Home page

• New search option
• New carousel of featured published datasets and collections, with extents previewed on the map
• Simplified explanation of what the WHG platform offers
• News and announcements

Documentation

• Single navigable documentation section with more guides and tutorials
• More help screens throughout the site

Maps

• All 14 maps on the site have been significantly upgraded
• Most maps now have temporal controls: a timespan 'slider' and/or a sequence 'player'
• Faster display of large datasets and collections, thanks to WHG's own new map tile server

Search

• Options for 'starts with", "contains", "similar to" (aka fuzzy) as well as 'exact'
• Search is now across all published records - the previous "search the index or database" choice is gone!
• Spatial filter on search results
• More information returned in search result items

Place Portal pages

• Complete design makeover
• Physical geographic context: ecoregions, watersheds, rivers
• Nearby places
• Preview annotated collections that include the place

Dataset creation and reconciliation

• Reconciliation index now with 13.6 million records; we added 10 million from GeoNames to the existing 3.6 million from Wikidata
• Improved file upload validation

Publication and editorial workflow

• We are now especially highlighting three types of publications: Datasets, annotated Place Collections, and Dataset Collections (soon with DOIs)
• Significantly enhanced presentation of published datasets and collections
• Enhanced metadata options for all publications
• Expanded Managing Editor role smoothing the workflow
• Improved tracking of contributors and data in the pipeline
• Improved download options

Annotated Place Collections for teaching and workshops

• Now supporting class and workshop scenarios
• Optional image per annotation
• Order places sequentially with or without dates
• Enhanced display and temporal control options
• Optional gallery per class
• Site-wide student gallery

Dataset Collections

• Link multiple datasets - and the places within them - in a single collection,
  e.g. a collaborating group or an individual can assemble a "Historical Gazetteer of {x}"

"My Data" dashboard

• Simpler single page dashboard
• User profile page

Study Areas

• Now supports non-contiguous areas, e.g. Iberian peninsula and S. America as a single area

API and data downloads

• Existing endpoints solidified
• Download options improved

Codebase

• Improved file upload validation and error reporting
• The codebase is now "containerized" with Docker—making it much easier to contribute to the platform's development
• Upgraded versions of all major components: Django, PostgreSQL, Elasticsearch, etc.
• All map-related functions refactored for efficiency and consistent appearance