Functionality Removed or Changed

• Fixed disputed region definition for Kashmir as a part of India to no longer merge adjacent regions in China (MAPS-6378).

• Updated the evaluation mode for Digital Globe imagery to match the imagery licensed users get (MAPS-6400).

• Updated the attribution logo for Digital Globe imagery to say MAXAR, by request of the company that now owns Digital Globe (MAPS-6397).

  Note: This causes changes to the images played out On Air whenever the attribution is visible.

• Digital Globe integration has been updated to conform to third party changes (MAPS-6292).

  • Updating may require a configuration change. In the Viz World Server Configuration Tool, under Maps > Digital Globe, please ensure that the Digital Globe URL has the value: https://securewatch.digitalglobe.com/earthservice/wmtsaccess

• Support for ERDAS ECW and JP2 image file formats has been removed (MAPS-6064).

• Web results in the search box no longer give results from Open Street Map (MAPS-6298) or Yahoo! (MAPS-5573).

• Maps related Viz Engine plug-ins are no longer bundled with Viz World, but are shipped with Viz Engine instead (MAPS-5864).

• Google tiles are supported until April 2021.

Known Issues

• World Server Launcher must run with elevated privileges to launch World Server as a service (MAPS-5530).

• World Server must be restarted after manually scanning street data (MAPS-6275).

• World Server leaks memory when targeted by a port scan (MAPS-5597).

• When editing multi hop scenes, it is possible to select Favorites. This is not intended functionality, and it causes errors if you do (MAPS-6319).

• Styles with names including non-English letters can exhibit bugs (MAPS-5714). Workaround: Use English letters only.

• Favorites with names including the plus symbol + can exhibit bugs (MAPS-5731). Workaround: Avoid the use of the plus symbol.

• The Atlas plug-in does does not work with Maxar/Digital Globe (VIZPL-1415). This issue will be resolved with a future Viz Engine version.

Integrating with Viz Engine 3.x

For the Viz World 20 client integration to function with Viz Engine 3.x, the following installation order must be followed:

1. Install Viz Engine 3.x.

2. Install the Viz World 20 client or Viz World 20 client bundle.

3. Install VizWorldPlugins.

Installing the map plug-ins in step 3 above ensures that they are installed in the correct directory. If step 3 is not completed, the following Map missing .dll error message appears in the Viz Engine configuration:

Compatibility Notes

Viz World 20.1.0 was tested with:

• Viz Artist 4.2.0 and 3.14.5

• Viz Engine 4.2.0 and 3.14.5

• Viz World Plugins 17.0.2

  • The Atlas plug-in in this version does not work with Maxar/Digital Globe (VIZPL-1415)

• Viz Multiplay 3.0.1

• Viz Pilot 8.6.0

• Viz Pilot Edge 1.6.1

• Viz Pilot Data Server 8.6.1

• Viz Trio 3.2.4

• Preview Server 4.4.1