[Gmod-announce] CMap 0.15 released

[Ben F. <fa...@cs...>]

Hi everyone,

Version 0.15 of CMap has been released.

You can get the new version from SourceForge,
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=27707&package_id=55129&release_id=371937.

If you have any questions, please let me know.

Changes include:

-   Server side sessions are used to store the information about what is
being viewed.  This dramatically reduces URL size and allows more
complex operations.  However, sessions expire, making bookmarks
volatile.
-   Added a feature to save links permanently.  By clicking the "Save
Link" button, a new permanent URL is created for the user to bookmark. 
Saved links can also be browsed.
-   "Saved Links" can also be imported via cmap_admin.pl using an XML
file.
-   The "Import Links" code has been completely replaced by "Saved
Links" code.  The "Import Links" code created links that were easily
deleted by the system and didn't have a very robust import format.
-   A "Hide Empty Rows" option was added to the matrix.
-   Speed increases to help with larger data sources.
-   Allow individual "Minimum number of Corrs" value for each slot.
-   Added a "default" feature type display value for features that may
be on new comparison maps.
-   Added a cluster correspondence option.
-   Each slot only has one title box, with slot specific buttons in it.
-   Each map has it's own set of buttons on the image.
-   Allow individual maps in slot to be deleted using the button labeled
"x".
-   Allow the maps in a slot to be limited to an individual map using
the button labeled "L".
-   Allow individual maps in slot to be flipped.  The flip button for
flipped maps is labeled "UF" for un-flip.
-   Allow maps of different base units to be scaled using a conversion
factor specified in the config file.
-   A "clean view" is now offered that does not have the navigation
buttons on the picture.  This is to make the image more appealing for
publishing.
-   Reference maps can be stacked vertically or placed in multiple rows.
-   The order of the reference maps can be specified.
-   Intra-slot correspondences can be displayed.
-   A "Spidering" feature has been created to allow you to see how a map
is related to other maps in its map set.  The spider crawls the
intra-slot correspondences to a selected depth.  It returns an image
with a row of maps for each level.
-   Option to draw correspondence lines to either the features or the
maps.
-   Option to turn off some or all of the clickable elements on the
image to save bandwidth and render time.
-   Sanity check for the number of clickable elements on an image.
-   All database queries have been moved to a single module.

Ben