System maintenance

3/14/2025 Factmaps and Factpages may be unstable Wednesday 20th of March. Maintenance will take place from 0900 AM.

Below is a summary of changes. For full overview see changelogs for factpages and factmaps.

Factpages

  • Map for category "wellbores, other" introduced
  • Updated pageviews for field and licence

Factmaps and services

  • Introduced dataservice without symbology. The service includes all our open data and will in time replace direct downloading from our factpages.
  • We want to remind that the following services will be removed in the beginning of May 2025
    • Old factmaps and related services https://factmaps.sodir.no/factmaps/3_0/
    • Factmaps "staging"-services
  • New datalayer in services and downloadable FGDB for licencing frequency

Feedback can be reported to factweb@sodir.no

 

Updated: 3/14/2025

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Where to find us at ONS
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