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• No dummy map engine required.
  • This version does not require that you create a dummy mapengine.upload map engine, and if you have one it must be removed.
  • The map engine is created and registered automatically.
  • The client does not need to reference the mapengine.upload map engine.
    • If the client map view does not reference the mapengine.upload map engine it will automatically added on top of the map, which may obscure selections and redlines, so you may want to add the mapengine.upload map engine to the client map view configuration anyway.
• Layer names are automatically generated.
  • The name of the layer to include in the table of contents is generated based on information in the uploaded file or the base filename.
• Multiple file upload.
  • On browsers that support it, basically anything except Internet Explorer, you can select multiple files to be uploaded at once, using the Control and Shift keys which choosing files in the file selector dialog box.
• .kml improvements.
  • .kml files compressed in a .kmz file are now supported.
  • Improved style support for .kml files.
    • Polygon, line and point (including graphic markers) styles embedded in the .kml file are now used.
    • Point markers that reference external graphics that are hosted on third party web sites will require that the Weave server has internet access to download the images.
    • Graphic markers embedded in .kmz file and referenced from point styles in the .kml file are now supported.
• .csv improvements.
  • .prj file support.
    • If you also upload a .prj file the projection of the data will be based on the projection information in the .prj file, so you don't have to choose the projection from a list.
  • .sld file support.
    • If you also upload a .sld file the rendering of the data will be based on the style layer description contained in the .sld file.
    • The .sld file can reference attributes contained in the .csv file.
• .shp improvements.
  • .prj file support.
    • If you also upload a .prj file the projection of the data will be based on the projection information in the .prj file, so you don't have to choose the projection from a list.
  • .sld file support.
    • If you also upload a .sld file the rendering of the data will be based on the style layer description contained in the .sld file.
    • This requires that a .shx and .dbf file are also uploaded if the style contains references to feature attributes.
• Style improvements.
  • The user has more control over the style that uploaded data is drawn.
    • If the uploaded data does not contain a .sld file, or does not have any embedded style information, then the user is asked to provide suitable fill/stroke/marker information, not just a single colour.
• Simplified configuration.
  • No configuration of upload parameters is required.
  • You can provide configuration of upload parameters to change the projections available to the user.
  • You no longer can configure the colours or markers.
• .gml not currently supported.
  • The existing gml implementation has not been migrated to the new version.

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