GLIMSView Bugs and Wishlist

List of Bugs and Desired Features for GLIMSview 1.0. Compiled and maintained by Deborah Lee Soltesz & Bruce Raup.

6/21/2007 21:26

Issue ID

Type

Description

Date Reported

Reported by

Platform

Severity

Status

Date Fixed

Fixed by

Notes on Fix

Related URL

Relation

Notes

Bug

Tool: IP Place point. A glacier ID shows up in the glacier config tab. CTRL-Z (undo) makes the input point go away on the image, but the ID doesn't go away from the glacier config tab.

Raup

Linux

Urgent

Closed

12/6/2004

dls

adding highlighting of selected points, lines, or glacier ids in list fixed this problem

Bug

Help->About: version number is not current. Says 0.99 instead of 1.0

Raup

Linux

Urgent

Closed

4/14/2004

dls

Bug

User's Guide: There is a link to the GLIMS website, but clicking on it only makes the User's Guide window go blank, and I get the message: "QTextBrowser: no mimesource for http://www.glims.org/" in the terminal window.

Raup

Linux

Closed

4/14/2004

dls

removed link to GLIMS website - the help window is not a true web browser

Bug

Config:Image -- The image filename is not filled in.

Raup

Linux

Urgent

Closed

8/20/2005

dls

4/14/04 - There's still an issue with reading/writing data to the project file. This element has been renamed from filename to Image URL, which is what should be displayed in the dialog. 8/20/2005 - missing & caused data structure holding the data to "lose" it

Wanted Feature

Glimsview is designed to be run from the installation directory only. If it is run from somewhere else, it doesn't know where to find the pixmaps for the buttons. Should use an environment variable such as GLIMSVIEW_HOME.

Raup

Linux

Open

http://www.glims.org/glimsview/bug_report/bug005.html

Wanted Feature

Ability to export the ASTER (or whatever) image in GeoTIFF, PNG, and other formats.

G. Hamilton

Urgent

Open

Wanted Feature

When saving a project, it would be good if the stretches that had been applied to the image were also saved.

Raup

Linux

Open

relation based on need for project XML refinement and additions

Wanted Feature

Should be able to use GCPs to adjust the geolocation of the image, or, ideally, orthorectify the image.

G. Hamilton

Open

Wanted Feature

When the user tries to exit the program without first saving work, the dialog should be something like "Save before quitting?", and the buttons should say something like "yes", "no", "cancel", where "cancel" cancels the quit operation.

Raup

Closed

8/4/2005

dls

Wanted Feature

Generic shapefile import: currently, shapefiles must be in lat/lon coordinates. Need to be able to import shapefiles in projected coordinates.

Khalsa

Windows

Urgent

Open

Interface improvement

Bulk delete of polylines, e.g. shift-click to select entire line, DEL key deletes.

Khalsa

Windows

Urgent

Open

Interface improvement

Bulk nudge of points (select group of points, move them all together)

Khalsa

Windows

Urgent

Open

Wanted Feature

Autosave/recover feature

Khalsa, F. Rau

Windows

Urgent

Open

Wanted Feature

Layer manager (things like toggling all lines on and off, or just certain line types on and off)

Khalsa

Windows

Open

Multiple layers with photoshop/illustrator style box would be nice, wouldn't it?

Wanted Feature

Generic shapefile import without pre-loaded image (requires redesign of program, which currently bases geolocation on a single image)

Khalsa

Windows

Open

Doubt a redesign is in order… just a couple tweaks.

Wanted Feature

Add units to form for inputting glacier params (width, length, area, etc.)

Khalsa

Windows

Urgent

Closed

8/4/2005

dls

Wanted Feature

Prompt before overwrite shapefiles (export)

Khalsa

Windows

Open

Wanted Feature

More screens to supply all the metadata that is in the shapefiles it generates. Currently, it gives you the option to input only some of the parameters, but others, like whether the image was orthorectified (segments table) and what the RC_ID is (currently given arbitrary value?) would have to be supplied by editing the shapefiles.

Khalsa

Windows

Urgent

1/23/2006

dls

8/5/2005 - RC_ID and other Session stuff fixed - more fixes coming
1/23/2006 - several Image metadata fields added, fixed Image URL, and added validator button for Acquisition Date-Time

Bug

Occasional crashes; cause unknown; crashes when working on large projects also reported;

F. Rau

Windows 98/NT/2000

Urgent

Closed

7/14/2005

dls

refactored undo to not save a copy of the entire line set, reducing memory usage

Probably related to the undo facility creating a full snapshot, which uses a lot of memory for large projects (see also 78)

Wanted Feature

Ability to import older Landsat imagery (TM? MSS?)

F. Rau

Windows 98/NT/2001

Open

P. Geissler has expressed a need for this also (7/20/2005)

Wanted Feature

Ability to import imagery from ASTER L2

F. Rau

Windows 98/NT/2002

Open

Wanted Feature

Ability to import imagery from SPOT

F. Rau

Windows 98/NT/2003

Open

Wanted Feature

Ability to import imagery from ERS

F. Rau

Windows 98/NT/2004

Open

Wanted Feature

Ability to import imagery from ERDAS Imagine, IDRISI, PCI. (Should currently be able to go through GeoTIFF, though. --B. Raup)

F. Rau

Windows 98/NT/2005

Open

Wanted Feature

Should be able to view georeference system of input imagery (projection, datum)

F. Rau

Windows 98/NT/2006

Urgent

Open

Interface improvement

No project information is available during an analysis session => project name in the program bar, readable session log (translation of the XML file as text or HTML for human readers?), etc. would be extremely helpful for the analyst.

F. Rau

Windows 98/NT/2007

Urgent

Closed

1/23/2006

dls

8/2005 - problems getting this to work in windows

Interface improvement

Save and export options open the same pop-up window without further indication what is to be saved or exported (include specific standard file extensions?). What is the difference between PROJECT => INGEST => IMPORT and IMPORT shapefile?

F. Rau

Windows 98/NT/2008

Urgent

Closed

8/4/2005

dls

8/4/2005 - Changed menu wording - need to add filters to all file boxes

Interface improvement

More self-explaining menus or a context-sensitive help functions

F. Rau

Windows 98/NT/2009

Closed

8/4/2005

dls

updated a lot of the menus and icons to be a little more friendly

Interface improvement

On-line help should include GLIMS-specific glossary

F. Rau

Windows 98/NT/2010

Open

1/23/2006 - added quite a bit to the User Guide; plan to add context-sensitive help in the near future

maybe link to data dictionary?

Interface improvement

There are some items in the menus which are not explained (histogram best fit, etc.). (This should be improved in on-line help and the manual/tutorial. -B.Raup)

F. Rau

Windows 98/NT/2011

Open

would like to totally redesign the histogram functions

Interface improvement

The icons in the icon bar should be arranged in groups with spacers between (e.g. to avoid the selection of the glacier ID tool between the digitizing tools and the selection tool).

F. Rau

Windows 98/NT/2012

Closed

8/4/2005

dls

separated the tool buttons by function

need general improvement of icons (see work done by 2005 Capstone team)

Interface improvement

Imported shapefiles should be integrated as a grouped item with their arc-specific properties to facilitate a easy identification and a rapid removal of the item from the current session. (This is similar to Item 14, Layer Manager. -B.Raup)

F. Rau

Windows 98/NT/2013

Open

Interface improvement

The selection tool does not provide specific modes for selecting and it is sometimes a little bit tricky to select the different items (points, arcs, glacier Ids). In particular, the individual selection of overlapping arcs is almost impossible. Therefore, it would be great to have a type-sensitive selection tool or at least, the possibility to choose between various tools for selecting the different items. In addition, it is rather difficult to select several items (by pressing the shift button) and to group them (this is required e.g. for the preparation of two connected or neighboring glaciers sharing a common boundary line).

F. Rau

Windows 98/NT/2014

Open

Interface improvement

Determining Left/Right sides of a line needs to be automated, say, by clicking on the side of the line you mean, rather than remembering the direction of digitization.

F. Rau, F. Cawkwell, B. Raup

Windows 98/NT/2015

Urgent

Open

See series of e-mails on the subject (March 2005). Need some kind of visual feeback on line direction.

Interface improvement

Should be able to select a glacier and edit its ID, etc. by clicking on the dot associated with the glacier ID. That is, should be able to click on outline and have corresponding ID highlighted in glacier config tool. Conversely, should be able to click on glacier ID in config tool and see which outlines are associated with it. Once the user has done "Set Lines", there is currently no way to see confirmation of that association.

F. Rau, B. Raup

Windows 98/NT/2016

Urgent

Closed

12/6/2004

dls

http://www.glims.org/glimsview/bug_report/bug035.html

Interface improvement

Should be able to delete a glacier ID by selecting its ID in the Glacier Config tab of the Configuration dialog. (You can delete a glacier ID by selecting the dot on the image, then pressing the DEL key. -B.Raup)

F. Rau

Windows 98/NT/2017

Open

Tried 12/6/2004 and did not succeed, but know how to fix

See code for notes - tried to fix, but need to create a custom listview object to catch the key strokes

Interface improvement

There seems to be no access to the characteristics of a digitized feature => it would aid the analysis process if the program provides a direct possibility to extract the information (e.g. via a context sensitive info window, a status bar, or by highlighting the respective feature type in the configuration menu).

F. Rau

Windows 98/NT/2018

Open

Interface improvement

A tool for measuring length and width of the glacier could facilitate a direct determination of these parameters within an analysis session.

F. Rau

Windows 98/NT/2019

Open

Bug

Population of mandatory fields for submission to NSIDC needs to be enforced by GLIMSview. See related URL for list.

Raup

Linux

Urgent

Open

1/23/2006 - current work on "consistency" is working towards this goal

http://www.glims.org/MapsAndDocs/datatransfer/data_transfer_specification.html

Combination of GLIMSView enforcement and completed & correct Schema or DTD; 8/4/2005 - An additional cross-reference list has been compiled based on the data dictionary, the Schema updated - need to go through GV to check for inconsistencies and make sure data entry fields are the appropriate size

Bug

Image Info Tab: ?Acquisition? is misspelled.

Raup

Linux

Closed

4/14/2004

dls

Bug

Tools->Plugins: ?Threshold? is misspelled.

Raup

Linux

Closed

4/16/2004

dls

Bug

GLIMSview doesn't read geolocation information from GeoTIFF.

Raup

Linux

Urgent

Open

Bug

Null values need to be handled consistently for exporting.

Raup

Linux

Urgent

Open

1/23/2006 Need to find out what Bruce means by this

is this a related issue to storage of WGMS values? Which NULL values are inconsistent? My vote is -1 means undefined

Wanted Feature

DEM: Ability to do 3-dimensional analysis, using imagery and a DEM.

A. Racoviteanu

Open

P. Geissler has reasserted this need, along with anaglyph/stereo viewing (95)

-1

Wanted Feature

Should be able to read attribute data in from a .dbf file

F. Cawkwell

Windows

Urgent

Open

2007-06-21 fixed GLIMS shapefile import, but not regular shapefile import…

Wanted Feature

Should be able to read attribute data in from a .xls file (or .sxc file (openoffice spreadsheet format) -B.Raup)

F. Cawkwell

Windows

Open

Wanted Feature

Ability to include area of internal rocks in glacier basin in config.

F. Cawkwell

Windows

Open

Wanted Feature

Allow line endpoints to be joined to line midpoints and snap overlapping lines to each other.

F. Cawkwell

Windows

Open

Joining to midpoints? Is that valid?

Wanted Feature

Read shapefiles of points and lines, not just polygons

F. Cawkwell

Windows

Open

Wanted Feature

Read in metadata from other formats

F. Cawkwell

Windows

Open

Bug

In Configuration dialog, the line color selection is not always saved.

F. Cawkwell

Windows

Urgent

Open

dls

4/14/04 - haven't been able to repeat problem yet

Wanted Feature

Change color of glacier ID dot when ID is selected in Config

F. Cawkwell

Windows

Closed

12/6/2004

dls

Wanted Feature

Be able to generate an ID for each polygon automatically, and enter automatically into Config.

F. Cawkwell

Windows

Test

12/6/2004

dls

Not fixed, but I believe selecting a glacier ID from the config dialog makes that the default ID for new lines

Bug

Be consistent in defining longitude as +- 180 or 0-360

F. Cawkwell

Windows

Urgent

Open?

going with +/-180 (did this get fixed or not?)

Wanted Feature

Ability to change the order of glacier IDs in the Config list

F. Cawkwell

Windows

Open

fix will be related to making the delete key work in the lists (see Bug 36)

Wanted Feature

Ability to change the order of line types in Config list.

F. Cawkwell

Windows

Open

fix will be related to making the delete key work in the lists (see Bug 36)

Wanted Feature

Be able to delete line types from Config list.

F. Cawkwell

Windows

Open

fix will be related to making the delete key work in the lists (see Bug 36)

Wanted Feature

Change cursor for different functions (particularly magnifiers)

F. Cawkwell

Windows

Open

general usability issue

Wanted Feature

Dashed and dotted lines are unable to resolve complex lines so more colours would be helpful

F. Cawkwell

Windows

Open

Qt color picker oughta make this easy

Wanted Feature

Redo facility

F. Cawkwell

Windows

Closed

7/23/2005

dls

Redo of undo implemented simi