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Platform Announcement · November 2026
Release 3 Beta
Cross-organization discovery, self-service telemetry, and a dedicated management workspace.
What is Dendra Release 3?
Release 3 is the next generation of the Dendra environmental data platform, in beta today at app.dendra.science.
Since 2019, Release 2 has powered real-time ingestion, curation, and charting for billions of environmental sensor readings. Release 3 carries forward that foundation while splitting the web experience into two purpose-built workspaces: a map-first Cross-organization Data Explorer and a streamlined Management interface, alongside self-service datalogger integrations, automatic Python Pint unit conversion, and an HTTP API and MCP server.
What to Expect During Beta
All Release 3 features on this page are in active evaluation. Not all organization metadata has been migrated from Release 2 yet , so some organizations, sites, stations, and datastreams may be missing or incomplete compared with the classic interface.
Release 2 remains our stable production platform at ui.dendra.science and runs alongside Release 3 so your ongoing research and monitoring continue without interruption.
The New Cross-Organization Data Explorer
Until now, charting data in Dendra happened inside one organization at a time. The new Cross-organization Data Explorer starts from an interactive map so you can find, compare, and plot time-series datastreams across organizations in one place. Read the walkthrough with screenshots in the Data Explorer Guide .
Combinable Map & Attribute Filters
Narrow results by map extent, cross-organization research group, deployment timeframe, measurement type, or individual site in any combination.
Multi-Organization Field Cart
Collect output fields from datastreams across multiple organizations into a single cart and plot them together on one chart.
Interactive Chart Controls
Convert measurement units on the fly, switch timezones, and customize your plotted chart title, color-blind-safe Okabe-Ito line colors, axes, and Y-axis limits.
Get Started in Six Steps
Go from the map to a multi-organization chart in under a minute.
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Open the Data Explorer
Visit app.dendra.science/explore from any browser. Public organizations are immediately searchable without logging in.
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Filter or pan the map
Check organizations, groups, or measurements in the left panel, or pan and zoom the map to your study area.
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Zoom through clusters
Numbered circles indicate clustered sites. Click a cluster, zoom in, or add filters until individual yellow site markers appear.
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View matching datastreams
When the View Datastreams button appears in the left panel's status bar, click it to jump straight to the datastreams table.
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Add fields to your cart
Click individual field pills in the list, or open Add to Cart below the table to collect fields across multiple datastreams at once.
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Plot and customize
Click Chart to plot your selections, then adjust units, timezones, axes, or export to image, SVG, or CSV.
What to Know While Exploring
We are continuing to refine the Data Explorer and migrate historical organization metadata based on your feedback. Keep these tips in mind when searching and charting:
- Datastream or site not showing up?
- The Explorer defaults to Ready to Use datastreams and hides Raw datastreams. If a site only has Raw datastreams, it stays hidden by default. Open the three-dot menu in the left panel's status bar and switch Purpose to All Purposes to include them.
- Looking for a retired station deployment?
- With Timeframe turned off, the map shows only active deployments. Turn on the Timeframe switch and pick a date range that covers the historical deployment to reveal retired stations and sites.
- How Chart access differs from Download access
- With Chart access, the chart and its CSV export include four real recorded readings per time interval — first, last, lowest, and highest — so peaks and dips remain accurate. Download access plots and exports every recorded reading. Contact the organization's curator if you need Download access.
- Sites anchor location and timezone
- Each station deployment points to a Site, which defines its geographic coordinates (or boundary) and local timezone so you can discover measurements by place.
- Multi-field datastreams
- Measurements recorded together, such as Avg, Min, and Max air temperature, can now live inside one datastream so teams have fewer datastreams to manage. Existing datastreams that have not been consolidated yet appear with a single field named Value.
Self-Service Integrations & Observatory Management
Streamlined Station & Metadata Management
Over the past several releases, we rebuilt the management side of Dendra so field technicians and data curators can onboard stations, configure datastreams, and govern organization access without hand-editing configuration files.
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Dedicated Management Workspace
Release 3 separates day-to-day observatory management from data querying so field technicians, curators, and admins have a focused workspace for Sites, Stations, Datastreams, and the shared Equipment Library.
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Streamlined Datastream Builder & Flexible Units
Map discovered table fields directly into datastreams. Choose from the full Python Pint unit catalog for automatic query-time unit conversion without rewriting stored sensor readings.
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Cross-Organization Groups
Tag station and datastream deployments with a shared Group — such as a multi-institution grant, watershed initiative, or research team — so collaborators can filter across organizations in one click.
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Pipeline Monitoring & Access Keys
Inspect ingestion health with the pipeline tree on Monitor Integrations, provision user and organization API keys on your own, and ask the built-in Dendra Agent for setup help or metadata lookups.
Explore the Management Navigation Guide to see how Sites, Stations, Datastreams, and System tools fit together.
Connecting Telemetry on Your Own Schedule
A major focus of Release 3 is moving vendor telemetry integrations to self-service. Organizations can configure data ingestion directly in the Management app and inspect pipeline health in real time on the Monitor Integrations page.
Campbell Scientific Stations (LDMP)
Self-Service BetaConnect LoggerNet data flows with improved pipeline visibility, error handling, and live/test modes.
LI-COR Cloud Loggers (HOBOlink)
Self-Service BetaConnect directly with your Cloud API key. Automatic historical backfill runs in the background while current readings stream in.
Standardized Station Webhooks
Self-Service BetaPush telemetry from custom field loggers or edge scripts using organization access keys and standardized payloads.
CSV & TOA5 File Import
Self-Service BetaUpload manual field logs and historical data tables directly through the web interface.
Additional Vendor Integrations
RoadmapWe are bringing NOAA GOES Satellite, The Things Network, Iridium Swarm, RanchBot, and generic data sources to self-service setup.
See Configure Integrations in the Docs for setup instructions, or contact us if you need help connecting a station today.
Follow Our Progress & Share Your Feedback
Features by Release
We maintain a side-by-side comparison across Releases 1, 2, and 3 covering query tools, management workflows, data cleaning, integrations, and API capabilities, including what is live today and what is next on the roadmap.
View the Features by Release matrix in the documentation.
Releases & Changelog
Check our Releases page for dated changelog entries as we ship new Release 3 capabilities, including the upcoming Code Library for datastream calculations and continued metadata migrations from Release 2.
Share Your Feedback
When you are logged in to Release 3, choose Feedback in the top bar. A quick rating and a short note directly shapes what we build next.
Have questions or run into anything unexpected? Email us at metahuman@dendra.science or visit our Support page.