EPISODES Platform Release Notes

Version 2.69 (5 Jun 2026)

• Extended portal API to enable application upload to workspace
• New feature: Read the bounding box properties from payload
• Improvements to Spectral Parameters application - enabled handling of special values (inf, nan)
• Improvements to FOCI application - added RMSerror in the output file
• Added limitation to 100 files download in the Advanced Data Search
• New GIS3D server implemented
• Handling of multiple inputs in User custom applications using Python
• Bugfix to TimeSeriesBuilder application - handling of error messages
• Bugfix to CsvToCatalog application in the column "type"

Version 2.68 (26 Feb 2026)

• New application: SAC to miniSEED converter
• Support for new data types:
  • Cartesian Mine Area
  • Blast Volume
  • Continuous Strain Gauge Measurement
• Improvements to the Blast Volume and Blast Target visualizations
• Bugfix restoring missing images on main page
• Bugfix to the Catalog Filter application for cases with non-standard ID fields
• Bugfix to Waveform Download Tool application falsely returning that "No seiscomp was able to process the order"

Version 2.67 (2 Dec 2025)

• Extended portal API to enable workspace files upload
• Optimization of the application list loading time in the “Use in application” menu in the workspace
• Optimization of the portal home page loading
• Optimization of Advanced Data Search
• Visual improvements in the portal navigation bar
• Visual improvements to the service unavailable page
• Improved error reporting in the Catalog Filter application

Version 2.66 (20 Aug 2025)

• New application: MIDSTREAM - Testing and Forecasting
• New Ground Motion Model: AkkarBommer2010 added to the Seismic Hazard Forecasting application
• Optimization of the Seismic Hazard Forecasting application run time
• New computation specification options for user-developed applications
• 'Select all' option added in the Advanced Data Search
• Multiple file download enabled in the Advanced Data Search
• Added environment file validation for user-developed applications
• Improved the speed of episodes data download
• Bugfix to the Seismic Hazard Forecasting application form
• Bugfix to the Waveform Download application form, fixing incorrect channel selection
• Bugfix to the password changing issue in the user profile

Version 2.65 (10 Jun 2025)

• New application: Seismic Hazard Forecasting
• Bugfix of token setting when connecting to Application Workbench

Version 2.64 (27 May 2025)

• More flexible Python package configuration for the user custom applications enabled - see this guide.
• Improvements to application keywords
• Improvements to P and S Waves Detection Tool input validation
• Fix to the issue with selecting user custom application version
• Bugfix to the Maximum Magnitude Deterministic/Probabilistic Models application: resolved the "'None Type' object is not subscriptable" issue
• Improvements to the TRMLOC Location application - modification of default settings for X, Y and Z value steps

Version 2.63 (1 Apr 2025)

• Internationalization: new language of the interface - Spanish
• New applications
  • Phase Association with PyOcto
  • Spectral Parameters
• Added info on 'How to cite' to the main menu
• Improvements to the Modeling fluid induced Seismicity Rates using a covariate Model (MIDSTREAM): Data preparation application: modifications to the Start, Split i End fields
• Improvements to the Signal Download Tool application: handling of large miniseed files
• Improvements to the Response Spectra application: improved visualization of the output plots
• Bugfix to the P and S Waves Detection Tool application: modified the 'Pretrained model weights' selection
• Bugfix to the TRMLOC Location application
• Updated links to the X platform

Version 2.62 (27 Jan 2025)

• Improvements to the Modeling fluid induced Seismicity Rates using a covariate Model (MIDSTREAM): Data preparation application: handling of catalog data on the plot
• Improvements to the Maximum Magnitude Deterministic/Probabilistic Models application: handling of empty output files
• Bugfix to the Signal Download Tool application
• Visual improvements to the User profile

Version 2.61 (25 Nov 2024)

• New applications
  • Modeling fluid induced Seismicity Rates using a covariate Model (MIDSTREAM): Data preparation
  • Modeling fluid induced Seismicity Rates using a covariate Model (MIDSTREAM): Model training
  • Maximum Magnitude Deterministic/Probabilistic Models
• Added option for using logging libraries in Custom Applications (see also Integrating simple application logging)
• Updated links to code repository for the open code apps on the EPISODES Platform
• Added information about EPISODES Platform owners on the landing page

Version 2.60 (28 Oct 2024)

• Introduced options for including shared libraries in Custom Applications (see also Using shared code snippets)
• Added another output format: TSPAIR to the MSEED to ASCII converter application
• Improvements to Mechanical Data visualization: added tabular listing of data
• Optimization of large files transfer to computation nodes
• Visual improvements to the interface

Version 2.59 (22 Aug 2024)

• New data type: Interval Pressure
• Added visualization for Stress Data files
• Support for large Mechanical Data files
• Added information about webinars on the landing page
• Added option for downloading seismogram plot as image (png, jpeg, pdf, svg)
• Bugfix to the Ground Motion Prediction Equations Calculation application

Version 2.58 (13 Jun 2024)

• New data types:
  • Cartesian Station
  • Continuous Geodetic Measurements
• Application log file available to the user
• Improvements and bugfixes to forms automatic saving
• Homogenization of data types naming within the EPISODES Platform (different names were previously seen for some types in Advanced Data Search)

Version 2.57 (18 Apr 2024)

• Improvements to application forms:
  • Forms are saved automatically with every change
  • Forms can be saved even if not valid or incomplete
  • Improvements to validation of drop-down menus
• Improvements to handling Custom Applications: the results are retrieved even in case of the application error
• Bufix to the Inventory files upload - improved handling of different file formats

Version 2.56 (23 Jan 2024)

• New application: P and S Wave Detection Tool
• Added free text search to the Episodes list
• Bugfix to the Signal Download Tool application
• Limited creation of EPOS AI accounts to users with confirmed affiliation

Version 2.55 (04 Dec 2023)

• Refreshed look of the EPISODES Platform landing page, with explicit link to EPOS TCS AH website
• Added basic information about the expected application run time (can be found near run controls of the application in Workspace)
• EPOS AI account creation enabled in user's profile
• Added mailing subscription option
• Optimization of matching application requirements to computing resources
• Bugfix to the Time correlated earthquakes (Seasonal trends) application: fixed Unrecognized function or variable 'step'. error

Version 2.54 (25 Sep 2023)

• Added visualization for Gravimetric data files
• Added preview of the application input files
• Addded option to filter the applications list by source (official applications, owned custom applications, custom applications coming from other users)
• Improvements to applications:
  • Waveform Download tool
  • Csv To Catalog
• Visual improvements to the interface

Version 2.53 (05 Jun 2023)

• New application: CSV to GDF converter
• Improvements to applications:
  • CSV to Catalog converter
  • Seismogram Picking Tool
  • Catalog Filter
  • Template-matching based event detection algorithm
• Visual improvements to the interface

Version 2.52 (29 Mar 2023)

• Migration to a new address: EpisodesPlatform.eu
• New website for the TCS AH Consortium: tcs.ah-epos.eu
• Custom applications: enabled editing of a custom application within the EPISODES Platform
• Improved handling of large seismic catalogs
• Visual improvements to the interface

Version 2.51 (31 Jan 2023)

• New applications
  • Seismic Catalog Recalculation
  • Response Spectra
• Improvements to the Ground Motion Prediction Equations applications

Version 2.50 (16 Jan 2023)

• Added display of directories in Workspace view
• Added QuakeML files visualization
• Improvements to applications:
  • Waveform Download Tool
  • Ground Motion Prediction Equations
  • Template-matching based event detection algorithm

Version 2.49 (20 Oct 2022)

• Added option to load and save seismogram picks from/to file in various applications
• Improvements to the sharing capabilities
• Improvements to the Catalog Filter application
• Visual improvements to the interface

Version 2.48 (4 Oct 2022)

• Custom Applications: added support for applications written in Python
• Improvements to the sharing functions in Workspace
• Improvements to the Catalog to CSV
• Visual improvements to the interface

Version 2.47 (28 Jul 2022)

• Internationalization: new language of the interface - Italian
• New applications:
  • Time-dependent Anthropogenic Seismic Hazard Assessment (TDASHA)
  • Ground Motion Parameters
• Improvements to the Localization Application
• Homogenization of application categories

Version 2.46 (06 Jun 2022)

• Added information about articles citing the EPISODES Platform on the landing page
• New data types:
  • Strain Sensor Location
  • Relative Strain Measurement
• Improvements to applications:
  • Waveform Download Tool
  • Spectral Analysis
  • Catalog to CSV
  • CSV to Catalog converter

Version 2.45 (08 Mar 2022)

• New application: Catalog Editor
• Custom Applications:
  • Added validation of custom applications
  • Improvements to connecting Application Workbench account to EPISODES Platform
• Improvements to applications:
  • Autocorrelation
  • Waveform Download Tool
  • Signal Processing

Version 2.44 (30 Dec 2021)

• New data types:
  • Underground Motion Catalog
  • Underground Motion Parameters Catalog
• Custom Applications: user's applications are visually distinguished in the application list (label added)
• Added option to reuse the result of Completeness Magnitude application in forms of other applications
• Improvements to applications:
  • GDF and Seismic Activity histogram
  • Merge Catalog
  • Parameters Catalog Builder
  • Signal Processing

Version 2.43 (13 Dec 2021)

• Introduction****of the Custom Applications and Application Workbench for creating user-defined applications (see also Creating Custom Applications)
• Introduction of GIS 3D Visualizations
• New data types - Catalogs and Parameters Catalogs for:
  • Rotational Ground Motion
  • Ground Water Level
  • Gravimetric data
• Added tabular data view to GDF files visualization

Version 2.42 (18 Nov 2021)

• Introduction of a new EPISODES Platform logo
• New application: Catalog merger
• New data types:
  • Rotational SEED signal
  • Gravity Variation miniSEED
• Internationalization: Added Polish translation for the episode descriptions
• Improvements to the Wellhead Pressure and Injection Rate visualizations
• Bugfixes to Station XML and QuakeML files reading

Version 2.41 (31 Aug 2021)

• Platform's name change: from IS-EPOS Platform to EPISODES Platform
• Global transition from SEED to miniSEED data format, both for the data items and applications
• Internationalization: language change enabled also for anonymous users
• Added option to reuse the result of Localization application in Spectral Analysis application form
• Improved messages about potential long computational time for certain applications

Version 2.40 (28 Apr 2021)

• Internationalization: added language selection in user's profile - English, Polish and French languages are available
• Added option to change the password in the user's profile
• Added option to provide custom file descriptions in Workspace
• New applications:
  • SEED to datalessSEED converter
  • SEED to FDSN Station XML converter
• Discontinuation of application Catalog to XLS converter - replaced by Catalog to CSV converter - producing output as a CSV file
• Notification added for certain applications that processing may take a significant amount of time
• Standardized citation for applications
• Added Release Notes display
• Added visualization for Time Vector
• Improvements to Spectral Analysis application: warning added when there are too few samples
• Improvements to SEED and miniSEED converters

Version 2.39 (11 Feb 2021)

• Additional label for episodes that are frequently updated: "Live" status
• Added options for access rights to particular episodes
• New applications: converters from mSEED format
• New data types:
  • Downhole Pressure
  • Downhole Temperature
  • GNSS Stations
  • Periodic Geodetic Measurements
• Added option to launch conversion to CSV from data view or Advanced Data Search for Catalog and GDF files
• Added option for notification on application finish
• Improvements to visualizations for Well Path and Drillhole Lithology data
• Optimization of large GDF files reading
• Improvements to application input files specification: use of relative paths (better handling in case of copying or moving entire directories containing applications)

Version 2.38 (03 Dec 2020)

• Change of the URL for authentication server: https://unity.ah–epos.eu/
• Added option for creating workflows in workspace
• Seed Converter application split into new applications: SEED to ASCII converter, SEED to SAC converter and Signal Processing
• Added visualization for Periodic Gravimetric Measurements
• Improvements to the visualization of various data types
• Improvements to the Transformation to Equivalent Dimensions application
• Added option do clean the application form
• Added option to change the file format for files in Workspace
• Bugfix to Catalog Filter application, allowing for displaying an empty catalog as a result
• Upgrade of ObsPy version used by the applications
• Optimizations of the Time Series Builder application execution

Version 2.37 (09 Sep 2020)

• New application: Interval Estimation of Hazard Parameters
• Displaying Arias Intensity option added to seismograms
• Improvement to the seismogram spectrum plot: the selection of the range of the seismogram is taken into consideration
• Keywords and categories are links, in the application information view
• Administration panel: option to change the user's role
• Bugfixes to Stress Inversion application
• Bugfix to Ground Motion Catalog view for the Groningen Field

Version 2.36 (25 Jun 2020)

• Added ability to copy folders in the Workspace along with the underlying applications
• Added file location info icon for application’s input files
• Minor adjustments to Transformation to Equivalent Dimensions and Cluster Analysis applications
• Improved way of displaying the Mining Polygon Advance data in applications
• Improvement to the scaling mechanism for the Velocity Model graph
• Improvement for applications that require larger computing resources: new application status – Submitting

Version 2.35 (12 May 2020)

• Statistics on the landing page (number of episodes, application, users) updated automatically
• Displaying seismogram spectrum (FFT) option added to seismograms
• New data types:
  • Rock Temperature
  • Interval Velocity Model
• Added option to copy the application parameters in Workspace
• Improvements to the Well Path visualization
• Disclaimer added next to plots that need resampling (due to large volumes of data)
• Upgrade of ArclinkFetch version used by the applications

Version 2.34 (18 Mar 2020)

• Large files (above 20MB) from Workspace stored on additional storage
• Improved handling of URLs leading to non-existent applications or episodes
• Improvements to the GDF to Vectors application: preservation of information about the newly created vectors

Version 2.33 (07 Feb 2020)

• Administration panel: added option for providing reasons for affiliation rejection
• Improvements to displaying large Catalog files: for larger catalogs, the events are plotted on the map only on request
• Improved plotting of focal mechanisms
• Czorsztyn 3D visualization bugfix
• General improvements to the Workspace features