Fixed Issues

• Server: Auto-scan of street data now works even if the count of street data files is large (MAPS-6275).

• Client: Socket error "Socket is marked as nonblocking" no longer occurs (MAPS-6194).

• Classic: Rendering no longer locks up if imagery tiles are missing (MAPS-5750).

• Database: The base map has been updated with 2020 data, including these fixes:

  • Updates to administrative regions in Norway (MAPS-5576).

  • Updates to India, separating Ladakh from Jammu and Kashmir (MAPS-6187).

  • Updates to Chile, changing Ñuble from province to region (MAPS-6209).

  • Updates to disputed regions definitions for the Abu Musa islands (MAPS-6231).

Functionality Removed or Changed

• 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).

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.

Compatibility Notes

Viz World 20.0.0 was tested with:

• Viz Artist 4.2.0

• Viz Engine 4.2.0

• Viz Multiplay 3.0.1

• Viz Pilot 8.6.0

• Viz Pilot Edge 1.6.1

• Viz Trio 3.2.4