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<div>Dear All,</div>
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<div>Today we are releasing OMERO 5.2.2, a bug-fix release which also introduces some new client features. Improvements include:</div>
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<div>* display of ROI masks in OMERO.web image viewer</div>
<div>* display of OMERO.tables data for Wells in the OMERO.web right hand panel</div>
<div>* 'Populate Metadata' script to enable generation of OMERO.tables for Wells is now usable from both OMERO.web and OMERO.insight (note this is still in development and has some limitations)</div>
<div>* measurement tool fixes</div>
<div>* fixed pixel size metadata and scalebar in OMERO.web image viewer for images with pixel size units other than micrometer</div>
<div>* fixed OMERO.web handling of turning off interpolation of pixels</div>
<div>* previous and next buttons fixed in OMERO.web image viewer</div>
<div>* delete and change group performance improvements</div>
<div>* better handling of dates in search</div>
<div>* client support for map annotations in OME-TIFF</div>
<div>* disabled orphaned container feature</div>
<div>* OMERO.web clean-up to remove obsolete volume viewer</div>
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<div> Developer updates include:</div>
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<div>* Python API examples for creating Polygon and Mask shapes</div>
<div>* Python API example for "Populate Metadata" to create OMERO.tables for Wells</div>
<div>* OMERO.tables documentation extended</div>
<div>* updated 'What's New for developers' to clarify that 'pojos' has been renamed as 'omero.gateway.model'</div>
<div>* dynamic scripts functionality documented</div>
<div>* dynamic loading of omero.client server settings into HTTP sessions</div>
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<div>System administrator updates include:</div>
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<div>* clarification of OMERO.web documentation for nginx deployment, including an experimental solution to resolve download issues</div>
<div>* documentation of hard-linking issues for in-place import on linux systems</div>
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<div>This release also upgrades the version of Bio-Formats which OMERO uses to</div>
<div>5.1.8. For more information see https://www.openmicroscopy.org/site/support/bio-formats5.1/about/whats-new.html.</div>
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<div>Note that the OMERO Virtual Appliance has been discontinued and will not be updated for version 5.2.2 or any later releases.</div>
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<div>The software is available at:</div>
<div>http://downloads.openmicroscopy.org/omero/5.2.2</div>
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<div>Upgrade information is at http://www.openmicroscopy.org/site/support/omero5.2/sysadmins/server-upgrade.html.</div>
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<div>Regards,</div>
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<div>The OME Team</div>
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<span style="font-size:10pt;">The University of Dundee is a registered Scottish Charity, No: SC015096</span>
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