Spectral Processing Extension 1.8.0 has been released on April 2nd, 2013.

This version of the Spectral Processing Extension only supports Opticks 4.11.X. If you want a version of Spectral Processing extension for use with Opticks 4.10.X, you must download an earlier version of this extension.

View the complete list of new features and fixed bugs.

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New Features

• No new features were added for this version.

Bug Fixes

• No bug fixes were added for this version.

Supported Opticks Versions

• This extension is supported in any version of Opticks 4.11.X that is Opticks 4.11.0 or later.

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Python Scripting Extension 1.8.0 has been released on April 2nd, 2013.

This version of the Python Scripting Extension only supports Opticks 4.11.X. If you want a version of Python Scripting extension for use with Opticks 4.10.X, you must download an earlier version of this extension.

View the complete list of new features and fixed bugs.

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New Features

• No new features were added for this version.

Bug Fixes

• No bug fixes were added for this version.

Supported Opticks Versions

• This extension is supported in any version of Opticks 4.11.X that is Opticks 4.11.0 or later.

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IDL Scripting Extension 1.8.0 has been released on April 2nd, 2013.

This version of the IDL Scripting Extension only supports Opticks 4.11.X. If you want a version of IDL Scripting extension for use with Opticks 4.10.X, you must download an earlier version of this extension.

View the complete list of new features and bug fixes.

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New Features

• No new features were added for this version.

Bug Fixes

• Opticks no longer attempts to obtain an IDL license when opening the Options dialog if the Scripting Window is hidden. (EXTRAS-251)

Supported Opticks Versions

• This extension is supported in any version of Opticks 4.11.X that is Opticks 4.11.0 or later.

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Python Scripting Extension 1.8.0 has been released on April 2nd, 2013.

This version of the Python Scripting Extension only supports Opticks 4.11.X. If you want a version of Python Scripting extension for use with Opticks 4.10.X, you must download an earlier version of this extension.

View the complete list of new features and fixed bugs.

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New Features

• No new features were added for this version.

Bug Fixes

• No bug fixes were added for this version.

Supported Opticks Versions

• This extension is supported in any version of Opticks 4.11.X that is Opticks 4.11.0rc1 or later.

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IDL Scripting Extension 1.8.0 has been released on April 2nd, 2013.

This version of the IDL Scripting Extension only supports Opticks 4.11.X. If you want a version of IDL Scripting extension for use with Opticks 4.10.X, you must download an earlier version of this extension.

View the complete list of new features and bug fixes.

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New Features

• No new features were added for this version.

Bug Fixes

• Opticks no longer attempts to obtain an IDL license when opening the Options dialog if the Scripting Window is hidden. (EXTRAS-251)

Supported Opticks Versions

• This extension is supported in any version of Opticks 4.11.X that is Opticks 4.11.0rc1 or later.

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Spectral Processing Extension 1.8.0 has been released on April 2nd, 2013.

This version of the Spectral Processing Extension only supports Opticks 4.11.X. If you want a version of Spectral Processing extension for use with Opticks 4.10.X, you must download an earlier version of this extension.

View the complete list of new features and fixed bugs.

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New Features

• No new features were added for this version.

Bug Fixes

• No bug fixes were added for this version.

Supported Opticks Versions

• This extension is supported in any version of Opticks 4.11.X that is Opticks 4.11.0rc1 or later.

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Opticks 4.11.0 has been released on April 2nd, 2013.

This release is intended to replace Opticks 4.10.0 as the recommended stable release.

The Opticks 4.11.0 release is binary incompatible with any 4.10.X release. Any extensions built for Opticks 4.10.X will need to be re-built against 4.11.0 in order to work with any 4.11.X release. Once an extension has been built against 4.11.0, it will continue to work without changes on any later 4.11.X release.

View the complete list of new features and fixed bugs.

Application Changes

---

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New Features

• The following enhancements have been added to the Shape File Exporter and its export options (OPTICKS-1306):
  
  • The exporter now selects an appropriate default shape type based on the objects in the exported Annotation/AOI layer.
  • Default features are automatically added to the shape file if the default shape type is Polygon or Polyline.
  • When switching the shape file shape type in the Export Options dialog, default features can now be optionally added based on the newly selected shape type.
  • When adding a feature to a shape file, individual Annotation/AOI objects can now be selected instead of just the entire element.
  • When adding a field to a shape file, a default value can now be specified that will be applied to all existing features.
  • Multiple features can now be selected to remove or to edit their field values simultaneously.
  • Feature classes can now be created/edited that can be applied to the export, and they are automatically saved in the user configuration settings.
  • Selecting features in the Export Options dialog can now optionally pan and/or zoom the view to display the object represented by the feature.
  • Selecting features in the Export Options dialog can now optionally select the object in the view represented by the feature.
• Capability was added in the Options dialog to select top-level pages.  The Session/General page was moved to a top-level page and the Layers top-level page now has valid options. (OPTICKS-1393)
• A new option was added on the Layers page of the Options dialog to automatically rename an element when renaming a layer in the Session Explorer.  If the option is enabled, another option exists to warn the user when an element that is displayed by multiple layers will be renamed. (OPTICKS-1393)
• A new "Zoom to Layer" action was added to the layer context menu in the Session Explorer and the view, which zooms the view to the extents of the layer. (OPTICKS-1403) 

• A new "Geographic Features Window" was added to the Geographic Features toolbar which displays geographic feature attributes and allows for selective export of features. (OPTICKS-1472) 

• Annotation layers can now be exported as Shapefiles or KML. (OPTICKS-1472)  
• Importing geographic features is now slightly faster. (OPTICKS-1472)  
• Display properties for geographic features can now be customized based on queries (OPTICKS-1472)
• The GeoTIFF Exporter now provides an option to save the geographic coordinate information as either a tie point and pixel scale or as a transformation matrix.  This is to work around a bug in other applications that do not always properly import GeoTIFF data with tie point and pixel scale values. (OPTICKS-1491)

Bug Fixes

• Users are no longer able to move a file into Opticks by clicking and dragging, which imports the file and then deletes the file from the file system.  Opticks now treats the move action as a copy action so that the file is not deleted. (OPTICKS-883)
• Opticks now properly caches plug-in information on startup when the user configuration path is a UNC path instead of a path containing a drive letter. (OPTICKS-1176)
• The following Annotation/AOI objects are now properly initialized as Polygon or Polyline shapes in a shape file (OPTICKS-1306, OPTICKS-1472, OPTICKS-1488):
  
  • Polygon
  • Rectangle
  • Rounded rectangle
  • Triangle
  • Arc
  • Ellipse
  • Polyline
  • Line
  • Horizontal line
  • Vertical line
• The NITF Importer now sets the raster pixel size based on the row and column spacing values contained in the ACFTA or ACTFB TRE. (OPTICKS-1339)
• The NITF Importer now creates higher precision GCPs from values contained in the BLOCKA TRE. (OPTICKS-1339)
• A latitude/longitude layer is now created with the same offset and scale factor as the corresponding raster layer. (OPTICKS-1339)
• The latitude/longitude layer now draws properly when the layer contains an offset and/or scale factor. (OPTICKS-1339)
• The north up calculations now properly take the raster pixel size into account. (OPTICKS-1339)
• The KML Exporter now properly exports layers with a scale factor based on raster pixel size. (OPTICKS-1339)
• Custom window tiling now works properly when one of the windows is maximized. (OPTICKS-1453)
• The Shape File Exporter now properly saves the geographic coordinate system properties file (.prj) with the correct file name when the Export Options dialog is not opened. (OPTICKS-1487)
• Detecting bad values when only a single bad value range is present is now much faster. This affects image generation, statistics calculation, and many algorithms. (OPTICKS-1498)

Extension Developer Changes

• None

SDK (Software Development Kit) Changes

---

Download Opticks SDK

New Features

• New methods were added to LayerList to get all layers of a given type that display a given DataElement. (OPTICKS-1393)
• New methods were added to GraphicObject to get the object extents and to get the object extents when rotated. (OPTICKS-1403)
• A new method was added to Layer to get the layer extents as individual points instead of a bounding box. (OPTICKS-1403)
• A new method was added to PerspectiveView to zoom the view to a given set of points. (OPTICKS-1403)
• A new method was added to SpatialDataView to zoom the view to the extents of a given layer. (OPTICKS-1403)
• A new signal was added to GraphicObject which is emitted when the object is renamed. (OPTICKS-1472)

• A new method was added to BadValues to determine when only a single range of values is bad. (OPTICKS-1498)

Bug Fixes

• Calls to BadValues::isBadValue() should now be faster when only a single bad value range is present. (OPTICKS-1498)

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Opticks 4.11.0 has been released on April 2nd, 2013.

This release is intended to replace Opticks 4.10.0 as the recommended stable release.

The Opticks 4.11.0 release is binary incompatible with any 4.10.X release. Any extensions built for Opticks 4.10.X will need to be re-built against 4.11.0 in order to work with any 4.11.X release. Once an extension has been built against 4.11.0, it will continue to work without changes on any later 4.11.X release.

View the complete list of new features and fixed bugs.

Application Changes

---

Download Opticks Application

New Features

• The following enhancements have been added to the Shape File Exporter and its export options (OPTICKS-1306):
  
  • The exporter now selects an appropriate default shape type based on the objects in the exported Annotation/AOI layer.
  • Default features are automatically added to the shape file if the default shape type is Polygon or Polyline.
  • When switching the shape file shape type in the Export Options dialog, default features can now be optionally added based on the newly selected shape type.
  • When adding a feature to a shape file, individual Annotation/AOI objects can now be selected instead of just the entire element.
  • When adding a field to a shape file, a default value can now be specified that will be applied to all existing features.
  • Multiple features can now be selected to remove or to edit their field values simultaneously.
  • Feature classes can now be created/edited that can be applied to the export, and they are automatically saved in the user configuration settings.
  • Selecting features in the Export Options dialog can now optionally pan and/or zoom the view to display the object represented by the feature.
  • Selecting features in the Export Options dialog can now optionally select the object in the view represented by the feature.
• Capability was added in the Options dialog to select top-level pages.  The Session/General page was moved to a top-level page and the Layers top-level page now has valid options. (OPTICKS-1393)
• A new option was added on the Layers page of the Options dialog to automatically rename an element when renaming a layer in the Session Explorer.  If the option is enabled, another option exists to warn the user when an element that is displayed by multiple layers will be renamed. (OPTICKS-1393)
• A new "Zoom to Layer" action was added to the layer context menu in the Session Explorer and the view, which zooms the view to the extents of the layer. (OPTICKS-1403) 

• A new "Geographic Features Window" was added to the Geographic Features toolbar which displays geographic feature attributes and allows for selective export of features. (OPTICKS-1472) 

• Annotation layers can now be exported as Shapefiles or KML. (OPTICKS-1472)  
• Importing geographic features is now slightly faster. (OPTICKS-1472)  
• Display properties for geographic features can now be customized based on queries (OPTICKS-1472)
• The GeoTIFF Exporter now provides an option to save the geographic coordinate information as either a tie point and pixel scale or as a transformation matrix.  This is to work around a bug in other applications that do not always properly import GeoTIFF data with tie point and pixel scale values. (OPTICKS-1491)

Bug Fixes

• Users are no longer able to move a file into Opticks by clicking and dragging, which imports the file and then deletes the file from the file system.  Opticks now treats the move action as a copy action so that the file is not deleted. (OPTICKS-883)
• Opticks now properly caches plug-in information on startup when the user configuration path is a UNC path instead of a path containing a drive letter. (OPTICKS-1176)
• The following Annotation/AOI objects are now properly initialized as Polygon or Polyline shapes in a shape file (OPTICKS-1306, OPTICKS-1472, OPTICKS-1488):
  
  • Polygon
  • Rectangle
  • Rounded rectangle
  • Triangle
  • Arc
  • Ellipse
  • Polyline
  • Line
  • Horizontal line
  • Vertical line
• The NITF Importer now sets the raster pixel size based on the row and column spacing values contained in the ACFTA or ACTFB TRE. (OPTICKS-1339)
• The NITF Importer now creates higher precision GCPs from values contained in the BLOCKA TRE. (OPTICKS-1339)
• A latitude/longitude layer is now created with the same offset and scale factor as the corresponding raster layer. (OPTICKS-1339)
• The latitude/longitude layer now draws properly when the layer contains an offset and/or scale factor. (OPTICKS-1339)
• The north up calculations now properly take the raster pixel size into account. (OPTICKS-1339)
• The KML Exporter now properly exports layers with a scale factor based on raster pixel size. (OPTICKS-1339)
• Custom window tiling now works properly when one of the windows is maximized. (OPTICKS-1453)
• The Shape File Exporter now properly saves the geographic coordinate system properties file (.prj) with the correct file name when the Export Options dialog is not opened. (OPTICKS-1487)
• Detecting bad values when only a single bad value range is present is now much faster. This affects image generation, statistics calculation, and many algorithms. (OPTICKS-1498)

Extension Developer Changes

• None

SDK (Software Development Kit) Changes

---

Download Opticks SDK

New Features

• New methods were added to LayerList to get all layers of a given type that display a given DataElement. (OPTICKS-1393)
• New methods were added to GraphicObject to get the object extents and to get the object extents when rotated. (OPTICKS-1403)
• A new method was added to Layer to get the layer extents as individual points instead of a bounding box. (OPTICKS-1403)
• A new method was added to PerspectiveView to zoom the view to a given set of points. (OPTICKS-1403)
• A new method was added to SpatialDataView to zoom the view to the extents of a given layer. (OPTICKS-1403)
• A new signal was added to GraphicObject which is emitted when the object is renamed. (OPTICKS-1472)

• A new method was added to BadValues to determine when only a single range of values is bad. (OPTICKS-1498)

Bug Fixes

• Calls to BadValues::isBadValue() should now be faster when only a single bad value range is present. (OPTICKS-1498)

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Opticks 4.11.0rc2 has been released on March 27th, 2013.

This release is the second release candidate for 4.11.0. This release is marked as "not for production". The current plan is to allow four days for the community to validate this release. If you find any major issues please report them to our bug and issue tracker. If no major issues have been identified by April 1st, then creation of 4.11.0 will proceed. Currently, 4.11.0 is scheduled to be available on April 2nd, and it will be a production release and can be used to create production products. Please download and validate this release to help ensure 4.11.0 is a great release!

The Opticks 4.11.0rc2 release is binary incompatible with any 4.10.X release. Any extensions built for Opticks 4.10.X will need to be re-built against 4.11.0rc2 in order to work with any 4.11.X release. Once an extension has been built against 4.11.0rc2, it will continue to work without changes on any later 4.11.X release.

View complete list of new features and fixed bugs.

Application Changes

---

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Bug Fixes

• The Add Feature dialog in the export options widget of the Shape File Exporter now correctly adds all available AOI and Annotation objects to the list of features.  Previously, the list was always empty.  This problem was introduced in 4.11.0rc1. (OPTICKS-1306)

SDK (Software Development Kit) Changes

---

Download Opticks SDK

Bug Fixes

• There were no functional changes to the Opticks SDK, however, the Shape File Exporter was changed, so developers are encouraged to download the new SDK to obtain the fixed version of this plug-in.

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Spectral Processing Extension 1.8.0rc1 has been released on March 15th, 2013.

This release is the first release candidate for 1.8.0. This release is marked as "not for production". The current plan is to allow two weeks for the community to validate this release. If you find any major issues please report them to our bug and issue tracker. If no major issues have been identified by April 1st, then creation of 1.8.0 will proceed. Currently, 1.8.0 is scheduled to be available on April 2nd, and it will be a production release and can be used to create production products. Please download and validate this release to help ensure 1.8.0 is a great release!

This version of the Spectral Processing Extension only supports Opticks 4.11.X. If you want a version of Spectral Processing extension for use with Opticks 4.10.X, you must download an earlier version of this extension.

View the complete list of new features and fixed bugs.

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New Features

• No new features were added for this version.

Bug Fixes

• No bug fixes were added for this version.

Supported Opticks Versions

• This extension is supported in any version of Opticks 4.11.X that is Opticks 4.11.0rc1 or later.

 

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Python Scripting Extension 1.8.0rc1 has been released on March 15th, 2013.

This release is the first release candidate for 1.8.0. This release is marked as "not for production". The current plan is to allow two weeks for the community to validate this release. If you find any major issues please report them to our bug and issue tracker. If no major issues have been identified by April 1st, then creation of 1.8.0 will proceed. Currently, 1.8.0 is scheduled to be available on April 2nd, and it will be a production release and can be used to create production products. Please download and validate this release to help ensure 1.8.0 is a great release!

This version of the Python Scripting Extension only supports Opticks 4.11.X. If you want a version of Python Scripting extension for use with Opticks 4.10.X, you must download an earlier version of this extension.

View the complete list of new features and fixed bugs.

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New Features

• No new features were added for this version.

Bug Fixes

• No bug fixes were added for this version.

Supported Opticks Versions

• This extension is supported in any version of Opticks 4.11.X that is Opticks 4.11.0rc1 or later.

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IDL Scripting Extension 1.8.0rc1 has been released on March 15th, 2013.

This release is the first release candidate for 1.8.0. This release is marked as "not for production". The current plan is to allow two weeks for the community to validate this release. If you find any major issues please report them to our bug and issue tracker. If no major issues have been identified by April 1st, then creation of 1.8.0 will proceed. Currently, 1.8.0 is scheduled to be available on April 2nd, and it will be a production release and can be used to create production products. Please download and validate this release to help ensure 1.8.0 is a great release!

This version of the IDL Scripting Extension only supports Opticks 4.11.X. If you want a version of IDL Scripting extension for use with Opticks 4.10.X, you must download an earlier version of this extension.

View the complete list of new features and bug fixes.

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New Features

• No new features were added for this version.

Bug Fixes

• Opticks no longer attempts to obtain an IDL license when opening the Options dialog if the Scripting Window is hidden. (EXTRAS-251)

Supported Opticks Versions

• This extension is supported in any version of Opticks 4.11.X that is Opticks 4.11.0rc1 or later.

 

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Opticks 4.11.0rc1 has been released on March 15th, 2013.

This release is the first release candidate for 4.11.0. This release is marked as "not for production". The current plan is to allow two weeks for the community to validate this release. If you find any major issues please report them to our bug and issue tracker. If no major issues have been identified by April 1st, then creation of 4.11.0 will proceed. Currently, 4.11.0 is scheduled to be available on April 2nd, and it will be a production release and can be used to create production products. Please download and validate this release to help ensure 4.11.0 is a great release!

The Opticks 4.11.0rc1 release is binary incompatible with any 4.10.X release. Any extensions built for Opticks 4.10.X will need to be re-built against 4.11.0rc1 in order to work with any 4.10.X release. Once an extension has been built against 4.11.0rc1, it will continue to work without changes on any later 4.11.X release.

View the complete list of new features and fixed bugs.

Application Changes

---

Download Opticks Application

New Features

• The following enhancements have been added to the Shape File Exporter and its export options (OPTICKS-1306):
  
  • The exporter now selects an appropriate default shape type based on the objects in the exported Annotation/AOI layer.
  • Default features are automatically added to the shape file if the default shape type is Polygon or Polyline.
  • When switching the shape file shape type in the Export Options dialog, default features can now be optionally added based on the newly selected shape type.
  • When adding a feature to a shape file, individual Annotation/AOI objects can now be selected instead of just the entire element.
  • When adding a field to a shape file, a default value can now be specified that will be applied to all existing features.
  • Multiple features can now be selected to remove or to edit their field values simultaneously.
  • Feature classes can now be created/edited that can be applied to the export, and they are automatically saved in the user configuration settings.
  • Selecting features in the Export Options dialog can now optionally pan and/or zoom the view to display the object represented by the feature.
  • Selecting features in the Export Options dialog can now optionally select the object in the view represented by the feature.
• Capability was added in the Options dialog to select top-level pages.  The Session/General page was moved to a top-level page and the Layers top-level page now has valid options. (OPTICKS-1393)
• A new option was added on the Layers page of the Options dialog to automatically rename an element when renaming a layer in the Session Explorer.  If the option is enabled, another option exists to warn the user when an element that is displayed by multiple layers will be renamed. (OPTICKS-1393)
• A new "Zoom to Layer" action was added to the layer context menu in the Session Explorer and the view, which zooms the view to the extents of the layer. (OPTICKS-1403) 

• A new "Geographic Features Window" was added to the Geographic Features toolbar which displays geographic feature attributes and allows for selective export of features. (OPTICKS-1472) 

• Annotation layers can now be exported as Shapefiles or KML. (OPTICKS-1472)  
• Importing geographic features is now slightly faster. (OPTICKS-1472)  
• Display properties for geographic features can now be customized based on queries (OPTICKS-1472)
• The GeoTIFF Exporter now provides an option to save the geographic coordinate information as either a tie point and pixel scale or as a transformation matrix.  This is to work around a bug in other applications that do not always properly import GeoTIFF data with tie point and pixel scale values. (OPTICKS-1491)

Bug Fixes

• Users are no longer able to move a file into Opticks by clicking and dragging, which imports the file and then deletes the file from the file system.  Opticks now treats the move action as a copy action so that the file is not deleted. (OPTICKS-883)
• Opticks now properly caches plug-in information on startup when the user configuration path is a UNC path instead of a path containing a drive letter. (OPTICKS-1176)
• The following Annotation/AOI objects are now properly initialized as Polygon or Polyline shapes in a shape file (OPTICKS-1306, OPTICKS-1472, OPTICKS-1488):
  
  • Polygon
  • Rectangle
  • Rounded rectangle
  • Triangle
  • Arc
  • Ellipse
  • Polyline
  • Line
  • Horizontal line
  • Vertical line
• The NITF Importer now sets the raster pixel size based on the row and column spacing values contained in the ACFTA or ACTFB TRE. (OPTICKS-1339)
• The NITF Importer now creates higher precision GCPs from values contained in the BLOCKA TRE. (OPTICKS-1339)
• A latitude/longitude layer is now created with the same offset and scale factor as the corresponding raster layer. (OPTICKS-1339)
• The latitude/longitude layer now draws properly when the layer contains an offset and/or scale factor. (OPTICKS-1339)
• The north up calculations now properly take the raster pixel size into account. (OPTICKS-1339)
• The KML Exporter now properly exports layers with a scale factor based on raster pixel size. (OPTICKS-1339)
• Custom window tiling now works properly when one of the windows is maximized. (OPTICKS-1453)
• The Shape File Exporter now properly saves the geographic coordinate system properties file (.prj) with the correct file name when the Export Options dialog is not opened. (OPTICKS-1487)
• Detecting bad values when only a single bad value range is present is now much faster. This affects image generation, statistics calculation, and many algorithms. (OPTICKS-1498)

Extension Developer Changes

• None

SDK (Software Development Kit) Changes

---

Download Opticks SDK

New Features

• New methods were added to LayerList to get all layers of a given type that display a given DataElement. (OPTICKS-1393)
• New methods were added to GraphicObject to get the object extents and to get the object extents when rotated. (OPTICKS-1403)
• A new method was added to Layer to get the layer extents as individual points instead of a bounding box. (OPTICKS-1403)
• A new method was added to PerspectiveView to zoom the view to a given set of points. (OPTICKS-1403)
• A new method was added to SpatialDataView to zoom the view to the extents of a given layer. (OPTICKS-1403)
• A new signal was added to GraphicObject which is emitted when the object is renamed. (OPTICKS-1472)

• A new method was added to BadValues to determine when only a single range of values is bad. (OPTICKS-1498)

Bug Fixes

• Calls to BadValues::isBadValue() should now be faster when only a single bad value range is present. (OPTICKS-1498)

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Spectral Processing Extension 1.7.0 has been released on October 16th, 2012.

This version of the Spectral Processing Extension only supports Opticks 4.10.X. If you want a version of Spectral Processing extension for use with Opticks 4.9.X, you must download an earlier version of this extension.

View the complete list of new features and bug fixes.

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New Features

• Added a new Spectral Resampler plug-in to the Spectral/Support Tools menu. It can be used to resample a spectral signature to the wavelength centers of a data set, another spectral signature, or a wavelength file with resampling methods of linear, cubic spline or gaussian. The plug-in provides an additional capability to use a fill value (similar to bad values for data sets) for spectral ranges in the target wavelength source that aren't present in the signature to be resampled. The fill value is user settable. (EXTRAS-206)
• Added a new option to the Signature Window that is enabled by default to resample added signatures to the first signature in the plot. The resampled signatures will have the same names as the signatures selected for addition with the suffix "_resampled" added if a signature was resampled (added signatures with the same wavelength centers as the first signature will not be resampled). If the resampled signature name already exists, a number will be appended, i.e., "_resampledX" where X = 1, 2, ... In addition a new metadata keyword, "ResampledTo", will be added to the the resampled signature's metadata with a value of the name of the wavelength source. (EXTRAS-206)

Bug Fixes

• Fixed several problems causing the application to crash when closed on Linux. (EXTRAS-244)

Supported Opticks Versions

• This extension is supported in any version of Opticks 4.10.X that is Opticks 4.10.0 or later.

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Python Scripting Extension 1.7.0 has been released on October 15th, 2012.

This version of the Python Scripting Extension only supports Opticks 4.10.X. If you want a version of Python Scripting extension for use with Opticks 4.9.X, you must download an earlier version of this extension.

View the complete list of new features and bug fixes.

Download Python Scripting Extension

New Features

• No new features were added for this version.

Bug Fixes

• No bug fixes were added for this version.

Supported Opticks Versions

• This extension is supported in any version of Opticks 4.10.X that is Opticks 4.10.0 or later.

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IDL Scripting Extension 1.7.0 has been released on October 15, 2012.

This version of the IDL Scripting Extension only supports Opticks 4.10.X. If you want a version of IDL Scripting extension for use with Opticks 4.9.X, you must download an earlier version of this extension.

View the complete list of new features and bug fixes.

Download IDL Extension

Bug Fixes

• Updated the IDL dependency copyright to contain information from Exelis regarding the use of IDL. (EXTRAS-241)

Supported Opticks Versions

• This extension is supported in any version of Opticks 4.10.X that is Opticks 4.10.0 or later.

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Opticks 4.10.0 has been released on October 15th, 2012.

This release is intended to replace 4.9.1 as the recommended release.

The Opticks 4.10.0 release is binary incompatible with any 4.9.X release. Any extensions built for Opticks 4.9.X will need to be rebuilt against 4.10.0 in order to work with any 4.10.X release. Once an extension has been built against 4.10.0, it will continue to work without changes on any later 4.10.X release.

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Application Changes

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New Features

• Added a user option to have an animation reset to the first frame or stay on last played frame when the animation is stopped. (OPTICKS-94)
• Added capability for threshold layers to display any band of its associated raster element. (OPTICKS-277)
• Updated the Ice Threshold Layer Exporter and Importer to save/restore the band displayed in a threshold layer. (OPTICKS-277)
• Updated the Threshold Data and Set Threshold Options wizard items to allow the displayed band to be set in the threshold layer. (OPTICKS-277)
• Updated the histogram plot to display the data element name and band number for threshold layers. (OPTICKS-277)
• When georeferencing on import, the georeference plug-in and its input parameters can now be modified on a new Georeference tab in the Import Options dialog. Subsequently, all auto-georeference options on the Georeference page in the Options dialog have been removed except for the option to georeference on import. (OPTICKS-1215)
• A new Georeference tab is available in the Properties dialog for a raster element. The tab displays the current georeference parameters for the element (if georeferenced) and allows georeferencing to be performed, selecting both a plug-in and its input parameters. (OPTICKS-1215)
• Specifying bad values has been upgraded from a simple list of integer values to double precision floating point notation. The new bad values criteria consist of optional lower and upper inclusive thresholds, optional individual values and optional inclusive ranges. (OPTICKS-1253)
• Added a new Spatial Resampler plug-in that allows resampling of raster elements by an arbitrary factor in both the X and Y dimensions using one of multiple interpolation methods for generating new pixel values. (OPTICKS-1341)
• The latitude/longitude layer now dynamically resizes the grid in automatic spacing mode based on the current zoom level. (OPTICKS-1375)
• The latitude/longitude layer now ensures that the coordinate labels will always be visible in the view. (OPTICKS-1375)
• The latitude/longitude layer now draws the grid in the view wherever georeference data is valid. This means that the gridlines can extend beyond a raster layer if the georeference data can be extrapolated. (OPTICKS-1376)
• Added several sample convolution filter presets for the convolution editor, which demonstrate the range of functions that can be performed with a convolution filter. (OPTICKS-1379)
• Added a new option on the Windows/Status Bar page of the Options dialog to toggle the display of raster layer units in the status bar. (OPTICKS-1381)
• Added an offset value to the convolution filter editor and the ability to force the output of the filter to be floating point. (OPTICKS-1432)

Bug Fixes

• Specifying an ISD metadata file in the Import Options dialog for GeoTIFF raster data now correctly applies the metadata contained in the file to the data set when selecting a different data set in the dialog. (OPTICKS-1215)
• Fixed a bug causing the NITF Importer to fail on valid input when containing CMETAA TRE data. (OPTICKS-1299)
• The application no longer crashes when deleting an AOI while running Data Fusion. (OPTICKS-1372)
• Statistics for a raster element are no longer recalculated in some cases if it is not necessary. (OPTICKS-1382)
• AOI object labels are now positioned better relative to the object when zooming in. (OPTICKS-1418)
• Changed the minimum size of the Opticks workspace area back to 1 pixel x 1 pixel, which had been unintentionally changed in an earlier release. (OPTICKS-1431)
• The Properties dialog for a latitude/longitude layer now properly updates the units when changing coordinate types. (OPTICKS-1433)
• The Threshold Data wizard item now properly works with multiple band BIP data elements. (OPTICKS-1437)
• If a plug-in deletes a layer while the context menu is displayed in the view, selecting a command from the layer's menu no longer causes the application to crash. (OPTICKS-1440)
• Image annotation objects now display correctly on systems displaying less than 32-bit color. (OPTICKS-1445)
• Fixed a problem with the Debian/Ubuntu .deb installer which was preventing installation on newer versions of the OS. (OPTICKS-1423 and OPTICKS-1425)
• Fixed a problem with the parsing and display of matrix data in a NITF ENGRDA TRE. (OPTICKS-1447)
• Fixed several problems causing the application to crash when closed on Linux. (OPTICKS-1452)
• Fixed a problem which caused Opticks to become unresponsive when generating full resolution textures on small data sets. (OPTICKS-1454)
• Frame Label annotation objects are now correctly updated when multiple animation controllers are attached to the same view. (OPTICKS-1455)

Extension Developer Changes

• None

 

SDK (Software Development Kit) Changes

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New Features

• The Classification::compare() method override that takes a Classification pointer as an input parameter has been removed. Objects must call the DynamicObject::compare() base class method instead. (OPTICKS-1215)
• When calling DynamicObject::removeAttribute() the Subject::Modified signal is notified just after the attribute is removed. (OPTICKS-1215)
• The Georeference interface has been converted to function similarly to an importer. The canHandleRasterElement(), getGui(), and validateGuiInput() methods have been replaced with new getGeoreferenceAffinity(), getWidget(), and validate() methods respectively. When the user initiates the georeference process, Georeference::getGeoreferenceAffinity() is called on each Georeference plug-in to determine how well the plug-in supports georeferencing the raster data set. The user is then allowed to modify georeference parameters that are made available in the widget returned by Georeference::getWidget(). Once the parameters are specified, Georeference::validate() is called to validate the user-specified parameters. (OPTICKS-1215)
• A new GeoreferenceDescriptor interface class is available that stores all parameters needed for georeferencing a data set. A GeoreferenceDescriptor instance is contained in RasterDataDescriptor, and Georeference plug-ins should set parameter values into the GeoreferenceDescriptor when modified in the widget returned by Georeference::getGui(). (OPTICKS-1215)
• All configuration settings have been removed from the Georeference interface. The following configuration settings have been added to the new GeoreferenceDescriptor interface (OPTICKS-1215):
  
  • AutoGeoreference
  • CreateLayer
  • DisplayLayer
  • GeocoordType
  • LatLonFormat
• A new ModelServices::getElement(const DataDescriptor*) method is available to get a data element based on the name, element type, and parent element stored in the given data descriptor. (OPTICKS-1215)
• A new RasterDataDescriptor::getValidGeoreferencePlugIns() method is available that queries PlugInManagerServices for all georeference plug-ins that return a given minimum affinity value. (OPTICKS-1215)
• A new RasterDataDescriptor::setDefaultGeoreferencePlugIn() method is available to set a default Georeference plug-in into the georeference descriptor based on the georeference affinity values for the raster data. The method is called automatically by Opticks if a default plug-in is not set by another object. (OPTICKS-1215)
• A new RasterElementImporterShell::performGeoreference() protected method has been added, where the default implementation executes the Georeference plug-in specified in the georeference descriptor. Derived importers can override this method to perform custom georeferencing. (OPTICKS-1215)
• The RasterElementImporterShell::getGeoreferencePlugIn() method has been removed. Derived importers should remove any override of this method. (OPTICKS-1215)
• A new BadValues class has been added to the Opticks API to maintain the bad values specific for a spatial dimension of a data set. A separate BadValues object is available for each band of a RasterElement object. The bad values are now handled as double precision floating point numbers with lower and upper thresholds, individual values and inclusive ranges. Developers will need to change any code that calls RasterDataDescriptor::getBadValues() or Statistics::getBadValues() and receives std::vector<int>. The code will need to be changed to receive a const or non-const pointer to BadValues in place of std::vector<int> and to replace code that searches a std::vector<int> for a value to call BadValues::isBadValue() instead. (OPTICKS-1253)
• Added support for the QtXmlPatterns module. (OPTICKS-1354)
• Added a configuration setting to force the use of PBO instead of FBO for capturing a layer/view image. (OPTICKS-1412)
• Added new methods to AoiToolBar to turn AOI labels on/off from plug-ins. (OPTICKS-1413)
• Added several utility methods for extension developers. See GeoAlgorithms.h in PlugInUtilities/Interfaces. (OPTICKS-1448)
• Added capability to create a raster element that contains an existing memory block and specify who is responsible for deleting the data block passed. (OPTICKS-1456)

Bug Fixes

• None

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Spectral Processing Extension 1.7.0rc3 has been released on October 11th, 2012.

This release is a release candidate for 1.7.0. This release is marked as "not for production". If you find any major issues please report them to our bug and issue tracker. If no major issues have been identified by October 15th, then creation of 1.7.0 will proceed. Currently, 1.7.0 is scheduled to be available on October 15th, and it will be a production release and can be used to create production products. Please download and validate this release to help ensure 1.7.0 is a great release!

This version of the Spectral Processing Extension only supports Opticks 4.10.X. If you want a version of Spectral Processing extension for use with Opticks 4.9.X, you must download an earlier version of this extension.

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Bug Fixes

• When resampling is enabled in the signature plot, all signatures added to a data set plot displaying wavelengths are now resampled to the data set wavelengths. This problem was introduced in 1.7.0rc2. (EXTRAS-206)
• Resampled signatures from a library are now created as top-level elements instead of children of the library element. (EXTRAS-206)
• Resampling in a signature plot is now enabled by default. (EXTRAS-206)

Supported Opticks Versions

• This extension is supported in any version of Opticks 4.10.X that is Opticks 4.10.0rc2 or later.

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Spectral Processing Extension 1.7.0rc2 has been released on October 8th, 2012.

This release is a release candidate for 1.7.0. This release is marked as "not for production". The current plan is to allow three days for the community to validate this release. If you find any major issues please report them to our bug and issue tracker. If no major issues have been identified by October 11th, then creation of 1.7.0 will proceed. Currently, 1.7.0 is scheduled to be available on October 12th, and it will be a production release and can be used to create production products. Please download and validate this release to help ensure 1.7.0 is a great release!

This version of the Spectral Processing Extension only supports Opticks 4.10.X. If you want a version of Spectral Processing extension for use with Opticks 4.9.X, you must download an earlier version of this extension.

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Bug Fixes

• The Properties dialog for a signature plot now properly initializes the "Resample added signatures" check box to the current state of the plot.  This problem was introduced in 1.7.0rc1. (EXTRAS-206)
• The Properties dialog for a signature plot now properly updates the plot to the state of the "Resample added signatures" check box when applying the changes.  This problem was introduced in 1.7.0rc1. (EXTRAS-206)
• The signature plot capability to resample added signatures to the first signature added in the plot now works successfully when dragging and dropping signatures from the Session Explorer.  This problem was introduced in 1.7.0rc1. (EXTRAS-206)

Supported Opticks Versions

• This extension is supported in any version of Opticks 4.10.X that is Opticks 4.10.0rc2 or later.

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Python Scripting Extension 1.7.0rc2 has been released on October 8th, 2012.

This release is a release candidate for 1.7.0. This release is marked as "not for production". The current plan is to allow three days for the community to validate this release. If you find any major issues please report them to our bug and issue tracker. If no major issues have been identified by October 11th, then creation of 1.7.0 will proceed. Currently, 1.7.0 is scheduled to be available on October 12th, and it will be a production release and can be used to create production products. Please download and validate this release to help ensure 1.7.0 is a great release!

This version of the Python Scripting Extension only supports Opticks 4.10.X. If you want a version of Python Scripting extension for use with Opticks 4.9.X, you must download an earlier version of this extension.

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Bug Fixes

• No functional changes have been made for this release. This release was built against the Opticks 4.10.0rc2 SDK.

Supported Opticks Versions

• This extension is supported in any version of Opticks 4.10.X that is Opticks 4.10.0rc2 or later.

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IDL Scripting Extension 1.7.0rc2 has been released on October 8th, 2012.

This release is a release candidate for 1.7.0. This release is marked as "not for production". The current plan is to allow three days for the community to validate this release. If you find any major issues please report them to our bug and issue tracker. If no major issues have been identified by October 11th, then creation of 1.7.0 will proceed. Currently, 1.7.0 is scheduled to be available on October 12th, and it will be a production release and can be used to create production products. Please download and validate this release to help ensure 1.7.0 is a great release!

This version of the IDL Scripting Extension only supports Opticks 4.10.X. If you want a version of IDL Scripting extension for use with Opticks 4.9.X, you must download an earlier version of this extension.

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Bug Fixes

• No functional changes have been made for this release. This release was built against the Opticks 4.10.0rc2 SDK.

Supported Opticks Versions

• This extension is supported in any version of Opticks 4.10.X that is Opticks 4.10.0rc2 or later.

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Opticks 4.10.0rc2 has been released on October 8th, 2012.

This release is the second release candidate for 4.10.0. This release is marked as "not for production". The current plan is to allow three days for the community to validate this release. If you find any major issues please report them to our bug and issue tracker. If no major issues have been identified by October 11th, then creation of 4.10.0 will proceed. Currently, 4.10.0 is scheduled to be available on October 12th, and it will be a production release and can be used to create production products. Please download and validate this release to help ensure 4.10.0 is a great release!

The Opticks 4.10.0rc2 release is binary incompatible with any 4.9.X release. Any extensions built for Opticks 4.9.X will need to be re-built against 4.10.0rc2 in order to work with any 4.10.X release. Once an extension has been built against 4.10.0rc2, it will continue to work without changes on any later 4.10.X release.

The Opticks 4.10.0rc2 release is binary incompatible with the Opticks 4.10.0rc1 release due to an issue found with the Opticks 4.10.0rc1 release that was corrected in a binary breaking fashion. Please do not use any extensions built against Opticks 4.10.0rc1 with Opticks 4.10.0rc2 or later.

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Application Changes

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Bug Fixes

• Loading a signature library with the ENVI Library Importer no longer requires the auto-georeference option to be disabled.  This problem was introduced in 4.10.0rc1. (OPTICKS-1215)
• Loading raster data with no georeferencing information now reports a warning instead of failing if the auto-georeference option is enabled.  This problem was introduced in 4.10.0rc1. (OPTICKS-1215)
• When georeferencing a data set with the IGM Georeference plug-in, the latitude/longitude gridlines now appear properly in the latiitude/longitude layer.  This problem was introduced in 4.10.0rc1. (OPTICKS-1215)
• An IGM file can now be specified when selecting the IGM Georeference plug-in in the Import Options dialog.  This problem was introduced in 4.10.0rc1. (OPTICKS-1215)
• The raster layer now refreshes properly when editing only the comparison tolerance of the bad values.  This problem was introduced in 4.10.0rc1. (OPTICKS-1253)
• The default comparison tolerance was changed to 0.000001 to allow more value comparisons to work successfully by default for 4-byte floating point data.  This problem was introduced in 4.10.0rc1. (OPTICKS-1253)
• Bad values can now be edited successfully from the raster element Properties dialog for a raster layer that was created from an algorithm plug-in such as Band Math.  This problem was introduced in 4.10.0rc1. (OPTICKS-1253)

SDK (Software Development Kit) Changes

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Bug Fixes

• The vector of valid georeference plug-ins has been removed from the GeoreferenceDescriptor interface.  All methods to set, get, and reset the valid georeference plug-ins and the signal indicating when the valid georeference plug-in have changed have been removed.  This capability was replaced with a new RasterDataDescriptor::getValidGeoreferencePlugIns() method that queries PlugInManagerServices for all georeference plug-ins that return a given minimum affinity value.  This change was required to address several of the problems listed above related to georeferencing on import that were introduced in 4.10.0rc1. (OPTICKS-1215)
• The RasterDataDescriptor::setDefaultGeoreferencePlugIn() method has been modified such that a georeference plug-in will only be selected by default if it returns an affinity of at least Georeference::CAN_GEOREFERENCE.  This allows raster data that contains no georeferencing information to load properly without automatically selecting a default georeference plug-in that requires additional user input, which does not validate successfully.  This problem was introduced in 4.10.0rc1. (OPTICKS-1215)
• The georeference affinity values returned from GCP Georeference, RPC Georeference, and IGM Georeference were all increased to be greater than Georeference::CAN_GEOREFERENCE so that custom Georeference plug-ins that do not require additional user input can specify a georeference affinity that would still be selected by default but have a lesser affinity than the provided georeference plug-ins. (OPTICKS-1215)

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Spectral Processing Extension 1.7.0rc1 has been released on September 14th, 2012.

This release is the first release candidate for 1.7.0. This release is marked as "not for production". The current plan is to allow two weeks for the community to validate this release. If you find any major issues please report them to our bug and issue tracker. If no major issues have been identified by October 1st, then creation of 1.7.0 will proceed. Currently, 1.7.0 is scheduled to be available on October 2nd, and it will be a production release and can be used to create production products. Please download and validate this release to help ensure 1.7.0 is a great release!

This version of the Spectral Processing Extension only supports Opticks 4.10.X. If you want a version of Spectral Processing extension for use with Opticks 4.9.X, you must download an earlier version of this extension.

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New Features

• Added a new Spectral Resampler plug-in to the Spectral/Support Tools menu. It can be used to resample a spectral signature to the wavelength centers of a data set, another spectral signature, or a wavelength file with resampling methods of linear, cubic spline or gaussian. The plug-in provides an additional capability to use a fill value (similar to bad values for data sets) for spectral ranges in the target wavelength source that aren't present in the signature to be resampled. The fill value is user settable. (EXTRAS-206)
• Added a new option to the Signature Window to resample added signatures to the first signature in the plot. The resampled signatures will have the same names as the signatures selected for addition with the suffix "_resampled" added if a signature was resampled (added signatures with the same wavelength centers as the first signature will not be resampled). If the resampled signature name already exists, a number will be appended, i.e., "_resampledX" where X = 1, 2, ... In addition a new metadata keyword, "ResampledTo", will be added to the the resampled signature's metadata with a value of the name of the wavelength source. (EXTRAS-206)

Bug Fixes

• Fixed several problems causing the application to crash when closed on Linux. (EXTRAS-244)

Supported Opticks Versions

• This extension is supported in any version of Opticks 4.10.X that is Opticks 4.10.0rc1 or later

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Spectral Processing Extension 1.7.0rc1 has been released on September 14th, 2012.

This release is the first release candidate for 1.7.0. This release is marked as "not for production". The current plan is to allow two weeks for the community to validate this release. If you find any major issues please report them to our bug and issue tracker. If no major issues have been identified by October 1st, then creation of 1.7.0 will proceed. Currently, 1.7.0 is scheduled to be available on October 2nd, and it will be a production release and can be used to create production products. Please download and validate this release to help ensure 1.7.0 is a great release!

This version of the Spectral Processing Extension only supports Opticks 4.10.X. If you want a version of Spectral Processing extension for use with Opticks 4.9.X, you must download an earlier version of this extension.

View the complete list of new features and fixed bugs.

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New Features

• Added a new Spectral Resampler plug-in to the Spectral/Support Tools menu. It can be used to resample a spectral signature to the wavelength centers of a data set, another spectral signature, or a wavelength file with resampling methods of linear, cubic spline or gaussian. The plug-in provides an additional capability to use a fill value (similar to bad values for data sets) for spectral ranges in the target wavelength source that aren't present in the signature to be resampled. The fill value is user settable. (EXTRAS-206)
• Added a new option to the Signature Window to resample added signatures to the first signature in the plot. The resampled signatures will have the same names as the signatures selected for addition with the suffix "_resampled" added if a signature was resampled (added signatures with the same wavelength centers as the first signature will not be resampled). If the resampled signature name already exists, a number will be appended, i.e., "_resampledX" where X = 1, 2, ... In addition a new metadata keyword, "ResampledTo", will be added to the the resampled signature's metadata with a value of the name of the wavelength source. (EXTRAS-206)

Bug Fixes

• Fixed several problems causing the application to crash when closed on Linux. (EXTRAS-244)

Supported Opticks Versions

• This extension is supported in any version of Opticks 4.10.X that is Opticks 4.10.0rc1 or later

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Python Scripting Extension 1.7.0rc1 has been released on September 14th, 2012.

This release is the first release candidate for 1.7.0. This release is marked as "not for production". The current plan is to allow two weeks for the community to validate this release. If you find any major issues please report them to our bug and issue tracker. If no major issues have been identified by October 1st, then creation of 1.7.0 will proceed. Currently, 1.7.0 is scheduled to be available on October 2nd, and it will be a production release and can be used to create production products. Please download and validate this release to help ensure 1.7.0 is a great release!

This version of the Python Scripting Extension only supports Opticks 4.10.X. If you want a version of Python Scripting extension for use with Opticks 4.9.X, you must download an earlier version of this extension.

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New Features

• No new features were added for this version.

Bug Fixes

• No bug fixes were added for this version.

Supported Opticks Versions

• This extension is supported in any version of Opticks 4.10.X that is Opticks 4.10.0rc1 or later.

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Python Scripting Extension 1.7.0rc1 has been released on September 14th, 2012.

This release is the first release candidate for 1.7.0. This release is marked as "not for production". The current plan is to allow two weeks for the community to validate this release. If you find any major issues please report them to our bug and issue tracker. If no major issues have been identified by October 1st, then creation of 1.7.0 will proceed. Currently, 1.7.0 is scheduled to be available on October 2nd, and it will be a production release and can be used to create production products. Please download and validate this release to help ensure 1.7.0 is a great release!

This version of the Python Scripting Extension only supports Opticks 4.10.X. If you want a version of Python Scripting extension for use with Opticks 4.9.X, you must download an earlier version of this extension.

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New Features

• No new features were added for this version.

Bug Fixes

• No bug fixes were added for this version.

Supported Opticks Versions

• This extension is supported in any version of Opticks 4.10.X that is Opticks 4.10.0rc1 or later.

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IDL Scripting Extension 1.7.0rc1 has been released on September 14th, 2012.

This release is the first release candidate for 1.7.0. This release is marked as "not for production". The current plan is to allow two weeks for the community to validate this release. If you find any major issues please report them to our bug and issue tracker. If no major issues have been identified by October 1st, then creation of 1.7.0 will proceed. Currently, 1.7.0 is scheduled to be available on October 2nd, and it will be a production release and can be used to create production products. Please download and validate this release to help ensure 1.7.0 is a great release!

This version of the IDL Scripting Extension only supports Opticks 4.10.X. If you want a version of IDL Scripting extension for use with Opticks 4.9.X, you must download an earlier version of this extension.

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New Features

• No new features were added for this version.

Bug Fixes

• Update IDL dependency copyright to contain information from Exelis regarding the use of IDL. (EXTRAS-241)

Supported Opticks Versions

• This extension is supported in any version of Opticks 4.10.X that is Opticks 4.10.0rc1 or later.

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IDL Scripting Extension 1.7.0rc1 has been released on September 14th, 2012.

This release is the first release candidate for 1.7.0. This release is marked as "not for production". The current plan is to allow two weeks for the community to validate this release. If you find any major issues please report them to our bug and issue tracker. If no major issues have been identified by October 1st, then creation of 1.7.0 will proceed. Currently, 1.7.0 is scheduled to be available on October 2nd, and it will be a production release and can be used to create production products. Please download and validate this release to help ensure 1.7.0 is a great release!

This version of the IDL Scripting Extension only supports Opticks 4.10.X. If you want a version of IDL Scripting extension for use with Opticks 4.9.X, you must download an earlier version of this extension.

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New Features

• No new features were added for this version.

Bug Fixes

• Update IDL dependency copyright to contain information from Exelis regarding the use of IDL. (EXTRAS-241)

Supported Opticks Versions

• This extension is supported in any version of Opticks 4.10.X that is Opticks 4.10.0rc1 or later.

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Opticks 4.10.0rc1 has been released on September 14th, 2012.

This release is the first release candidate for 4.10.0. This release is marked as "not for production". The current plan is to allow two weeks for the community to validate this release. If you find any major issues please report them to our bug and issue tracker. If no major issues have been identified by October 1st, then creation of 4.10.0 will proceed. Currently, 4.10.0 is scheduled to be available on October 2nd, and it will be a production release and can be used to create production products. Please download and validate this release to help ensure 4.10.0 is a great release!

The Opticks 4.10.0rc1 release is binary incompatible with any 4.9.X release. Any extensions built for Opticks 4.9.X will need to be re-built against 4.10.0rc1 in order to work with any 4.10.X release. Once an extension has been built against 4.10.0rc1, it will continue to work without changes on any later 4.10.X release.

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Application Changes

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New Features

• Added user option to have animation reset or stay on last played frame when the animation is stopped. (OPTICKS-94)
• Added capability for threshold layer to display any band of the associated raster element. (OPTICKS-277)
• Updated the Ice Threshold Layer Exporter and Importer to save/restore the band displayed in a threshold layer. (OPTICKS-277)
• Updated the Threshold Data and Set Threshold Options wizard items to allow the displayed band to be set in the threshold layer. (OPTICKS-277)
• Updated the histogram plot to display the data element name and band number for threshold layers. (OPTICKS-277)
• When georeferencing on import, the georeference plug-in and its input parameters can now be modified on a new Georeference tab in the Import Options dialog. Subsequently, all auto-georeference options on the Georeference page in the Options dialog have been removed except for the option to georeference on import. (OPTICKS-1215)
• A new Georeference tab is available in the Properties dialog for a raster element. The tab displays the current georeference parameters for the element (if georeferenced) and allows georeferencing to be performed, selecting both a plug-in and its input parameters. (OPTICKS-1215)
• Specifying bad values has been upgraded from a simple list of integer values to a more robust criteria using double precision floating point notation. The new bad values criteria consist of optional lower and upper inclusive thresholds, optional individual values and optional inclusive ranges. (OPTICKS-1253)
• Added a new Spatial Resampler plug-in that allows resampling of raster elements by an arbitrary factor in both the X and Y directions using one of multiple interpolation methods for generating new pixel values. (OPTICKS-1341)
• The latitude/longitude layer now dynamically resizes the grid in automatic spacing mode based on the current zoom level. (OPTICKS-1375)
• The latitude/longitude layer now ensures that the coordinate labels will always be visible in the view. (OPTICKS-1375)
• The latitude/longitude layer now draws the grid in the view wherever georeference data is valid. This means that the gridlines can extend beyond a raster layer if the georeference data can be extrapolated. (OPTICKS-1376)
• Added several sample convolution filter presets for the convolution editor, which demonstrate the range of functions that can be performed with a convolution filter. (OPTICKS-1379)
• Added a new option on the Windows/Status Bar page of the Options dialog to toggle the display of raster layer units in the status bar. (OPTICKS-1381)
• Added an offset value to the convolution filter editor and the ability to force the output of the filter to be floating point. (OPTICKS-1432)

Bug Fixes

• Specifying an ISD metadata file in the Import Options dialog for GeoTIFF raster data now correctly applies the metadata contained in the file to the data set when selecting a different data set in the dialog. (OPTICKS-1215)
• Fixed a bug causing the NITF Importer to fail on valid input when containing CMETAA TRE data. (OPTICKS-1299)
• The application no longer crashes when deleting an AOI while running Data Fusion. (OPTICKS-1372)
• Statistics for a raster element are no longer recalculated in some cases if it is not necessary. (OPTICKS-1382)
• AOI object labels are now positioned better relative to the object when zooming in. (OPTICKS-1418)
• Changed the minimum size of the Opticks workspace area back to 1 pixel x 1 pixel, which had been unintentionally changed in an earlier release. (OPTICKS-1431)
• The Properties dialog for a latitude/longitude layer now properly updates the units when changing coordinate types. (OPTICKS-1433)
• The Threshold Data wizard item now properly works with multiple band BIP data elements. (OPTICKS-1437)
• If a plug-in deletes a layer while the context menu is displayed in the view, selecting a command from the layer's menu no longer causes the application to crash. (OPTICKS-1440)
• Image annotation objects now display correctly on systems displaying less than 32-bit color. (OPTICKS-1445)
• Fixed a problem with the Debian/Ubuntu .deb installer which was preventing installation on newer versions of the OS. (OPTICKS-1423 and OPTICKS-1425)
• Fixed a problem with the parsing and display of matrix data in a NITF ENGRDA TRE. (OPTICKS-1447)
• Fixed several problems causing the application to crash when closed on Linux. (OPTICKS-1452)
• Fixed a problem which caused Opticks to become unresponsive when generating full resolution textures on small data sets. (OPTICKS-1454)
• Frame Label annotation objects are now correctly updated when multiple animation controllers are attached to the same view. (OPTICKS-1455)

Extension Developer Changes

• None

SDK (Software Development Kit) Changes

---

Download Opticks SDK

New Features

• The Classification::compare() method override that takes a Classification pointer as an input parameter has been removed. Objects must call the DynamicObject::compare() base class method instead. (OPTICKS-1215)
• When calling DynamicObject::removeAttribute() the Subject::Modified signal is notified just after the attribute is removed. (OPTICKS-1215)
• The Georeference interface has been converted to function similarly to an importer. The canHandleRasterElement(), getGui(), and validateGuiInput() methods have been replaced with new getGeoreferenceAffinity(), getWidget(), and validate() methods respectively. When the user initiates the georeference process, Georeference::getGeoreferenceAffinity() is called on each Georeference plug-in to determine how well the plug-in supports georeferencing the raster data set. The user is then allowed to modify georeference parameters that are made available in the widget returned by Georeference::getWidget(). Once the parameters are specified, Georeference::validate() is called to validate the user-specified parameters. (OPTICKS-1215)
• A new GeoreferenceDescriptor interface class is available that stores all parameters needed for georeferencing a data set. A GeoreferenceDescriptor instance is contained in RasterDataDescriptor, and Georeference plug-ins should set parameter values into the GeoreferenceDescriptor when modified in the widget returned by Georeference::getGui(). (OPTICKS-1215)
• All configuration settings have been removed from the Georeference interface. The following configuration settings have been added to the new GeoreferenceDescriptor interface (OPTICKS-1215):
  • AutoGeoreference
  • CreateLayer
  • DisplayLayer
  • GeocoordType
  • LatLonFormat
• A new ModelServices::getElement(const DataDescriptor*) method is available to get a data element based on the name, element type, and parent element stored in the given data descriptor. (OPTICKS-1215)
• A new RasterDataDescriptor::setDefaultGeoreferencePlugIn() method is available to set a default Georeference plug-in into the georeference descriptor based on the georeference affinity values for the raster data. The method is called automatically by Opticks if a default plug-in is not set by another object. (OPTICKS-1215)
• A new RasterElementImporterShell::performGeoreference() protected method has been added, where the default implementation executes the Georeference plug-in specified in the georeference descriptor. Derived importers can override this method to perform custom georeferencing. (OPTICKS-1215)
• The RasterElementImporterShell::getGeoreferencePlugIn() method has been removed. Derived importers should remove any override of this method. (OPTICKS-1215)
• A new BadValues class has been added to the Opticks API to maintain the bad values specific for a spatial dimension of a data set. A separate BadValues object is available for each band of a RasterElement object. The bad values are now handled as double precision floating point numbers with lower and upper thresholds, individual values and inclusive ranges. Developers will need to change any code that calls RasterDataDescriptor::getBadValues() or Statistics::getBadValues() and receives std::vector<int>. The code will need to be changed to receive a const or non-const pointer to BadValues in place of std::vector<int> and to replace code that searches a std::vector<int> for a value to call BadValues::isBadValue() instead. (OPTICKS-1253)
• Added support for the QtXmlPatterns module. (OPTICKS-1354)
• Added a configuration setting to force the use of PBO instead of FBO for capturing a layer/view image. (OPTICKS-1412)
• Added new methods to AoiToolBar to turn AOI labels on/off from plug-ins. (OPTICKS-1413)
• Added several utility methods for extension developers. See GeoAlgorithms.h in PlugInUtilities/Interfaces. (OPTICKS-1448)
• Added capability to create a raster element that contains an existing memory block and specify who is responsible for deleting the data block passed. (OPTICKS-1456)

Bug Fixes

• None

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Opticks 4.10.0rc1 has been released on September 14th, 2012.

This release is the first release candidate for 4.10.0. This release is marked as "not for production". The current plan is to allow two weeks for the community to validate this release. If you find any major issues please report them to our bug and issue tracker. If no major issues have been identified by October 1st, then creation of 4.10.0 will proceed. Currently, 4.10.0 is scheduled to be available on October 2nd, and it will be a production release and can be used to create production products. Please download and validate this release to help ensure 4.10.0 is a great release!

The Opticks 4.10.0rc1 release is binary incompatible with any 4.9.X release. Any extensions built for Opticks 4.9.X will need to be re-built against 4.10.0rc1 in order to work with any 4.10.X release. Once an extension has been built against 4.10.0rc1, it will continue to work without changes on any later 4.10.X release.

View the complete list of new features and fixed bugs.

Application Changes

---

Download Opticks Application

New Features

• Added user option to have animation reset or stay on last played frame when the animation is stopped. (OPTICKS-94)
• Added capability for threshold layer to display any band of the associated raster element. (OPTICKS-277)
• Updated the Ice Threshold Layer Exporter and Importer to save/restore the band displayed in a threshold layer. (OPTICKS-277)
• Updated the Threshold Data and Set Threshold Options wizard items to allow the displayed band to be set in the threshold layer. (OPTICKS-277)
• Updated the histogram plot to display the data element name and band number for threshold layers. (OPTICKS-277)
• When georeferencing on import, the georeference plug-in and its input parameters can now be modified on a new Georeference tab in the Import Options dialog. Subsequently, all auto-georeference options on the Georeference page in the Options dialog have been removed except for the option to georeference on import. (OPTICKS-1215)
• A new Georeference tab is available in the Properties dialog for a raster element. The tab displays the current georeference parameters for the element (if georeferenced) and allows georeferencing to be performed, selecting both a plug-in and its input parameters. (OPTICKS-1215)
• Specifying bad values has been upgraded from a simple list of integer values to a more robust criteria using double precision floating point notation. The new bad values criteria consist of optional lower and upper inclusive thresholds, optional individual values and optional inclusive ranges. (OPTICKS-1253)
• Added a new Spatial Resampler plug-in that allows resampling of raster elements by an arbitrary factor in both the X and Y directions using one of multiple interpolation methods for generating new pixel values. (OPTICKS-1341)
• The latitude/longitude layer now dynamically resizes the grid in automatic spacing mode based on the current zoom level. (OPTICKS-1375)
• The latitude/longitude layer now ensures that the coordinate labels will always be visible in the view. (OPTICKS-1375)
• The latitude/longitude layer now draws the grid in the view wherever georeference data is valid. This means that the gridlines can extend beyond a raster layer if the georeference data can be extrapolated. (OPTICKS-1376)
• Added several sample convolution filter presets for the convolution editor, which demonstrate the range of functions that can be performed with a convolution filter. (OPTICKS-1379)
• Added a new option on the Windows/Status Bar page of the Options dialog to toggle the display of raster layer units in the status bar. (OPTICKS-1381)
• Added an offset value to the convolution filter editor and the ability to force the output of the filter to be floating point. (OPTICKS-1432)

Bug Fixes

• Specifying an ISD metadata file in the Import Options dialog for GeoTIFF raster data now correctly applies the metadata contained in the file to the data set when selecting a different data set in the dialog. (OPTICKS-1215)
• Fixed a bug causing the NITF Importer to fail on valid input when containing CMETAA TRE data. (OPTICKS-1299)
• The application no longer crashes when deleting an AOI while running Data Fusion. (OPTICKS-1372)
• Statistics for a raster element are no longer recalculated in some cases if it is not necessary. (OPTICKS-1382)
• AOI object labels are now positioned better relative to the object when zooming in. (OPTICKS-1418)
• Changed the minimum size of the Opticks workspace area back to 1 pixel x 1 pixel, which had been unintentionally changed in an earlier release. (OPTICKS-1431)
• The Properties dialog for a latitude/longitude layer now properly updates the units when changing coordinate types. (OPTICKS-1433)
• The Threshold Data wizard item now properly works with multiple band BIP data elements. (OPTICKS-1437)
• If a plug-in deletes a layer while the context menu is displayed in the view, selecting a command from the layer's menu no longer causes the application to crash. (OPTICKS-1440)
• Image annotation objects now display correctly on systems displaying less than 32-bit color. (OPTICKS-1445)
• Fixed a problem with the Debian/Ubuntu .deb installer which was preventing installation on newer versions of the OS. (OPTICKS-1423 and OPTICKS-1425)
• Fixed a problem with the parsing and display of matrix data in a NITF ENGRDA TRE. (OPTICKS-1447)
• Fixed several problems causing the application to crash when closed on Linux. (OPTICKS-1452)
• Fixed a problem which caused Opticks to become unresponsive when generating full resolution textures on small data sets. (OPTICKS-1454)
• Frame Label annotation objects are now correctly updated when multiple animation controllers are attached to the same view. (OPTICKS-1455)

Extension Developer Changes

• None

SDK (Software Development Kit) Changes

---

Download Opticks SDK

New Features

• The Classification::compare() method override that takes a Classification pointer as an input parameter has been removed. Objects must call the DynamicObject::compare() base class method instead. (OPTICKS-1215)
• When calling DynamicObject::removeAttribute() the Subject::Modified signal is notified just after the attribute is removed. (OPTICKS-1215)
• The Georeference interface has been converted to function similarly to an importer. The canHandleRasterElement(), getGui(), and validateGuiInput() methods have been replaced with new getGeoreferenceAffinity(), getWidget(), and validate() methods respectively. When the user initiates the georeference process, Georeference::getGeoreferenceAffinity() is called on each Georeference plug-in to determine how well the plug-in supports georeferencing the raster data set. The user is then allowed to modify georeference parameters that are made available in the widget returned by Georeference::getWidget(). Once the parameters are specified, Georeference::validate() is called to validate the user-specified parameters. (OPTICKS-1215)
• A new GeoreferenceDescriptor interface class is available that stores all parameters needed for georeferencing a data set. A GeoreferenceDescriptor instance is contained in RasterDataDescriptor, and Georeference plug-ins should set parameter values into the GeoreferenceDescriptor when modified in the widget returned by Georeference::getGui(). (OPTICKS-1215)
• All configuration settings have been removed from the Georeference interface. The following configuration settings have been added to the new GeoreferenceDescriptor interface (OPTICKS-1215):
  • AutoGeoreference
  • CreateLayer
  • DisplayLayer
  • GeocoordType
  • LatLonFormat
• A new ModelServices::getElement(const DataDescriptor*) method is available to get a data element based on the name, element type, and parent element stored in the given data descriptor. (OPTICKS-1215)
• A new RasterDataDescriptor::setDefaultGeoreferencePlugIn() method is available to set a default Georeference plug-in into the georeference descriptor based on the georeference affinity values for the raster data. The method is called automatically by Opticks if a default plug-in is not set by another object. (OPTICKS-1215)
• A new RasterElementImporterShell::performGeoreference() protected method has been added, where the default implementation executes the Georeference plug-in specified in the georeference descriptor. Derived importers can override this method to perform custom georeferencing. (OPTICKS-1215)
• The RasterElementImporterShell::getGeoreferencePlugIn() method has been removed. Derived importers should remove any override of this method. (OPTICKS-1215)
• A new BadValues class has been added to the Opticks API to maintain the bad values specific for a spatial dimension of a data set. A separate BadValues object is available for each band of a RasterElement object. The bad values are now handled as double precision floating point numbers with lower and upper thresholds, individual values and inclusive ranges. Developers will need to change any code that calls RasterDataDescriptor::getBadValues() or Statistics::getBadValues() and receives std::vector<int>. The code will need to be changed to receive a const or non-const pointer to BadValues in place of std::vector<int> and to replace code that searches a std::vector<int> for a value to call BadValues::isBadValue() instead. (OPTICKS-1253)
• Added support for the QtXmlPatterns module. (OPTICKS-1354)
• Added a configuration setting to force the use of PBO instead of FBO for capturing a layer/view image. (OPTICKS-1412)
• Added new methods to AoiToolBar to turn AOI labels on/off from plug-ins. (OPTICKS-1413)
• Added several utility methods for extension developers. See GeoAlgorithms.h in PlugInUtilities/Interfaces. (OPTICKS-1448)
• Added capability to create a raster element that contains an existing memory block and specify who is responsible for deleting the data block passed. (OPTICKS-1456)

Bug Fixes

• None

View Online

Opticks 4.10.0rc1 has been released on September 14th, 2012.

This release is the first release candidate for 4.10.0. This release is marked as "not for production". The current plan is to allow two weeks for the community to validate this release. If you find any major issues please report them to our bug and issue tracker. If no major issues have been identified by October 1st, then creation of 4.10.0 will proceed. Currently, 4.10.0 is scheduled to be available on October 2nd, and it will be a production release and can be used to create production products. Please download and validate this release to help ensure 4.10.0 is a great release!

The Opticks 4.10.0rc1 release is binary incompatible with any 4.9.X release. Any extensions built for Opticks 4.9.X will need to be re-built against 4.10.0rc1 in order to work with any 4.10.X release. Once an extension has been built against 4.10.0rc1, it will continue to work without changes on any later 4.10.X release.

View the complete list of new features and fixed bugs.

Application Changes

---

Download Opticks Application

New Features

• Added user option to have animation reset or stay on last played frame when the animation is stopped. (OPTICKS-94)
• Added capability for threshold layer to display any band of the associated raster element. (OPTICKS-277)
• Updated the Ice Threshold Layer Exporter and Importer to save/restore the band displayed in a threshold layer. (OPTICKS-277)
• Updated the Threshold Data and Set Threshold Options wizard items to allow the displayed band to be set in the threshold layer. (OPTICKS-277)
• Updated the histogram plot to display the data element name and band number for threshold layers. (OPTICKS-277)
• When georeferencing on import, the georeference plug-in and its input parameters can now be modified on a new Georeference tab in the Import Options dialog. Subsequently, all auto-georeference options on the Georeference page in the Options dialog have been removed except for the option to georeference on import. (OPTICKS-1215)
• A new Georeference tab is available in the Properties dialog for a raster element. The tab displays the current georeference parameters for the element (if georeferenced) and allows georeferencing to be performed, selecting both a plug-in and its input parameters. (OPTICKS-1215)
• Specifying bad values has been upgraded from a simple list of integer values to a more robust criteria using double precision floating point notation. The new bad values criteria consist of optional lower and upper inclusive thresholds, optional individual values and optional inclusive ranges. (OPTICKS-1253)
• Added a new Spatial Resampler plug-in that allows resampling of raster elements by an arbitrary factor in both the X and Y directions using one of multiple interpolation methods for generating new pixel values. (OPTICKS-1341)
• The latitude/longitude layer now dynamically resizes the grid in automatic spacing mode based on the current zoom level. (OPTICKS-1375)
• The latitude/longitude layer now ensures that the coordinate labels will always be visible in the view. (OPTICKS-1375)
• The latitude/longitude layer now draws the grid in the view wherever georeference data is valid. This means that the gridlines can extend beyond a raster layer if the georeference data can be extrapolated. (OPTICKS-1376)
• Added several sample convolution filter presets for the convolution editor, which demonstrate the range of functions that can be performed with a convolution filter. (OPTICKS-1379)
• Added a new option on the Windows/Status Bar page of the Options dialog to toggle the display of raster layer units in the status bar. (OPTICKS-1381)
• Added an offset value to the convolution filter editor and the ability to force the output of the filter to be floating point. (OPTICKS-1432)

Bug Fixes

• Specifying an ISD metadata file in the Import Options dialog for GeoTIFF raster data now correctly applies the metadata contained in the file to the data set when selecting a different data set in the dialog. (OPTICKS-1215)
• Fixed a bug causing the NITF Importer to fail on valid input when containing CMETAA TRE data. (OPTICKS-1299)
• The application no longer crashes when deleting an AOI while running Data Fusion. (OPTICKS-1372)
• Statistics for a raster element are no longer recalculated in some cases if it is not necessary. (OPTICKS-1382)
• AOI object labels are now positioned better relative to the object when zooming in. (OPTICKS-1418)
• Changed the minimum size of the Opticks workspace area back to 1 pixel x 1 pixel, which had been unintentionally changed in an earlier release. (OPTICKS-1431)
• The Properties dialog for a latitude/longitude layer now properly updates the units when changing coordinate types. (OPTICKS-1433)
• The Threshold Data wizard item now properly works with multiple band BIP data elements. (OPTICKS-1437)
• If a plug-in deletes a layer while the context menu is displayed in the view, selecting a command from the layer's menu no longer causes the application to crash. (OPTICKS-1440)
• Image annotation objects now display correctly on systems displaying less than 32-bit color. (OPTICKS-1445)
• Fixed a problem with the Debian/Ubuntu .deb installer which was preventing installation on newer versions of the OS. (OPTICKS-1423 and OPTICKS-1425)
• Fixed a problem with the parsing and display of matrix data in a NITF ENGRDA TRE. (OPTICKS-1447)
• Fixed several problems causing the application to crash when closed on Linux. (OPTICKS-1452)
• Fixed a problem which caused Opticks to become unresponsive when generating full resolution textures on small data sets. (OPTICKS-1454)
• Frame Label annotation objects are now correctly updated when multiple animation controllers are attached to the same view. (OPTICKS-1455)

Extension Developer Changes

• None

SDK (Software Development Kit) Changes

---

Download Opticks SDK

New Features

• The Classification::compare() method override that takes a Classification pointer as an input parameter has been removed. Objects must call the DynamicObject::compare() base class method instead. (OPTICKS-1215)
• When calling DynamicObject::removeAttribute() the Subject::Modified signal is notified just after the attribute is removed. (OPTICKS-1215)
• The Georeference interface has been converted to function similarly to an importer. The canHandleRasterElement(), getGui(), and validateGuiInput() methods have been replaced with new getGeoreferenceAffinity(), getWidget(), and validate() methods respectively. When the user initiates the georeference process, Georeference::getGeoreferenceAffinity() is called on each Georeference plug-in to determine how well the plug-in supports georeferencing the raster data set. The user is then allowed to modify georeference parameters that are made available in the widget returned by Georeference::getWidget(). Once the parameters are specified, Georeference::validate() is called to validate the user-specified parameters. (OPTICKS-1215)
• A new GeoreferenceDescriptor interface class is available that stores all parameters needed for georeferencing a data set. A GeoreferenceDescriptor instance is contained in RasterDataDescriptor, and Georeference plug-ins should set parameter values into the GeoreferenceDescriptor when modified in the widget returned by Georeference::getGui(). (OPTICKS-1215)
• All configuration settings have been removed from the Georeference interface. The following configuration settings have been added to the new GeoreferenceDescriptor interface (OPTICKS-1215):
  • AutoGeoreference
  • CreateLayer
  • DisplayLayer
  • GeocoordType
  • LatLonFormat
• A new ModelServices::getElement(const DataDescriptor*) method is available to get a data element based on the name, element type, and parent element stored in the given data descriptor. (OPTICKS-1215)
• A new RasterDataDescriptor::setDefaultGeoreferencePlugIn() method is available to set a default Georeference plug-in into the georeference descriptor based on the georeference affinity values for the raster data. The method is called automatically by Opticks if a default plug-in is not set by another object. (OPTICKS-1215)
• A new RasterElementImporterShell::performGeoreference() protected method has been added, where the default implementation executes the Georeference plug-in specified in the georeference descriptor. Derived importers can override this method to perform custom georeferencing. (OPTICKS-1215)
• The RasterElementImporterShell::getGeoreferencePlugIn() method has been removed. Derived importers should remove any override of this method. (OPTICKS-1215)
• A new BadValues class has been added to the Opticks API to maintain the bad values specific for a spatial dimension of a data set. A separate BadValues object is available for each band of a RasterElement object. The bad values are now handled as double precision floating point numbers with lower and upper thresholds, individual values and inclusive ranges. Developers will need to change any code that calls RasterDataDescriptor::getBadValues() or Statistics::getBadValues() and receives std::vector<int>. The code will need to be changed to receive a const or non-const pointer to BadValues in place of std::vector<int> and to replace code that searches a std::vector<int> for a value to call BadValues::isBadValue() instead. (OPTICKS-1253)
• Added support for the QtXmlPatterns module. (OPTICKS-1354)
• Added a configuration setting to force the use of PBO instead of FBO for capturing a layer/view image. (OPTICKS-1412)
• Added new methods to AoiToolBar to turn AOI labels on/off from plug-ins. (OPTICKS-1413)
• Added several utility methods for extension developers. See GeoAlgorithms.h in PlugInUtilities/Interfaces. (OPTICKS-1448)
• Added capability to create a raster element that contains an existing memory block and specify who is responsible for deleting the data block passed. (OPTICKS-1456)

Bug Fixes

• None

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Opticks 4.9.1 has been released on June 21st, 2012.

This release is intended to replace 4.9.0 as the recommended release.

View complete list of new features and fixed bugs.

Application Changes

---

Download Opticks Application

New Features

• Added a JPEG 2000 Importer for 64-bit Windows. (OPTICKS-1295)
• Added a JPEG 2000 Exporter for 32-bit and 64-bit Windows. This exporter is compatible with 1, 2, and 4-byte signed and unsigned integer data as well as 4-byte floating point data and uses lossless compression. Exported 4-byte data may not be viewable in other applications or in previous versions of Opticks. For more details, see the Help. (OPTICKS-1419)
• Added an MJPEG video product exporter. (OPTICKS-1420)
• Added the ability to generate product movies at full data resolution. (OPTICKS-1420)

Bug Fixes

• Modified the existing JPEG2000 Importer for 32-bit Windows to be compatible with the new JPEG 2000 Exporter. (OPTICKS-1295)
• Fixed the description field in the Linux .deb which was causing an error on Ubuntu 12.04LTS. (OPTICKS-1410)

SDK (Software Development Kit) Changes

---

Download Opticks SDK

New Features

• Added version 1.5.0 of the OpenJPEG dependency for 64-bit Windows. The existing version of the library was kept for 32-bit Windows in order to maintain compatibility with 4.9.0. (OPTICKS-1295)

Other Changes

• Modified the Visual Studio property sheets for FFmpeg. The new ffmpeg-debug.props and ffmpeg-release.props files should be used instead of the old ffmpeg.props sheet. Failure to change the property sheets will result in linker errors for Visual Studio users. (OPTICKS-1420)

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Opticks 4.9.1 has been released on June 21st, 2012.

This release is intended to replace 4.9.0 as the recommended release.

View complete list of new features and fixed bugs.

Application Changes

---

Download Opticks Application

New Features

• Added a JPEG 2000 Importer for 64-bit Windows. (OPTICKS-1295)
• Added a JPEG 2000 Exporter for 32-bit and 64-bit Windows. This exporter is compatible with 1, 2, and 4-byte signed and unsigned integer data as well as 4-byte floating point data and uses lossless compression. Exported 4-byte data may not be viewable in other applications or in previous versions of Opticks. For more details, see the Help. (OPTICKS-1419)
• Added an MJPEG video product exporter. (OPTICKS-1420)
• Added the ability to generate product movies at full data resolution. (OPTICKS-1420)

Bug Fixes

• Modified the existing JPEG2000 Importer for 32-bit Windows to be compatible with the new JPEG 2000 Exporter. (OPTICKS-1295)
• Fixed the description field in the Linux .deb which was causing an error on Ubuntu 12.04LTS. (OPTICKS-1410)

SDK (Software Development Kit) Changes

---

Download Opticks SDK

New Features

• Added version 1.5.0 of the OpenJPEG dependency for 64-bit Windows. The existing version of the library was kept for 32-bit Windows in order to maintain compatibility with 4.9.0. (OPTICKS-1295)

Other Changes

• Modified the Visual Studio property sheets for FFmpeg. The new ffmpeg-debug.props and ffmpeg-release.props files should be used instead of the old ffmpeg.props sheet. Failure to change the property sheets will result in linker errors for Visual Studio users. (OPTICKS-1420)

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Opticks 4.9.1rc1 has been released on June 7th, 2012.

This release is the first release candidate for 4.9.1. This release is marked as "not for production". The current plan is to allow one week for the community to validate this release. If you find any major issues please report them to our bug and issue tracker. If no major issues have been identified by June 15th, then creation of 4.9.1 will proceed. Currently, 4.9.1 is scheduled to be available on June 26th, and it will be a production release and can be used to create production products. Please download and validate this release to help ensure 4.9.1 is a great release!

View complete list of new features and fixed bugs.

Application Changes

---

Download Opticks Application

New Features

• Added a JPEG 2000 Importer for 64-bit Windows. (OPTICKS-1295)
• Added a JPEG 2000 Exporter for 32-bit and 64-bit Windows. This exporter is compatible with 1, 2, and 4-byte signed and unsigned integer data as well as 4-byte floating point data and uses lossless compression. Exported 4-byte data may not be viewable in other applications or in previous versions of Opticks. For more details, see the Help. (OPTICKS-1419)
• Added an MJPEG video product exporter. (OPTICKS-1420)
• Added the ability to generate product movies at full data resolution. (OPTICKS-1420)

Bug Fixes

• Modified the existing JPEG2000 Importer for 32-bit Windows to be compatible with the new JPEG 2000 Exporter. (OPTICKS-1295)
• Fixed the description field in the Linux .deb which was causing an error on Ubuntu 12.04LTS. (OPTICKS-1410)

SDK (Software Development Kit) Changes

---

Download Opticks SDK

New Features

• Added version 1.5.0 of the OpenJPEG dependency for 64-bit Windows. The existing version of the library was kept for 32-bit Windows in order to maintain compatibility with 4.9.0. (OPTICKS-1295)

Other Changes

• Modified the Visual Studio property sheets for FFmpeg. The new ffmpeg-debug.props and ffmpeg-release.props files should be used instead of the old ffmpeg.props sheet. Failure to change the property sheets will result in linker errors for Visual Studio users. (OPTICKS-1420)

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Opticks 4.9.1rc1 has been released on June 7th, 2012.

This release is the first release candidate for 4.9.1. This release is marked as "not for production". The current plan is to allow one week for the community to validate this release. If you find any major issues please report them to our bug and issue tracker. If no major issues have been identified by June 15th, then creation of 4.9.1 will proceed. Currently, 4.9.1 is scheduled to be available on June 26th, and it will be a production release and can be used to create production products. Please download and validate this release to help ensure 4.9.1 is a great release!

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Application Changes

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New Features

• Added a JPEG 2000 Importer for 64-bit Windows. (OPTICKS-1295)
• Added a JPEG 2000 Exporter for 32-bit and 64-bit Windows. This exporter is compatible with 1, 2, and 4-byte signed and unsigned integer data as well as 4-byte floating point data and uses lossless compression. Exported 4-byte data may not be viewable in other applications or in previous versions of Opticks. For more details, see the Help. (OPTICKS-1419)
• Added an MJPEG video product exporter. (OPTICKS-1420)
• Added the ability to generate product movies at full data resolution. (OPTICKS-1420)

Bug Fixes

• Modified the existing JPEG2000 Importer for 32-bit Windows to be compatible with the new JPEG 2000 Exporter. (OPTICKS-1295)
• Fixed the description field in the Linux .deb which was causing an error on Ubuntu 12.04LTS. (OPTICKS-1410)

SDK (Software Development Kit) Changes

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New Features

• Added version 1.5.0 of the OpenJPEG dependency for 64-bit Windows. The existing version of the library was kept for 32-bit Windows in order to maintain compatibility with 4.9.0. (OPTICKS-1295)

Other Changes

• Modified the Visual Studio property sheets for FFmpeg. The new ffmpeg-debug.props and ffmpeg-release.props files should be used instead of the old ffmpeg.props sheet. Failure to change the property sheets will result in linker errors for Visual Studio users. (OPTICKS-1420)

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Spectral Processing Extension 1.6.0 has been released on May 11th, 2012.

This version of the Spectral Processing Extension only supports Opticks 4.9.X. If you want a version of Spectral Processing extension for use with Opticks 4.8.X, you must download an earlier version of this extension.

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New Features

• An image classifier based on the K-Means algorithm was added. (EXTRAS-104)
• NDVI results can now be displayed in the same view as the original raster data. (EXTRAS-110)
• Signatures now support individual units which can be changed by the user. (EXTRAS-218)
• Added HTML user documentation for the Spectral plug-ins. The documentation can be accessed by a new command on the Help menu or by a Help button in the several of the plug-in dialogs. (EXTRAS-227)

Bug Fixes

• NDVI now correctly supports batch mode operation. (EXTRAS-110)
• Fixed TAD crash with a small AOI. (EXTRAS-204)
• Fixed importing of multiple slb files. (EXTRAS-221)
• Fixed unit scaling problems in ACE. (EXTRAS-222)
• Properly calculate means over the same subset as the covariance matrix in ACE. (EXTRAS-222)
• Utilize coherency information in ACE for fewer false hits. (EXTRAS-222)
• ACE no longer fails when there is partial overlap between data and signature. (EXTRAS-223)
• Fixed Spectral Library Match (SLM) crash when deleting elements which were being displayed in the SLM Results Window. (EXTRAS-234)

Supported Opticks Versions

• This extension is supported in any version of Opticks 4.9.X that is Opticks 4.9.0 or later.

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Spectral Processing Extension 1.6.0 has been released on May 11th, 2012.

This version of the Spectral Processing Extension only supports Opticks 4.9.X. If you want a version of Spectral Processing extension for use with Opticks 4.8.X, you must download an earlier version of this extension.

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New Features

• An image classifier based on the K-Means algorithm was added. (EXTRAS-104)
• NDVI results can now be displayed in the same view as the original raster data. (EXTRAS-110)
• Signatures now support individual units which can be changed by the user. (EXTRAS-218)
• Added HTML user documentation for the Spectral plug-ins. The documentation can be accessed by a new command on the Help menu or by a Help button in the several of the plug-in dialogs. (EXTRAS-227)

Bug Fixes

• NDVI now correctly supports batch mode operation. (EXTRAS-110)
• Fixed TAD crash with a small AOI. (EXTRAS-204)
• Fixed importing of multiple slb files. (EXTRAS-221)
• Fixed unit scaling problems in ACE. (EXTRAS-222)
• Properly calculate means over the same subset as the covariance matrix in ACE. (EXTRAS-222)
• Utilize coherency information in ACE for fewer false hits. (EXTRAS-222)
• ACE no longer fails when there is partial overlap between data and signature. (EXTRAS-223)
• Fixed Spectral Library Match (SLM) crash when deleting elements which were being displayed in the SLM Results Window. (EXTRAS-234)

Supported Opticks Versions

• This extension is supported in any version of Opticks 4.9.X that is Opticks 4.9.0 or later.

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Python Scripting Extension 1.6.0 has been released on May 11th, 2012.

This version of the Python Scripting Extension only supports Opticks 4.9.X. If you want a version of Python Scripting extension for use with Opticks 4.8.X, you must download an earlier version of this extension.

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Bug Fixes

• A Linux build problem was fixed. In versions since 1.4.0, revision 1.0.1 of the python26 dependency needed to be downloaded manually in order to build successfully. (EXTRAS-216)

Supported Opticks Versions

• This extension is supported in any version of Opticks 4.9.X that is Opticks 4.9.0 or later.

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Python Scripting Extension 1.6.0 has been released on May 11th, 2012.

This version of the Python Scripting Extension only supports Opticks 4.9.X. If you want a version of Python Scripting extension for use with Opticks 4.8.X, you must download an earlier version of this extension.

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Bug Fixes

• A Linux build problem was fixed. In versions since 1.4.0, revision 1.0.1 of the python26 dependency needed to be downloaded manually in order to build successfully. (EXTRAS-216)

Supported Opticks Versions

• This extension is supported in any version of Opticks 4.9.X that is Opticks 4.9.0 or later.

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IDL Scripting Extension 1.6.0 has been released on May 11th, 2012.

This version of the IDL Scripting Extension only supports Opticks 4.9.X. If you want a version of IDL Scripting extension for use with Opticks 4.8.X, you must download an earlier version of this extension.

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Bug Fixes

• Progress dialogs from wizards executed by IDL are now displayed. (EXTRAS-207)
• Several functions used to crash when called without arguments. This has been fixed. (EXTRAS-225)
• The execute_wizard command used to allow nested wizards to be called through IDL, resulting in a crash. Nested wizards are no longer allowed. (EXTRAS-230)

Supported Opticks Versions

• This extension is supported in any version of Opticks 4.9.X that is Opticks 4.9.0 or later.

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IDL Scripting Extension 1.6.0 has been released on May 11th, 2012.

This version of the IDL Scripting Extension only supports Opticks 4.9.X. If you want a version of IDL Scripting extension for use with Opticks 4.8.X, you must download an earlier version of this extension.

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Bug Fixes

• Progress dialogs from wizards executed by IDL are now displayed. (EXTRAS-207)
• Several functions used to crash when called without arguments. This has been fixed. (EXTRAS-225)
• The execute_wizard command used to allow nested wizards to be called through IDL, resulting in a crash. Nested wizards are no longer allowed. (EXTRAS-230)

Supported Opticks Versions

• This extension is supported in any version of Opticks 4.9.X that is Opticks 4.9.0 or later.

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Opticks 4.9.0 has been released on May 11th, 2012.

This release is intended to replace 4.8.0 as the recommended release.

The Opticks 4.9.0 release is binary incompatible with any 4.8.X release. Any extensions built for Opticks 4.8.X will need to be rebuilt against 4.9.0 in order to work with any 4.9.X release. Once an extension has been built against 4.9.0, it will continue to work without changes on any later 4.9.X release.

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Application Changes

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New Features

• The KML exporter will now attach custom information to the kml extendedData tag. (OPTICKS-155)
• The user can now change the Units values (e.g. scaling factor) associated with an individual signature element. The Units values can be accessed via either the Data tab on the element's properties dialog or the Data tab on the import options dialog. This change does not apply to the signature library elements. It does apply to individually imported signatures and the individual signatures within a signature library. The Units values for all signatures within a signature library can still be changed via the Units item on the Data tab for the raster element associated with the signature library element. (OPTICKS-1256)
• Items in the Legend area of a plot now display their full name in a tool tip. (OPTICKS-1283)
• An importer and exporter for COLLADA DAE files are now available. (OPTICKS-1288)
• New options are available on the Georeference page of the Options dialog to set the default geocoordinate type and the latitude/longitude display format. Consequently, the "Dms Format" option was removed from the Layers/"Lat/Lon" page and the "Location Units" option was removed from the Layers/Measurement page of the Options dialog. Both of these values now respect the new Georeference options. The new Georeference options are applied to the following items (OPTICKS-1303):
  • Latitude/longitude layer
  • Measurement layer
  • Annotation layer latitude/longitude insert object
  • Raster layer coordinate status bar values
  • Raster layer coordinate tool tip
  • GCP Editor
  • Zoom and Pan to Point dialog
  • Georeference dialog
  • Results Exporter options widget
• Capability was added to the Windows/Workspace/Cube page of the Options dialog to set the default crosshair color and size of a spatial data view. (OPTICKS-1317)
• Capability was added to the Spatial Data View tab of the Properties dialog to view/edit the current crosshair color and size of a spatial data view. (OPTICKS-1317)
• Annotation objects containing associated geocoordinates that are copied and pasted will now be positioned based on their geocoordinates instead of pixel coordinates if possible. (OPTICKS-1320)
• The HDF5 importers now support skip factors and subsets for on-disk read only processing of BSQ datasets. (OPTICKS-1360, OPTICKS-1361)

Bug Fixes

• The KML Exporter will no longer fail when any view or layer fails to export provided that at least one view or layer was successfully exported. (OPTICKS-164)
• Fixed the North and East Arrow annotations to point in the correct direction for georeferencing with higher order polynomials. (OPTICKS-808)
• NITF GCPs would occasionally load with incorrect values. This should now be fixed. (OPTICKS-1261, OPTICKS-1338)
• The Import Options dialog now always selects the first data set in the first file if all data sets are not imported by default. (OPTICKS-1263)
• Fixed typo in the NITF CMETAA TRE field name. (OPTICKS-1291)
• The pseudocolor layer now displays properly when classes containing only 0 and -1 values are present. (OPTICKS-1298)
• Copyright text for third party dependencies was updated. (OPTICKS-1300)
• The statistics widget in a histogram plot is now properly restored when loading a session. (OPTICKS-1307)
• Plots displaying gridlines are now properly restored in a session. (OPTICKS-1308)
• Specifying a band skip factor on import now correctly selects the last band if applicable. (OPTICKS-1314)
• Annotation layers containing CGM objects are now properly restored in a session. (OPTICKS-1324)
• The Message Log Window no longer reports a failure when GeoMosaic completes successfully. (OPTICKS-1331)
• Docking/undocking certain dock windows no longer activates the first workspace window displayed in the session explorer. (OPTICKS-1332)
• Opticks no longer crashes when loading a FITS file from the MRU file list. (OPTICKS-1337)
• The active plot in a plot window is now properly restored when loading a session. (OPTICKS-1344)
• The FITS importer will now correctly load data where the primary HDU contains no imagery but subsequent HDUs do contain imagery. This is common in FITS files generated by the Hubble Space Telescope. (OPTICKS-1351)
• Opticks no longer crashes when closing a data set containing a shape file annotation layer that was loaded using ArcGIS. (OPTICKS-1352)
• Images exported with the Pictures exporters (e.g. Bitmap, JPG, PNG) now properly export text that is drawn in the image. (OPTICKS-1362)
• The Chipping Window now works correctly when using skip factors and exporting directly to file. (OPTICKS-1363)
• The application no longer crashes when opening a new session while background plug-ins are running. (OPTICKS-1389)
• Exporting view images or plot images with any of the view exporters or plot widget exporters now properly takes transparency into account on Solaris. (OPTICKS-1390)

Extension Developer Changes

• If the import options widget in an importer updates the data descriptor of the selected data set in the Import Options dialog, changes to the data descriptor now persist when the Import Options dialog is opened multiple times. (OPTICKS-1217)
• Calling View::setClassification() or DataElement::setClassification() now only notifies the Subject::Modified signal once. Previously it notified twice, the first time where not all of the classification values had been set. (OPTICKS-1217)
• The DesktopServices::WindowRemoved signal is now properly emitted while the window is still fully created when closing a workspace window by clicking the 'X' button. (OPTICKS-1352)

SDK (Software Development Kit) Changes

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New Features

• An initial custom layer capability was added. This capability allows developer plug-ins to draw directly in a custom layer within a spatial data view. The drawing and specific information needed by the view (e.g. layer extents) is implemented in a special DrawObject instance that is set into the custom layer. The custom layer also maintains an Any data element, where custom data drawn by the DrawObject can optionally be stored. This capability is demonstrated by the new CustomLayerPlugIn class within the PlugInSamplerQt project. (OPTICKS-504)
• The PlotWindow class has been removed and replaced with a new PlotSetGroup class, which is a widget containing multiple plot sets that can be added either to a dock window or a custom widget. (OPTICKS-541)
• Capability was added to DeskopServices to create and destroy PlotSetGroup instances. (OPTICKS-541)
• HistogramWindow now inherits DockWindow instead of the the obsolete PlotWindow class. (OPTICKS-541)
• The PLOT_WINDOW value in WindowTypeEnum has been removed. Code should be updated to use the DOCK_WINDOW value when calling DesktopServices::getWindow(). (OPTICKS-541)
• A new PlotSet::ViewAssociated signal has been added that is notified when a view is associated with a PlotSet. (OPTICKS-541)
• New const and non-const methods have been added to PlotSet to get the QWidget pointer for the plot set widget. (OPTICKS-541)
• The PlotSet::getAssociatedView() method has been replaced with separate const and non-const overloads. (OPTICKS-541)
• New ViewWindow::AboutToSetWidget and ViewWindow::WidgetSet signals have been added that are notified when a widget or view is set into the window. (OPTICKS-541)
• Const overloads have been added for the DockWindowShell::getAction() and DockWindowShell::getDockWindow() methods. (OPTICKS-541)
• A new DockWindowShell::getDockWindow() convenience method was added to get a pointer to the DockWindow. (OPTICKS-541)
• New signals have been added to DataDescriptor, FileDescriptor, and their subclasses that provide a more defined notification when their internal values change. (OPTICKS-1217)
• The Units class now inherits Subject and has defined signals that notify when the internal values change. (OPTICKS-1217)
• A new ClassificationTextChanged signal has been added to View that notifies only when the View's classification changes such that the displayed text changes. (OPTICKS-1217)
• A new compare() method has been added to DynamicObject and Classification that allows comparison of two objects. (OPTICKS-1217)
• The ClassificationWidget now updates its Classification object as the user changes values in the widget. (OPTICKS-1217)
• New classes SignatureDataDescriptor and SignatureFileDescriptor have been added. The Units map associated with a Signature element and the methods setUnits(), getUnits() and getUnitNames() have been moved to the new classes. The Signature class retains convienance methods for getUnits() and getUnitsNames(), but method setUnits() is only available from the new classes. Signature importers and exporters will have to be updated for this change. (OPTICKS-1256)
• Added OpenCOLLADA as a dependency. (OPTICKS-1288)
• New Georeference::GeocoordType and Georeference::LatLonFormat configuration settings are available to set the default geocoordinate type and latitude/longitude display format. The LatLonLayer::Format, LatLonLayer::GeocoordType, MeasurementLayer::GeoFormat, and MeasurementLayer::GeocoordType configuration settings have been removed, and their values now respect the new Georeference settings. (OPTICKS-1303)
• The GeocoordType::GEOCOORD_GENERAL enum value has been removed. Objects using this value should now check for an invalid enum instead. (OPTICKS-1303)
• A new GeocoordTypeComboBox class is available in PlugInUtilities that provides a combo box widget for users to select a supported geocoordinate type. (OPTICKS-1303)
• New methods are now available in the View class to set and get the crosshair color and size. (OPTICKS-1317)
• The Opticks build system now supports Subversion 1.7 in addition to all previously supported versions. This only affected developers building the Opticks source code and not those using only the SDK. (OPTICKS-1366)
• The means calculated in the Covariance plug-in are now available in a new child RasterElement and output arg. (OPTICKS-1371)

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Opticks 4.9.0 has been released on May 11th, 2012.

This release is intended to replace 4.8.0 as the recommended release.

The Opticks 4.9.0 release is binary incompatible with any 4.8.X release. Any extensions built for Opticks 4.8.X will need to be rebuilt against 4.9.0 in order to work with any 4.9.X release. Once an extension has been built against 4.9.0, it will continue to work without changes on any later 4.9.X release.

View the complete list of new features and bug fixes.

Application Changes

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New Features

• The KML exporter will now attach custom information to the kml extendedData tag. (OPTICKS-155)
• The user can now change the Units values (e.g. scaling factor) associated with an individual signature element. The Units values can be accessed via either the Data tab on the element's properties dialog or the Data tab on the import options dialog. This change does not apply to the signature library elements. It does apply to individually imported signatures and the individual signatures within a signature library. The Units values for all signatures within a signature library can still be changed via the Units item on the Data tab for the raster element associated with the signature library element. (OPTICKS-1256)
• Items in the Legend area of a plot now display their full name in a tool tip. (OPTICKS-1283)
• An importer and exporter for COLLADA DAE files are now available. (OPTICKS-1288)
• New options are available on the Georeference page of the Options dialog to set the default geocoordinate type and the latitude/longitude display format. Consequently, the "Dms Format" option was removed from the Layers/"Lat/Lon" page and the "Location Units" option was removed from the Layers/Measurement page of the Options dialog. Both of these values now respect the new Georeference options. The new Georeference options are applied to the following items (OPTICKS-1303):
  • Latitude/longitude layer
  • Measurement layer
  • Annotation layer latitude/longitude insert object
  • Raster layer coordinate status bar values
  • Raster layer coordinate tool tip
  • GCP Editor
  • Zoom and Pan to Point dialog
  • Georeference dialog
  • Results Exporter options widget
• Capability was added to the Windows/Workspace/Cube page of the Options dialog to set the default crosshair color and size of a spatial data view. (OPTICKS-1317)
• Capability was added to the Spatial Data View tab of the Properties dialog to view/edit the current crosshair color and size of a spatial data view. (OPTICKS-1317)
• Annotation objects containing associated geocoordinates that are copied and pasted will now be positioned based on their geocoordinates instead of pixel coordinates if possible. (OPTICKS-1320)
• The HDF5 importers now support skip factors and subsets for on-disk read only processing of BSQ datasets. (OPTICKS-1360, OPTICKS-1361)

Bug Fixes

• The KML Exporter will no longer fail when any view or layer fails to export provided that at least one view or layer was successfully exported. (OPTICKS-164)
• Fixed the North and East Arrow annotations to point in the correct direction for georeferencing with higher order polynomials. (OPTICKS-808)
• NITF GCPs would occasionally load with incorrect values. This should now be fixed. (OPTICKS-1261, OPTICKS-1338)
• The Import Options dialog now always selects the first data set in the first file if all data sets are not imported by default. (OPTICKS-1263)
• Fixed typo in the NITF CMETAA TRE field name. (OPTICKS-1291)
• The pseudocolor layer now displays properly when classes containing only 0 and -1 values are present. (OPTICKS-1298)
• Copyright text for third party dependencies was updated. (OPTICKS-1300)
• The statistics widget in a histogram plot is now properly restored when loading a session. (OPTICKS-1307)
• Plots displaying gridlines are now properly restored in a session. (OPTICKS-1308)
• Specifying a band skip factor on import now correctly selects the last band if applicable. (OPTICKS-1314)
• Annotation layers containing CGM objects are now properly restored in a session. (OPTICKS-1324)
• The Message Log Window no longer reports a failure when GeoMosaic completes successfully. (OPTICKS-1331)
• Docking/undocking certain dock windows no longer activates the first workspace window displayed in the session explorer. (OPTICKS-1332)
• Opticks no longer crashes when loading a FITS file from the MRU file list. (OPTICKS-1337)
• The active plot in a plot window is now properly restored when loading a session. (OPTICKS-1344)
• The FITS importer will now correctly load data where the primary HDU contains no imagery but subsequent HDUs do contain imagery. This is common in FITS files generated by the Hubble Space Telescope. (OPTICKS-1351)
• Opticks no longer crashes when closing a data set containing a shape file annotation layer that was loaded using ArcGIS. (OPTICKS-1352)
• Images exported with the Pictures exporters (e.g. Bitmap, JPG, PNG) now properly export text that is drawn in the image. (OPTICKS-1362)
• The Chipping Window now works correctly when using skip factors and exporting directly to file. (OPTICKS-1363)
• The application no longer crashes when opening a new session while background plug-ins are running. (OPTICKS-1389)
• Exporting view images or plot images with any of the view exporters or plot widget exporters now properly takes transparency into account on Solaris. (OPTICKS-1390)

Extension Developer Changes

• If the import options widget in an importer updates the data descriptor of the selected data set in the Import Options dialog, changes to the data descriptor now persist when the Import Options dialog is opened multiple times. (OPTICKS-1217)
• Calling View::setClassification() or DataElement::setClassification() now only notifies the Subject::Modified signal once. Previously it notified twice, the first time where not all of the classification values had been set. (OPTICKS-1217)
• The DesktopServices::WindowRemoved signal is now properly emitted while the window is still fully created when closing a workspace window by clicking the 'X' button. (OPTICKS-1352)

SDK (Software Development Kit) Changes

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New Features

• An initial custom layer capability was added. This capability allows developer plug-ins to draw directly in a custom layer within a spatial data view. The drawing and specific information needed by the view (e.g. layer extents) is implemented in a special DrawObject instance that is set into the custom layer. The custom layer also maintains an Any data element, where custom data drawn by the DrawObject can optionally be stored. This capability is demonstrated by the new CustomLayerPlugIn class within the PlugInSamplerQt project. (OPTICKS-504)
• The PlotWindow class has been removed and replaced with a new PlotSetGroup class, which is a widget containing multiple plot sets that can be added either to a dock window or a custom widget. (OPTICKS-541)
• Capability was added to DeskopServices to create and destroy PlotSetGroup instances. (OPTICKS-541)
• HistogramWindow now inherits DockWindow instead of the the obsolete PlotWindow class. (OPTICKS-541)
• The PLOT_WINDOW value in WindowTypeEnum has been removed. Code should be updated to use the DOCK_WINDOW value when calling DesktopServices::getWindow(). (OPTICKS-541)
• A new PlotSet::ViewAssociated signal has been added that is notified when a view is associated with a PlotSet. (OPTICKS-541)
• New const and non-const methods have been added to PlotSet to get the QWidget pointer for the plot set widget. (OPTICKS-541)
• The PlotSet::getAssociatedView() method has been replaced with separate const and non-const overloads. (OPTICKS-541)
• New ViewWindow::AboutToSetWidget and ViewWindow::WidgetSet signals have been added that are notified when a widget or view is set into the window. (OPTICKS-541)
• Const overloads have been added for the DockWindowShell::getAction() and DockWindowShell::getDockWindow() methods. (OPTICKS-541)
• A new DockWindowShell::getDockWindow() convenience method was added to get a pointer to the DockWindow. (OPTICKS-541)
• New signals have been added to DataDescriptor, FileDescriptor, and their subclasses that provide a more defined notification when their internal values change. (OPTICKS-1217)
• The Units class now inherits Subject and has defined signals that notify when the internal values change. (OPTICKS-1217)
• A new ClassificationTextChanged signal has been added to View that notifies only when the View's classification changes such that the displayed text changes. (OPTICKS-1217)
• A new compare() method has been added to DynamicObject and Classification that allows comparison of two objects. (OPTICKS-1217)
• The ClassificationWidget now updates its Classification object as the user changes values in the widget. (OPTICKS-1217)
• New classes SignatureDataDescriptor and SignatureFileDescriptor have been added. The Units map associated with a Signature element and the methods setUnits(), getUnits() and getUnitNames() have been moved to the new classes. The Signature class retains convienance methods for getUnits() and getUnitsNames(), but method setUnits() is only available from the new classes. Signature importers and exporters will have to be updated for this change. (OPTICKS-1256)
• Added OpenCOLLADA as a dependency. (OPTICKS-1288)
• New Georeference::GeocoordType and Georeference::LatLonFormat configuration settings are available to set the default geocoordinate type and latitude/longitude display format. The LatLonLayer::Format, LatLonLayer::GeocoordType, MeasurementLayer::GeoFormat, and MeasurementLayer::GeocoordType configuration settings have been removed, and their values now respect the new Georeference settings. (OPTICKS-1303)
• The GeocoordType::GEOCOORD_GENERAL enum value has been removed. Objects using this value should now check for an invalid enum instead. (OPTICKS-1303)
• A new GeocoordTypeComboBox class is available in PlugInUtilities that provides a combo box widget for users to select a supported geocoordinate type. (OPTICKS-1303)
• New methods are now available in the View class to set and get the crosshair color and size. (OPTICKS-1317)
• The Opticks build system now supports Subversion 1.7 in addition to all previously supported versions. This only affected developers building the Opticks source code and not those using only the SDK. (OPTICKS-1366)
• The means calculated in the Covariance plug-in are now available in a new child RasterElement and output arg. (OPTICKS-1371)

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Spectral Processing Extension 1.6.0rc2 has been released on May 5th, 2012.

This release is a release candidate for 1.6.0. This release is marked as "not for production". The current plan is to allow three days for the community to validate this release. If you find any major issues please report them to our bug and issue tracker. If no major issues have been identified by May 10th, then creation of 1.6.0 will proceed. Currently, 1.6.0 is scheduled to be available on May 11th, and it will be a production release and can be used to create production products. Please download and validate this release to help ensure 1.6.0 is a great release!

This version of the Spectral Processing Extension only supports Opticks 4.9.X. If you want a version of Spectral Processing extension for use with Opticks 4.8.X, you must download an earlier version of this extension.

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Bug Fixes

• No functional changes have been made for this release. This release was built against the Opticks 4.9.0rc2 SDK.

Supported Opticks Versions

• This extension is supported in any version of Opticks 4.9.X that is Opticks 4.9.0rc2 or later.

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Spectral Processing Extension 1.6.0rc2 has been released on May 5th, 2012.

This release is a release candidate for 1.6.0. This release is marked as "not for production". The current plan is to allow three days for the community to validate this release. If you find any major issues please report them to our bug and issue tracker. If no major issues have been identified by May 10th, then creation of 1.6.0 will proceed. Currently, 1.6.0 is scheduled to be available on May 11th, and it will be a production release and can be used to create production products. Please download and validate this release to help ensure 1.6.0 is a great release!

This version of the Spectral Processing Extension only supports Opticks 4.9.X. If you want a version of Spectral Processing extension for use with Opticks 4.8.X, you must download an earlier version of this extension.

View complete list of new features and fixed bugs.

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Bug Fixes

• No functional changes have been made for this release. This release was built against the Opticks 4.9.0rc2 SDK.

Supported Opticks Versions

• This extension is supported in any version of Opticks 4.9.X that is Opticks 4.9.0rc2 or later.

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Python Scripting Extension 1.6.0rc2 has been released on May 5th, 2012.

This release is a release candidate for 1.6.0. This release is marked as "not for production". The current plan is to allow three days for the community to validate this release. If you find any major issues please report them to our bug and issue tracker. If no major issues have been identified by May 10th, then creation of 1.6.0 will proceed. Currently, 1.6.0 is scheduled to be available on May 11th, and it will be a production release and can be used to create production products. Please download and validate this release to help ensure 1.6.0 is a great release!

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Bug Fixes

• No functional changes have been made for this release. This release was built against the Opticks 4.9.0rc2 SDK.

Supported Opticks Versions

• This extension is supported in any version of Opticks 4.9.X that is Opticks 4.9.0rc2 or later.

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Python Scripting Extension 1.6.0rc2 has been released on May 5th, 2012.

This release is a release candidate for 1.6.0. This release is marked as "not for production". The current plan is to allow three days for the community to validate this release. If you find any major issues please report them to our bug and issue tracker. If no major issues have been identified by May 10th, then creation of 1.6.0 will proceed. Currently, 1.6.0 is scheduled to be available on May 11th, and it will be a production release and can be used to create production products. Please download and validate this release to help ensure 1.6.0 is a great release!

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Bug Fixes

• No functional changes have been made for this release. This release was built against the Opticks 4.9.0rc2 SDK.

Supported Opticks Versions

• This extension is supported in any version of Opticks 4.9.X that is Opticks 4.9.0rc2 or later.

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IDL Scripting Extension 1.6.0rc2 has been released on May 5th, 2012.

This release is a release candidate for 1.6.0. This release is marked as "not for production". The current plan is to allow three days for the community to validate this release. If you find any major issues please report them to our bug and issue tracker. If no major issues have been identified by May 10th, then creation of 1.6.0 will proceed. Currently, 1.6.0 is scheduled to be available on May 11th, and it will be a production release and can be used to create production products. Please download and validate this release to help ensure 1.6.0 is a great release!

This version of the IDL Scripting Extension only supports Opticks 4.9.X. If you want a version of IDL Scripting extension for use with Opticks 4.8.X, you must download an earlier version of this extension.

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Bug Fixes

• No functional changes have been made for this release. This release was built against the Opticks 4.9.0rc2 SDK.

Supported Opticks Versions

• This extension is supported in any version of Opticks 4.9.X that is Opticks 4.9.0rc2 or later.

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IDL Scripting Extension 1.6.0rc2 has been released on May 5th, 2012.

This release is a release candidate for 1.6.0. This release is marked as "not for production". The current plan is to allow three days for the community to validate this release. If you find any major issues please report them to our bug and issue tracker. If no major issues have been identified by May 10th, then creation of 1.6.0 will proceed. Currently, 1.6.0 is scheduled to be available on May 11th, and it will be a production release and can be used to create production products. Please download and validate this release to help ensure 1.6.0 is a great release!

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Bug Fixes

• No functional changes have been made for this release. This release was built against the Opticks 4.9.0rc2 SDK.

Supported Opticks Versions

• This extension is supported in any version of Opticks 4.9.X that is Opticks 4.9.0rc2 or later.

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Opticks 4.9.0rc2 has been released on May 5th, 2012.

This release is the second release candidate for 4.9.0. This release is marked as "not for production". The current plan is to allow three days for the community to validate this release. If you find any major issues please report them to our bug and issue tracker. If no major issues have been identified by May 10th, then creation of 4.9.0 will proceed. Currently, 4.9.0 is scheduled to be available on May 11th, and it will be a production release and can be used to create production products. Please download and validate this release to help ensure 4.9.0 is a great release!

The Opticks 4.9.0rc2 release is binary incompatible with any 4.8.X release. Any extensions built for Opticks 4.8.X will need to be re-built against 4.9.0rc2 in order to work with any 4.9.X release. Once an extension has been built against 4.9.0rc2, it will continue to work without changes on any later 4.9.X release.

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Application Changes

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Bug Fixes

• The application no longer crashes when loading a session containing a product. This problem was introduced in 4.9.0rc1. (OPTICKS-1386)
• The application no longer crashes when opening a new session while background plug-ins are running. (OPTICKS-1389)
• Exporting a plot image with any of the plot widget exporters now works successfully on Solaris. This problem was introduced in 4.9.0rc1. (OPTICKS-1390)
• Exporting view images or plot images with any of the view exporters or plot widget exporters now properly takes transparency into account on Solaris. (OPTICKS-1390)

SDK (Software Development Kit) Changes

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Bug Fixes

• The application no longer crashes when opening a new session while the CustomLayerPlugIn sample plug-in is running. This problem was introduced in 4.9.0rc1. (OPTICKS-1389)

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Opticks 4.9.0rc2 has been released on May 5th, 2012.

This release is the second release candidate for 4.9.0. This release is marked as "not for production". The current plan is to allow three days for the community to validate this release. If you find any major issues please report them to our bug and issue tracker. If no major issues have been identified by May 10th, then creation of 4.9.0 will proceed. Currently, 4.9.0 is scheduled to be available on May 11th, and it will be a production release and can be used to create production products. Please download and validate this release to help ensure 4.9.0 is a great release!

The Opticks 4.9.0rc2 release is binary incompatible with any 4.8.X release. Any extensions built for Opticks 4.8.X will need to be re-built against 4.9.0rc2 in order to work with any 4.9.X release. Once an extension has been built against 4.9.0rc2, it will continue to work without changes on any later 4.9.X release.

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Application Changes

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Bug Fixes

• The application no longer crashes when loading a session containing a product. This problem was introduced in 4.9.0rc1. (OPTICKS-1386)
• The application no longer crashes when opening a new session while background plug-ins are running. (OPTICKS-1389)
• Exporting a plot image with any of the plot widget exporters now works successfully on Solaris. This problem was introduced in 4.9.0rc1. (OPTICKS-1390)
• Exporting view images or plot images with any of the view exporters or plot widget exporters now properly takes transparency into account on Solaris. (OPTICKS-1390)

SDK (Software Development Kit) Changes

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Bug Fixes

• The application no longer crashes when opening a new session while the CustomLayerPlugIn sample plug-in is running. This problem was introduced in 4.9.0rc1. (OPTICKS-1389)

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Spectral Processing Extension 1.6.0rc1 has been released on April 20th, 2012.

This release is the first release candidate for 1.6.0. This release is marked as "not for production". The current plan is to allow two weeks for the community to validate this release. If you find any major issues please report them to our bug and issue tracker. If no major issues have been identified by May 7th, then creation of 1.6.0 will proceed. Currently, 1.6.0 is scheduled to be available on May 8th, and it will be a production release and can be used to create production products. Please download and validate this release to help ensure 1.6.0 is a great release!

This version of the Spectral Processing Extension only supports Opticks 4.9.X. If you want a version of Spectral Processing extension for use with Opticks 4.8.X, you must download an earlier version of this extension.

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New Features

• An image classifier based on the K-Means algorithm was added. (EXTRAS-104)
• NDVI results can now be displayed in the same view as the original raster data. (EXTRAS-110)
• Signatures now support individual units which can be changed by the user. (EXTRAS-218)
• Added HTML user documentation for the Spectral plug-ins. The documentation can be accessed by a new command on the Help menu or by a Help button in the several of the plug-in dialogs. (EXTRAS-227)

Bug Fixes

• NDVI now correctly supports batch mode operation. (EXTRAS-110)
• Fixed TAD crash with a small AOI. (EXTRAS-204)
• Fixed importing of multiple slb files. (EXTRAS-221)
• Fixed unit scaling problems in ACE. (EXTRAS-222)
• Properly calculate means over the same subset as the covariance matrix in ACE. (EXTRAS-222)
• Utilize coherency information in ACE for fewer false hits. (EXTRAS-222)
• ACE no longer fails when there is partial overlap between data and signature. (EXTRAS-223)
• Fixed Spectral Library Match (SLM) crash when deleting elements which were being displayed in the SLM Results Window. (EXTRAS-234)

Supported Opticks Versions

• This extension is supported in any version of Opticks 4.9.X that is Opticks 4.9.0rc1 or later.

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Spectral Processing Extension 1.6.0rc1 has been released on April 20th, 2012.

This release is the first release candidate for 1.6.0. This release is marked as "not for production". The current plan is to allow two weeks for the community to validate this release. If you find any major issues please report them to our bug and issue tracker. If no major issues have been identified by May 7th, then creation of 1.6.0 will proceed. Currently, 1.6.0 is scheduled to be available on May 8th, and it will be a production release and can be used to create production products. Please download and validate this release to help ensure 1.6.0 is a great release!

This version of the Spectral Processing Extension only supports Opticks 4.9.X. If you want a version of Spectral Processing extension for use with Opticks 4.8.X, you must download an earlier version of this extension.

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New Features

• An image classifier based on the K-Means algorithm was added. (EXTRAS-104)
• NDVI results can now be displayed in the same view as the original raster data. (EXTRAS-110)
• Signatures now support individual units which can be changed by the user. (EXTRAS-218)
• Added HTML user documentation for the Spectral plug-ins. The documentation can be accessed by a new command on the Help menu or by a Help button in the several of the plug-in dialogs. (EXTRAS-227)

Bug Fixes

• NDVI now correctly supports batch mode operation. (EXTRAS-110)
• Fixed TAD crash with a small AOI. (EXTRAS-204)
• Fixed importing of multiple slb files. (EXTRAS-221)
• Fixed unit scaling problems in ACE. (EXTRAS-222)
• Properly calculate means over the same subset as the covariance matrix in ACE. (EXTRAS-222)
• Utilize coherency information in ACE for fewer false hits. (EXTRAS-222)
• ACE no longer fails when there is partial overlap between data and signature. (EXTRAS-223)
• Fixed Spectral Library Match (SLM) crash when deleting elements which were being displayed in the SLM Results Window. (EXTRAS-234)

Supported Opticks Versions

• This extension is supported in any version of Opticks 4.9.X that is Opticks 4.9.0rc1 or later.

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Python Scripting Extension 1.6.0rc1 has been released on April 20th, 2012.

This release is the first release candidate for 1.6.0. This release is marked as "not for production". The current plan is to allow two weeks for the community to validate this release. If you find any major issues please report them to our bug and issue tracker. If no major issues have been identified by May 7th, then creation of 1.6.0 will proceed. Currently, 1.6.0 is scheduled to be available on May 8th, and it will be a production release and can be used to create production products. Please download and validate this release to help ensure 1.6.0 is a great release!

This version of the Python Scripting Extension only supports Opticks 4.9.X. If you want a version of Python Scripting extension for use with Opticks 4.8.X, you must download an earlier version of this extension.

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Bug Fixes

• A Linux build problem was fixed. In versions since 1.4.0, revision 1.0.1 of the python26 dependency needed to be downloaded manually in order to build successfully. (EXTRAS-216)

Supported Opticks Versions

• This extension is supported in any version of Opticks 4.9.X that is Opticks 4.9.0rc1 or later.

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IDL Scripting Extension 1.6.0rc1 has been released on April 20th, 2012.

This release is the first release candidate for 1.6.0. This release is marked as "not for production". The current plan is to allow two weeks for the community to validate this release. If you find any major issues please report them to our bug and issue tracker. If no major issues have been identified by May 7th, then creation of 1.6.0 will proceed. Currently, 1.6.0 is scheduled to be available on May 8th, and it will be a production release and can be used to create production products. Please download and validate this release to help ensure 1.6.0 is a great release!

This version of the IDL Scripting Extension only supports Opticks 4.9.X. If you want a version of IDL Scripting extension for use with Opticks 4.8.X, you must download an earlier version of this extension.

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Bug Fixes

• Progress dialogs from wizards executed by IDL are now displayed. (EXTRAS-207)
• Several functions used to crash when called without arguments. This has been fixed. (EXTRAS-225)
• The execute_wizard command used to allow nested wizards to be called through IDL, resulting in a crash. Nested wizards are no longer allowed. (EXTRAS-230)

Supported Opticks Versions

• This extension is supported in any version of Opticks 4.9.X that is Opticks 4.9.0rc1 or later.

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Opticks 4.9.0rc1 has been released on April 20th, 2012.

This release is the first release candidate for 4.9.0. This release is marked as "not for production". The current plan is to allow two weeks for the community to validate this release. If you find any major issues please report them to our bug and issue tracker. If no major issues have been identified by May 7th, then creation of 4.9.0 will proceed. Currently, 4.9.0 is scheduled to be available on May 8th, and it will be a production release and can be used to create production products. Please download and validate this release to help ensure 4.9.0 is a great release!

The Opticks 4.9.0rc1 release is binary incompatible with any 4.8.X release. Any extensions built for Opticks 4.8.X will need to be re-built against 4.9.0rc1 in order to work with any 4.9.X release. Once an extension has been built against 4.9.0rc1, it will continue to work without changes on any later 4.9.X release.

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Application Changes

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New Features

• The KML exporter will now attach custom information to the kml extendedData tag. (OPTICKS-155)
• The user can now change the Units values (e.g. scaling factor) associated with an individual signature element. The Units values can be accessed via either the Data tab on the element's properties dialog or the Data tab on the import options dialog. This change does not apply to the signature library elements. It does apply to individually imported signatures and the individual signatures within a signature library. The Units values for all signatures within a signature library can still be changed via the Units item on the Data tab for the raster element associated with the signature library element. (OPTICKS-1256)
• Items in the Legend area of a plot now display their full name in a tool tip. (OPTICKS-1283)
• An importer and exporter for COLLADA DAE files are now available. (OPTICKS-1288)
• New options are available on the Georeference page of the Options dialog to set the default geocoordinate type and the latitude/longitude display format. Consequently, the "Dms Format" option was removed from the Layers/"Lat/Lon" page and the "Location Units" option was removed from the Layers/Measurement page of the Options dialog. Both of these values now respect the new Georeference options. The new Georeference options are applied to the following items (OPTICKS-1303):
  • Latitude/longitude layer
  • Measurement layer
  • Annotation layer latitude/longitude insert object
  • Raster layer coordinate status bar values
  • Raster layer coordinate tool tip
  • GCP Editor
  • Zoom and Pan to Point dialog
  • Georeference dialog
  • Results Exporter options widget
• Capability was added to the Windows/Workspace/Cube page of the Options dialog to set the default crosshair color and size of a spatial data view. (OPTICKS-1317)
• Capability was added to the Spatial Data View tab of the Properties dialog to view/edit the current crosshair color and size of a spatial data view. (OPTICKS-1317)
• Annotation objects containing associated geocoordinates that are copied and pasted will now be positioned based on their geocoordinates instead of pixel coordinates if possible. (OPTICKS-1320)
• The HDF5 importers now support skip factors and subsets for on-disk read only processing of BSQ datasets. (OPTICKS-1360, OPTICKS-1361)

Bug Fixes

• The KML Exporter will no longer fail when any view or layer fails to export provided that at least one view or layer was successfully exported. (OPTICKS-164)
• Fixed the North and East Arrow annotations to point in the correct direction for georeferencing with higher order polynomials. (OPTICKS-808)
• NITF GCPs would occasionally load with incorrect values. This should now be fixed. (OPTICKS-1261, OPTICKS-1338)
• The Import Options dialog now always selects the first data set in the first file if all data sets are not imported by default. (OPTICKS-1263)
• Fixed typo in CMETAA TRE field name. (OPTICKS-1291)
• The pseudocolor layer now displays properly when classes containing only 0 and -1 values are present. (OPTICKS-1298)
• Copyright text for third party dependencies was updated. (OPTICKS-1300)
• The statistics widget in a histogram plot is now properly restored when loading a session. (OPTICKS-1307)
• Plots displaying gridlines are now properly restored in a session. (OPTICKS-1308)
• Specifying a band skip factor on import now correctly selects the last band if applicable. (OPTICKS-1314)
• Annotation layers containing CGM objects are now properly restored in a session. (OPTICKS-1324)
• The Message Log Window no longer reports a failure when GeoMosaic completes successfully. (OPTICKS-1331)
• Docking/undocking certain dock windows no longer activates the first workspace window displayed in the session explorer. (OPTICKS-1332)
• Opticks no longer crashes when loading a FITS file from the MRU. (OPTICKS-1337)
• The active plot in a plot window is now properly restored when loading a session. (OPTICKS-1344)
• The FITS importer will now correctly load data where the primary HDU contains no imagery but subsequent HDUs do contain imagery. This is common in FITS files generated by the Hubble Space Telescope. (OPTICKS-1351)
• Opticks no longer crashes when closing a data set containing a shape file annotation layer that was loaded using ArcGIS. (OPTICKS-1352)
• Images exported with the Pictures exporters (e.g. Bitmap, JPG, PNG) now properly export text that is drawn in the image. (OPTICKS-1362)
• The Chipping Window now works correctly when using skip factors and exporting directly to file. (OPTICKS-1363)

Extension Developer Changes

• If the import options widget in an importer updates the data descriptor of the selected data set in the Import Options dialog, changes to the data descriptor now persist when the Import Options dialog is opened multiple times. (OPTICKS-1217)
• Calling View::setClassification() or DataElement::setClassification() now only notifies the Subject::Modified signal once. Previously it notified twice, the first time where not all of the classification values had been set. (OPTICKS-1217)
• The DesktopServices::WindowRemoved signal is now properly emitted while the window is still fully created when closing a workspace window by clicking the 'X' button. (OPTICKS-1352)

SDK (Software Development Kit) Changes

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New Features

• An initial custom layer capability was added. This capability allows developer plug-ins to draw directly in a custom layer within a spatial data view. The drawing and specific information needed by the view (e.g. layer extents) is implemented in a special DrawObject instance that is set into the custom layer. The custom layer also maintains an Any data element, where custom data drawn by the DrawObject can optionally be stored. This capability is demonstrated by the new CustomLayerPlugIn class within the PlugInSamplerQt project. (OPTICKS-504)
• The PlotWindow class has been removed and replaced with a new PlotSetGroup class, which is a widget containing multiple plot sets that can be added either to a dock window or a custom widget. (OPTICKS-541)
• Capability was added to DeskopServices to create and destroy PlotSetGroup instances. (OPTICKS-541)
• HistogramWindow now inherits DockWindow instead of the the obsolete PlotWindow class. (OPTICKS-541)
• The PLOT_WINDOW value in WindowTypeEnum has been removed. Code should be updated to use the DOCK_WINDOW value when calling DesktopServices::getWindow(). (OPTICKS-541)
• A new PlotSet::ViewAssociated signal has been added that is notified when a view is associated with a PlotSet. (OPTICKS-541)
• New const and non-const methods have been added to PlotSet to get the QWidget pointer for the plot set widget. (OPTICKS-541)
• The PlotSet::getAssociatedView() method has been replaced with separate const and non-const overloads. (OPTICKS-541)
• New ViewWindow::AboutToSetWidget and ViewWindow::WidgetSet signals have been added that are notified when a widget or view is set into the window. (OPTICKS-541)
• Const overloads have been added for the DockWindowShell::getAction() and DockWindowShell::getDockWindow() methods. (OPTICKS-541)
• A new DockWindowShell::getDockWindow() convenience method was added to get a pointer to the DockWindow. (OPTICKS-541)
• New signals have been added to DataDescriptor, FileDescriptor, and their subclasses that provide a more defined notification when their internal values change. (OPTICKS-1217)
• The Units class now inherits Subject and has defined signals that notify when the internal values change. (OPTICKS-1217)
• A new ClassificationTextChanged signal has been added to View that notifies only when the View's classification changes such that the displayed text changes. (OPTICKS-1217)
• A new compare() method has been added to DynamicObject and Classification that allows comparison of two objects. (OPTICKS-1217)
• The ClassificationWidget now updates its Classification object as the user changes values in the widget. (OPTICKS-1217)
• New classes SignatureDataDescriptor and SignatureFileDescriptor have been added. The Units map associated with a Signature element and the methods setUnits(), getUnits() and getUnitNames() have been moved to the new classes. The Signature class retains convienance methods for getUnits() and getUnitsNames(), but method setUnits() is only available from the new classes. Signature importers and exporters will have to be updated for this change. (OPTICKS-1256)
• Added OpenCOLLADA as a dependency. (OPTICKS-1288)
• New Georeference::GeocoordType and Georeference::LatLonFormat configuration settings are available to set the default geocoordinate type and latitude/longitude display format. The LatLonLayer::Format, LatLonLayer::GeocoordType, MeasurementLayer::GeoFormat, and MeasurementLayer::GeocoordType configuration settings have been removed, and their values now respect the new Georeference settings. (OPTICKS-1303)
• The GeocoordType::GEOCOORD_GENERAL enum value has been removed. Objects using this value should now check for an invalid enum instead. (OPTICKS-1303)
• A new GeocoordTypeComboBox class is available in PlugInUtilities that provides a combo box widget for users to select a supported geocoordinate type. (OPTICKS-1303)
• New methods are now available in the View class to set and get the crosshair color and size. (OPTICKS-1317)
• The Opticks build system now supports Subversion 1.7 in addition to all previously supported versions. This only affected developers building the Opticks source code and not those using only the SDK. (OPTICKS-1366)
• The means calculated in the Covariance plug-in are now available in a new child RasterElement and output arg. (OPTICKS-1371)

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The Opticks Governance Policy is now official.

Thanks to all the community members who helped contribute to its success!

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The Opticks community is hard at work drafting the Opticks Governance Policy.

We would love to hear from interested parties on the Mailing Lists.

This policy will be voted on by current committers at the next IRC meeting on April 2, 2012.

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Spectral Processing Extension 1.5.0 has been released on January 20th, 2012.

This version of the Spectral Processing Extension only supports Opticks 4.8.X. If you want a version of Spectral Processing extension for use with Opticks 4.7.X, you must download an earlier version of this extension.

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New Features

• The CEM and SAM plug-ins now contain a batch mode input argument that can be set in a wizard to specify that a threshold layer should be created as output. (EXTRAS-77)
• A new context menu action is now available in the Signature Window to remove selected signatures without deleting them. (EXTRAS-205)
• A new context menu action is now available in the Signature Window to remove and delete all signatures in the Signature Window. (EXTRAS-205)
• The "Clear" command on the Signature Window context menu has been renamed to "Remove All" to indicate that the signatures are not deleted. (EXTRAS-205)
• New keyboard shortcuts are available for a number of the context menu commands in the Signature Window. (EXTRAS-205)
• Signature Window keyboard shortcuts are now available under the "Signature Plot" item instead of the "Signature Window/Signature Plot" item on the Session/Keyboard Shortcuts page of the Options dialog. (EXTRAS-205)
• A new user option is available on the Windows/Signature page of the Options dialog that allows wavelengths to be displayed by default in a signature plot instead of band numbers. (EXTRAS-209)

Bug Fixes

• API documentation was added for several classes in the Spectral SDK that previously contained no documentation. (EXTRAS-36)
• Changed the MNF dialog to include the filename for saving the coefficients instead of querying the user after the algorithm finishes. (EXTRAS-76)
• Canceling an import of signature libraries with the Spectral Signature Library Importer now works properly. (EXTRAS-88)
• The Spectral Library Match dialog now properly displays available AOIs when a layer of another type is active. (EXTRAS-138)
• Spatial profile plots are now properly cleared when plotting a new AOI. (EXTRAS-170)
• Range Profile text files now load properly on Solaris. (EXTRAS-172)
• The RX algorithm now reports a more descriptive error message when using an AOI containing only a single pixel. (EXTRAS-195)
• Opticks no longer crashes or becomes unresponsive when closing the application while the ELM dialog is displayed. (EXTRAS-197)
• The "Band Selection" mouse mode in a signature plot now works properly when displaying signatures of data created by an algorithm. (EXTRAS-198, EXTRAS-200)
• Shaded areas of non-imported bands are now displayed in the proper locations on a signature plot for data sets that were previously exported as a subset of a larger data set. (EXTRAS-199)
• Existing keyboard shortcuts in the Signature Window now work properly when the window has the keyboard focus. (EXTRAS-205)
• The Signature Importer no longer overwrites the value for the "UnitType" metadata key with the value for the "UnitScale" metadata key. (EXTRAS-212)

Supported Opticks Versions

• This extension is supported in any version of Opticks 4.8.X that is Opticks 4.8.0 or later.

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Python Scripting Extension 1.5.0 has been released on January 20th, 2012.

This version of the Python Scripting Extension only supports Opticks 4.8.X. If you want a version of Python Scripting extension for use with Opticks 4.7.X, you must download an earlier version of this extension.

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New Features

• This version of the Python scripting extension was updated to work with Opticks 4.8.0 and later.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed a problem which was causing default argument population when calling wizards from Python. (OPTICKS-1210)
• Fixed intermittent crashes in the Python interpreter under 64-bit Windows. (EXTRAS-187)
• Fixed a bug preventing execution of wizards from Python. (EXTRAS-196)

Supported Opticks Versions

• This extension is supported in any version of Opticks 4.8.X that is Opticks 4.8.0 or later.

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