Today we are releasing OMERO 5.2.2, a bug-fix release which also introduces some new client features. Improvements include:
- display of ROI masks in OMERO.web image viewer
- display of OMERO.tables data for Wells in the OMERO.web right hand panel
- 'Populate Metadata' script to enable generation of OMERO.tables for Wells is now usable from both OMERO.web and OMERO.insight (note this is still in development and has some limitations)
- measurement tool fixes
- fixed pixel size metadata and scalebar in OMERO.web image viewer for images with pixel size units other than micrometer
- fixed OMERO.web handling of turning off interpolation of pixels
- previous and next buttons fixed in OMERO.web image viewer
- delete and change group performance improvements
- better handling of dates in search
- client support for map annotations in OME-TIFF
- disabled orphaned container feature
- OMERO.web clean-up to remove obsolete volume viewer
Developer updates include:
- Python API examples for creating Polygon and Mask shapes
- Python API example for "Populate Metadata" to create OMERO.tables for Wells
- OMERO.tables documentation extended
- updated 'What's New for developers' to clarify that 'pojos' has been renamed as 'omero.gateway.model'
- dynamic scripts functionality documented
- dynamic loading of omero.client server settings into HTTP sessions
System administrator updates include:
- clarification of OMERO.web documentation for nginx deployment, including an experimental solution to resolve download issues
- documentation of hard-linking issues for in-place import on linux systems
This release also upgrades the version of Bio-Formats which OMERO uses to
5.1.8. For more information see https://www.openmicroscopy.org/site/sup ... s-new.html.
Note that the OMERO Virtual Appliance has been discontinued and will not be updated for version 5.2.2 or any later releases.
The software is available at:
http://downloads.openmicroscopy.org/omero/5.2.2
Upgrade information is at http://www.openmicroscopy.org/site/supp ... grade.html.
Regards,
The OME Team
