ProRaster Premium Updates
On this page, you will a table describing the new features and other changes made in each update to ProRaster Premium.
For instructional videos that describe new features in each update, visit the ProRaster Updates page.
Release 2.5.1 Maintenance
This is a maintenance upgrade for ProRaster Scientific, ProRaster Premium, and ProRaster Essential. It contains improvements, modifications, and bug fixes.
Release 2.5.0 Minor Version
This is a minor version upgrade for ProRaster Scientific, ProRaster Premium, and ProRaster Essential.
| Type | Detail | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Improvement | Run length encoding is now supported for 1/2/4 and 64 bit unsigned integer index band in classified rasters. | |||||
| Improvement | UniqueByName option added to the raster source editor. | |||||
| Improvement | Support added for chained GDAL virtual file system directives in raster source filenames. | |||||
| Modification | All rasters using a /vsi.../ directive are automatically handled by the GDAL driver exclusively. | |||||
| Modification | Enabled editing of the "Open rasters in base support mode" setting in the Driver Preferences dialog. | |||||
| Modification | "Always render using filtering" is now the default option. | |||||
| Bug fix | Data transforms that map specified values to an index were returning a valid index for intermediate values. | |||||
| Bug fix | Changing the "Invalid beyond clip limits" option would not always apply immediately. | |||||
| Bug fix | Changing the "Color - Intensity balance" option would not always apply immediately. | |||||
| Bug fix | If you connect to an invalid raster source, it was impossible to disconnect from it. | |||||
| Bug fix | Flickering and jittering when zooming in and out has been fixed. | |||||
| Bug fix | Zoom extent was not being maintained in 2D map windows when changing raster sources in the algorithm. | |||||
| Upgrade | GDAL 3.9.3 |
Release 2.4.0 Minor Version
This is a minor version upgrade for ProRaster Scientific, ProRaster Premium, and ProRaster Essential.
Release 2.3.0 Minor Version
This is a minor version upgrade for ProRaster Scientific, ProRaster Premium, and ProRaster Essential.
| Type | Detail | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feature | Layer grouping. | |||||
| Feature | Copy layer and component properties to other layers in the group or algorithm. | |||||
| Improvement | Context menu added to maps. Tooltip settings and Zoom to options are on this menu. | |||||
| Improvement | Pointer tool. | |||||
| Improvement | Marquee zoom in tool. | |||||
| Improvement | Marquee zoom out tool. | |||||
| Improvement | Pan tool. | |||||
| Improvement | The algorithm tree maintains the collapsed/expanded state of all tree items. | |||||
| Bug fix | Respond to left and right arrow key presses in the Time Control Panel. | |||||
| Bug fix | Latitude-Longitude coordinates were not displayed correctly in one combination of tooltip modes. | |||||
| Bug fix | Occassional failure to acquire raster information for an open raster due to incorrect request for non-const access. |
Release 2.2.17 Maintenance
This is a maintenance upgrade for ProRaster Scientific, ProRaster Premium, and ProRaster Essential.
| Type | Detail | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Improvement | We now ship the Fabio Crameri Scientific Colour Maps. | |||||
| Improvement | When using the Rotate color transform, match the number of colors in the selected color table. | |||||
| Improvement | When you select a color map or legend, the same data transform is automatically selected. | |||||
| Bug fix | CET and FCSCM external folders were being serialised. |
Release 2.2.13 Maintenance
This is a maintenance upgrade for ProRaster Scientific, ProRaster Premium, and ProRaster Essential.
Release 2.2.10 Maintenance
This is a maintenance upgrade for ProRaster Scientific, ProRaster Premium, and ProRaster Essential.
| Type | Detail | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Improvement | Raster Report now includes all band values for a classified field. | |||||
| Modification | Info button in Raster Source Editor removed and integrated into the menu button. | |||||
| Modification | Raster information report dialog is larger by default. | |||||
| Modification | Hit close window button on any editor dialog, prompt to save changes if there are any. | |||||
| Modification | Report Cell Value is only turned off for new Image layers that contain imagery. | |||||
| Modification | Improved F1 help context which switching between windows. | |||||
| Modification | The algorithm invalid cell color default was changed to prevent clashes with the default null color value. | |||||
| Modification | Exporting a raster information report to file now outputs the entire classification table. | |||||
| Bug fix | A bug was resolved in a low-level data storage class. | |||||
| Bug fix | Algorithm invalid pixel color was not being recorded in the algorithm when pure opaque green. | |||||
| Bug fix | System Color Ramps were being defined with zero opacity. | |||||
| Bug fix | Export to legend may include an unnecessary class or output the wrong number of classes. | |||||
| Bug fix | Overriding a raster coordinate system in a rendering component did not enable reprojection of the algorithm. | |||||
| Known Bug | If you override the coordinate system of a raster in a rendering component the cell value tool may not work. The work-around is to create a raster source for the raster and define the coordinate system in the advanced properties. This is the best way to resolve coordinate system issues for rasters. |
Release 2.2.09 Maintenance
This is a maintenance upgrade for ProRaster Scientific, ProRaster Premium, and ProRaster Essential.
| Type | Detail | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Improvement | Export Legend files from Data Transform Editor. | |||||
| Modification | The Data Transform Editor displays the raster preview using the color table in the currently selected layer. | |||||
| Modification | When creating a data transform Table (Index for Value) or a Table (Match Range) or Table (Match Continuous Range) the minimum and maximum values of the current raster, if known, are used to establish the table. | |||||
| Modification | When creating a data transform Table (Match Value) you can opt to populate the table with each of the unique values in the current raster. You must have computed statistics for the raster. The statistics will only be suitable if the data type of the raster is a 16 bit integer (or smaller). | |||||
| Modification | Improved the flexibility of string to time conversion. | |||||
| Bug fix | When editing data transform tables, the reported row count is not synced to the actual number of rows. | |||||
| Bug fix | Hide "Reverse Transform" and "Full Color Table" options when for the four "Table: Match..." transform types. | |||||
| Bug fix | Improved overriding field type and band value type in the TIFF driver. | |||||
| Bug fix | Raster Source Editor preview map was not using the defined driver preferences. |
Release 2.2.07 Maintenance
This is a maintenance upgrade for ProRaster Scientific, ProRaster Premium, and ProRaster Essential.
In addition to improvements, there are some critical bug fixes in this maintenance update.
| Type | Detail | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Improvement | Rasters that you browse to or load via drag&drop are now remembered and can be reloaded from the Open drop menu button. | |||||
| Improvement | Support for drag&drop of multiple raster files by creating a new raster source. | |||||
| Improvement | Recursive folder search for raster sources using wildcards. | |||||
| Improvement | Flexible wildcard search for raster sources in ZIP archives. | |||||
| Improvement | Improved rendering optimisation. | |||||
| Modification | User interface simplification. | |||||
| Bug fix | Memory limit for processing was not being applied. | |||||
| Bug fix | Imagery Export in RGB format failed when clipping to a polygon. | |||||
| Bug fix | Rasters with an unequal cell size were not displaying isotropically. | |||||
| Bug fix | Creating a layer for a raster source only displayed the first file. |
Release 2.2.06 Maintenance
This is a maintenance upgrade for ProRaster Scientific, ProRaster Premium, and ProRaster Essential.
| Type | Detail | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Modification | Rendering algorithms now interpret valid cells containing a value of zero to be a masked cell. | |||||
| Modification | Raster Mask operation now considers valid cells containing a value of zero to be a masked cell. | |||||
| Upgrade | Visual Studio 17.9.2. | |||||
| Bug fix | Correct data transform Ranges: Spread about the mean/median/mode. | |||||
| Bug fix | Correct data transform Ranges: Deviations about the mean. |
Release 2.2.04 Maintenance
This is a maintenance upgrade for ProRaster Scientific, ProRaster Premium, and ProRaster Essential.
In addition to new features and many improvements, there are some critical bug fixes in this maintenance update.
| Type | Detail | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feature | New: WebMap Overlays provide street map overlays that do not obscure or modify the underlying raster imagery. | |||||
| Enhancement | Select a color table as a data transform and the color table selection is automatically updated. | |||||
| Enhancement | Add a new raster source and when you close the editor it is rendered in a new algorithm. | |||||
| Enhancement | Export operation to MRR now supports control over the output compression codec. | |||||
| Enhancement | ProRaster Premium allows you to change the user interface 'skin' to ProRaster Essential. | |||||
| Improvement | Plot zoom extents are maintained when changing critical algorithm data like projection, raster sources, etc. | |||||
| Upgrade | Visual Studio 17.8.4. ZLIB 1.3.00. LZMA 23.01. LIBPNG 1.6.40. GDAL 3.8.3. | |||||
| Downgrade | The gdalplugins folder is no longer shipped. | |||||
| Bug fix | Fixed a crash accessing a variable that was not thread safe. | |||||
| Bug fix | Exporting a multi-file raster source did not use the correct output filenames. | |||||
| Bug fix | Fixed a crash associated with coordinate reprojection. | |||||
| Bug fix | Fixed a crash associated with coordinate reprojection of polar coordinate systems. |
Release 2.2.03 Maintenance
This is a maintenance upgrade for ProRaster Scientific, ProRaster Premium, and ProRaster Essential.
The Time Control Panel and support for multiple external map windows are now available. There are some critical bug fixes in this maintenance update.
Release 2.2.01
Release 2.2.02 Maintenance
This is a minor version upgrade for ProRaster Scientific, ProRaster Premium, and ProRaster Essential.
Version 2.2.01 includes new system color tables and maps and webmaps.
Version 2.2.02 includes bug fixes and performance improvements.
ProRaster Premium inherits the bug fixes and improvements from the ProRaster Scientific development, some of which are listed below.
| Type | Detail | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feature | Automatically use appropriate color table maps from UserTables, External folders or SystemMaps for common spectral indices. | |||||
| Enhancement | The Google Maps MebMap URL's have been updated and Google Maps (Altered) was added. | |||||
| Enhancement | System color table maps added for commonly used spectral indices. | |||||
| Enhancement | Color tables added from ColorCET (Perceptually uniform colour maps) project. | |||||
| Modification | Dialogs have been modified to better reflect product purchasing options. | |||||
| Modification | Color table names are now more discoverable. |
Release 2.1.01
This is a minor version upgrade for ProRaster Scientific, ProRaster Premium, and ProRaster Essential.
Version 2.1.01 includes some important bug fixes and minor improvements.
ProRaster Premium inherits the bug fixes and improvements from the ProRaster Scientific development, some of which are listed below.
| Type | Detail | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Upgrade | The native TIFF driver now reads Cloud Optimised GeoTIFF (COG) rasters. | |||||
| Enhancement | Free versions now display a landing page. | |||||
| Enhancement | The ECW/JP2000 driver now honours the driver preferences field type strictly. | |||||
| Enhancement | The ECW/JP2000 driver now supports per-band cell validity masks for continuous data fields | |||||
| Enhancement | The ECW/JP2000 driver now supports null values | |||||
| Bug Fix | Under certain circumstances, virtual raster cell data and validity could be corrupted. | |||||
| Bug Fix | Tool tip reporting mode was not always being set in new windows. | |||||
| Bug Fix | The specified event time in a virtual raster can cause the overview pyramid cache file to regenerate. | |||||
| Bug Fix | An Image layer with Image, Opacity, and Mask components enabled does not apply the Mask. | |||||
| Bug Fix | Support for 32 and 64 bit complex numbers in TIFF files was fixed. | |||||
| Bug Fix | Exporting classified fields could cause failure. | |||||
| Bug Fix | Preview window closed when you closed an algorithm. | |||||
| Bug Fix | Rasters loaded via GDAL did not honour the null value specified by the user in driver preferences. |
Release 2.0.01 and 2.0.02
This is a major release for ProRaster Premium and ProRaster Essential. It is a first release candidate for ProRaster Scientific.
Version 2.0.02 is a maintenance release containing bug fixes and minor improvements.
ProRaster Premium inherits many bug fixes and improvements from the ProRaster Scientific development, just a few of which are listed below.
| Type | Detail | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feature | You can now control whether cell values are reported from a layer in the algorithm. | |||||
| Enhancement | You can now report coordinates only as a tool tip in a map view. | |||||
| Enhancement | You can now report geodetic map coordinates in decimal degrees or DMS notation. | |||||
| Enhancement | You can now automatically unload all algorithms and data, other than the current selected algorithm. | |||||
| Enhancement | You can now manually reload or refresh an algorithm via a button on the main dialog. | |||||
| Enhancement | You can now specify the event time in driver preferences. | |||||
| Enhancement | When you change the time range in any component it can be mirrored in all other components in the layer. | |||||
| Enhancement | When you change the data transform in the Red component of an RGB Layer it can be mirrored in the Green, Blue, and Pan components. | |||||
| Enhancement | Improved rendering performance. | |||||
| Enhancement | The manual zoom dialog now defaults the zoom extents to the current map extents, providing an option to zoom and clip the algorithm to the current map extents. | |||||
| Modification | App family common resource files will be migrated to a new location. | |||||
| Modification | ProRaster works best when the mouse wheel can be used to scroll inactive windows that are under the cursor. This is the default setting in Windows 10 and 11. To control this go to Settings then open Bluetooth & Devices and select Mouse. Turn on "Scroll inactive windows when hovering over them". ProRaster now behaves as if this is turned on regardless of the global setting. | |||||
| Update | Many improvements and fixes implemented as a part of the ProRaster Scientific first release. | |||||
| Update | Visual Studio 2022 17.6.4, zlib 1.2.13, libpng 1.6.39, ECW 5.5(4) | |||||
| Bug fix | The GeoTIFF driver now adjusts the coordinate registration for rasters that have GTRasterTypeGeoKey set to "Point". This shifts the raster north and west by half a grid cell. | |||||
| Bug fix | Data Transform editor did not display histogram statistics in some cases. |
Release 1.0.08
This is a maintenance release for ProRaster Premium.
ProRaster now remembers the polygon table files you access and offers a recent selection list whenever you need to access a polygon table.
Rendering performance for WebMap rasters (WMS, etc.) has been improved.
This release fixes a rendering issue in the Projection Explorer dialog and bad behaviour issues with the manual zoom dialog.
| Type | Detail |
|---|---|
| Enhancement | Recently accessed polygon table files are remembered and available for selection. |
| Enhancement | Add icons to manual zoom menu items. |
| Enhancement | Improved performance of WebMap rendering. |
| Bug fix | Manual zoom rectangle dialog was behaving poorly. |
| Bug fix | Fixed Projection Explorer rendering issue introduced in 1.0.07. |
Release 1.0.07
This is a maintenance release for ProRaster Premium.
A new feature allows you to define a bounding box for the algorithm, controlling the data zoom extents and imposing a rendering clipping boundary.
There are bug fixes and improvements to the Export dialog and export operation.
The hardware-accelerated rendering engine has been modified to fix a bug that caused the map to jump about at very high levels of zoom. You can now zoom in to any level.
| Type | Detail |
|---|---|
| Feature | You can now restrict the algorithm extents to a rectangular clipping boundary in a defined coordinate system. When rendered, the output is clipped to this bounding box. Control this via the zoom drop-menu button. A new option has been added to turn off the clipping bounds. You can define a new clipping boundary via the manual zoom dialog. |
| Enhancement | Export to GeoTIFF now supports No compression, LZW compression and Deflate compression techniques. |
| Enhancement | Export to GeoTIFF with Deflate compression now supports a user defined compression level. |
| Bug fix | Export to GeoTIFF Deflate compression was using an invalid compression level. |
| Bug fix | Loading some TIFF files with uncompressed strip data storage would cause a crash. This bug was introduced inversion 1.0.05. |
| Bug fix | At very high levels of zoom the map can jump about as you zoom and pan. |
Release 1.0.06
This is a maintenance release for ProRaster Premium.
There are improvements to WebMaps (WMS) management, a new option to create algorithms from WebMaps directly from the UI, and a new capability to add a new layer that contains a raster, raster source, or WebMap.
A number of bugs have been resolved. If you create algorithms with geographic rasters as well as local projected rasters, you will find the system handles these scenarios better.
| Type | Detail |
|---|---|
| Feature | To improve the appearance and performance of WMS components, you can now direct the system to use a lower than optimal resolution. |
| Feature | You can now browse to a WebMap and create a default algorithm for that WebMap directly from the Open Algorithm drop-menu button. |
| Feature | You can now browse to a WebMap and add a default layer for that WebMap directly from the Add Layer drop-menu button. |
| Feature | You can now browse to a raster source and add a default layer for that raster source from the Add Layer drop-menu button. |
| Feature | You can now browse to a raster and add a default layer for that raster from the Add Layer drop-menu button. |
| Enhancement | Additional WMS files have been shipped and the WebMaps folder has been restructured. |
| Modification | When you save an unnamed algorithm it now defines a default algorithm name. |
| Modification | When acquiring a default coordinate system we prefer geographic and global coordinate systems. |
| Modification | Resources are now removed if they are duplicates or are no longer used in the algorithm. |
| Modification | When you drag and drop a raster onto an existing algorithm, you can now add it to the algorithm as a new default layer. |
| Bug fix | Default coordinate system definitions can be lost when editing algorithm properties. |
| Bug fix | When exiting via "Save and Close", with auto-save modified disabled, the system would incorrectly execute a Save As operation rather than a Save operation for modifed algorithms. |
Release 1.0.05
This is a maintenance release for ProRaster Premium.
There are improvements to zooming, driver preferences, statistics reporting, statistics calculation and storage, and image export.
A number of bugs have been resolved. If you create algorithms with geographic rasters as well as local projected rasters, you will find the system handles these scenarios better.
| Type | Detail |
|---|---|
| Feature | Raster Information reporting now has an additional mode that generates a complete report with summary statistics but no histogram data. The "Complete" reporting mode now writes the report to a nominated text file. |
| Feature | Image layers can now be instructed to ignore alpha color data when blending is enabled for the algorithm, allowing layers to be blended but individual Image layers to ignore alpha values embedded in the color component. |
| Feature | The Data Transform Editor now allows you to compute statistics for a selected field, band, and event. |
| Feature | Data conditioning now allows you to apply a transformation (incorporating a scale and an offset) to any valid data in real time, where Y = A.X + B. |
| Feature | Raster source driver preferences now allow you to offset a raster location in X and Y. |
| Feature | Export now provides the BIL format as an output raster option, in addition to MRR and GeoTIFF. |
| Feature | ProRaster can now remember each manual zoom extent you define so that you can easily recall it. The zoom extent is only remembered for the life of the ProRaster Session. |
| Feature | ProRaster can now manually zoom to the range of a polygon set loaded from a MapInfo TAB file. The zoom extent is only remembered for the life of the ProRaster Session. |
| Enhancement | Added several additional WMS raster definition files to the WebMaps shipping folder. |
| Modification | Changed the behaviour of data transforms Table : Index over range, Index for value, percentage, and percentile. The index value is now at the base of the data range bin rather than at the top. This makes it easier to define valid tables as pairs of (Value,Index) where this coordinate marks a transition in the transform function. |
| Modification | Combo boxes resize to fit long resource names. |
| Modification | Cell value tooltip no longer drills into virtual raster sources unless in verbose reporting mode. |
| Modification | Statistics are now written to a STTX file as well as the GHX file. If both are present, only the STTX file is loaded when the raster is mounted. This improves raster mounting efficiency. |
| Modification | Added a new option to assign 87.5% of physical memory to the tile cache. |
| Modification | JPEG compression in GeoTIFF is no longer supported in the MRD Image Export dialog. It is incompatible with RGBA color data output and would also invalidate any null value comparisons. |
| Modification | When acquiring a default coordinate system for a layer or for the algorithm, we prefer geographic over projected coordinate systems. |
| Bug fix | When you zoom to a raster the coordinate range of the raster was not being converted into the coordinate system of the algorithm. |
| Bug fix | Application will crash if you turn off the Red component in an RGB layer. |
| Bug fix | Sigmoid darkening transform with absolute value range was not allowing a K value of greater than 64. |
| Bug fix | Data Transform Editor did not allow editing of local transforms (loaded from an MRD algorithm file). |
| Bug fix | Export can appear to hang due to infinities generated by coordinate reprojection between global geodetic rasters and local projected rasters. This issue has been mitigated but not fully resolved. |
| Bug fix | Virtual rasters containing defined events with a raster source defining the field and bands were not being referenced correctly and consequently were not being mounted correctly. |
| Bug fix | The raster tile cache was not being set to reflect the user request on start up. |
| Bug fix | Fixed component color data range calculator for rasters with multiple fields and events. |
| Bug fix | Data conditioning properties were being lost when loaded from an MRD into the Internnal group. |
| Bug fix | Polar stereographic projections were not always located correctly for the south pole. |
| Bug fix | When a color table was deleted it was not removed from the recently used color tables list. |
| Bug fix | The data zoom for an algorithm was sometimes reset when a new algorithm is created or loaded. |
| Recommendation | Minimum display resolution 1440x900 pixels. |
Release 1.0.04
This is the final release candidate for ProRaster Premium.
There are significant improvements to the tooltip reporting of raster values and coordinates in maps. You can also zoom the map to a variety of different bounds including coordinate system bounds, raster source bounds, and manually defined bounds.
To make it easier to manipulate classified and image palette field rasters, you can now automatically generate a color table legend for these fields. Edit the legend to modify the raster visualisation.
A number of bugs have been resolved, particularly in the blending operation for image layers, and in data – color transforms using color table legends.
| Type | Detail |
|---|---|
| Feature | Create a new color table for a classified or image palette field in a raster. Use to color modulate by the Index band. |
| Feature | Zoom the map to the bounds of any coordinate system used in the algorithm. |
| Feature | Zoom the map to the extents of any raster source used in the algorithm. |
| Feature | Zoom the map to manually defined extents. |
| Feature | Optionally report tooltip coordinates in geodetic (latitude/longitude) coordinates. |
| Feature | New "All data information" tooltip reporting mode. |
| Enhancement | When Publishing, if MapInfo Pro is not running a warning is raised. |
| Enhancement | Added button to browse for a raster to define a transform raster source. |
| Enhancement | The Data Transform Editor map preview now reports cell key value in a tooltip. |
| Enhancement | Delete a row in a color table by hitting the Delete key on the row header. |
| Enhancement | Allow opening an external map without closing the preview map first. |
| Modification | In blending Overprint mode, allow "Blend with background" to be set. |
| Modification | In blending Override, Overprint, and LightTable modes, disable the layer opacity controls. |
| Modification | Updated compiler version to 17.2.5. |
| Bug fix | Blending Overprint mode for an Image layer now operates like per-pixel blending (without layer opacity). |
| Bug fix | Blend mode for an Image layer now operates like per-pixel blending with opacity taken from the alpha component and layer opacity. |
| Bug fix | Manual statistics box is disabled at component shadow level when overridden in the algorithm. |
| Bug fix | Correctly support "no data" value on rows in a color table map. |
| Bug fix | Fix reporting of color values from classification tables in the information report. |
| Bug fix | Fix range clipping when using legend color tables. |
| Bug fix | Fix loss of label when copying a legend color table. |
| Bug fix | Fixed data transform using discrete value tables. |
Release 1.0.03
This is the first maintenance release. One bug was resolved and two additional color tables were shipped.
| Type | Detail |
|---|---|
| Enhancement | Shipped two additional system color table maps. |
| Bug fix | Fatal error when saving an edited color legend from the color editor dialog. |
Release 1.0.02
This was the first release of ProRaster made to the Microsoft Store. A number of new features were introduced at this release, in addition to the core features that were planned for.
| Type | Detail |
|---|---|
| Feature | Publish Clipped. Publish your algorithm to MapInfo Pro clipped to complex polygon set. |
| Feature | Fit the manual data range in a color-data transform to the range of the raster data currently visible in the map. |
| Enhancement | Control the size of the raster cache from the Options dialog. |
| Enhancement | All default GDAL raster file formats have been enabled in ProRaster Premium. |
| Enhancement | Shipped a handful of web mapping service (WMS) rasters including Google Maps and Open Street Maps. |
| Modification | Rearranged main dialog user interface and simplified the ProRaster Essential user interface. |
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