PRODUCT_RELEASE_NOTES.md

4.23.1

• tweaked kdtree split limit epsilon for smaller kdtrees

4.23.0

• tweaked kdtree split limit epsilon for smaller kdtrees

4.22.0

• further improved kdtree loading on NTFS/macbook

4.21.0-prerelease3

• further improved kdtree loading on NTFS/macbook

4.21.0-prerelease2

• fixed kdtree loading on NTFS/mac

4.21.0-prerelease1

• added support to re-create kdtrees

4.20.2

• opc tool now supports "ignoreMasterKdTree" option which can be used to force leaf kdtree construction

4.20.1

• added readme to opc-tool

4.20.0

• added opc tool

4.2.0-prerelease1

• added rake to annotations

4.20.0-prerelease1

• provex and multitexturing

4.12.0-prerelease10

• new trafo version
• distance filter for surface
• increased minimum value for depth image colors

4.12.0-prerelease9

• bugfix sequenced bookmarks paths

4.12.0-prerelease8

• various fixes for focal length, batch rendering
• radiometry calculation changed

4.12.0-prerelease7

• #261 Zooming enhancements
• #167 radiometry

4.12.0-prerelease6

• show depth (+ gui and legend) in instrument view
• #234, snapshots: --renderDepth writes a depth image as tiff
• bugfix: #329 obj without textures import
• bugfix: #157 planet reset stopped
• bugfix: #324 traverse updates
• #314: surface transformation with pivot revised
• bugfix for "save footprint"

4.12.0-prerelease5

• opc rendering now works on linux

4.12.0-prerelease4

• opc rendering now works on linux

4.12.0-prerelease3

• workaround for case-sensitivity problem in isOpc: #280

4.12.0-prerelease2

• testing linux deployment

4.12.0-prerelease1

• testing linux deployment

4.11.1

• #110, #126, #138, #144, #145, #166, #212, #231, #259,
• Transformations, hide exploration center, visibility of annotations- and scalebar text

4.11.0-prerelease4

• NewScene crash fixed: #277

4.11.0-prerelease3

• #274: objs with multiple geometries fixed

4.10.3

• #179 and #246: serialization of viewplans
• #256: load scenes with wrong obj path and possibility to reload the obj

4.10.2

• build kdtrees for objs from faces of triangulated mesh copy for #264
• bugfix for large coordinates
• load obj without textures; show vertex colors instead

4.10.1

• making projection measurments fit for profile extractions #247 containing to following features
  • exported projection measurements contain all sampling points
  • when creating a projection measurement users can control the sampling rate #203
  • the selected annotation can be exported as csv in the for of absolute elevation over distance #221
• also supports MSL traverse ingestion

4.10.0

• added configurable sampling scheme to measurement projections (viewpoint, sky) as requested in #203

4.9.7

• bugfix: near/farplane not set correctly in batch rendering #241

4.9.5

• fixed kdtree paths on osx
• switched to dotnet6

4.9.4-prerelease3

• testing autodeploy

4.9.2-prerelease5

• bugfix: frustum now set correctly when batch rendering

4.9.1-prerelease3

• bugfix: frustum for batch rendering
• removed recording of animation, replaced with saving batch file directly (no looping, easing, splines, global animation for batch rendering)
• now allowing saving and restoring scene state for sequenced bookmark animations
• scene states for animation are now identified with data and time and listed under properties of sequenced bookmarks
• added traverses to scene state
• new import for objs with large coordinates

4.9.1-prerelease2

• bugfix: reading scene with sequenced bookmarks could lead to an error
• bugfix: scale bars not updated correctly when updating scene state for sequenced bookmarks

4.9.1-prerelease1

• sequenced bookmarks can now store scene state
• new animation features (easing, smooth path, looping, scene state is applied according to bookmarks)
• batch rendering can now use sequenced bookmarks and scene state
• anti-alisaing for batch rendering
• bugfix: wrong path opening when clicking on batch rendering output path

4.9.0-prerelease1

• geoJSON exports now contain sampled points of visible annotations #217

4.8.2-prerelease1

• electron build test

4.7.0-prerelease1

• added Continuous Export of Dip & Strike #185
• added Custom Background Color for Screenshots #183
• Integration of Mars2020 rover traverse #127 also including custom sized waypoint labels #154

4.6.2-prerelease1

• adapted GeoJSON parser to read numeric values
• added file dialog to import traverses in the form of the specified GeoJSON M20_waypoints.json
• added datamodel and GUI to maintain multiple traverses
• added adjustable textsize for waypoints

4.6.1-prerelease2

• base 5.2 upgrade

4.6.1-prerelease1

• added viewplanner placement for traverse waypoints
• changed text positions for all annotations to center of the object
• fixed instrument view text scaling bug
• added waypoints file to resources

4.6.0-prerelease1

• revived viewplanner and footprint projection
• fixed triangle filter (was in projective space)
• added sequenced bookmarks (from other branch)

4.5.0-prerelease1

• added traverse loading and visualization (dots, text, lines)
• added local reference frames according to rover poses
• added flyto animation according to rover poses
• added list gui for sols and traverse visibility flags

4.4.4-prerelease1

• added csv export for vertical thickness computation
• added csv export of angular error values for dns computation

4.4.3-prerelease1

• added vertical thickness computation for TT (True Thickness) annotation tool

4.4.2-prerelease1

• added recalculation of all angular values dependent on north and up (dip and strike angle and azimuth, bearing, slope)

4.4.1-prerelease1

• fixed "box sequence must not be empty" exception when loading a scene with surfaces that have faulty paths

4.4.0-prerelease1

• added dip azimuth to true thickness tool #17
  • improved true thickness computation via point over plane height
• merged xzy coordinate system and renamed it to ENU (East North Up) #117
• added missing calculation numbers of measurements to csv export (slope, bearing, vertical distance, horizontal distance) #100
• added showTextflag to annotations to show or hide text #114

4.3.0-prerelease1

• added xzy coordinate system and sketchfab transformation to support models created out of agisoft

4.2.0-prerelease1

• static screen-shot service that can be found in the config tab
• coordinate systems are inferred automatically mostly to distinguish between elipsoid (Mars, Earth) and Euclidean (None, JPL) / Rover Frame Systems

4.1.0-prerelease2

• fixed broken priority rendering

4.1.0-prerelease1

• using methods as described in Quinn, D. P., & Ehlmann, B. L. (2019). A PCA‐based framework for determining remotely sensed geological surface orientations and their statistical quality. Earth and Space Science, 6(8), 1378-1408.
  • using new method for plane fitting
  • added angular error measures
  • added versioned serialization and deserialzation
  • added export of dip and strike annotations as json for attitude integration (annotions>export>attitude planes (*.json))

4.0.3

• fixed arcball crash
• macbook pro amd graphics support
• removed automatic recent loading

4.0.1

• fixed "flyto animation does not reach destination" issue
• fixed issue with obj annotation when using flipZ #98

4.0.0

contains features and fixes from all prereleases since 3.3.1

• features
  • Scalebar integration #10
  • Import and Visualization of "SceneObjects" #13
  • Geologic Surface Creation #19
  • Mastcam-Z Improvements #53
  • Adjust Focal Length #54
  • Flip Z direction for surfaces and scene objects
  • Improved annotations performance #60
  • new color correction UI + ordering of operations #52
  • annotation picking
    • added picking tolerance in meters for annotation picking to viewconfig to address picking problems at orbital scale.
    • this tolerance does not affect the accuracy of the line picking itself
    • it rather affects performance: having a large tolerance for small scale scenes may result in unnecessary intersections tests
    • picking tolerance is serialized with view config (now version 2), older versions will be intialized with 0.01m
    • numeric control for picking tolerance directly next to interaction dropdown with text "eps.:"
    • removed unnecessary surface intersection computation when trying to pick annotations
    • added pixel-based real-time highlighting when PickAnnotation is active
  • annotation properties
    • added properties tab to docking GUI
    • currently only shows annotation properties when an annotation is selected
    • this will not show in already existing scenes. to reset the docking GUI and make properties visible press F8 and save your scene afterwards.
  • geoJson export
    • added geoJSON export via menu > annotations > export xyz (*.json)
    • added geoJSON export via menu > annotations > export (*.json)
    • data is exported as geometryCollection of geometry objects with 3D coordinates (lon, lat, alt) computed via SPICE
  • coordinate prints
    • added print location / coordinate for point annotation
    • added print location / coordinate for bookmark location
    • added long lat alt prints via cootrafo
  • mac support (preliminary, unofficial, testing only)
• fixes
  • fixed screen space scaling of annotation spheres
  • changed lod metric to omit aggressive culling
  • added missing c libs on windows
  • updated CooTrafo build to release - should fix missing ucrtbase
  • fixed crash with goto animation and arc ball controller
  • fixed UNC aardium problem
  • current directory now set to main entry point location #63, #62
  • aardium path fix
  • Update navigationMode and exploreCenter in SaveScene and LoadScene
  • Import obj
  • LatLonAlt output sequence changed
  • isSurfaceFolder is always false for objs (in Surfaces) so the red exclamation icon in the little surface menu is shown
  • fixed picking issues
  • tried to fix color picker history #56
  • fixed dns colors
  • performance improvements for dns annotations
  • fixed multiselect
  • fixed duplication bug when moving multiple annotations via "select all" in a group mechanic
  • "select all" only selects all leaves in a group not including the leaves of sub groups
  • fixed problem with picking points on surface

4.0.0-prerelease6

• updated CooTrafo build to release - should fix missing ucrtbase

4.0.0-prerelease5

4.0.0-prerelease4

• fixed crash with goto animation and arc ball controller
• fixed screen space scaling of annotation spheres
• changed lod metric to omit aggressive culling
• added missing c libs on windows
• mac support (unofficial, testing only)

4.0.0-prerelease3

4.0.0-prerelease2

4.0.0-prerelease1

3.8.0-prerelease3

• fixed UNC aardium problem

3.8.0-prerelease3

• current directory now set to main entry point location #63, #62

3.8.0-prerelease2

• aardium path fix

3.8.0-prerelease1

• features:
  • Scalebar integration #10
  • Import and Visualization of "SceneObjects" #13
  • Geologic Surface Creation #19
  • Mastcam-Z Improvements #53
  • Adjust Focal Length #54
  • Flip Z direction for surfaces and scene objects
  • Super slow annotations #60
• bugfixes:
  • Update navigationMode and exploreCenter in SaveScene and LoadScene
  • Import obj
  • LatLonAlt output sequence changed
  • isSurfaceFolder is always false for objs (in Surfaces) so the red exclamation icon in the little surface menu is shown

3.7.0-prerelease6

• fixed picking issues
• tried to fix color picker history #56

3.7.0-prerelease5

• new color correction UI + ordering of operations #52
• fixed dns colors

3.7.0-prerelease4

• new color correction UI + ordering of operations #52
• fixed dns colors

3.7.0-prerelease3

• added geoJSON export via menu > annotations > export xyz (*.json)

3.7.0-prerelease2

• performance improvements for dns annotations
• fixed multiselect

3.7.0-prerelease1

• added geoJSON export via menu > annotations > export (*.json)
• data is exported as geometryCollection of geometry objects with 3D coordinates (lon, lat, alt) computed via SPICE

3.6.1-prerelease1

• performance improvements take I

3.6.0-prerelease1

• fixed duplication bug when moving multiple annotations via "select all" in a group mechanic
• "select all" only selects all leaves in a group not including the leaves of sub groups

3.5.1-prerelease1

• added print location / coordinate for point annotation
• added print location / coordinate for bookmark location
• added long lat alt prints via cootrafo

3.4.1-prerelease2

• fixed problem with picking points on surface

3.4.1-prerelease1

• added properties tab to docking GUI
• currently only shows annotation properties when an annotation is selected
• this will not show in already existing scenes. to reset the docking GUI and make properties visible press F8 and save your scene afterwards.

3.4.0-prerelease2

• added picking tolerance in meters for annotation picking to viewconfig to address picking problems at orbital scale.
  • this tolerance does not affect the accuracy of the line picking itself
  • it rather affects performance: having a large tolerance for small scale scenes may result in unnecessary intersections tests
• picking tolerance is serialized with view config (now version 2), older versions will be intialized with 0.01m
• numeric control for picking tolerance directly next to interaction dropdown with text "eps.:"
• removed unnecessary surface intersection computation when trying to pick annotations

3.3.1

• csv export contains visible annotations only
• also added manualDipAngle and trueThickness result to export (NaN of not applicable to annotation)
• fixed error in AnnotationResultsSerialization
• single select annotations / multi select with ctrl + shift
• reactivated tooltips by default, -notooltip in command line supresses all tooltip displays
• fixed annotation flyto (could not reproduce anymore)
• added true thickness measurement tool TT to DrawAnnotation Geometry
• added units to measurement and dip and strike results
• removed positions from measurement properties
• changed direction of vertical distance computation

(contains changes from 3.1.4 prereleases)

3.2.1-prerelease

• test prerelease

3.2.0

• new deploy system