GLOBE News
August Tech Update
Aug 01, 2025
At the GLOBE Annual Meeting, the Data and Information Systems (DIS) team gave exciting updates about GLOBE technology advances affecting the GLOBE Observer app and the website. See a few highlights below.
GLOBE Observer
- All GLOBE Pedosphere protocols successfully added to the GLOBE Observer app
- Users of GLOBE Trees can now enter genus/species and/or common name for trees being measured
- (In Progress) Users will be able to try a protocol in "practice" mode
GLOBE Website
- Improved eTraining protocol certification process
- (In Progress) A website upgrade to the latest version of the
Liferay software (7.4)
- Improved page and content management tools
- More stable version of Liferay
- Better supported
View the full Annual Meeting session recording and presentation slides .
News origin: GLOBE Implementation Office