Changelog

March 19th

  • NEW

  • New Flatmaps with updated SCKAN knowledge have been released

  • Map-viewer updates:

  • Flatmaps viewer update:

    • Support new flatmaps
    • Sidebar now display single listing of connectivity with improve UI and display difference in SCKAN and MAP
    • Connectivity graph can now be opened into a separate pane on the map-viewer
  • Scaffold viewer UI updates:

    • Primitives settings are now located above the region tree
  • Simulation viewer updates:

    • Add the ability to track multiple runs
    • Ability to toggle live run
    • Ability to change colours of the trace

March 18th, 2026

  • New

  • Bumped Version of PRECISION Dashboard

  • v 0.5.6
  • Improved

  • Github actions and tests
  • embargo request modal improvements

March 4, 2026

  • New

  • Biolucida Deprication

    • remove biolucida from FE and BE
    • Hide the Gallary and remove components
    • Remove segmentation viewer
    • Remove biolucida cypress tests
    • Remove biolucida related endpoints in portal
    • Remove biolucida related endpoints in map-viewer
    • Remove REVA related endpoints that are no longer in use
  • Dashboard

    • Feature to set genes on Precision Dashboard for initial load
  • Flatmap

    • Adding an API to query dataset information given a Flatmap UUID.
  • Improved

    • Fix double URL encoding for file paths with special characters

February 4, 2026

  • New

  • Micro CT viewer for OME-TIFF. Eyeball Icon to left of file opens viewer for .ome.tiff files. Uses @Pennsieve-viz/micro-ct lib.
  • Improved

  • Migrate some of metrics values to new endpoint. Values should be more accurate. UI updated to be more meaningful.
  • Migrated email services from SendGrid to MailSender
  • Map Viewer

    • Built with latest version of simulationvuer which is now built with OpenCOR
    • Make searching more consistent between Dataset and Connectivity explorer ABI-Software/map-sidebar#201
    • Improve zoom in and out for scaffold in some cases
  • REVA Dashboard

    • default for QDBGraph
    • style updates to subject selector, flatmap, qdbgraph
  • QDBGraph show subject specific data unless settings are updated to include all data
  • QDB Api updated for min max endpoint
  • Tests

  • updates to homepage test
  • dashboard tests added
  • strict version check to prevent incompatibility issues with @abi-software/flatmapvuer

December 3, 2025

  • New

  • Added the Human Vagus Nerve Explorer to SPARC Apps, providing interactive visualization tools for exploring human vagus-nerve imaging and related datasets
  • Map-Viewer

  • Improved

    • Update WebGL context lost message
    • Improved rendering of nerve cuff on flatmap

November 26, 2025

  • Bug Fix

  • Resolved an issue where associated primary publications were not displaying correctly on the project details page
  • Map-Viewer

  • Improved

    • Enhanced the search functionality within the Connectivity Explorer to improve performance
  • Bug Fix

    • Fixed an error triggered when attempting to hide a pane.

November 11, 2025

  • Bug Fixes

  • Resolved issue where “Protocols” appeared twice in the metrics tab.
  • Fixed truncation of tool titles to ensure full text is visible
  • Map-Viewer

  • Improved

    • Added a tooltip clarifying the difference between MAP and SCKAN knowledge in connectivity explorer
    • Improved error messages when flatmap server is down
    • Better handling when Anatomy from URL for Species Not Found
    • Global settings no longer stored between session which has proven to be very confusing
    • Improved map-viewer's resource and GL context management
  • Bug Fixes

    • Fixed lumbar dorsal root ganglion search not set in DRG cluster marker on flatmaps
    • Fixed FC Maps Maker not correctly displayed
    • Fixed an issue with going to the map-viewer from datasets' image gallery

October 15, 2025

  • New

  • A Collections tab has been added under the Data & Models category, allowing datasets to be conveniently grouped together.
  • Project pages now display associated content and primary publications
  • Improved

  • Users can now access Project pages directly from the SPARC by the Numbers section on the homepage for easier navigation.
  • Map-Viewer

  • New

    • Onscreen Message for Flatmap Loading Error now available
    • Nerve cuffs have been added back on 2D Flatmaps
  • Improved

    • The minimap on AC maps now hides automatically when there are more than four panes
    • The Funding Program filter is now replaced with Consortia
  • Bug Fixes

    • Fixed lumbar dorsal root ganglion search not set in DRG cluster marker on flatmaps
    • Fixed FC Maps Maker not correctly displayed
    • Fixed an issue with going to the map-viewer from datasets' image gallery

September 3, 2025

  • New

  • Added the ANBC logo to the portal footer for improved branding
  • Protocol metrics are now visible on user profile pages
  • Added support for flatmap mimetype in image gallery on the portal
  • Improved

  • Reorganized SPARC submission forms: SPARC Services has its own tab, and Share with SPARC forms are in a dedicated tab
  • Migrated email services from SendGrid to MailSender
  • Map-Viewer

  • New

    • Added supports for flatmap additional mimetypes
    • Added source and associated flatmap information for scaffold
    • Added more filter options in connectivity explorer for whole body scaffold and support click to set filter on neuron connectivity mode
    • Permalink now also stores connectivity explorer filters/search and current selection
    • Nerves on whole body scaffold now works with connectivity explorer on the sidebar
    • Connectivity Exploration Mode has been improved, user can now select origin, via, destination or all for selecting relevant neuron population
  • Improved

    • Added new metrics for new features
    • Fixed Flatmap Context Card Copy Function not copying updated information
    • Fixed a cluster marker issue on click giving incorrect result on sidebar
    • Fixed some links in contextual cards are broken when the scaffold is opened directly from the portal. Example See screenshot - the view source button

July 9, 2025

  • New

  • The homepage now includes metrics for dataset downloads, contributors, citations, and protocol views
  • The About tab now also includes protocol views under metrics
  • Improved

  • The homepage now includes metrics for dataset downloads, contributors, citations, and protocol views
  • The About tab now also includes protocol views under metrics