Changes history

Changes from 0.5.2 to 0.6.0b (17/11/2009)

• license changed for GSDView Pro: all rights reserved
• updated copyright notes and license statement
• the about dialog now loads the license text from file
• documentation improved and API reference added
• merge with GSDView Open Source Edition (#76, #126, #127, #130, #131)
  • support for Python 2.6, PyQt 4.5 and GDAL 1.6 (#80)
  • new architecture that allows multiple backends for actual data access (currently only GDAL backend is provided) (#125, #132)
  • updated dataset browser with new contextual actions
  • now the application uses a Multiple Document Interface (MDI) (#1)
  • pluggable about dialog (plugins can add their own tab) (#128)
  • preference dialog (#18)
  • splash screen (#124)
  • improved GDAL configuration handling (without application re-spawning)
  • new function for converting a numpy array into a QImage: now PyQwt is an optional dependency (close #113)
  • full sub-datasets support (#25)
• improved HDF5 COSMO SkyMed support:
  • invalid values (#104)
  • data statistics (#103)
  • geographic meta data and compatibility with commercial COTS (Autocad 3D, ArcMap)
  • now the driver extracts the entire set of metadata (#258)
• fixed LUT evaluation in case of simulated data (close #120)
• mouse modes (#2)
• stretching tool moved from the mai application to a plugin (#129)
• quality analysis tool (#143) (INCOMPLETE)
• statistics tool (#142. #163)
• tools for band arithmetic (sum, product, real/imag extraction from complex, lin <–> log conversion) (#105)
• kernel filtering (boxcar, hamming, hanning, gauss, etc)
• non-linear (de-speckle) filters: Lee, Frost, median (#146) (NOTE: currently this feature is not provided in the win32 version)
• fully re-organized menu bar and tools menu (#196)
• new plugin for displaying logos
• now it is possible to clean the data cache using a button in the preferences dialog (#173)
• move to py2exe tool for packaging
• several bug fixed

Changes from 0.5.1 to 0.5.2 (13/02/2009)

• added links to documentation in the help menu (close #87)
• temporarily disabled some diver (close #86)
• documentation updated (also close #93)
• new tutorial (Italian only)

Changes from 0.5.0 to 0.5.1 (30/01/2009)

• co-registered CSK products (CRG) are now suported
• minor improvement in tool for scaling pixel values (close #48)
• implemented a workaround for metadata loss in products with sub-datasets (e.g. CSK products) (close #38)
• now the installer for win32 platforms generates links to documentation in the Start –> Programs menu (close #58)
• improved directory chooser for external tools dialogs (close #54)
• now the zoom factor is displayed on the toolbar (close #43)
• the output log plane is no more writable (close #55)
• added missing options to the configuration dialog for quicklook tool (close #50)
• now GSDView prompts for cache cleanup when cache size exceeds the threshold set in preferences (close #61)
• fixed annoying issue that prevent opening CSK ScanSAR images (/MBI datasets) (close #46)
• fixed data corruption at image borders for HDF5 driver (close #95)

Changes from 0.4 to 0.5.0 (17/12/2008)

• new plug-in for running GDAL tool from within the GUI
• new tool for (real and complex) data extraction and quick-look images generation
• image view and operations like zoom, scroll and pan are more efficient
• new tool for image stretch regulation (scaling of pixel values)
• an external tool called by GSDView can now be stopped by the user
• several bug fixes