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What's New with the Geomark Web Service

Last updated on February 15, 2022

February 23, 2022 - version 6.0.0 released

  • Modernized the Geomark web application user interface
  • Support added for the OGC GeoPackage format
  • Support added for the latest GeoJSON specification
  • Restored ability to create a Geomark in Google Earth
  • Documentation updates
  • Bug fixes

December 19, 2017 – version 5.0.2 released

  • Web Mercator is now supported
  • Tutorials are accessible with permalinks

February 14, 2017 – version 5.0.1 released

  • Improved handling of geometries with a high number of vertices
  • More efficient minimum clearance calculation

May 10, 2016 – version 5.0.0 released

  • New mobile friendly user interface
  • New ‘view in’ Geomark map window
  • Allow multiple geometries to overlap
  • Allow up to 20,000 vertices
  • Important bug fix associated with Shapefile upload
  • Allow / ignore some geometry errors (Geomark can still be created)

July 17, 2014 – version 4.1.2 released

  • Web browser compatibility improvements specific to Internet Explorer 8 and 9
  • Fixed bug in GML format for point and line geometries

July 10, 2014 – version 4.1.1 released

  • Important bug fix associated with shapefiles downloaded from the Geomark Web Service

July 2, 2014 – version 4.1.0 released

  • Updates to Developer Guide and Glossary of Terms
  • Added support for JSONP output
  • Now correctly handles shapefiles containing Z and M values
  • Improved file type validation
  • Improved coordinate system validation
  • Improved  support for KMZ file format
  • Refinements to user interface
  • Refinements to GeoJSON returned for point Geomarks
  • KML viewer updated to support Google Earth 7.X
  • Additional technical improvements and bug fixes.

January, 2013 – version 4.0 released

  • You can now create geomarks from points and lines as well as polygons
  • There is a snappy new look and feel
  • There is also a new geomark group API that registered, government applications can use to make geomarks permanent.

Apr. 5, 2012 – version 3.0 released

Nov. 10, 2011 – version 2.0.1 released

May 12, 2011 – version 2.0 released 

May 13, 2010 – version 1.0 released