Changelog
Last updated
Last updated
March 3rd, 2025
New features:
⚠️ Open-source, dual-license with MPL
Minor changes:
Remove license file check and watermark
Remove setLicense function
Stop bundling dependencies
Bug fixes:
Reorder exports by priority, fixes warning with Vite 6
January 26nd, 2025
New features:
Support for MapLibre globe projection
Requires MapLibre >= 5.0.0. See
Bug fixes:
Uniform grid point density in all latitudes in globe projection
Uniform particle speed in all latitudes in globe projection
Peer dependencies:
⚠️ Upgrade to deck.gl 9.1.0
September 28nd, 2024
Minor changes:
Replace uniforms with Uniform Buffer Objects as preparation for deck.gl 9.1
Repeat the texture for global data, clamp the texture for regional data
September 22nd, 2024
Bug fixes:
Fix nodata detection for float inaccuracy in alpha channel
August 23rd, 2024
Bug fixes:
⚠️ Fix The provided float value is non-finite. error in Chrome 128
Versions since 2024.2.0 are affected
August 20th, 2024
Minor changes:
Replace TS enums with string constants for cross-bundle compatibility between weatherlayers-gl and weatherlayers-gl/client
August 11th, 2024
Minor changes:
Split UnitDefinition interface (with UnitSystem) from UnitFormat interface (without UnitSystem)
Bug fixes:
Fix basemap flickering during basemap zoom/pan interaction due to ParticleLayer animation in React
Peer dependencies:
Upgrade to deck.gl 9.0.27
July 20, 2024
New features:
Display progress in Timeline control loader text
Bug fixes:
Fix HighLow and Grid layer to not calculate points when disabled
July 2, 2024
Bug fixes:
Import optional dependencies with a static import instead of a dynamic import, to prevent Webpack warning "Critical dependency: the request of a dependency is an expression"
July 1, 2024
Bug fixes:
Fix corrupted build (internal dependencies missing in the bundle by mistake)
June 30, 2024
Bug fixes:
Add setLibrary function to set optional dependencies environments which don't support dynamic import
Make geotiff dependency to be truly optional
Peer dependencies:
Upgrade to deck.gl 9.0.20
May 27, 2024
Minor features:
Support loading images as data URIs
Bug fixes:
Remove required data: protocol from CSP content-src by loading iconAtlas as images
Fix LegendControl, TimelineControl interfaces
Peer dependencies:
Upgrade to deck.gl 9.0.16
May 11, 2024
Bug fixes:
Fix updating Front layer data
Remove reference to missing sourcemaps
May 9, 2024
Bug fixes:
April 28, 2024
Bug fixes:
Fix Particle layer in Safari
Peer dependencies:
Set geotiff.js as optional
April 15, 2024
Bug fixes:
Fix palette rendering
April 14, 2024
Bug fixes:
Fix basemap flickering during basemap zoom/pan interaction due to ParticleLayer animation in MapLibre/Mapbox interleaved mode
Fix missing exported TS typings
Disable unused mipmaps
Peer dependencies:
Upgrade to deck.gl 9.0.7
April 3, 2024
Peer dependencies:
⚠️ Upgrade to deck.gl 9.0.4
Update geotiff.js to 2.1.3
March 29, 2024
Bug fixes:
Fix accepting custom iconBounds for wind barbs in Grid layer
March 24, 2024
New features:
Add directionOrigin, followCursorOffset, followCursorPlacement to Tooltip control
Minor changes:
Slow down particles in higher latitudes to make the particle speed constant, generate more particles in higher latitudes to keep the particle density uniform
Bug fixes:
Fix detecting NaN in Float data, so that they are ignored for rendering
February 13, 2024
Minor changes:
Allow array in iconSize, merge iconSize and iconMinSize in Grid layer
⚠️ Use an array value in iconSize instead of iconMinSize
February 12, 2024
New features:
Add iconMinSize to Grid layer, enables smooth scaled icon sizes
⚠️ Set iconMinSize for the original behavior of scaled icon sizes by values
Bug fixes:
Fix refreshing Grid and HighLow layer properties
February 8, 2024
New features:
Add majorInterval to Contour layer
⚠️ Set majorInterval to 5 * interval for the original behavior of every 5th contour line to be a major contour line
February 6, 2024
New features:
Add palette to Particle, Contour, Grid, HighLow layers
Add imageMinValue and imageMaxValue to Particle, Raster, Contour, Grid, HighLow layers
Minor changes:
Improve Particle layer performance
⚠️ Use ClipExtension to hide particles outside of Mercator bounds
Merge getRasterPoints function arguments to ImageProperties type
Update default colors to remove opacity, prefer separate opacity
Peer dependencies:
Update deck.gl to 8.9.34
Update geotiff.js to 2.1.2
January 23, 2024
Bug fixes:
Fix rendering of regional data at left/right bound
January 14, 2024
Minor changes:
Update TooltipControl followCursor position origin between value and direction
Update TooltipControl direction icon
Bug fixes:
Fix interpolating nodata values at data edges
Peer dependencies:
Update deck.gl to 8.9.33
Update geotiff.js to 2.1.1
December 21, 2023
New features:
Add density to GridLayer
December 2, 2023
New features:
Add WebP support for custom data
Enable picking in OpenLayers
Add minZoom, maxZoom to all layers
ContourLayer has default maxZoom = 10. ParticleLayer has default maxZoom = 15. Other layers have no default values.
It's possible to override a lower default value to a higher value, but rendering artifacts may occur in high zoom levels due to a low precision.
Bug fixes:
Fix TooltipControl z-index for Leaflet
November 3, 2023
Bug fixes:
Drop grid points out of bounds
November 3, 2023
New features:
Add direction arrow icon to TooltipControl
Add directionFormat to TooltipControl
Add followCursor to TooltipControl
Peer dependencies:
Update deck.gl to 8.9.32
Update geotiff.js to 2.1.0
October 14, 2023
New features:
Enable picking in Mapbox/MapLibre interleaved mode
Bug fixes:
Fix rendering incorrect nodata pixels in Safari
October 14, 2023
Bug fixes:
Use scoped CSS class names to avoid conflicts with global CSS class names
October 14, 2023
Bug fixes:
Fix basemap flickering due to ParticleLayer animation in MapLibre/Mapbox interleaved mode
Dependencies:
Update deck.gl to 8.9.31
October 5, 2023
New features:
Add support for single-band Uint8 data format
September 30, 2023
Bug fixes:
Fix disabling layers in MapLibre/Mapbox interleaved mode
Discard displaying obsolete points in HighLowLayer
Download GeoTIFF file in a single request
Dependencies:
Update deck.gl to 8.9.30
September 5, 2023
Bug fixes:
Fix corrupted build (internal dependencies missing in the bundle by mistake)
September 5, 2023
Minor changes:
Add support for license development domains
Bug fixes:
Fix controls to be clickable when added as MapLibre/Mapbox control
Dependencies:
Update deck.gl to 8.9.27
May 21, 2023
Bug fixes:
Fix bundling with Webpack
May 16, 2023
Minor changes:
Add loader to TimelineControl
Add LogoControl
May 5, 2023
Bug fixes:
Fix TimelineControl compatibility with older browsers
May 4, 2023
Minor changes:
Add fps config property to TimelineControl
May 4, 2023
Bug fixes:
Fix TimelineControl compatibility with older browsers
April 30, 2023
New features:
Add getRasterPoints function to get raster points for the given positions
Minor changes:
Add offsetDatetime and offsetDatetimeRange functions to add hours to the given datetime
Remove unused loadText function
Bug fixes:
Verify that the library is deployed on a secure origin
Verify that the license has an expected type before verifying the signature
Log image URL if image decoding fails
Dependencies:
Update deck.gl to 8.9.9
April 4, 2023
Bug fixes:
Fix broken build
April 4, 2023
Bug fixes:
Fix browser crash when ESM build is used with Vite
Dependencies:
Update deck.gl to 8.9.6
March 31, 2023
Minor changes:
Update selected datetime in TimelineControl when updating the datetime from outside
Add pause and reset methods to TimelineControl
Add datetimeFormatFunction to TimelineControl
Add DatetimeISOString type
March 31, 2023
Minor changes:
Optimize bundle size
Bug fixes:
Update package exports to expose a default export for TS moduleResolution = node and unpkg.com
Update TS typings to enable arbitrary layer props such as layer extensions
March 29, 2023
New features:
Publish as npm package
Install the library with npm install weatherlayers-gl
Use the library with import WeatherLayers from 'weatherlayers-gl'
Update licensing approach to a separate license.json file
Provide the license file to the library with WeatherLayers.setLicense(license)
Migrate to TypeScript
Typing files are provided as part of the distribution package
Minor changes:
Add image2, imageSmoothing and imageWeight to HighLow layer
Improve HighLow layer performance when zooming in/out
Add toggle, start, stop, stepBackward and stepForward methods to TimelineControl
Bug fixes:
Prefer default values over provided undefined values
Remove references to worker_threads Node dependency
Peer dependencies:
Update deck.gl to 8.9.4
March 20, 2023
Bug fixes:
Remove references to worker_threads Node dependency
February 16, 2023
New features:
Add cubic interpolation for smoother visualization
Rename imageInterpolate data property to imageInterpolation, change type from boolean to enum
Add imageSmoothing data property
Bug fixes:
Clamp to edge data on poles
November 17, 2022
Minor changes:
Add unitFormat to Grid and HighLow layer for consistent value formatting across layers and controls
October 14, 2022
New features:
Bug fixes:
Minor changes:
Rename HighLow and Grid layer textFunction style property to textFormatFunction
Peer dependencies:
Update deck.gl to 8.8.4
July 8, 2022
New features:
Bug fixes:
Fix half-pixel data rendering misalignment
Minor changes:
Remove deprecated Raster layer colormapBreaks style property, use palette instead
Peer dependencies:
Update deck.gl to 8.8.2
June 3, 2022
New features:
May 11, 2022
New features:
Bug fixes:
Minor changes:
Peer dependencies:
Update deck.gl to 8.7.5
Fix support for Angular by downgrading to ES2016 target in WebWorkers
This drops support for WebGL1 in favour of WebGL2. See and for upgrading.
MapLibre: requires MapLibre >= 3.0.0 if using MapLibre with deck.gl interleaved to support WebGL2. See
Mapbox: requires Mapbox >= 3.0.0 if using Mapbox with deck.gl interleaved to support WebGL2. See
Fix parsing hex colors in RasterLayer palette
to receive your license file
Add
Fix parsing palettes with values in scientific notation
Add for loading custom data
Add
Fix Particle layer to drop particles out of bounds, to support regional vector data
Add computed on GPU for animation support Replace previous Contour layer computed on CPU
- separate overlaid and interleaved demos
Add support for color palette text format
Deprecate raster layer colormapBreaks style property, use palette instead
Use
Add
Fix particle layer breaking in deck.gl auto-offset mode at zoom >= 12 on Mac M1
Fix raster layer opacity with Google Maps vector basemap
Fix raster layer disappearing in deck.gl auto-offset mode at zoom >= 12
- add standalone demos without deck.gl (experimental)