ProRaster Scientific Updates

Release 2.2.02 Maintenance

This is a maintenance upgrade for ProRaster Scientific and ProRaster Premium.

Performance when opening very large and complex virtual rasters has been vastly improved, considerably improving workflow performance in ProRaster Scientific multispectral product editing.

Version 2.2.02 includes some important bug fixes and minor improvements.

TypeDetail
EnhancementReduced time to open complicated virtual rasters.
EnhancementAdded control over the range of the X axis in the multispectral product editor statistics histogram graph.
ModificationWhen cloning product wizard scripts we now retain the script name.
ModificationMirror the product wizard script name in the generated final product.
Bug fixEdits applied to scene databases were not being mirrored in open instances of the database.
Bug fixWhen you delete scene or product databases the menu buttons were not always updated correctly.
Bug fixEditing a product in the create product sequence wizard failed in some circumstances.
Bug fixIncorrect scene compatibility testing prevented creating some MSS products in some circumstances.
Bug fixCrash can occur when closing the MSSPDB Editor dialog.
WithdrawnMapInfo TAB file is no longer written from the Image Export operation.
TypeDetail
FeatureThe Product Sequence Creation Wizard can create and edit Scene and Mosaic Sequences and Collated Sequences.
FeatureThe Time Control Panel window provides control over event & time selection in algorithms.
FeatureAutomatically use appropriate color table maps from UserTables, External folders or SystemMaps for common spectral indices.
FeatureImage Export supports batch export of algorithms by time point, generating a numbered sequence of images.
EnhancementThe Google Maps MebMap URL's have been updated and Google Maps (Altered) was added.
EnhancementCommon spectral indices are now easier to select for computation.
EnhancementSystem color table maps added for commonly used spectral indices.
EnhancementColor tables added from ColorCET (Perceptually uniform colour maps) project.
EnhancementAdded capability to create a Single Scene Mosaic Product that behaves like a Mosaic Product.
ModificationSpectral indices now include a Common category and the index description appears in the dialog selection controls.
ModificationAll selected spectral indices are now written to a single multibanded field in the product MVR.
ModificationDialogs have been modified to better reflect product purchasing options.
ModificationColor table names are now more discoverable.
ModificationAlgorithm raster source names now reflect the product name.
ModificationSentinel2 Processing baselines 2-3 and 4-5 are now considered equivalent for Level2 (BOA/SR) products.

Release 2.2.01 “The Productivity Edition”

This is a minor version upgrade for ProRaster Scientific, ProRaster Premium,  and ProRaster Essential.

This is a significant upgrade for ProRaster Scientific designed to greatly improve user productivity when processing, analysing, and rendering satellite multispectral imagery.

The new Product Sequence Creation Wizard eliminates tedious product creation and editing and makes building and extending sequence products easy.

The Time Control Panel makes it easy to move the time point in a rendering algorithm without editing individual component properties.

The Image Export operation now supports batch export by iterating through all time points. The numbered image sequence can be directly imported into video editing applications to generate timelapse videos of any rendering algorithm based on a sequence product.

Rendering common spectral index rasters has been made easier – the rendering algorithm automatically uses appropriately named color maps that are shipped in this version, or you can make your own. 

Version 2.2.01 includes some important bug fixes and minor improvements.

ProRaster Premium and ProRaster Essential inherit the bug fixes and improvements from the ProRaster Scientific development, some of which are listed below.

TypeDetail
FeatureThe Product Sequence Creation Wizard can create and edit Scene and Mosaic Sequences and Collated Sequences.
FeatureThe Time Control Panel window provides control over event & time selection in algorithms.
FeatureAutomatically use appropriate color table maps from UserTables, External folders or SystemMaps for common spectral indices.
FeatureImage Export supports batch export of algorithms by time point, generating a numbered sequence of images.
EnhancementThe Google Maps MebMap URL's have been updated and Google Maps (Altered) was added.
EnhancementCommon spectral indices are now easier to select for computation.
EnhancementSystem color table maps added for commonly used spectral indices.
EnhancementColor tables added from ColorCET (Perceptually uniform colour maps) project.
EnhancementAdded capability to create a Single Scene Mosaic Product that behaves like a Mosaic Product.
ModificationSpectral indices now include a Common category and the index description appears in the dialog selection controls.
ModificationAll selected spectral indices are now written to a single multibanded field in the product MVR.
ModificationDialogs have been modified to better reflect product purchasing options.
ModificationColor table names are now more discoverable.
ModificationAlgorithm raster source names now reflect the product name.
ModificationSentinel2 Processing baselines 2-3 and 4-5 are now considered equivalent for Level2 (BOA/SR) products.

Release 2.1.01

This is a minor version upgrade for ProRaster Scientific, ProRaster Premium,  and ProRaster Essential.

This is a significant upgrade for ProRaster Scientific. Support for Sentinel2 processing baselines 4+ and 5+ has been added. Support for Landsat Collection 2 has been improved with native COG support.

Version 2.1.01 includes some important bug fixes and minor improvements.

ProRaster Premium and ProRaster Essential inherit the bug fixes and improvements from the ProRaster Scientific development, some of which are listed below.

TypeDetail
FeatureMultispectral data bands can now be duplicated to MRR format to correct errors and improve performance.
FeatureAn additional Options dialog for multispectral satellite data is available in ProRaster Scientific.
UpgradeThe native TIFF driver now reads Cloud Optimised GeoTIFF (COG) rasters.
UpgradeSentinel2 scene import now supports 4.xx and 5.xx processing baselines.
UpgradeSentinel2 scene import now supports offset and scaling factors defined in metadata to transform digital numbers to reflectance for TOA and BOA data.
UpgradeSentinel2 scene import classification codes have been upgraded for processing baseline 4+.
UpgradeSentinel2 scene import classification codes have been upgraded for processing baseline 4+.
UpgradeSentinel2 scene import now supports land and tile cloud coverage statistics.
UpgradeSentinel2 scene assembly raster now includes cloud and snow probablity rasters for BOA tiles.
UpgradeSentinel2 scene assembly raster now includes classification masks for processing baseline 4+.
UpgradeSentinel2 scene assembly raster now includes a Mask field for Level 1C (TOA) tiles using processing baseline 4+.
EnhancementThe ECW/JP2000 driver now honours the driver preferences field type strictly.
EnhancementThe ECW/JP2000 driver now supports per-band cell validity masks for continuous data fields
EnhancementThe ECW/JP2000 driver now supports null values
EnhancementFree versions now display a landing page.
ModificationLandsat QA raster data now assigns a null value for filled pixels or unsaturated pixels.
Bug FixUnder certain circumstances, virtual raster cell data and validity could be corrupted.
Bug FixTool tip reporting mode was not always being set in new windows.
Bug FixThe specified event time in a virtual raster can cause the overview pyramid cache file to regenerate.
Bug FixAn Image layer with Image, Opacity, and Mask components enabled does not apply the Mask.
Bug FixSupport for 32 and 64 bit complex numbers in TIFF files was fixed.
Bug FixExporting classified fields could cause failure.
Bug FixPreview window closed when you closed an algorithm.
Bug FixRasters loaded via GDAL did not honour the null value specified by the user in driver preferences.

Release 2.0.01 and 2.0.02

In store 29 July 2023. This is the first major release for ProRaster Scientific.

Version 2.0.02 is a maintenance release containing bug fixes and minor improvements.