Significant New Features
- A new web-based cloud version of Geographic Calculator with Point, Point File, Vector File, and Search features.
- Support for the EPSG v 11.017 Geodetic Parameter Dataset.
- Update to NGS Horizontal Time-Dependent Positioning v 3.5.0.
- Added support for EPSG coordinate operation type 9665, where the coordinate reference system for interpolation of vertical transformation grids is specified.
Interactive
- Improvements to MGRS computations for points near the polar regions - GC-11553
- All instances of “Combined Factor,” changed to “Combined Scale” - GC-11594
- Improvements to MGRS computations for grid square determination - GC-11550
- Properly display some output elevation values that were empty rather than displaying "0" - GC-11546
Point Database
- Instances of “Orthometric” changed to “Orthometric Scale” - GC-11596
- Vertical uncertainty no longer provided for NTv2 transforms in PDC - GC-11609
- Point file jobs no longer write out extra quotation marks on text files that have " in them - GC-11567
- PDC forwards conversions to geocentric are no longer swapping x and y - GC-11564
- Fixed results for geocentric to geodetic or projected without VCRS. - GC-11542
- Improve handling of point database columns being misinterpreted. - GC-11504
- Corrected issue on Point Database jobs where multiple operations were being performed - GC-11418
- Added a grid file check for CRS on validation reports to handle missing grid files in an imported workspace - GC-11614
- Fixed chained multi-convert operations in Point Database Conversion. - GC-11482
- Stopped XLS to CSV point file jobs where the input file is partially loaded from producing files with only the calculated columns in them. - GC-11479
Vector File Conversion
- Add support for other vector file formats to pass in vertical/height data via an attribute. - GC-11537
- Improve Unicode support in vector dataset files. - GC-11582
- Improve handling of file based coordinate reference system definitions that have optional parameters. - GC-11597
- Fixed issue with multiple files in the viewer with different vertical height ranges and units. - GC-11554
- Improve handling of elevation data in vector processing in cases where data may or may not be present. - GC-11536
- Improve handling of 3d vector data when writing out to formats that may or may not support 3d data. - GC-11534
- Improve CAD format support. - GC-11522
- Fix issue with LAS coordinate system definition written as GeoTiff tags. - GC-11507
- Improve display of very large LAS files by showing a better subset of the points. - GC-11467
- Improve handling of CAD data that have unicode data in them. - GC-11465
- Fix issue when trying to write-out unsupported geocentric coordinate system definition to WKT. - GC-11396
- When selecting a concatenated datasource transform, be sure to apply it in reverse if required by the current source and target. - GC-11591
- When source and target vertical are the same, do display generated transforms through intermediates, but do NOT display direct transforms to equivalents. - GC-11540
- Handle cases of bad CAD data. - GC-11438
- Improve code page handling of CAD data. - GC-11535
General
- A new web-based cloud version of Geographic Calculator with Point, Point File, Vector File, and Search features. - GC-11647
- Fixed unhandled exception with angular unit converter - GC-11601
- Provide more useful errors if we fail to add Custom Areas of Use via a polygon file. - GC-11530
- Specify which formats a vector file transformation settings affect. - GC-11523
- Improved the version verification procedure when checking for GeoCalc Online updates - GC-11439
- Better error handling when issues occur with the GeoCalc Online update - GC-11429
- Clean up following an unsuccessful update from the Blue Marble Registry so that user is not required to re-select the current datasource. - GC-11365
- Update the geodata.xml datasource to reflect changes by EPSG to use new coord operation types 1134 and 1135 for a number of transforms that were incorrectly labeled as GTX transforms. - DATA-330
Admin Tools
- When importing polygon data to construct custom Areas of Use, the calculation of the minimum bounding rectangle needs to take into account the possibility that the lat and long values may be negative. - GC-11621
Viewer
- Improve display of very large LAS files by showing a better subset of the points. - GC-11467
GeoCalc Updates
- Update to NGS Horizontal Time-Dependent Positioning v 3.5.0. - CALC-2357
- Mark the ITRF2020 (EPSG1322) and IGS 2020 (EPSG 1333) datums as suitable for HTDP. - CALC-2367
- Fix issues in the Transformation Preview dialog that were causing failures for Vertical Concatenated Transforms and some Time-Dependent Transforms. - CALC-2355
- Mark the World Geodetic System 1984 (G2139) datum (EPSG 1309) as suitable for HTDP. - CALC-2368
- NTv2 point errors are computed correctly in meters - CALC-2364
- Fixed issue where searching for coordinate systems imported from WKT was causing unexpected errors. - CALC-2344
- Detect when a user has customize the current Geodetic base for a Projected Coordinate Reference System, so that we properly prompt for any required Datum Transformations. - CALC-2351
Datasource Updates
- Add support for Netherlands Geoid Model of 2018 (NLGEO2018). - DATA-230
- Update the geodata.xml datasource to reflect changes by EPSG to use new coord operation types 1134 and 1135 for a number of transforms that were incorrectly labeled as GTX transforms. - DATA-330
- Add coordinate system and coordinate transforms defined for the Yuma Proving Grounds to the base datasource. - DATA-331
- Support for the EPSG v 11.017 Geodetic Parameter Dataset. - DATA-328
- Add a variation of the "PNG94 to PNG08 Height" transformation based on EPSG 7655, but using a BMG-specific grid file PNG08_BMG.DAT - DATA-299