The following list of new features, updates and bug fixes are included in the latest Sprint 22.04 release to FDW/FDE.
New Features
New Food Security Classification file types available for download from fews.net (DATA-1369) Visitors to the fews.net data center can now download Food Security Classification files in KML and GeoJSON formats in addition to the shapefiles and PNG files that were already available. This option is currently available only for new files (March - September 2022), not historic files.
Draft metadata documentation available in Price, Crop, and Trade domains
Users can now utilize the API to access metadata definitions and details corresponding to their data extract in the Price, Crop, and Trade domains. To access, add the word metadata to your API between the domain name and parameters. For example:
If your API URL is:
You can call metadata definitions using:
This information can be accessed in html, PDF, or JSON formats.
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Coming soon! This work is being expanded to include updates to missing metadata definitions, additional domains, and the ability to access metadata definitions within the FDE.
Updates
Import Dependency dashboard update (DATA-1467)
The Import Dependency dashboard now offers multiple options for the x-axis. In addition to HDI, users can choose to plot according to two SDG indictors: percent of population below national poverty line and percent prevalence of undernourishment.
In addition, two new visualizations have been added to the dashboard. The first graph shows time series of imports for a selected destination country. The second compares the percentage split between the different source countries across destination countries.
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