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2 September 2015

Data Search and Data Products

Miscellaneous

• SeaScribe and SeaTube now support multiple cameras.

For more details see the internal release notes (login required): 2015-09-02 Release Notes

5 August 2015

Data Search and Data Products

• Added interactivity between the search tree and the map when Sort by "Variables by Location" has been selected. Ie. the map now shows the location of the primary sensor when a sensor is selected on the search tree, and vice versa.
• Data search failures automatically generate tracking "tickets" so we can investigate the cause. Tickets generated by search failures outside the production environment (ie. QA and Development) now contain the word "TEST" to distinguish them from production issues.
• Added data products for the scalar sensors on the ASL AZFP Echosounders, such as tilt and temperature.

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• The CAP messages for earthquake and tsunami notification now include a digital signature. The client API verifies that the signature is present and valid before it will act on notifications.
• The API and sample client now display the distance from the user to the epicentre, in km.

Miscellaneous

• SeaScribe and SeaTube now support video feeds from multiple cameras on the same ROV dive.
• Did some initial design work and prototyping towards a tool that will allow previewing of data for a pre-defined set of instruments and recent time ranges.
• Created a "scalardata" web service to access any data for scalar sensors for any date range.
• The two types of Thermosalinographs have been merged into one type.
• Wrote a parser for the ZEUS II ROV Navigation device so that we can have georeferenced dive data.

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2 July 2015

Data Search and Data Products

• On the Data Search step 1 page, in the "Sort By" selector, "Location" has been renamed to "Instruments by Location", and "Instrument" has been renamed to "Instruments by Category". This is related to an upcoming feature where users will be able to search "Variables by Location". This will replicate and improve upon the "Search by Water Property" function on the VENUS data download page.
• Added station names to plot titles for complex data such as ADCP.
• MATLAB data products for mobile devices (ie. all except CSV) now state the range of positioning data (latitude, longitude, depth) for the applicable data, instead of 'NaN'.
• When using Sort by Location, complex data products now have filenames that contain the location name, similar to scalar data products.
• Added data products for Imagenex profiling and imaging sonars (primarily on the VENUS network, may be temporarily disabled pending review).
• Added data products for Sequoia LISST particle analyzers (primarily on the VENUS network, may be temporarily disabled pending review).
• Improved the status messages when no data is found to aid users in understanding why there's no data and to help find data.
• Nortek raw binary data products (AQD, PRF, VNO, VEC) will no longer be unavailable when the configuration is unavailable (a warning will be issued in that case, but users will still be able to the get the data).

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• Created a Java API for users who wish to subscribe to and receive earthquake and/or tsunami notifications on their PC to compute time-to-shaking and shaking intensity.
• Wrote client software that uses the API and displays notifications on a console, as an example of how the API can be used by clients.
• Improved the earthquake notification messages to add the number of sensors that contributed to each detection and notification.

Miscellaneous

• Added sensor units to the list of variables returned by the DeviceInfoService web service.
• Did some initial work on designing a web page to quickly preview data for fixed time ranges.

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1 June 2015

Data Search and Data Products

• Added a new search feature to Data Search (and Plotting Utility) called "Sort by: Primary Sensor" (currently disabled). This is useful when you want to search for data by property but you aren't sure what instruments measure that property. Or there may be more than one instrument but you don't know which one is the best one to use. To use Sort by: Primary Sensor you first select the location you want, then you select the water (or air) property without being concerned about what instrument is measuring that property. If there is more than one instrument, this feature will automatically select the one that we consider to be the best one to use. The software has been written but this feature will not be enabled until testing is completed.
• For data products for the ZAP (Zooplankton Acoustic Profiler), improved the Config field to show which fields are instrument configuration and which are post process information.
• Hydrophone data products can now make use of NAXYS calibration files.

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• Finished thoroughly testing the Earthquake Correlator and fixing all issues that were found.

Miscellaneous

• Improved the reprocessing service to handle piggyback devices that are moved to a new parent device on the same day.
• Work was done to support live divelog video feeds from simultaneous cruises, for the Wiring the Abyss webpage and SeaTube.

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4 May 2015

Data Search and Data Products

• Created data products for the CODAR in the Salish Sea including RUV, TUV, and PNG formats. This device is listed under Marine Radar System.
• Data products have been created for the British Columbia ferry instruments located in the Salish Sea.
• Added MAT, PNG, and PDF data products for ZAP (Zooplankton Acoustic Profiler).

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• Completed the web service support for CANARIE. This was the final piece to complete the NEP-105 CANARIE-supported project (however additional WARN development is taking place under a new project). The web service confirms to CANARIE that WARN is operational and reports the number of earthquakes and tsunamis reported in the past 24 hours. It also provides CANARIE with links to documentation on the project.
• Implemented a server "push" notification method to notify external clients of earthquakes and tsunamis. Later an example client application will be developed to demonstrate how this system works, and to provide a template for users who wish to develop their own client application.

Miscellaneous

• Added a link to the File Upload feature on the Tools menu. This is an existing feature to upload annotations but had been a hidden page up to now.
• Now support multiple resolutions of time lapse video in SeaTube for the FORCE (Atlantic) observatory.
• Added support for primary sensors in ScalarDataAPIService, DeviceService, and in Plotting Utility. This will eventually be used to support expanded preview plots in the oceannetworks.ca website.

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1 April 2015

Data Search and Data Products

•  We now handle null site positions and mobile position offsets in data products.

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• Upgraded to handle new sensors and new data format for Ocean Sonics AF and HF hydrophones.
• New calibration formulas for the second generation SIIMs.
• Now parsing the State of Health (SOH) data from seismometers.

Miscellaneous

• Now tracking activity on the login and registration pages with Google Analytics so we can learn about problems our users may be having in these areas.
• A special web page was added to Oceans 2.0 to display live data from the Strait of Georgia for the Vancouver Aquarium.

26 February 2015

Data Search and Data Products

• You are now able to zoom in on the Data Search map as far as Google Maps allows.
• Improved the performance of obtaining device information once you have selected a device in Data Search.
• Completely overhauled the header of CSV files to give more information and to make it consistent regardless of which network the instrument is located on. Also modified the format of the timestamp in the data area to make it more readable.

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• Parsed RDI ADCP data is now available using ERDDAP. See OPeNDAP Web Services on the Tools menu.
• Made is easier for ONC data stewards to configure ERDDAP data sets.
• Made it easier to maintain ONC sensor mappings to CF standards.

Miscellaneous

• The hydrophone viewer now has additional choices for annotating marine mammals - northern right whale dolphin, Baird's beaked whale, and Cuvier's beaked whale
• Made the Citizen Scientist app more reliable.
• Merged the SoH (State of Health) seismometer FTP jobs and made the job configurable so that one job could be used for all current and future SoH seismometers.
• In Device Console, made the list of Junction Boxes and SIIMs more descriptive, added Oceanworks devices, and sorted the list by site.
• Created an FTP job for downloading data from the Queen of Oak Bay ferry.
• Implemented a server notification method for WARN (Web-enabled Awareness Research Network) in order to notify external users of earthquakes and tsunamis.

3 February 2015

Data Search and Data Products

• It is now possible to select an instrument for searching data by clicking on it on the Data Search map or in the usual way using the search tree.
• Modified the metadata reports to show the full path for hyperlinks so this information would not be lost if the report was printed.
• Removed the Network Topology "Sort by" option from Data Search.
• Made the initial changes to support a new header format for the CSV data product.
• Improvements for Nortek ADCP data products: more information within the .mat file products on what was done to the data, improved handling of mobile data, particularly headings and rotations.

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• Added a web service so that CANARIE can confirm that WARN is operational.
• Completed most of the work for the earthquake detection correlator.

Miscellaneous

• Increased the number of daily "casts" (down-up transits) of the Buoy Profiling System in Saanich Inlet from 2 to 4.
• Added the ability to control the new camera system at Brentwood College (Mill Bay site).
• Digital Fishers code was modified to support changes for the upcoming campaign titled "Feeding Critters".

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