Release 1.5

Deployed on September 22, 2021

The GTS version 1.5 release includes the following new features and enhancements:

New Features

Map Display:

  • Navigate to control: Click on the new control and enter at least three characters to select and zoom to either a Base Layer item, targeted area or Open Street Map point of interest.

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Administration:

  • Phone Monitoring: A new phone monitoring tab assists in the administration and analysis of Android devices uploading tracks for the field activity.

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Dashboard:

  • Online Help: An online user guide has been introduced that is accessible throughout the dashboard by clicking on button on the main page or buttons on the popup forms.

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Enhancements:

Map Configuration Settings:

  • When selecting Tracking Rounds for map display, greater detail concerning rounds are now available in the Configuration Settings (start/end dates, status, number of teams, total tracks uploaded, tracks uploaded per day).

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Map Display:

  • Advanced filtering of tracks: Clicking on the Filter icon now includes options to filter on:

    • Speed: The speed range at which the tracking device was moving, as determined by the GPS signal, of the tracks to display.

    • Hours: The track collection time range of the tracks to display.

    • IMEI: Unique ID (International Mobile Equipment Identity), to display tracks from particular phone(s)

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  • Search and filtering of displayed/downloaded tracks by names of Tracking Round, Field Staff or Team Code has been added to the Map Inset.

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Geo-Coverage:

  • Grouped totals: The targeted areas progress is now indicated by selected grouped indicators in the map inset:

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  • Aggregation layer names are now used as titles of base layers rather than the text “Base Layers”

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  • Excel Exports have been enhanced to include summed and average indicators if they exist in the targeted areas layer.

Administration:

  • Base Layer assignment to Targeted Areas now incorporates consistency checks to ensure correct sequence when assigned.

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Mobile:

  • If battery optimization issues encountered on the mobile device a warning is sent to the dashboard and displayed in the Phone Monitoring section

  • GTS Tracker assets (Field Activity configuration, ODK Forms) are systematically refreshed to the GTS tracker before tracking starts if connectivity exists.

GTS Components

  • Updates of various underlying software components (Angular, Celery, GeoServer, Keycloak, Python version of API & Celery)