Release information

¹ Version release date: 5 October 2023
² Version release date: 12 December 2023

Queensland Globe version 2.15 includes the following feature enhancements:

• In-session alert messaging, which allows users to receive alerts directly within their active Queensland Globe session, as opposed to relying solely on information displayed on a banner page.
• The ability to re-order layers is supported for user-added data files using the Sort User Data Layers option. ¹
• Inclusion of the Extrude options within the Group Symbology tool, allowing for extrusions for a group of polygons to be enabled or disabled. ¹
• Changes to layer behaviour for imported user-added data files that contain 3D data. ¹
• Upgrade to the Coordinate plotter to allow for an elevation mode and vertical offset value to be specified when entering a known coordinate. ¹
• Upgrade to the Change style tool. ¹
• Elevation mode options for Places and User-added data files. ¹
• The Elevation tool allows you to examine the elevation of a location in 2D, and it may also provide precision-related details. ²
• The geometry of 3D places is now editable once the place has been added to the Places panel. ²
• Enhancements now enable users to draw 3D polylines. ²
• Polylines (2D and 3D) can now be extruded in both 3D and 360 modes. ²
• The Colour picker allows users to apply personalised colours when drawing. ²
• Experience the enhanced line style options by utilising the newly integrated drop-down menu, which facilitates the selection of various line styles. ²
• When working with polygon features using the drawing tools, users can now access a drop-down menu to choose from a variety of fill styles. ²
• Enhance your query options with the newly available In operator, enabling users to filter data based on multiple specified values. ²
• The latest update introduces new sorting functionality for organising maps and places. ²
• The map section now includes folders, providing users with enhanced organisational options. ²

¹ Version release date: 9 June 2022
² Patch release date: 29 June 2022
³ Patch release date: 19 July 2022
⁴ Patch release date: 17 August 2022
⁵ Patch release date: 29 September 2022
⁶ Patch release date: 18 October 2022
⁷ Patch release date: 16 December 2022

GeoResGlobe version 2.14 includes the following feature enhancements:

• Create 3D places using the sketch widget in 3D and 360 view mode. The elevation of the places (above sea level and relative to the ground) are displayed in the bottom left corner of the map view. Once the 3D place has been accepted, this is available within the attributes of the place. 3D places can be created for point, rectangle, polygon and circle features. Line, ellipse and text can be added using the drawing tools in 3D and 360 mode but these will be added as 2D places. ¹
• Extrude places in 3D and 360 mode. The extrude tool can be applied to both 2D and 3D places. Extrusions can be applied to drawn rectangle, polygon and circle features. This tool can also be used for polygon places that are added using the search tool (e.g. Lot on plan) or the identify tool (e.g. Locality). By default the extrusion settings are +/- 100m. These values can be adjusted by the user. ¹
• Measure height of a 3D place, the height of the place (above sea level and relative to the ground) are displayed in the bottom left corner of the map view. The height from the ground is displayed on the map. ²
• Upgrade to the Node.js back-end environment supporting the GeoResGlobe. ²
• Include MGA coordinates in the displayed attributes for point places added via the coordinate tool. ³
• The symbology applied to places can be displayed in the legend. A checkbox to hide places in the legend has also been included. ³
• The places legend has been incorporated into the print tool. ³
• Show legend in extent only has been added to assist when a large number of layers are being displayed. ⁴
• Show mini map will show you where you are in Queensland. ⁴
• Time to farewell the take tour, have a look at our newly extended help. ⁴
• ArcGIS JS API 4.23 upgrade. ⁵
• ArcGIS JS API 4.24 upgrade. ⁶
• The Label offset tool has been introduced to GeoResGlobe to offer the ability to adjust the placement of labels added to places.⁷

GeoResGlobe has had a software currency update and now includes the following feature improvements:

New features:

• Address search functionality allows the usage of a / within an address e.g. 2/100 Zeller St Chinchilla.¹
• The Search functionality has been updated to give users the ability to search for a BFP Lot Plan.²
• Improvements have also been made to user-added imagery capability. Users can import a zipped image and world file downloaded from QImagery, where the JPGW file contains a rotation value. The image will be added as a layer that can be saved to a map. Please be aware that these images are geolocated only. If further refinement is required, the georeferencing tools can be used to adjust.²
• KML and JSON files that contain multiple geometry types can be exported and imported. Once imported these will be displayed with each geometry type as a separate layer.³
• Portal items can be taken offline³
• Support for BFP/Lot on plan search to merge results where multi-part polygons are returned³
• Improvements have been made to the elevation profile tool to incorporate bathymetry information and to allow for profiles greater than 50 km ³

¹Date version released: 09/07/2021
²Date patch released: 8/02/2022
³Date patch released: 28/02/2022

Version 2.12.01 introduces the integration of GeoResGlobe with the GSQ Open Data Portal. The features added in this release allow users to spatially search for open file geoscience data and reports in the portal. In addition there are new formats supported for adding data and you can now compare map layers using the swipe tool.

New features:

• GSQ Open Data Portal Topic to display all layers which integrate with the portal.
• Report index layer to display spatial extents of all open file reports.
• Search the Geoscience Open Data Portal from a single record in the results table, for permit and geoscience layers (link is disabled if no data is available in the portal).
• Search the Geoscience Open Data Portal from multiple selections in the results table, for permit and geoscience layers.
• Search the Geoscience Open Data Portal from a Place (intersect against applicable map layers).
• Filter tool in results table to refine records displayed.
• Ability to add geojson files as added data.
• Georeferenced images can be loaded through “Add my data” (supports .png or .jpg images zipped with world file coordinates in web Mercator projection).
• Swipe tool for comparing imagery and data layers within two view modes (horizontal and vertical).

View the Integration with GSQ Open Data Portal tutorial video to learn more.

Release date: 3 August 2020

GeoResGlobe version 2.11.35 introduces support for GDA2020 coordinates.

New features:

• The coordinates shown in the left bottom corner of the screen have been updated to display both GDA2020 and GDA94 coordinates. Clicking on the coordinate value toggles between latitude/longitude in decimal degrees, Degrees Minutes Seconds (DMS) or MGA Easting (E) Northing (N) and Zone (Z).
• The DMS coordinates have been updated to show two decimal seconds 0° 00′ 0.00″.
• GDA2020 shapefiles and csv files can be imported and exported.
• The Add Coordinate tool allows for GDA2020 latitude/longitude and MGA coordinates to be entered.
• Points added through the coordinate tool are automatically labelled by the NAME that is entered. If no NAME is provided the coordinate values will be used.
• Field Inspection Report supports GDA2020 coordinates.

Limitations

• Imported data is limited to a maximum file size of 10MB or 1,000 features at a time.

Release date: 16 June 2020

GeoResGlobe version 2.10.49 includes updates to existing functionality as well as the ability to link to open file company reports (where available) from the permit layers.

New feature:

Links to open file company reports (where available) can now be accessed from the permit layers. These links can be accessed by clicking on the down chevron next to a permit in the results table. When this link is clicked it will open the GSQ Open Data Portal on a search page which lists the reports available for that permit.

Updated features:

The previous version of GeoResGlobe zoomed automatically when a tab was clicked within the results table. This made it difficult for users to maintain their area of interest on the screen as it automatically zoomed when a tab was clicked.

To resolve this issue the automatic zoom has been removed from the results table. Zooming is now controlled by the mouse and the “Zoom to feature” buttons in the results table.

Automatic zooming can still be accessed from the side panel view for users that prefer this option.

Bug fixes

Labels that are added from the text tool now appear in medium and high resolution prints.

Release date: 19 November 2019

GeoResGlobe version 2.10.46 adds updates to existing tools to further enhance GeoResGlobe experience.

Updated features:

• Short reports generated from permits now include all the attributes from the layer.
• Searches with a blue icon automatically turn on the relevant layers when a search is run.
• These layer searches also return the results to the table view (instead of the side panel) by default.

Note: Performance of these searches are improved by entering explicit search terms, i.e. entering the permit type and permit number (such as EPC 1477) only turns on the EPC layers when the search is run. If no permit type is entered all the permit layers turn on.

Bug fixes

• Feature actions that are returned from the new layer searches will now match those returned from the identify tool.
• Adding to places from the results table is now limited to 100 places at a time.
• Added Shapefiles now consistently show all the features on the map.
• Show legend in the extent only can now be used for layers with a large number of symbols such as the Detailed geology.
• Lot on plan searches now work after running a permit search.
• Places can now be downloaded from the permit over time tool.
• Feature actions for the source layer are now accessible after running the Advanced intersect tool.
• User added data can now be downloaded and added back into the application.
• The advanced search and query layer attributes tools now work on tablets.
• Medium and high resolution print is now available in Firefox.
• Grid lines display consistently when panning in the print preview.
• Geology layers can now be printed.

Release date: 19 November 2019

This is the production release of GeoResGlobe. It is identified as version 2.10 as it is aligned with the GeoResGlobe release cycle.

The intention for this release is to replace the current MinesOnlineMaps spatial viewer. Notifications of fixes and changes will be posted on this page. We appreciate your patience and feedback as we implement the changes.

It is recommended that new users access the Tutorial Videos and Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) to highlight the functionality and workflows within the new web application.

Further functionality will be added to the new GeoResGlobe application with continuing maintenance scheduled. Feedback on GeoResGlobe can be provided via the opendata@resources.qld.gov.au email address.

New and improved features:

Below are a list of new and improved features that are available in release 2.10:

• Permits over time
• Only active under 1 Million scale. Uses a time-slide type function (similar to past imagery) to view the progression of a permit over a specific or specified time.
• This feature only shows data that was current from the 1st July 2015 through to 11th June 2019.
• Advanced Permit Search
• Allows searching across multiple layers based on an attribute query (similar to “query layer attribute”).
• Attribute query predictive text
• Query layer attributes now provides suggestions for valid attributes that are available in the data.
• Measure bearing and distance
• Shows line segment distances as well as the total line distance. Bearing can also be seen for final line segment in bottom left of map face.
• Save line measurements in Places
• Line measurements can be saved to Places for future use in saved maps and prints.
• Area measurements cannot be saved.
• Field inspection report
• Creates a report and csv or Shapefile which show the coordinates of permits corners.
• Available as a feature action from MDL, MC, ML and Infrastructure ML application and grant layers.
• Export all at once from table
• Exports all the results from the table into a zipped folder. Each tab from results table are separated into different files within the zipped folder.
• Default stroke width of 1 pixel (px)
• Stroke used for drawing places now defaults to 1px instead of 3px.
• Add all to Places from search
• User can now add all the search results to Places at once.
• Limited to 100 results.
• Move labels in Places
• Once labels are added to a feature they can be moved using an offset pixel distance. Positive “x” values move east, positive “y” values move north, negative “x” value move west and negative “y” values move south.
• Group Editing of Places
• Places can now be appended into a group. This allows for symbology, visibility and label changes to be made at a group level.
• Highlight features on screen as you roll over them
• Features in the results table will highlight on the map as they are rolled over with the mouse cursor in the table.
• Compacted legend
• Layer symbology is now beside the layer name and spacing between each layer has been decreased.
• Print map with graticules
• Display graticules on a printed map from the print window.
• Print map with Lat Long Tics
• Display Lat Long tics on a printed map using the Display drop down from the print window.
• Only available in 2D mode and map rotation is not supported.
• Print map with MGA grid lines
• Display MGA grid lines on a printed map using the Display drop down from the print window.
• Only available in 2D mode and map rotation is not supported.
• Grid will only appear on scales between 1:1,000 and 1:500,000. Grid lines may appear on an angle because it is an MGA Grid displayed on a geographic projection of Web Mercator EPSG 102100.
• Limit legend to map extent
• Display MGA grid lines on a printed map using the Display drop down from the print window.
• Georeferenced images
• Add .jpg or .png images to GeoResGlobe and georeference them.
• Maximum image size handled is 7Mb for .png, and 3Mb for .jpg files.
• New icons in results table
• New icons for “Advanced intersect report” and “Download table” results have been added to the results table.
• Filter layer using results from an Attribute Query
• A “Display only query results” checkbox is now available in the Attribute Query window. When this checkbox is activated the layer used to run the query will only display the features returned in the results.
• The filter for this layer will remain on screen until the results table is closed.

Release date: 26 September 2019

This is the initial release of GeoResGlobe. It is identified as version 2.9 as it is aligned with the GeoResGlobe release cycle. Note however, that not all functions available in version 2.9 of the GeoResGlobe are available in GeoResGlobe.

It is recommended that new users access the Tutorial Videos and Documentation to highlight the functionality and workflows within the new web application

Further functionality will be added to the new GeoResGlobe application with the next scheduled release in October 2019. Feedback on GeoResGlobe can be provided via the opendata@resources.qld.gov.au email address.

Limitations of the release

This initial release of GeoResGlobe contains known limitations and bugs listed below. They are currently under review and will be included in the priority enhancements planned for the second release. The intention is for the second release to replace the current MinesOnlineMaps spatial viewer. Notifications of fixes and changes will be posted on this site. We appreciate your patience and feedback as we implement the changes

Export limitations

• It is recommended to use QSpatial to download large volumes of data as GeoResGlobe has limitations on the number of features and format in which the data can be exported.
• Data is exported in WGS_1984_Web_Mercator_Auxiliary_Sphere projection.
• Values in some fields are displaying additional decimal places which are not in the source data. For example some of the Latitude and Longitude values in the Mines and Mineral Occurrence layers have 15 decimal places. These “blown out” values appear like rounding issues as the normally end in values similar to 999998 or 0000001.
• Data exported from the results table can only be exported one tab at a time. The results table can be converted to a side panel to download all the data at once.

Known bugs

• The ellipse and arrow shapes cannot be resized or rotated. The arrow can only point left or right.
• Source features for intersect and the advanced Intersect report can only be selected from one layer.
• User added data cannot be exported to Shapefile, kml or json unless you use the places option.
• Feature actions returned from a search may be different to what is returned from a query. For example when searching on EPM12345 the option to generate a short report or open the Resource Authority report is not available. To access these features an identify needs to be performed.
• Labels output on high and medium resolution prints may not match the print preview.
• Labels added through the text tool are removed in medium and high resolution prints.

Browser limitations

• It is recommended to use Edge or Chrome when using GeoResGlobe.
• Firefox does not complete medium and high resolution prints sometimes. This issue can be resolved using the following steps:
• Enter about:config into the Firefox address bar
• Search in the address bar for: sendOriginHeader
• Double click on this entry, a popup will appear. In this window replace the value with 1 and hit ok.

Release date: 26 September 2019