.02/developer-guide/
    maps-configuration/#terrain
    Now you can configure the preferred Terrain
    provider for each 3D map!
    

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30. New with 2022.02 - Improved 3D data handling
    ● Support to WFS layers and imported vector layers (GeoJSON, Shapefile…) in
    3D mode
    ○ Visualization of 2D and 3D Geometries in 3D mode
    ○ Support to Identify
    Look at
    https://docs.mapstore.geosolutionsgroup.com/en/v2022.02.02/user-guide/layer-s
    ettings/#styling-of-vector-layer
    ○ Support to Styling
    

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31. New with 2022.02 - Improved 3D data handling
    Points Lines Polygons
    ● Styling properties specific for 3D mode with the inclusion of
    dedicated symbolizers!
    Aligned the UI of the
    Styler for vector layers
    to the one used for WMS
    layer
    

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32. New with 2022.02 - Improved 3D data handling
    Identify for 3D Tiles and 3D
    vector layers!
    ● Enhanced the support for the Identify (click on map) in 3D
    mode according to the camera orientation
    

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33. New with 2022.02 - Improved 3D data handling
    ● Improved 3D mode performances: applied Explicit Rendering
    strategy to avoid frames loading when the map is idle
    

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34. New with 2022.02 - 3D Map Options
    ● Improved the 3D Map Options related to the globe
    in Settings: enable atmosphere, enable fog and
    enable depth test
    

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35. MapStore Dependencies
    ● A lot of dependencies updates across 2022.01
    and 2022.02 series
    ○ Upgrade of Cesium to v1.90.0
    ○ Upgrade of Postgres JDBC driver to 42.2.23
    ○ Upgrade of Bootstrap to v3.4.1
    ○ Support for build to npm 7
    ○ Upgrade of Spring dependency to v5.3.18
    and Spring Security to v5.3.10
    ○ Minimum Tomcat version required is v8.5.69
    

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36. New with 2022.02 - Query params handling
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    First implementation in v2022.01.01 series
    ○ Provided the ability to send query params using POST
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    Enhanced in v2022.02.00
    ○ Support to multiple embedded maps on the same web page via
    POST
    ●
    Enhanced in v2022.02.01
    ○ Provided support for a simplified handling of query parameters
    ○ Support of query params for 3D mode
    More documentation available online at:
    https://docs.mapstore.geosolutionsgroup.com/en/v2022.02.02/developer-guide/map-query-parameters
    Example
    https://mapstore.geosolutionsgroup.com/mapstore/#/viewer/openlayers/new?addLayers=gs:us_states
    &center=-106.458,45.699&zoom=5&mapInfo=gs:us_states&mapInfoFilter=STATE_FIPS=30
    

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37. New with 2022.02 - Loading Time
    ●
    Further performance improvements from v2021.02
    concerning the loading time of MapStore pages
    ○ Reduced the initial MapStore JS bundle size by lazy-loading
    needed lib dependencies
    ○ Modular Plugin: for a dynamic import of plugins and extensions
    only when needed
    2022.01.02 2022.02.02
    mapstore2.js 1.4 Mb
    mapstore2.js 2.6 Mb
    

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38. New with 2022.02 - Print plugin
    ● Improved Printing tool to provide some new features:
    ○ Ability to select the desired projection for printed maps
    ○ Ability to select the desired export format other than PDF (eg.
    JPG, PNG)
    ○ Ability to print the Graticule on the map (new plugin!)
    Look at the plugin configuration
    https://mapstore.geosolutionsgroup.com/mapstore/docs/api/plugins#plugins.Print
    

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39. New with 2022.02 - Side Toolbar
    ● Side Toolbar new design:
    ○ Faster access to MapStore tools
    ○ Allows concurrent use of multiple tools on the same map
    

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40. New with 2022.02 - Improved mobile widgets visualization
    ● Map widgets in mobile view: we improved the layout
    to visualize the widgets on small screens, similar a
    carousel visualization
    

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41. New with 2022.02 - Geostories and Dashboards
    enhancements
    ● Map Widget switcher: ability to switch map
    widgets, keeping focus with connected widgets.
    ● Dashboards and GeoStories export/import.
    

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42. New with 2022.02 - Timeline time intervals support
    ● The Timeline plugin supports time intervals with a
    start/end date.
    

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43. New with 2022.02 - Features Snapping
    ● Attribute table features snapping: Features
    geometries snapping enabled in edit mode
    

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44. New with 2022.02 - Google and Keycloak authentication with
    OpenID Connect
    ● OpenID integration: authentication providers
    supporting the protocol plug-in (Google,
    Keycloak, etc)
    Look at
    https://docs.mapstore.geosolutionsgroup.com/en/v2022.02.02/developer-guide/i
    ntegrations/users/openId/
    

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45. New with 2022.02 – Attribute based color-coded classification
    ● Chart widgets: improved the styling of bar/pie charts
    to classify using a feature attribute
    

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46. New with 2022.02 - More Improvements
    A lot of other minor enhancements to the existing MapStore
    capabilities will be included
    ● Ability to set domain sharding directly from the
    Catalog component
    ● 3D zoom via share URL now supports the camera
    orientation
    ● Client side customization for WMTS background
    layers attributions
    ● New Delete plugin for maps, geostories and
    dashboards
    ● URLs are automatically converted to hyperlinks
    in Attribute
    ● ...and much more
    

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47. Ongoing work
    

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48. Ongoing work - Map Views plugin
    ● A new plugin will allow to make different views inside
    the same map defining: description, position,
    navigation time, layers visibility and additional options
    for 3D viewer
    

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49. ● 3D map viewer will allow following additional
    options: clip/mask of 3D Tiles and globe
    transparency
    Ongoing work - Map Views plugin
    

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50. Ongoing work - Vector/WFS Style editor symbolizer
    enhancements for 3D viewer
    ● Leader line property to connect a marker, 3D
    model, icon or text to the terrain
    ● 3D Model as point symbolizer
    

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51. Ongoing work - Legend for vector layers
    ● Layer items in TOC will show the legend for WFS
    and vector layers is a style has been defined
    

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52. Ongoing work - 3D Measurement Tool
    ● Measurement Tool supported in 3D viewer
    ● Supported measurements: distance, area, point
    coordinates, height from terrain, angle, slope
    

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53. Ongoing work - R&D improvement of 3D rendering and
    performances
    ● More work and evolutions expected for 3D:
    ○ Investigating on a different approach to speed
    up loading of Terrain tiles
    ○ Investigating on different loading request
    strategies and tiling for WFS and Vector layers
    ○ Investigating on alternative specifications that
    describes 3D Features to improve the
    MapStore capabilities and performances (3D
    Tiles version 1.1, Vector Tiles, CityGML,
    CityJSON, 3DCityDB, 3D GeoVolumes, COPC,
    GLTF, …)
    

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54. Ongoing work - Multiple chart support for single widgets
    ● In dashboards, it will be possible to configure
    multiple charts and switch between them directly
    in the widget.
    

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55. Ongoing work - WMTS configuration refactor
    ● Improving the WMTS layer configuration to manage tile
    matrix sets limits at layer level
    ● Keeping external sources property to centralize and reduce
    the size of map configuration
    ● Allowing configurability of tile matrix set inside layer
    options
    

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56. MapStore Online Documentation
    Check out the updated User and Developer guides of
    the release v2022.02.02
    https://docs.mapstore.geosolutionsgroup.com/en/v2022.02.
    02/user-guide/home-page/
    https://docs.mapstore.geosolutionsgroup.com/en/v2022.02.
    02/developer-guide/requirements/
    

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57. That’s all folks!
    Questions?
    info@geosolutionsgroup.com
    

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