Release notes: Open GEE 5.3.2¶
New Features
Documentation overhaul. All documentation was migrated to Sphinx format, making it easier to edit and maintain. User documentation file names were also migrated from number-based naming convention to self-explanatory descriptive titles. New documentation format also offers a search capability that was not possible before.
KML validation in cutter. Basic validation is now performed on KML that is pasted into the cutter tool.
Memory and performance improvements. This version of Open GEE includes several optimizations for performance and memory utilization.
Multithreaded builds. Parts of imagery project builds can now run on multiple threads. See Configure Fusion performance.
Improved resume operation. The resume operation has been rewritten to improve performance. See Configure Fusion performance.
Specify cache sizes in bytes. The sizes of the asset and asset version caches can now be specified in bytes. See Configure Fusion performance.
Supported Platforms
The Open GEE 5.3.2 release is supported on 64-bit versions of the following operating systems:
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux version 6.x and 7.x, including the most recent security patches
- CentOS 6.x and 7.x
- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
Ubuntu 14.04 will no longer be supported due to its recent end of life.
Google Earth Enterprise 5.3.2 is compatible with Google Earth Enterprise Client (EC) version 7.1.5 and above.
Updated Libraries
Open GEE 5.3.2 includes some library updates:
Library | Version |
---|---|
Apache | 2.4 |
PostgreSQL | 9.6.15 |
PostGIS | 2.3.9 |
To upgrade from Open GEE 5.2.0, do NOT uninstall it. We recommend that you upgrade Open GEE 5.2.0 by simply installing Open GEE 5.3.2. Installing Open GEE 5.3.2 on top of Open GEE 5.2.0 will ensure that your PostgreSQL databases are backed up and upgraded correctly to the new PostgreSQL version used by Open GEE 5.3.2.
Resolved Issues
Number | Description | Resolution |
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1132 | GEE Server doesn’t always determine the correct hostname | Updated the virtual hosts URL to use hostname if getfqdn() doesn’t return a good hostname.
Also added documentation for setting up the system to aid in avoiding this problem. |
1281 | Quitting 32-bit Windows portable server in Windows 7 via Internet Explorer does not work | IE appears to perform aggressive caching, which was preventing the GET request to cmd=quit from making it to the server. Changing the command to be a POST request prevents this. |
1376 | Portable Globe Cutter fails the last step when using HTTPS | Used the advanced configuration to set a URL that will be used when cutter tries to make an openurl call. |
1398 | System Manager crash | Fixed the crash’s underlying cause. |
1401 | No notification when System Manager Asset Cache size is exceeded causing performance issues | Added a logging record when System Manager Asset Cache size is exceeded. |
1404 | WMS fails when using HTTPS | Skipped the internal Certificate Verification. |
1420 | Build should honor JAVA_HOME when creating rpm packages | Honored JAVA_HOME |
1447 | Compiling error when using scons cache | Fixed compiling error when using scons cache |
Known Issues
Number | Description | Resolution |
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4 | Google basemap fails to load in 2D Mercator Maps | Obtain a valid Google Maps API key and include it in /opt/google/gehttpd/htdocs/maps/maps_google.html . |
8 | Ensure GEE Portable Cutter Job Completes | No current work around. |
9 | Improve FileUnpacker Handling of Invalid Files | No current work around. |
20 | Simplify build process for portable builds on MacOS | Building and running Portable Server on MacOS should be possible with minimal changes. |
34 | Scons build creates temporary directories named “0” | No current work around. |
126 | The Fusion installer creates a backup on the first run | No current work around. The created backup can be deleted. |
190 | Hostname mismatch check in installers doesn’t work as expected | No current work around. |
193 | Updated docs are not copied if the /tmp/fusion_os_install directory already exists |
Delete /tmp/fusion_os_install at the beginning of the stage_install build process. |
201 | Some tiles are displayed incorrectly in the Enterprise Client when terrain is enabled | No current work around. |
202 | Icons are not displayed on vector layers in the Enterprise Client | No current work around. It is not clear if this is an error in GEE or in the Enterprise Client. |
203 | Some vector layer options are not saved | No current work around. |
221 | The asset manager may display that a job is “Queued” when in fact the job is “Blocked” | No current work around. |
234 | Geserver raises error executing apache_logs.pyc | No current work around. |
254 | Automasking fails for images stored with UTM projection | Use GDAL to convert the images to a different projection before ingesting them into Fusion. |
269 | gevectorimport doesn’t crop features | Use GDAL/OGR to crop vector dataset before importing them using Fusion. |
295 | Fix buffer overflows and leaks in unit tests | No current work around. |
309 | Check for the FusionConnection before new asset is populated | Make sure that gefusion service is started. |
320 | The Portable Server web page uses obsolete REST calls | Do not use the buttons on the Portable Server web interface for adding remote servers or broadcasting to remote servers as these features are no longer supported. |
326 | Libraries may be loaded from the wrong directory | Delete any library versions that should not be loaded or use LD_LIBRARY_PATH to load libraries from
/opt/google/lib . |
340 | GE Fusion Terrain is black | No current work around. |
342 | Fusion crashes when opening an unsupported file type | Re-open Fusion and avoid opening unsupported file types. |
343 | gefusion: File ->open->*.kiasset*,*.ktasset*,*.kip does not work | kip is not a supported format. Void opening files with .kip extension. |
380 | Provider field in resource-view is blank | Open the individual resource to see the provider. |
401 | GEE commands are not in the path for sudo. | Specify the full path when running commands or add /opt/google/bin to the path for all users, including the super user. |
402 | Provider manager window locked to main window. | No current work around. |
403 | Missing Close button on system manager window in RHEL 7 | Right-click the title bar and select Close. |
404 | Opaque polygons in preview. | No current work around. |
405 | Vector layer preview not cleared in some situations | Reset the preview window to the correct state by either clicking on it or previewing another vector layer. |
407 | Corrupt data warning when starting Fusion | No current work around but Fusion loads and runs correctly. |
419 | Fix Fusion Graphics Acceleration in Ubuntu 14 Docker Container Hosted on Ubuntu 16 | No current work around. |
437 | Rebooting VM while it is building resources results in a corrupted XML | No current work around. |
439 | Uninstalling Fusion without stopping it results in unexpected error message | Ignore that error message. |
440 | Fuzzy imagery in historical imagery tests. | No current work around. |
442 | Multiple database pushes after upgrade don’t report a warning | No current work around. |
444 | Fusion installer does not upgrade the asset root on RHEL 7 | Upgrade the asset root manually by running the command that is printed when you try to start the Fusion service. |
445 | Path to tutorial source volume in gee_test instructions is different from path used in installers | Use /opt/google/share/tutorials . |
448 | Out of Memory issues | Use a system that has more than 4GB RAM. |
453 | Improve `check_server_processes_running` detection for uninstall | No current work around. |
456 | Inconsistent behavior of vector layers after upgrade | No current work around. |
460 | Possibility of seg fault in QDateWrapper | No current work around. |
474 | Running gee_check on some supported platforms reports that the platform is not supported | You can ignore the failed test if using a supported platform (Ubuntu 14.04, Ubuntu 16.04, RHEL 7, and CentOS 7). |
477 | ‘service geserver stop/start/restart’ doesn’t work on Ubuntu 16.04 without a reboot | Reboot and try again. |
487 | gdal - python utilities do not recognize osgeo module | Install python-gdal . |
507 | Volume host is reported unavailable if `hostname` doesn’t match volume host | Set the host values in /gevol/assets/.config/volumes.xml to the FQDN and restart the Fusion service. |
557 | WMS service problem with ‘width’ & ‘height’ & ‘bbox’ | No current work around. |
569 | geserver service installation and uninstallation issues | Before uninstalling geserver verify if it’s running or not. |
590 | Maps API Javascript Files Not Found | No current work around. |
594 | Save errors only reported for the first image | Close the form in question and try again. |
640 | Save button disabled in ‘Map Layer’ creation dialog when an error encountered | Close the resource form and open it again to make the save option available again. |
651 | Release executables and libraries depend on gtest | Follow current build instructions that requires gtest to be installed. |
669 | Missing repo in RHEL 7 build instructions | Enable rhel-7-server-optional-rpms and rhel-7-server-optional-source-rpms repos. |
686 | Scons fails to detect libpng library on CentOS 6 | Ensure that a default g++ compiler is installed. |
700 | Add EL6/EL7 check to RPMs | Make sure that RPMS are installed on same EL version that they were produced for. |
788 | Search fails after transferring and publishing a database using disconnected send from the command line | Re-publish the database from the web interface. |
825 | Geserver fails to startup fully due to conflicting protobuf library | Run pip uninstall protobuf to uninstall the protobuf library installed by pip. |