Package: natcap.opal
OPAL: Offset Portfolio Analyzer and Locator===========================================A tool by the Natural Capital Project.Visit http://naturalcapitalproject.org/OPAL.html for more information.Changes=======1.1.0 (2015-11-12)------------ (Feature) OPAL now saves a vector to the workspace of those municipalities(softboundary 3) that intersect the project footprint.  This is only savedwhen the softboundary 3 input is provided by the user.- (Bugfix) Corrected an issue where testing future scenarios in the static mapgenerator would raise an exception.- (Usability) Versioning replaced by `natcap.versioner`- (Usability) OPAL UI is now offered in spanish as well as english.- (Usability) OPAL UI allows for the user to select their language of choice amongthose offered (currently english and spanish).- (Feature) OPAL/MAFE-T report and output CSV values are rounded to 3 significantfigures.- (Bufgix) Improved sorting by checkboxes in output report.- (Usability) Improved logging to user within longer-running processes.- (Feature) User's guide is tracked as a subrepository along with each build ofOPAL.  User's guide version numbers are pulled from the OPAL source tree.- (Feature) OPAL/MAFE-T report now includes the OPAL version used and atime/date stamp.- (Bugfix) The OPAL/MAFE-T report used to offer a hyperlink to the vector(a multi-part ESRI Shapefile) containing the set of parcels matchingcriteria.  Clicking this link would only download part of the file.It has been replaced with a text reference to the location of the file ondisk.- (Usability) Select all/Select None buttons have been removed from the report.They didn't work.  They will be added back when they work properly.- (Usability) Files within the workspace that are outside of the per-hydrozoneanalysis are now hidden within an intermediate/ folder.- (Usability) Various files have been renamed.- (Bugfix) The headers of the top table of the output report now render in thelanguage of the OPAL run.  They used to always render in english.- (Bugfix) Parcels in the parcels table of the report are now correctly screenedto ensure that they are at least as large as the smallest impacted areaof the same ecosystem type.- (Usability) The user is now unable to close the OPAL/MAFE-T execution dialogunless the model run has completed or the process is terminated externally.- (Bugfix) Better handling for when the user provides an ecosystem vector withoutany features or when the vector is of the wrong type (points or lines insteadof polygons).- (Usability) When a validated, optional input has its value removed from a UIinput, the green checkbox indicating input validity is now disabled.- (Bugfix) OPAL UI now allows files containing any UTF-8 character to be selectedby the user.- (Feature) Output vector of selected offsets now includes the distance from thenearest impact site and the parcel size in the attribute table.- (Bugfix) Output report had some columns that were incorrectly rounded to 1decimal place instead of 2.- (Usability) OPAL/MAFE-T will now confirm that the user wishes to overwrite theworkspace if files exist within the user-defined workspace.  This dialogis triggered if the user-defined workspace exists and there are files within.- (Usability) OPAL/MAFE-T will now prompt the user for a language on startupand remember the user's selection.  The language may be set at any timethrough File -> Select Language.  Changing the language will trigger anapplication restart.1.0.3 (2015-3-20)------------------ (Usability) Improved many UI labels.- (Usability) Improved folder name of the results folder.- (Bugfix) Removed empty folders created by the tool in the workspace.- (Bugfix) Corrected text of link to offsets vector in report.- (Bugfix) Implemented automatic window sizing.- (Usability) Filled in empty UI HelpText bubbles.- (Usability) Renamed static map folder inputs to indicate it needs a folder.- (Docs) Updated documentation to 1.0.3.- (Bugfix) Clarified in report that impact/offset values are unitless unlessrun on static maps generated by calibrated models.- (Bugfix) Paths containing spaces now handled properly in UI.- (Feature) If user does not define an AOI, the AOI column is not included inthe report.- (Feature) Added Table of Contents to the output report.- (Usability) Updated labels of Windows Start Menu shortcuts.- (Bugfix) Offset parcels are now identified by a new column ("parcel_id") inthe selected_parcels.shp vector.- (Bugfix) If there is only one subzone per zone, we omit the soft boundary 1(subzone) column from the parcels table in the report.- (Feature) Sped up initialization of the execution thread in the UI.- (Feature) Updated CSS to improve readability of output report tables.- (Feature) Added ability to export the parcels table to CSV.- (Feature) Binary 1/0 values in report columns are now centered for readability.- (Feature) UI now allows user to specify whether to open the workspace afterSuccessful execution.  Once execution completes (regardless of success orfailure), the input changes to a button, allowing the user to open theworkspace.- (Feature) Parcels table in the report now includes a binary column indicatingwhether each parcel is in the suggested set of parcels.- (Feature) Updated InVEST version dependency to use more recent versions ofhydrological routing algorithms.1.0.2 (2015-1-20)------------------ OPAL only: forcing the OPAL UI to use English.  This fixes an issue found byusers whose default OS language is not English.1.0.1 (2014-12-16)------------------- Updated MAFE-T static map UIs to provide correct parameters to OPAL corewhile retaining MAFE-T's original functionality.- Updated MAFE-T UI input validation to reflect name changes for some static inputs.- Replaced servicesheds of MAFE-T with a more complete version.- Retained older version of servicesheds for use with OPAL.- Updated MAFE-T User's guide PDF.- Fixed issue with MAFE-T installer where static map zipfiles were not downloaded.1.0.0 (2014-12-3)------------------ Initial public release of OPAL distribution.- New features for OPAL:- Offset parcel recommendation that reattributes services to impacted beneficiaries- Support for protection or restoration as a future scenario0.5.1 (2014-10-13)------------------- Added zipfile validation to the MAFE-T installer (Issue 3148)- MAFE-T installer now remembers selections when switching pages (Issue 3153)- Added validation to MAFE-T UI for the impacts vector (Issue 3149)0.5.0 (2014-10-8)------------------ Initial public release of MAFE-T distribution.