Geemap

**New Features**:

- Added [whiteboxgui](https://github.com/giswqs/whiteboxgui) with 477 geoprocessing tools [#254](https://github.com/giswqs/geemap/issues/254)

**Improvement**:

- Fixed file open encoding bug

**New Features**:

- Added support for converting Pandas/GeoPandas DataFrame to ee.FeatureCollection and vice versa [268](https://github.com/giswqs/geemap/issues/268)
- Added KML/KMZ support [247](https://github.com/giswqs/geemap/issues/247)
- Added Code of Conduct

**Improvement**:

- Fixed CSV encoding bug [267](https://github.com/giswqs/geemap/issues/267)
- Improved downloading shp support [263](https://github.com/giswqs/geemap/issues/263)
- Fixed WMS bug [250](https://github.com/giswqs/geemap/discussions/250)
- Added cartoee subplots example [238](https://github.com/giswqs/geemap/discussions/238)
- Reformatted code using black formatter
- Improved support for shp and geojson [244](https://github.com/giswqs/geemap/issues/244)
- Fixed layer control bug
- Added cartoee blend tutorial [241](https://github.com/giswqs/geemap/issues/241)
- Improved drawing tools [240](https://github.com/giswqs/geemap/issues/240)
- Improved Inspector tool

**New Features**:

- Added toolbar GUI [215](https://github.com/giswqs/geemap/issues/215)
- Added layer vis [215](https://github.com/giswqs/geemap/issues/215)
- Added raster/vector colormap [215](https://github.com/giswqs/geemap/issues/215)
- Added support for linking legend with layer [234](https://github.com/giswqs/geemap/issues/234)
- Added styled vector function [235](https://github.com/giswqs/geemap/issues/235)
- Added mouse click observe to toolbar [215](https://github.com/giswqs/geemap/issues/215)
- Added new tool for opening local data [239 ](https://github.com/giswqs/geemap/issues/239)

**Improvement**:

- Fixed COG mosaic bug [236](https://github.com/giswqs/geemap/issues/236) and [#237](https://github.com/giswqs/geemap/issues/237)

**New Features**:

- Added GUI for changing layer visualization interactively [215](https://github.com/giswqs/geemap/issues/215)
- Added a toolbar [215](https://github.com/giswqs/geemap/issues/215)
- Added color bar support [223](https://github.com/giswqs/geemap/issues/223)
- Added draggable legend to folium maps [224](https://github.com/giswqs/geemap/issues/224)
- Added `get_image_collection_gif()` function [225](https://github.com/giswqs/geemap/issues/225)
- Added `image_dates()` function [216 ](https://github.com/giswqs/geemap/issues/216)

**Improvement**:

- Added `max_zoom` parameter to `add_tile_layer()` [227](https://github.com/giswqs/geemap/issues/227)
- Added mouse latlon to insepctor tool [229](https://github.com/giswqs/geemap/discussions/229)
- Added download icon to notebooks [202](https://github.com/giswqs/geemap/issues/202)
- Added GitHub issue template [202](https://github.com/giswqs/geemap/issues/202)
- Added more tutorials (cartoee gif, legend, color bar, vis GUI, etc.)
- Fixed remove control bug [218](https://github.com/giswqs/geemap/discussions/218)
- Fixed split-panel map bug
- Improved Exception handling

**New Features**:
- Add toolbar 6
- Add fuctions for downloading imgae thumbnails 214
- Add func for getting image collection dates 216
- Add cartoee scale bar and north arrow 191
- Add support for COG mosaic 200

**Improvement**:
- Improve support for locally trained models 210
- Add verbose option of downloading functions 197
- Improve Inspector tool for point geometry 198
- Add tutorials (COG, STAC, local RF, image thumbnails)

**New Features:**
- Add support for Cloud Optimized GeoTIFF (COG) and SpatioTemporal Asset Catalog (STAC) 192
- Add [Map.add_COG_layer()](https://geemap.org/geemap/#geemap.geemap.Map.add_COG_layer) and [Map.add_STAC_layer()](https://geemap.org/geemap/#geemap.geemap.Map.add_STAC_layer)
- Add new COG functions, e.g., `get_COG_tile()`, `get_COG_bounds()`, `get_COG_center()`, `get_COG_bands()`
- Add new STAC functions, e.g., `get_STAC_tile()`, `get_STAC_bounds()`, `get_STAC_center()`, `get_STAC_bands()`

**Improvements:**
- Improve Google Colab support 193. Use `import geemap` rather than `import geemap.eefolium as geemap`
- Add `Open in Colab` button to notebooks 194