Disaster Dashboard Manual

# Changelog

All updates to the dashboard backend, frontend and documentation (this manual) will be summarised here.

# Current Version ≥ 1.9.9

# 06/05/2022 [1.9.10] (UPCOMING)

# Full API

  • Shoalhaven Council Road Closures integration with their existing custom feed

  • BeachSafe integration

# 21/04/2022 [1.9.9]

# Full/API

# Fixes

  • Sort BOM Rain and River Heights entries by date and removed duplicates

  • Added missing 'Direction' info to 'Periods' for Road Closures (from Transport NSW)

  • Add missing 'Road Closed' category to custom Road Closures

  • Fixed timezone for some feeds

# 08/03/2022 [1.9.8]

# Full/API

# Fixes

  • Updated Dams Level units from GL to ML

  • Made Road Closures and Water Outages end date optional

# Features

  • BOM Rain and River Heights integration for Rain & Waterways

# 03/03/2022 [1.9.7]

# Full/API

# Fixes

  • Implemented new COVID-19 Cases feed as the old source is deprecated and no longer updated

  • Added 'Water Over Road' category to custom Road Closures

  • Converted dates and numbers to AU locale

# 01/03/2022 [1.9.6]

# Full/API

# Fixes

  • Automatic Google Translation

  • Added missing icons/markers

  • Move up 'Accept/Decline' terms buttons to make it visible on small mobile screens

  • Map sidebar timestamp (previously the timestamp would not update when different markers are clicked)

# 03/02/2022 [1.9.5]

# Full/API

# Fixes/Optimisations

  • Use CKAN API for COVID-19 testing clinics instead of inconsistent CSV

  • Fix Endeavour Energy and Ausgrid feeds

  • Removed deleted Sydney Water Services feed (original source no longer exists)

  • Fix MHL feed

  • Optimised COVID-19 Cases and Power Feeds

# Features

  • Google Translation. E.g. append ?lang=de to URL for the dashboard to be automatically translated to German.

  • COVID-19 Summary widgets (hospitalised, in ICU, recovered etc)

  • Hunter Water feed integration

# 06/01/2022 [1.9.4]

# Full/API

# Fixes

  • Renamed SES NSW to NSW SES

  • Added Lake Macquarie MHL collection to Rain & Waterways

  • Removed duplicating sites in Rain & Waterways

  • Changed COVID-19 cases count from 30 days to 7 days. Due to significant spike in cases request to source fails to return too many data points.

# 17/09/2021 [1.9.3]

# Full/API

# Fixes

  • COVID-19 cases count. Previously, in some situations number of cases would appear high than actually present within LGA. This now should be fixed.

# 09/09/2021 [1.9.2]

# Full/API

# Features

  • Added COVID-19 Vaccination 90% target

# Fixes

  • COVID-19 added missing zero-values for cases time series chart

# 08/09/2021 [1.9.1]

# Full/API

# Features

  • Public Transport alerts feed from Transport NSW

# Fixes

  • COVID-19 added path alias to fix non loading COVID-19 tile widgets

  • Added some missing icons

  • Other minor internal fixes

# 29/08/2021 [1.9.0]

# Full/API

# Features

  • COVID-19 Vaccination by Postcode map

  • Automate Dam feed using BOM Water Storage data

  • Dams field in Council content type to specify certain dams from BOM Water Storage app

  • Water Supply page: Sydney Water service updates and Water NSW Algal Alerts Map

# Fixes

  • Minor HTML formatting fixes

# 20/08/2021 [1.8.8]

# Full/API

# Fixes

  • COVID-19 Cases feed (new implementation), now should be showing more accurate numbers in tile and maps.

  • N/A titles in List View for Map

  • Vaccination rollout summary - removed 'At least one' row as it was misleading.

# 19/08/2021 [1.8.7]

# Full/API

# Fixes

  • COVID-19 Vaccination Clinics feed

  • COVID-19 Testing Clinics feed

  • Various HTML formatting

# 18/08/2021 [1.8.6]

# Full/API

# Features

  • COVID-19 Vaccination feed feed

# Fixes

  • Allow HTML in Map Widget sidebar's title

# Misc

  • Change wording for stale feed notice

# 14/08/2021 [1.8.5]

# Full/API

# Features

  • COVID-19 Case Locations feed

  • COVID-19 Transmission Venues feed

  • COVID-19 Testing clinics feed

  • COVID-19 Public Transport Routes feed

# Fixes

  • COVID-19 Vaccination Clinics feed

  • Shark Sightings feed

  • Hazard Reduction Burns feed

  • School Closures feed

  • Internal fixes

# 05/08/2021 [1.8.4]

# Full/API

# Fixes

  • Minor internal fixes

# 29/06/2021 [1.8.3]

# Full/API

# Fixes

  • Minor internal fixes

  • Frameworks updates

  • Optimisations

# 10/06/2021 [1.8.2]

# Full/API

# Fixes

  • Minor internal fixes

# 09/06/2021 [1.8.1]

# Full/API

# Features

  • Link to Status page in footer

# Fixes

  • Instagram images. Previously images weren't loading.

  • Reduced Earthquake feed boundary offset radius to 300km from 3,000km because it was causing errors for some areas.

  • Fixed typo in Facebook URL in footer

# Other

Some beta pages that previously were available only on Demonz Demo dashboard are now made available to all councils. To activate:

  • Council > Active Feeds.

  • Menu > Dashboard (Edit children) > Tick 'Enabled' checkbox.

  • Content > Filter for 'General Information' and make sure needed pages are Published.

# 19/05/2021 [1.8.0]

# Full/API

# Features

  • Integrated custom BOM Polygons feed. In case there's a weather warning issue by BOM within LGA, a dashboard-wide alert will appear. Also map with warning polygons is available on Demonz Demo dashboard on Weather page.

  • Added note on frequency for Air Quality map sidebar.

# 14/05/2021 [1.7.0]

# Full/API

# Features

  • Earthquake feed integration (Preview = available on Demonz Demo dashboard)

# Fixes

  • SES NSW feed now should display up-to-date information

  • Issue with dates for custom road closures. Previously, in some cases, 'Invalid Date' was displayed in stead of 'Est. Dates'.

# 10/05/2021 [1.6.0]

# Full/API

# Features

  • Jemena Gas Outages feed integration (Preview - available on Demonz Demo dashboard)

  • Sort Map List View items by distance if searched for a location/address

  • Add some missing icons for road feeds

# Fixes

  • Improved Map Sidebar for vaccination clinics

# Changes

  • Renamed SES NSW Warnings to SES NSW Advice

# Admin

# Features

  • Active checkbox for road closures to be able to 're-activate' any closures without having to completely delete them

# 19/04/2021 [1.5.0]

# Status

New feature Status Page https://status.disasterdashboards.com (opens new window)

This page has information about outage/issues/maintenance status of Disaster Dashboard services and external feeds.

# Full/API

# Fixes

  • Air Quality time series chart in the map sidebar

# 06/04/2021 [1.4.0]

# Full/API

# Features

  • Environment NSW BeachApp (ocean bulletin) feed integration

  • Custom Road Closures feed integration for Lake Macquarie

# Fixes

  • Road & Bridge conditions map timestamps

# Internal

  • Logging and reporting that will help us identify errors in the apps and feed issues quicker

# Fixes

# 31/03/2021 [1.3.6]

# Full/API

# Features

  • COVID-19 Vaccination clinics map (Preview. Available on Demonz Dashboard)

# Fixes

  • Parsing and timestamps for MyRoadsInfo which previously resulted in stale data notice

# 24/03/2021 [1.3.5]

# Full/API

# Fixes

  • Traffic NSW incidents now have more data in map sidebar

  • Improve Ausgrid Power outages point plotting logic

# 23/03/2021 [1.3.4]

# Full/API

# Features

  • SES NSW Notices Feed integration

  • Collapsible items in List Widget

# Fixes

  • Added custom road closures to Info Widget count

# Changes

  • Hide operational schools by default from the School Closures feed

# 22/03/2021 [1.3.3]

# Full

# Features

  • Zoom to the pin/location searched using the address search bar on Map Widgets

  • Ability to force accept Terms and Conditions by appending acceptTerms query parameter to URL

# Fixes/Changes

  • Map sidebar images. Previously images weren't showing

  • Hide 'Remove this pin from map' button that was appearing for all pins if searched location pin was clicked. Now it is visible only on searched location pin as intended.

  • Improved map pin/marker clustering

  • Added missing categories and pins for Traffic NSW Hazards and Shark Sightings

  • Temporarily changed 'Flood Incidents' Info Widget title to 'Flood Gauges'. Once FloodWatch feed is implemented it will be sued instead.

  • Fixed dates/timestamps for SOME of the road traffic feeds

# Admin

# Changes

  • Road Closures Completion Date made optional

# 28/02/2021 [1.3.2]

# Full/API

# Features

  • Road Closure date ranges support

# Fixes

  • 'Stale Feed' alert can now be closed.

# 19/02/2021 [1.3.1]

# Full/API

# Fixes

  • Added missing Custom Map icons/pins

  • Improved image loading/updating in map sidebar

# 19/02/2021 [1.3.0]

# Full/API/Admin

# Features

  • Custom Map Locations - display custom locations such as evacuation centers. Choose from multiple pre-defined categories. Manage all new custom map locations in one content type.

# Fixes

  • Shark Sightings feed (Preview)

# 03/02/2021 [1.2.4]

# Full/API

# Fixes

  • Previously some councils may have had the issue where road closures would be visible on the 'Road & Bridge Conditions' page but not on the main overview page. This should now be fixed.

  • Some councils may have also noticed that the road closure count was significantly higher than visible on the map. This should now be fixed.

  • Added a couple of missing map pins (markers) for road closures and hazard feeds.

# 28/01/2021 [1.2.3]

# Full/API

# Fixes

  • Fixed NSW School Closures feed integration

# 26/01/2021 [1.2.2]

# Full/API

# Fixes

  • Fixed RFS Hazard Reduction Burns feed integration

# 19/01/2021 [1.2.1]

# Light

# Features

  • Added icons to menu, some cards and weather forecast

# Fixes

  • Tile links on Get Ready > Overview and Recovery > Overview pages

  • Expand-collapse links in the Map List View widget. Previously nested expand-collapse would always expand/collapse only the first item.

  • Logo and links on Not Found and Maintenance pages

# Docs

# Content

  • Edited Guide > Domain page

  • Edited Known Issues page

# 24/12/2020 [1.2.0]

# Full

# Features

  • Custom Google My Maps integration for Road Closures content type. Simply add Google My Maps Map ID to add pins from your custom Google Map to the Road Closure layers on Disaster Dashboard maps. (This is a preview feature only available for some councils by request. This feature will become available to everyone in the next couple of versions)

# Fixes

  • Shark Sightings feed fix (Preview)

# 22/12/2020 [1.1.1]

# Full

# Features

  • Ability to change icon color for tiles on Dashboard > Overview (default) page

# Other

  • Changed formatting/content of COVID-19 Close Contacts table and alert

# 22/12/2020 [1.1.0]

# Full

# Features

  • COVID-19 Closes Contacts (local known cases) alert

  • COVID-19 Closes Contacts (local known cases) summary table

# Fixes

  • Sitemap content

# Other

  • Other minor optimsations, ug fixes and improvements

# 21/12/2020 [1.0.10]

# Full

# Fixes

  • Floods feed

# Other

  • Sitemap. Available at /sitemap.xml route of any dashboard

  • /robots.txt

# 20/12/2020 [1.0.9]

# Full

# Fixes

  • Ausgrid outage details

  • Sharks Sightings feed that was breaking overview map (Preview)

  • Filtering for multiple markers (pins) on the same location. Previously using filters under 'Legend and filters' would not filter out any points on the same location.

  • Floods feed. Previously floods map would sometimes show zero sensors.

# 19/12/2020 [1.0.8]

# Full

# Features

  • Guided tour to welcome new visitors and show them key features of the dashboard. Currently available only on desktop with ?showTour=1 query parameter.

# Fixes

  • Performance/memory issue due to inefficient Bug Report link generation

  • 'Undefined' logo under maps for MHL/SES authorities

  • Sharks Sightings feed that was breaking overview map (Preview)

# Other

  • Added official Disaster Dashboards Facebook page link to footer

  • Edited generic disclaimer popup content

# Light

# Fixes

  • Links for buttons under tiles on Dashboard > Overview page

  • Links in side cards on Get Ready and Recovery pages

# 18/12/2020 [1.0.7]

# Full/API

# Features

  • Flood Extents feed integration

# Other

  • Moved Bug Report link to footer

# Fixes

  • Fixed broken Shark Sightings feed (Preview)

# Admin

# Fixes

  • Fixed Google Analytics

# 16/12/2020 [1.0.6]

# Full

# Fixes

  • Make terms and conditions dialog scrollable. Necessary for smaller screens (e.g. iPhone 5) to view all content

# 14/12/2020 [1.0.5]

# Full

# Fixes

  • Use correct email for bug report button

# Improvements

  • Road Conditions count in tile on Overview page now includes MyRoadInfo incidents. Previously was only counting incidents from Traffic NSW.

# Light

# Features

  • Bug report link in the footer
  • UV Index Widget

# Fixes

  • Background for dropdown menu on mobile

# Docs

  • Added missing/broken logos to the Branding page

# 14/12/2020 [1.0.4]

# Full

# Fixes

  • Enable MyRoadInfo markers by default on Roads & Bridge Conditions page
  • Instagram widget

# 11/12/2020 [1.0.3]

# Full

# Features

  • Update widget content when tab was reactivated. Previously going away from tab where dashboard is opened and then opening it back after some time would trigger 'Stale Feed' warnings in widget which would stay activate until next update cycle. Now all widgets that support auto-refresh will be updated once tab becomes active/visible again.

  • Double tap overlay to activate social media feeds. Previously on mobile it was hard to scroll past social media widgets without scrolling content inside the widgets.

  • Bug report button.

# Fixes

  • External links for overview widget tiles. Previously external links on Get Ready > Overview weren't working.

  • Close menu on mobile if a shortcut icon in header was clicked.

# 09/12/2020 [1.0.2]

# Full

# Features

  • Link to light version.

  • Network speed test. If slow show a message suggesting to use light version of the dashboard.

  • Give option to open 'Light' version if javascript is disabled or opened in IE.

# Light

Initial public release.

# Admin

  • Fixed some caching issues related to Admin site and Azure CDN

# 08/12/2020 [1.0.1]

# Full

# Improvements

  • Make some warning alerts closable

  • Better redirect from emergency to disaster domain

# Other

Internal stability improvements and ug fixes

# 01/12/2020 [1.0.0]

Initial production release

Last Updated: 5/3/2022, 10:04:24 PM