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@spwoodcock spwoodcock released this 24 Sep 10:45
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FMTM 2024.4.0 Launch

Hey everyone, we’re excited to announce that FMTM has moved out of its beta release and is now available as a fully functional product!

The FMTM Public Beta organisation has now been renamed to HOTOSM.

While the core functionalities are solid, we continue to work on smaller bug fixes, feature improvements, and enhancements to ensure a smoother user experience.

🌟 New Features

  • Flexible custom XLSForm upload: previously uploading a custom XLSForm with custom survey questions was a hassle. Now any uploaded XLSForm should work, with the specific questions required by FMTM being injected into the form automatically. Simply create an XLSForm survey as normal, upload, and see the magic happen.

  • Add new geometries from ODK Collect: if a building has not been mapped in the field, it is now possible to add a new 'geopoint' for the feature location in ODK Collect. This feature will be displayed in the submissions on FMTM, along with survey data collected.

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  • Select multiple geometries: during project creation it is now possible to upload an additional geometry set, for later selection in ODK Collect. For example, uploading buildings as the main geometries, alongside a road dataset as an additional geometry. In ODK Collect it is then possible to select the building, then also select the adjacent road to the building.

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🛠️ Improvements

  • Added a 'Project Not Found' page when the user navigates incorrectly:

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  • Improve GeoJSON handling of different types on upload: Multi-geometries, FeatureCollections, single geometries, anything you want!

  • Make user uploaded images from ODK Collect more accessible from within FMTM. In our next release you should be able to browse the photos from the FMTM frontend 😄

  • Added comprehensive testing to the UI and backend, so hopefully you should see a more stable FMTM with less errors introduced in future releases!

🐛 Bugs Fixed

  • Resolved an issue where the Infographics page displayed the logged-in account as the contributor instead of the actual contributor.

  • Updated user-facing content by rewording 'Data Extract' to 'Map Features' for clarity.

  • Improved validation for inputting TMS URLs when adding custom imagery.

Technical Summary

What's Changed

New Contributors

Full Changelog: 2024.3.2...2024.4.0