chore(release): v1.7.0 (#764)

* chore(release): v1.7.0

* Address Claude review feedback

- Regenerate package-lock.json so the root and all eight GeoLibre workspace
  entries record version 1.7.0, matching the bumped package.json manifests
  (the bump script synced Cargo.lock but missed the npm lockfile). Only the
  GeoLibre workspace version fields changed; no dependency resolution changed.

Author: giswqs

CITATION.cff

@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@ authors:
     email: giswqs@gmail.com
     affiliation: "University of Tennessee, Knoxville, USA"
     orcid: "https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5437-4073"
-version: 1.6.0
-date-released: 2026-06-22
+version: 1.7.0
+date-released: 2026-06-23
 doi: 10.5281/zenodo.20785400
 repository-code: "https://github.com/opengeos/GeoLibre"
 url: "https://geolibre.app"

README.md

@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ GeoLibre is built with **Tauri v2**, **React**, **TypeScript**, **MapLibre GL JS
 
 **Video tutorial:** [GeoLibre 1.0: A Free, Open-Source Cloud-Native GIS That Runs Anywhere (Browser, Desktop & Jupyter)](https://youtu.be/87Cm0QagtxI)
 
-## Features (v1.6)
+## Features (v1.7)
 
 - Runs across desktop (Tauri), web (browser), native Android (Tauri v2 mobile), and mobile or small screens, with a responsive, touch-friendly layout that adapts menus, dialogs, and panels (on phones the Layers/Style panels overlay the map as slide-over sheets), plus per-panel visibility through Layout settings
 - MapLibre map workspace with OpenFreeMap and Protomaps basemaps, stacking of multiple raster basemaps, blank background support, double-click to swap the core basemap from the layer panel, and toggleable navigation, fullscreen, geolocation, globe, terrain, scale, attribution, and logo controls, plus a View menu with viewport history navigation, a reset pitch and bearing control, and a distinct north arrow
@@ -37,28 +37,28 @@ GeoLibre is built with **Tauri v2**, **React**, **TypeScript**, **MapLibre GL JS
 - Cloud data integrations through the Planetary Computer and Earth Engine panels, the Overture Maps plugin, and federal Web Services plugins
 - Manual and automatic refresh for WFS, GeoJSON URL, and Add Vector Layer URL layers
 - Layer panel for visibility, opacity, reordering, rename, zoom-to-layer, identify, labels, open attribute table, export, and remove actions, with collapsible layer groups/folders for organizing the layer stack and a Search places box in the footer for geocoding to a location without leaving the panel
-- Live style panel with single, categorized, graduated, expression, and rule-based (filter-driven) symbology (fill, stroke, opacity, circle radius), proportional symbols, fill patterns, a built-in marker library, plus point heatmap and clustering renderers — all including for Add Vector Layer point layers
-- Label engine for labeling vector features by any attribute, with placement and styling controls
+- Live style panel with single, categorized, graduated, expression, and rule-based (filter-driven) symbology (fill, stroke, opacity, circle radius), proportional symbols, fill patterns, a built-in marker library, plus point heatmap and clustering renderers — all including for Add Vector Layer point layers, plus an inline color ramp picker that previews each colormap's gradient on the trigger and beside every option
+- Label engine for labeling vector features by any attribute, with ArcGIS-style placement and styling controls (anchor, X/Y offset, rotation, wrap width, letter case), a Duplicate labels option, and unique/concatenate modes that collapse points stacked at the same coordinate into a single deduplicated label
 - Attribute table with filtering, sorting, resize controls, feature highlighting, optional zoom to selected features, add-field and field-calculator tools, a Charts panel (histogram, scatter, bar, line, box), a field statistics summary panel, column management (rename, delete, hide/show, reorder) with a column explorer for finding and toggling fields in wide tables, virtualized rows for large layers, and export to GeoJSON/GeoParquet/Shapefile/GeoPackage/CSV
 - SQL Workspace for running DuckDB Spatial SQL against loaded layers, local files, and remote URLs, with sample queries, query history, and adding results to the map or exporting them, plus an in-browser PostGIS SQL engine via PGlite and an Apache Sedona spatial SQL engine
 - Multiple DuckDB SQL query-result layers with identify, selection, and attribute table support
 - Controls menu with Measure, Bookmark, Minimap, and View State tools, a Search panel, a Dashboard panel of configurable chart widgets that summarize the loaded layers, and a Print menu with a print layout composer (user-editable legend, explicit map-scale input, title block with editable title and footer, page-size controls, and a custom print extent) that exports the map to PNG or PDF
 - Bookmarks that capture the active layers alongside the camera, with selectable export, a resizable and reorderable panel, and a save-as name prompt
 - Field Collection tool for capturing point, line, and polygon observations with a per-layer custom form (text/number/date/choice fields and an optional photo), placed by device GPS or by tapping the map, written to a GeoJSON layer that flows into the attribute table, export, and offline use
 - Story map builder with a scroll-driven editor, presenter view, and standalone HTML export
-- Real-time multi-user collaboration (MVP; requires the `VITE_GEOLIBRE_COLLAB_URL` build variable — see [docs/collaboration.md](docs/collaboration.md)) so several people can edit the same project together
+- Real-time multi-user collaboration (MVP; requires the `VITE_GEOLIBRE_COLLAB_URL` build variable — see [docs/collaboration.md](docs/collaboration.md)) so several people can edit the same project together, with an on-canvas session-status badge and roster (live dot, connected-participant count, and an expandable client list) while a session is active
 - Natural-language GIS assistant that turns plain-English requests into auditable, undoable GeoLibre operations (Spatial SQL, symbology, add/remove data, and map control), provider-pluggable with your own API key
 - In-app Python Console plus a Python automation API for scripting the app
 - Notebook panel docked beside the map for running Jupyter against the live map: the web build embeds a self-hosted JupyterLite site (in-browser Pyodide kernel) and the desktop build launches a uv-managed JupyterLab server, with notebook cells driving the map through an auto-loaded `geolibre` client. See [Notebook Panel](docs/notebook.md)
 - Command palette (`Ctrl`/`Cmd` + `K`) that searches and runs menu and toolbar actions across Add Data, Processing, Controls, Plugins, and Help, global keyboard shortcuts for New/Open/Save/Save As, and a `?` shortcuts cheat sheet
 - Conversion menu for Vector to GeoParquet/FlatGeobuf/PMTiles, CSV to GeoParquet, and Raster to COG; GeoParquet and CSV conversions run in the browser with DuckDB-WASM, while FlatGeobuf, PMTiles, and COG require the optional Python sidecar
-- Whitebox toolbox that runs entirely in the browser through a WebAssembly runtime with raster I/O (no Python sidecar required), surfacing both Whitebox tools and GeoLibre's own WASM raster tools, with batch tools run against a selected input directory
+- Whitebox toolbox that runs entirely in the browser through a WebAssembly runtime with raster I/O (no Python sidecar required), surfacing both Whitebox tools and GeoLibre's own WASM raster tools, browsable by category directly in the Processing menu with nested subcategory submenus and an offline-bundled tool catalog, with batch tools run against a selected input directory
 - Vector menu with common geometry and analysis tools (buffer, centroids, convex hull, dissolve, bounding box, simplify, clip, intersection, difference, union, spatial join, attribute join, select by value, select by location, movement, space-time, and cell coverage) that run in the browser with Turf.js, an optional GeoPandas sidecar engine for every tool, and an in-browser GeoPandas engine via Pyodide (no server, same results as the sidecar)
 - Raster menu with common raster tools (hillshade, slope, aspect, reproject, resample, clip by extent, clip by mask layer, polygonize, contour, zonal statistics, raster calculator, reclassify, mosaic, focal statistics) backed by a rasterio Python sidecar, with a client-side fallback so core tools also run in the browser when no sidecar is available
 - Spectral Index toolbox (NDVI, GNDVI, NDWI, NDMI, NDBI, NBR, EVI, SAVI) with Sentinel-2, Landsat 8-9, NAIP, and custom band layouts, evaluated client-side with geotiff.js or on the rasterio sidecar
 - Spatial Statistics toolbox and a Processing batch runner with model/pipeline chaining to run a sequence of tools as one job
 - Raster Georeferencer (Processing → Georeferencing) that pins a non-georeferenced image to the map with ground control points using a least-squares affine fit, reporting per-GCP and RMS residuals
-- Single-band pseudocolor with classification, reversed and custom color ramps, the full colormap list, and RGB band combination for styling raster layers, plus COG pixel-value inspection from the Identify icon
+- Single-band pseudocolor with classification, reversed and custom color ramps, the full colormap list shown as inline gradient swatches in the Color ramp picker, and RGB band combination for styling raster layers, plus COG pixel-value inspection from the Identify icon
 - Network analysis tools for isochrones, service areas, origin–destination (OD) cost matrices, and sequential routes (directions) through an ordered set of waypoints
 - Geocoding tools for forward, batch, and reverse geocoding through a multi-provider abstraction
 - AI Segmentation (SamGeo) that turns imagery into vector features with [segment-geospatial](https://github.com/opengeos/segment-geospatial) and Meta's SAM 3 — text prompts ("trees", "buildings") or automatic segmentation, proxied to a separate `samgeo-api` model server (GPU recommended)
@@ -68,13 +68,13 @@ GeoLibre is built with **Tauri v2**, **React**, **TypeScript**, **MapLibre GL JS
 - Project menu to create, open, save, and Save As `.geolibre.json` projects
 - Desktop diagnostics panel, a guided update workflow with a startup update check and update preferences, and MSIX packaging support, with macOS installers signed with an Apple Developer ID certificate and notarized by Apple so they open without a Gatekeeper workaround, plus Windows Package Manager (winget) distribution as `OpenGeos.GeoLibre`
 - Customizable UI profiles that tailor which menus, panels, and data sources are visible, so a deployment can present a focused subset of the app to its users. See [UI Profiles](docs/ui-profiles.md)
-- Plugin system with basemap, layer control, MapLibre components, swipe, street view, Overture Maps, USGS LiDAR, GeoAgent, and GeoEditor integrations, including configurable control positions and external plugin manifests; external plugins can render on the host's shared deck.gl instance via `app.getDeckGL()`
+- Plugin system with basemap, layer control, MapLibre components, swipe, street view, Overture Maps, USGS LiDAR, GeoAgent, and GeoEditor integrations, including configurable control positions and external plugin manifests; external plugins can render on the host's shared deck.gl instance via `app.getDeckGL()`, register first-class right-sidebar panels, toolbar menus, and floating panels through the plugin UI host API, and place their toolbar menus after the Help menu
 - Time Slider plugin for animating time series raster and vector data, including binding existing vector layers already on the map to the timeline
 - Atmosphere Effects plugin that renders a deep-space backdrop, parallax starfield, comets, and an atmospheric halo around the globe at low zoom (technique adapted from [Leonel Dias](https://leoneljdias.github.io/posts/globe-atmosphere-halo-comets/)), with a Spinning Globe panel and customizable atmosphere halo and deep-space colors
 - Directions plugin for interactive routing via [maplibre-gl-directions](https://github.com/maplibre/maplibre-gl-directions): click the map to add waypoints, drag to reposition, and click a waypoint to remove it (uses the public OSRM demo server, driving only)
 - Install external plugins from an uploaded zip on both desktop and web, plus external plugin zip loading from the app data plugins directory and local development plugin directories, with the Manage Plugins list sorted alphabetically
 - Bundled drop-in plugins under `public/plugins/<id>/` that bake into both the web and desktop builds and load automatically with no manifest URL
-- Browser deployment with Docker, embed-friendly URL parameters, and a `maponly` chrome-free mode
+- Browser deployment with Docker, embed-friendly URL parameters (including `?url=` project deep links that skip the welcome wizard and a `?welcome=0` param to opt out of onboarding), and a `maponly` chrome-free mode
 - Native Android app built from the same codebase with Tauri v2 mobile, producing signed, per-architecture APKs (~40 MB) through a GitHub Actions workflow; tools that depend on a local desktop process (Whitebox, Raster, Conversion, AI Segmentation, PostgreSQL/Martin) are hidden on mobile so nothing is shown that cannot run. See [Android](docs/android.md)
 - Installable, offline-capable Progressive Web App (PWA) build, plus a **Download Offline Area** tool that pre-caches the current map view's basemap tiles, and service-worker caching of the CDN-loaded Pyodide and PGlite/PostGIS engines so browser SQL and Python keep working offline after first use
 - Internationalization framework with react-i18next and per-build translation catalogs, plus a `?locale`/`?lang` query parameter to set the embed language

apps/geolibre-desktop/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "geolibre-desktop",
-  "version": "1.6.0",
+  "version": "1.7.0",
   "private": true,
   "type": "module",
   "scripts": {

apps/geolibre-desktop/src-tauri/Cargo.lock

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "geolibre-desktop"
-version = "1.6.0"
+version = "1.7.0"
 description = "GeoLibre Desktop — lightweight cloud-native desktop GIS"
 authors = ["GeoLibre Contributors"]
 edition = "2021"

apps/geolibre-desktop/src-tauri/Cargo.toml

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "$schema": "https://schema.tauri.app/config/2",
   "productName": "GeoLibre Desktop",
-  "version": "1.6.0",
+  "version": "1.7.0",
   "identifier": "org.geolibre.desktop",
   "build": {
     "beforeDevCommand": "npm run dev",

apps/geolibre-desktop/src-tauri/tauri.conf.json

@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@
 - [x] USGS LiDAR plugin replaces the previous LiDAR Viewer for browsing and loading USGS 3DEP point-cloud data, imported KML and KMZ layers honor their embedded symbology, and vector strokes can be sized in scale-proportional meters
 - [x] macOS desktop installers are now signed with an Apple Developer ID certificate and notarized by Apple, so they open without a Gatekeeper workaround, with a generator for submitting GeoLibre to the official Homebrew cask (see [Downloads](downloads.md))
 
-## v1.6: Multi-map layouts, advanced symbology and labeling, and plugin zip install (current)
+## v1.6: Multi-map layouts, advanced symbology and labeling, and plugin zip install
 
 - [x] Multi-map grid that splits the workspace into a grid of map views with synchronized camera movement, so you can compare basemaps, layers, or time steps side by side
 - [x] Advanced vector symbology with a rule-based renderer (filter-driven style rules), proportional symbols, fill patterns, and a built-in marker library for richer point and polygon styling
@@ -246,6 +246,15 @@
 - [x] Windows Package Manager (winget) packaging as `OpenGeos.GeoLibre`, so the app can be installed and updated through winget
 - [x] [Microsoft Store](https://apps.microsoft.com/detail/9nwt67rv531x) listing, so Windows users can install the signed, auto-updating build directly from the Store (see [Downloads](downloads.md))
 
+## v1.7: Plugin UI host API, color ramp previews, and category-browsed Whitebox tools (current)
+
+- [x] Plugin UI host API that lets plugins register first-class right-sidebar panels, toolbar menus, and floating panels that dock beside the built-in Style panel instead of emulating an overlay, with external plugin toolbar menus now placed after the Help menu (see [Plugin API](plugin-api.md))
+- [x] Color ramp gradient swatches in both the vector Style panel and the raster Color ramp picker, so you can see each colormap's gradient inline (on the trigger and beside every option) while choosing rather than picking from a plain list of names
+- [x] Richer vector labeling with ArcGIS-style controls (anchor, X/Y offset, rotation, wrap width, and letter case), a Duplicate labels option, and unique/concatenate modes that collapse points stacked at the same coordinate into a single deduplicated label
+- [x] Whitebox toolbox is now browsable by category directly in the Processing menu, with nested subcategory submenus, GeoLibre's own WASM tools grouped under their own subheading, an offline-bundled tool catalog for restricted environments, and tools that open the dialog preselected and scrolled into view
+- [x] On-canvas collaboration session-status badge and roster (a pulsing live dot, connected-participant count, and an expandable client list that announces joins and leaves), plus a clear "Go to map and collaborate" button so the host has a non-destructive way back to the map
+- [x] Welcome wizard is suppressed for embeds: project deep links (`?url=`) skip onboarding automatically, and a new `?welcome=0` parameter lets any embed opt out
+
 ## Plugin marketplace and registry (design)
 
 This captures the design for the `v1.0` "Plugin marketplace / registry" item. It

docs/roadmap.md

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "geolibre",
   "private": true,
-  "version": "1.6.0",
+  "version": "1.7.0",
   "description": "GeoLibre: a free and open-source, lightweight, cloud-native GIS platform for visualizing, exploring, and analyzing geospatial data. It runs in the web browser, on the desktop, on mobile, and inside Jupyter notebooks, all while keeping your data local and private",
   "workspaces": [
     "apps/*",

package-lock.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@geolibre/core",
-  "version": "1.6.0",
+  "version": "1.7.0",
   "private": true,
   "type": "module",
   "main": "./src/index.ts",