release notes for inpho 9.2 · 2019-11-01 · photogrammetry and inpho uasmaster should be...

GeoSpatial Office Software Version 9.1.0, November 30, 2018 Version 9.1.1, December 13, 2018 Version 9.1.2, March 08, 2019 Version 9.1.3, May 20, 2019 Version 9.1.4, July 05, 2019 Version 9.2.0, September 09, 2019

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Release Notes for Inpho 9.2.0

Trimble announces the new release 9.2 of all the Inpho software main products. Please note that the main release is version 9.1.0, version 9.0 was not available. The reason is that the version numbering between Inpho Trimble Photogrammetry and Inpho UASMaster should be identical.

- MATCH-AT automatic georeferencing (including inBLOCK)

- MATCH-T DSM automatic point cloud (DSM/DTM) generation

- MATCH-3DX and Meshing add-on for automatic generation of 3D point clouds, true ortho mosaics and meshes

- DTMaster Stereo interactive and automated editing of point clouds, DTM/DSM and basic mapping, including Building-Add-on, Building-Generator

- OrthoMaster ortho image generation

- OrthoVista automatic ortho mosaicking

- SATMaster satellite imagery workflow

Customers with a license for version 9 need no license update for release 9.2 !

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Table of Contents What is Inpho ...................................................................................................................................................................... 8

What’s new in Inpho 9.1 ...................................................................................................................................................... 8

ApplicationsMaster............................................................................................................................................................ 10

Improvement 9.2: Security ............................................................................................................................................ 10

Improvement 9.2: HiDPI Support .................................................................................................................................. 10

Improvement 9.2: Performance .................................................................................................................................... 10

Fix 9.2: SATMaster, OrthoMaster start.......................................................................................................................... 10

Fix 9.1.4: Problem when changing the Image Path in new projects ............................................................................. 10

Fix 9.1.4: Project Merge ................................................................................................................................................. 10

New Feature 9.1.3: Support of Israeli Grid 05/12 ......................................................................................................... 10

Improvement 9.1.3: Support of additional NTV2 grid shift files for coordinate transformation .................................. 10

Improvement 9.1.3: Support of geoid format GGF ....................................................................................................... 12

Improvement 9.1.3: Better information when exporting inpho to DAT/EM ................................................................ 12

Fix 9.1.3: Blanks in camera name leads to poor AT results ........................................................................................... 12

Fix 9.1.3: 3D View .......................................................................................................................................................... 12

Fix 9.1.3: Project Converter - Applanix .......................................................................................................................... 12

Fix 9.1.3: Project Editor crashes for Satellite data ......................................................................................................... 12

Fix 9.1.3: Crash when opening a SATMaster project ..................................................................................................... 12

Fix 9.1.3: Image pyramid generation for satellite images did not create TIFF format .................................................. 12

Fix 9.1.3: RadioMetrix could not be opened directly for satellite data ......................................................................... 12

Fix 9.1.3: Crash when opening an A3 project ................................................................................................................ 13

Fix 9.1.3: Transformation tool > LAS/LAZ file transformation ....................................................................................... 13

Fix 9.1.3: Interior Orientation crashes ........................................................................................................................... 13

Fix 9.1.3: Strip generation failed.................................................................................................................................... 13

Fix 9.1.3: Project Editor GNSS “Parameter Set” entries not applied ............................................................................. 13

Fix 9.1.3: Project Editor crashes when initializing on single photo orientation ............................................................ 13

Fix 9.1.3: Project merge ................................................................................................................................................. 13

Fix 9.1.3: 3D mouse settings .......................................................................................................................................... 13

Improvement 9.1.2: Russian language .......................................................................................................................... 14

Improvement 9.1.2: Warning message for satellite scenes generation ....................................................................... 14

Improvement 9.1.2: Image ID limit increased ............................................................................................................... 14

Improvement 9.1.2: Improved exporter dialog to DAT/EM SummitEV ........................................................................ 14

New Feature 9.1.2: Bulk Project Converter ................................................................................................................... 14

New Feature 9.1.2: Image IDs are displayed in 2D view ............................................................................................... 14

New Feature 9.1.2: Multi-threaded Image Converter................................................................................................... 14



Fix 9.1.2: Handling of user defined coordinate systems ............................................................................................... 14

Fix 9.1.2: Stereo Comparator crash ............................................................................................................................... 14

Fix 9.1.2: Project Editor shows wrong entries for project type “Aerial” ....................................................................... 15

Fix 9.1.2: Convert ZI project to Inpho project ............................................................................................................... 15

Fix 9.1.2: Crash in “Import External Geoid” function .................................................................................................... 15

Fix 9.1.2: Use of scanline TIFF images ........................................................................................................................... 15

Improvement 9.1.1: License Manager ........................................................................................................................... 15

Fix 9.1.1: ADS workflow will work again ........................................................................................................................ 15

Fix 9.1.1: Setup of WorldView 1 project ........................................................................................................................ 15

New Feature 9.1: Editing of navigation information ..................................................................................................... 15

New Feature 9.1: The tile manager structure in Project Editor .................................................................................... 16

New Feature 9.1: Improved camera management ....................................................................................................... 16

- Transfer selected camera as template to sensor database ................................................................................... 16

- Support of USGS distortion definition ................................................................................................................... 16

- Support of the Applanix boresight definition ........................................................................................................ 16

New Feature 9.1: 3D View of project ............................................................................................................................ 17

New Feature 9.1: Coordinate Systems Admin - allows import of external geoid files .................................................. 17

New Feature 9.1: Adding China Geodetic Coordinate System 2000 (CGCS2000) ......................................................... 18

New Feature 9.1: Adding Lithuania geoid ..................................................................................................................... 18

New Feature 9.1: Adding Google Maps projection (EPSG 3857) .................................................................................. 18

New Feature 9.1: Consideration of additional NTv2 transformation grids ................................................................... 18

New Feature 9.1: Remove projects from “Recent Projects” table ................................................................................ 19

Update 9.1: NAD83(2011) ............................................................................................................................................. 19

Update 9.1: Russian language package ......................................................................................................................... 19

Fix 9.1: Converting satellite project into new version ................................................................................................... 19

Fix 9.1: Updating EPSG codes ........................................................................................................................................ 20

Restriction 9.1 ................................................................................................................................................................ 20

We are really sorry but the ADS workflow will not work with version 9.1. We will offer a patch soon, where this should be possible again. .............................................................................................................................................. 20

DPMaster Distributed Processing ...................................................................................................................................... 20

Fix 9.1.3: Condor process could not be started. ............................................................................................................ 20

Improvement 9.1: Copy xpf file during job generation ................................................................................................. 20

MATCH-AT (inBLOCK) / Satellite Georeferencing .............................................................................................................. 20

Improvement 9.2: MATCH-AT log file (.html) will be opened in default browser ........................................................ 20

Improvement 9.2: Updated report file .......................................................................................................................... 20

Fix 9.2: “Move to measured point position” in single stereo view ............................................................................... 21



New 9.2: Performance, usage of binary XPF file ........................................................................................................... 21

Information 9.2: Tie areas ............................................................................................................................................. 21

Improvement PMT 9.2: Display of predictions for point list ......................................................................................... 22

New PMT 9.2: Reduced PMT – Performance ............................................................................................................... 22

Improvement PMT 9.2: Added PointCameraFilter ........................................................................................................ 23

Fix PMT 9.2: Move to measured point position for multi stereo view ......................................................................... 24

Improvement PMT 9.2: .................................................................................................................................................. 25

Fix 9.2: automatic TPs changed falsely to manual......................................................................................................... 26

Improvement 9.1.4: Increased image ID length ............................................................................................................ 26

Fix 9.1.4: Complement functions (PMT) ........................................................................................................................ 26

Fix 9.1.3: The tie point extraction for satellite projects ................................................................................................ 28

Improvement 9.1.2: Camera with big principal point displacement ............................................................................. 28

Improvement 9.1.2: Point ID limit increased ................................................................................................................ 28

Fix 9.1.2: Correct display of standard deviation class ................................................................................................... 28

Fix 9.1.2: “Move to” measured point position .............................................................................................................. 28

Fix 9.1.2: LPMaster project with MATCH-AT Lite license .............................................................................................. 28

Fix 9.1.2: Change stereo view direction ........................................................................................................................ 28

Fix 9.1.2: Multi-Photo Measurement Tool(PMT) - handling of “Save” ......................................................................... 29

Fix 9.1.2: Tie point extraction crashes ........................................................................................................................... 29

Fix 9.1.2: Z-shift in resulting EO for feet projects .......................................................................................................... 29

Information 9.1.2: Thin out for complete block only .................................................................................................... 29

Information 9.1.2: Multi-head cameras ........................................................................................................................ 29


Update 9.1: Limit for GNSS observations ...................................................................................................................... 29

Improvement 9.1: inBLOCK limits .................................................................................................................................. 29

MATCH-T DSM ................................................................................................................................................................... 30

New feature 9.2: Support of SHP and WNP as area of interests ................................................................................... 30

Improvement 9.1: Revised GUI ..................................................................................................................................... 30

MATCH-3DX / Meshing add-on ......................................................................................................................................... 30

Improvement 9.2: Meshing as separate processing step, continue mode ................................................................... 30

NEW function 9.2: Ortho Export .................................................................................................................................... 31

New feature 9.2: Support of SHP and WNP as area of interest .................................................................................... 32

Fix 9.1.4: SGM point cloud generation with 4 channel images ..................................................................................... 32

New Feature 9.1.3: Support of mesh format SLPK (I3S) ................................................................................................ 32

Improvement 9.1.3: Textured mesh .............................................................................................................................. 33

Improvement 9.1.3: More robust point cloud process ................................................................................................. 33



Improvement 9.1.3: Tiled texture images ..................................................................................................................... 33

Improvement 9.1.3: Cesium meshes ............................................................................................................................. 33

Improvement 9.1.3: Improved error handling .............................................................................................................. 33

Improvement 9.1.3: Oblique image selection ............................................................................................................... 33

Fix 9.1.3: Missing textures ............................................................................................................................................. 33

Fix 9.1.3: Incomplete results.......................................................................................................................................... 33

Fix 9.1.3: Potential crashes ............................................................................................................................................ 33

Information 9.1.3: Not relevant warning messages ...................................................................................................... 33

Improvement 9.1.2: Usage of images with imported exterior orientation ................................................................... 34

New Feature 9.1.2: Include link to newest MATCH-3DX tutorial videos ....................................................................... 34

Fix 9.1.2: MATCH-3DX “Continue Processing” .............................................................................................................. 34

Fix 9.1.2: MATCH-3DX runs optimized image selection method................................................................................... 34

New Features 9.1 ........................................................................................................................................................... 34

New Features 9.1: Meshing add-on .............................................................................................................................. 35

DTM/Point Cloud Processing - DTMToolkit ....................................................................................................................... 35

New feature 9.2: Enhanced Export................................................................................................................................ 35

Improvement 9.1.2: Additional information for thin out .............................................................................................. 36

Improvement 9.1.2: DTM in BigTIFF .............................................................................................................................. 36

Fix 9.1.2: Surface Modeling with shp input ................................................................................................................... 36

Fix 9.1.2: Gap filling ....................................................................................................................................................... 37

Fix 9.1.2: “Split” and “Convert” does not use define grid size ...................................................................................... 37

Fix 9.1.2: DTMToolKit crashed with LAS files including extra bytes .............................................................................. 37

New Feature 9.1: Gap filling inside defined polygons ................................................................................................... 37

Fix 9.1: Wrong display of units for contour lines ........................................................................................................... 37

DTMaster Stereo................................................................................................................................................................ 37

New feature 9.2: Export of measured embankments with hatching ............................................................................ 37

Fix 9.2: DTMaster crash ................................................................................................................................................. 37

Fix 9.2: Wrong handling of working area corner coordinates ....................................................................................... 37

Fix 9.2: TPIX status ......................................................................................................................................................... 37

Fix 9.2: DTMaster labels not visible ............................................................................................................................... 38

Fix 9.1.4: Reset of Working Areas .................................................................................................................................. 38

Fix 9.1.4: Crash when using Undo/Redo........................................................................................................................ 38

Fix 9.1.4: Multiple Load/Unload of TPIX tiles ................................................................................................................ 38

Fix 9.1.4: “Evaluate Point Offsets” ................................................................................................................................. 38

Fix 9.1.3: Reset of active layer ....................................................................................................................................... 38

Fix 9.1.3: Confusing coordinate display for feet projects .............................................................................................. 38



Improvement 9.1.2: Layer settings ................................................................................................................................ 39

New Function 9.1.2: LAS export settings ....................................................................................................................... 39

Fix 9.1.2: Unpredictable behavior of automatic stereo pair loading............................................................................. 39

Fix 9.1.2: Matching functions in stereo view ................................................................................................................. 39

Fix 9.1.2: Embankment hatchings.................................................................................................................................. 39

Fix 9.1.2: Locked layer ................................................................................................................................................... 39

Fix 9.1.2: DTMaster runs more stable ........................................................................................................................... 39

Fix 9.1.2: Delete vector data of selected layers in grouped tiles .................................................................................. 40

Fix 9.1.2: Better handling of importing large point clouds ............................................................................................ 40

Fix 9.1.2: Layer point count (NrPL) update .................................................................................................................... 40

Change 9.1.2: Consideration of closed lines in shp format ........................................................................................... 40

Fix 9.1.1: Tile Manager – Commit Tile ........................................................................................................................... 40

New Feature 9.1: DTMaster Viewer .............................................................................................................................. 40

New Feature 9.1: Integration Tile Manager data (Tpix) ................................................................................................ 40

New Feature 9.1: Visualization of SGM Metadata (MATCH-3DX) ................................................................................. 41

New Feature 9.1: Additional parameters for Best-Fit-Stereo and automatic model change ....................................... 41

New Feature 9.1: Added columns to the Terrain tab .................................................................................................... 41

Improvement 9.1: Additional Vector File Info for LAS files ........................................................................................... 42

Change 9.1: Default setting “Overview window” .......................................................................................................... 42

Fix 9.1: Export LAZ ......................................................................................................................................................... 42

Fix 9.1: 3D mouse snapping ........................................................................................................................................... 42

Information 9.1: Change default for loading tiles from TPIX manager ......................................................................... 42

OrthoMaster ...................................................................................................................................................................... 42

Fix 9.1.4: Whole image as “Area of Interest” ................................................................................................................ 42

Improvement 9.1.3: OrthoMaster log file ..................................................................................................................... 42

Fix 9.1.3: TPIX structure in feet ..................................................................................................................................... 42

Fix 9.1.3: Crash for large projects with missing aerial links ........................................................................................... 42

Improvement 9.1: Better interface to DTMaster .......................................................................................................... 43

Fix 9.1: Corrupt XML file ................................................................................................................................................ 43

OrthoVista.......................................................................................................................................................................... 43


Fix 9.2: Blending and ghost effects ................................................................................................................................ 43

Fix 9.1.4: Seamline in high overlapping area ................................................................................................................. 43

Fix 9.1.2: Error message “seam line definition not available” ....................................................................................... 43

Change 9.1: Prefer non-JPG images .............................................................................................................................. 44

Fix 9.1: Rotated SHP tiles resulted in additional background color .............................................................................. 44



Fix 9.1: Empty areas along map edge ............................................................................................................................ 44

Fix 9.1: SHP tile extent not correct ................................................................................................................................ 44

Fix 9.1: Log file entry for valid RGN ............................................................................................................................... 44

LPMaster ............................................................................................................................................................................ 44

Fix 9.1.3: Intensity calculation not selectable ............................................................................................................... 44

Fix 9.1.2: LPMaster project with MATCH-AT Lite license .............................................................................................. 44

For more information .................................................................................................................................................... 44



What is Inpho

Trimble Inpho software suite is a comprehensive workflow solution enabling photogrammetrists to rapidly produce highly accurate and quality deliverables for their clients. The modular offering provides the ultimate flexibility depending on whether large frame aerial imagery, LiDAR or Satellite data is being used. Highly automated and refined workflows deliver outstanding productivity to generate point clouds, DTM/DSM’s, ortho-mosaics and other highly valuable mapping products.

What’s new in Inpho 9.1

Inpho version 9 combines the classical photogrammetric software capabilities with modern 3D workflows. The suite includes two new capabilities:

MATCH-3DX software for the creation of rich 3D point clouds and true ortho mosaics; enabling the extraction of higher quality and precise information.

MATCH-3DX Meshing add-on for the generation of photorealistic textured meshes; providing highly visual 3D representations of the environment (e.g. 3D City models).

MATCH-3DX offers the complete functionality of MATCH-T DSM.

The new modules, plus continued enhancements, further establishes Inpho as a comprehensive software suite available for the production of photogrammetric-based deliverables.

True Orthophoto production

The new MATCH-3DX module in Inpho version 9 incorporates state-of-the-art Semi Global Matching (SGM) techniques that enable photogrammetrists to reach a new level of quality and precision when generating large scale point clouds and true orthophotos from aerial (frame) images. Through the high resolution data sets, photogrammetrists can more clearly identify edges of surfaces, such as building corners and roof lines, enabling the extraction of highly precise measurements, CAD objects or Digital Surface Models (DSM). The new True Orthophoto capability ensures that each image pixel is directly related to the terrain height, simplifying mapping and the overlay of GIS data, especially for urban mapping applications.



Photorealistic Meshes

With the new MATCH-3DX Meshing add-on, photogrammetrists can generate highly accurate, photorealistic textured meshes that enable non-professionals to easily navigate and understand the real world environment. The 3D textured meshes provide an efficient data type for use within industry leading GIS systems and web-based 3D visualization services—often used for 3D city modeling, construction simulation and gaming applications.

Multithreaded Photogrammetry

The general trend in CPU development has moved from quad- or hex-core to 24 (Intel) or 32 (AMD) cores chips - parallel programming techniques can benefit from multiple cores directly. Inpho version 9 utilize the power of current workstations by using up to 24 CPU cores in parallel (was 16 threads before). This reduced the overall processing time allowing users to faster produce the results.

GPU processing in the first version of Inpho 9 MATCH-3DX is experimental and not officially supported (users can enable GPU support for tests). GPU processing can accelerate computation by 10-20% compared to CPU only processing with MATCH-3DX, depends from the graphic system.

In general, Inpho version 9 combines both classical photogrammetric processing with new true orthos and photorealistic textured mesh deliverables, all in a single software environment. Photogrammetrists can take advantage of the streamlined workflows and reduced training costs while having the ultimate flexibility to choose the workflow and deliverables best suited to their client's needs. Furthermore, Inpho version 9 offers with the extended multi core support a faster access to photogrammetric results.

The 9.1 release introduces a new workflow for True Ortho Mosaic generation based on MATCH-3DX.

The classic orthophoto generation workflow has been brought to perfection with MATCH-T DSM, DTMaster and OrthoMaster deliver a new level of usability and productivity.



List of Changes

Changes for SATMaster are aligning with changes in the Inpho components associated with satellite processing (ApplicationsMaster, MATCH-AT, MATCH-T DSM, DTMaster Stereo, OrthoMaster, OrthoVista).

Note: Version 9.1 has a new project file version therefore projects generated with the new version 9.1 cannot be opened in previous versions. Projects of earlier versions will be converted into the new format on request. The 8.0.11 patch does not use the updated project file version. If you have on-going projects, Trimble recommends to install the 8.0.11 patch until important projects are finished not to get a mismatch of project file versions.

ApplicationsMaster

Change Description

Improvement 9.2: Security

Version 9.2 consists of a security improvement due to the update of external libraries.

Improvement 9.2: HiDPI Support

Version 9.2 has an optimized layout for 4k monitors.

Improvement 9.2: Performance

Improved performance when saving and loading projects.

Fix 9.2: SATMaster, OrthoMaster start

It was not possible to start OrthoMaster in SATMaster 9.1.4.

Fix 9.1.4: Problem when changing the Image Path in new projects

There was an issue with the wrong initialization of the rotation angles when the path of the image file was changed, which is fixed in this version.

Fix 9.1.4: Project Merge The tie point numbering, resp. renumbering does not work correctly in version 9.1.2 and 9.1.3. With version 9.1.4 this problem is fixed.

New Feature 9.1.3: Support of Israeli Grid 05/12

This version supports the Israeli Grid 05/12 with the ESPG code 6991.

Improvement 9.1.3: Support of additional NTV2 grid shift files for

For coordinate systems OSTN02 and OSTN15 (UK) grid shift files are used. These files are not part of the coordinate system definition and could not be added by the user up to now. With the new version 9.1.3 the consideration of OSTN15 and OSTN02 grid shift files is possible now. Therefore select “Clean install” when installing version 9.1.3. This



coordinate transformation

will replace the files in folder C:\Program Data\Trimble\Trimble Photogrammetry9\Coordinate Transformations\ The grid shift files (*.gsb) have to be downloaded: https://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/docs/gps/OSTN15_NTv2.zip https://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/business-and-government/help-and-support/navigation-technology/os-net/ostn02-ntv2-format.html These files have to be added to C:\ProgramData\Trimble\Trimble Photogrammetry9\CoordinateTransformations\ ProjLib NOTE: Please do not change the name of the .gsb file.


https://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/docs/gps/OSTN15_NTv2.zip

https://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/business-and-government/help-and-support/navigation-technology/os-net/ostn02-ntv2-format.html

https://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/business-and-government/help-and-support/navigation-technology/os-net/ostn02-ntv2-format.html


Improvement 9.1.3: Support of geoid format GGF

The Trimble geoid file format “GGF” now can be copied in the Inpho coordinate system folder C:\ProgramData\Trimble\GeoSpatial Geoids 9.1 and is available in the coordinate system manager. A conversion into HDR/BIL is no more necessary.

Improvement 9.1.3: Better information when exporting inpho to DAT/EM

The information given during export process from inpho to DAT/EM SummitEV is revised to give clearer hints to the user.

Fix 9.1.3: Blanks in camera name leads to poor AT results

Previous versions showed very poor MATCH-AT results with a significantly reduced number of generated tie points, if there are spaces in the camera ID. This version supports camera IDs including space characters without any adverse effect to the MATCH-AT results.

Fix 9.1.3: 3D View Multiple problems and crashes with the 3D View and its reload are fixed.

Fix 9.1.3: Project Converter - Applanix

The Inpho project file generated with Applanix software does not create all entries for the current version. In this version, the “Project Converter” updates the Applanix Inpho project with all missing entries.

Fix 9.1.3: Project Editor crashes for Satellite data

Creating a satellite project with the previous version missed some internal parameters and caused crashing of the project. This is fixed.

Fix 9.1.3: Crash when opening a SATMaster project

When opening an existing SATMaster project the software crashed. This is fixed.

Fix 9.1.3: Image pyramid generation for satellite images did not create TIFF format

When importing the satellite images and RPCs via XML file, it randomly occurs that file format did not change to TIF but remains as XML after the image pyramid generation. This is fixed.

Fix 9.1.3: RadioMetrix could not be opened directly for satellite data

Randomly the “Radiometrix” could not be opened directly after the image pyramid generation for satellite projects. It was necessary to close the Image Commander and to start again. This is fixed.



Fix 9.1.3: Crash when opening an A3 project

When opening an existing A3 project the software crashed. This is fixed.

Fix 9.1.3: Transformation tool > LAS/LAZ file transformation

The file transformation using LAS/LAZ files did not work correctly and resulted in corrupted destination LAS/LAZ files.

This is fixed.

Fix 9.1.3: Interior Orientation crashes

The Interior Orientation for scanned analog images crashed during manual fiducial mark measurement. This is fixed.

Fix 9.1.3: Strip generation failed

The strip generation failed if no GNSS/IMU entries are available although the images were adapted with approximate EO values. Now the strips will be created again either and preferably from image EO or alternatively from GNSS/IMU positions.

Fix 9.1.3: Project Editor GNSS “Parameter Set” entries not applied

The GNSS entry in the Project Editor offers “Parameter Sets” to consider global shift values. These entries, e.g. a Z-shift, were not applied and had no influence to MATCH-AT. This works now as designed.

Fix 9.1.3: Project Editor crashes when initializing on single photo orientation

The initialization of the EO for a single photo using one of the offered options (GNSS/IMU, GNSS/strip, GNSS/Null) was resulting in a crash of the software.

This is fixed.

Fix 9.1.3: Project merge Project merge did not work correctly. After the merge the tie points showed large vectors between matched and projected position. This is fixed.

Fix 9.1.3: 3D mouse settings

The default settings were not initialized and all entries have been set to “none”. Without any assignment the 3D mouse cannot be connected. Now is implemented a default setting with appropriate entries. You will need to run a “clean installation” (can be activated while installing) to set the default values correctly or you press the “Reset” button in the 3D mouse configuration dialog.



Improvement 9.1.2: Russian language

The Russian language package is updated.

Improvement 9.1.2: Warning message for satellite scenes generation

For satellite projects a warning message was added that the generation of “scenes” is mandatory for the processing.

Improvement 9.1.2: Image ID limit increased

The limit for the length of the image ID was increased from 64 to 128 characters.

Improvement 9.1.2: Improved exporter dialog to DAT/EM SummitEV

The new dialog leads the user better through the export and reminds him to make optional settings after opening the project in SummitEV.

New Feature 9.1.2: Bulk Project Converter

There is a new tool available to convert multiple project files in one process from an older to the new format version.

New Feature 9.1.2: Image IDs are displayed in 2D view

The image IDs are displayed in the 2D view of ApplicationsMaster even though no project overview is created.

New Feature 9.1.2: Multi-threaded Image Converter

To speed up the processing time the Image Converter works now with multi-threading.

Fix 9.1.2: Handling of user defined coordinate systems

New user defined coordinate systems were not shown in the dialog until the restart of ApplicationsMaster. The reason was a missing update. Now the newly defined coordinate systems will be displayed immediately.

Fix 9.1.2: Stereo Comparator crash

A crash that occurred in the Stereo Comparator when opening a stereo model is fixed.



Fix 9.1.2: Project Editor shows wrong entries for project type “Aerial”

In Aerial projects the Project Editor showed for the “Photos” not only the “Frame Type” but also the “3-Line Type” entry. This is corrected.

Fix 9.1.2: Convert ZI project to Inpho project

The updating and changing of our software had the effect, that the conversion of ZI to Inpho projects showed wrong camera definitions. Now the correct values are written in the project.

Fix 9.1.2: Crash in “Import External Geoid” function

The “Import External Geoid” function in the “Coordinate Systems” manager can now handle cases, where access restrictions for the output folder exist or if the output folder does not exist at all.

Fix 9.1.2: Use of scanline TIFF images

The use of scanline TIFF images created different problems:

1. The Image Commander could not reorganize these images into tiled TIFF format (> 2 GB). The Image Viewer and OrthoVista could not display such images.

2. The pyramid generation of all scanline TIFF images was very slow.

In version 9.1.2 the pyramid generation for scanline TIFF images works also for images bigger than 2GB in the accustomed fast processing time.

Improvement 9.1.1: License Manager

To facilitate the creation of license requests and updates a License Manager was added for version 9.1. In version 9.1.1 the License Manager can show now its fully functionality.

Fix 9.1.1: ADS workflow will work again

The problem in version 9.1.0 using ADS data is fixed.

Fix 9.1.1: Setup of WorldView 1 project

The problem to setup a Digital Globe WorldView 1 project is solved. The import of data works now correctly.

New Feature 9.1: Editing of navigation information

With version 9.1 the GNSS/IMU and GCPs are stored in project after import in the given coordinate system. Therefore, the original input data are conserved in native coordinates. The project coordinate system will be rigorous considered.

The navigation information can now be edited after the import:

Rotation sequence

Axis definition

Direction (world to image or image to world)



Switch roll, pitch, yaw to omega, phi, kappa

Meridian convergence

GNSS global offsets

Note: The selected project coordinate system cannot be changed after first setup.

New Feature 9.1: The tile manager structure in Project Editor

The Project Editor of version 9.1 is equipped with the new entry “Surface Areas”. With version 9.1 all point clouds created with MATCH-T DSM or with the new MATCH-3DX will be organized in a Tpix file structure. The folder “Surface Areas” will list the path to the corresponding Tpix shape file.

New Feature 9.1: Improved camera management

- Transfer selected camera as template to sensor database

- Preset camera entries from template in sensor database

- Support of USGS distortion definition

- Support of the Applanix boresight definition

Version 9 offers an improved camera management:

“Transfer selected camera as template to sensor database”

It is now possible to add the defined camera as template into the camera database

“Preset camera entries from template in sensor database”

In case the current camera definition of an already set up project is not correct, the camera can be “reassigned” with another camera from the sensor database. The camera name remains so that a reassignment of the “new” camera is not necessary.

Support USGS distortion definition

The distortion definition could be selected either as “Inpho” where the correction for the decentering and radial distortion coefficients are defined from the ideal point(s) to PPS or as “USGS” where the coefficients are defined from the measured point(s) to PPS.



Support Applanix boresight definition

The IMU boresight misalignment angles can now be defined as Inpho or Applanix

(POSEO) type.

New Feature 9.1: 3D View of project

The ApplicationsMaster shows additionally to the Main View, which displays the

imported data in 2D, now also a 3D View. With that the presentation of the project

area can be rotated to your preferred view.

New Feature 9.1: Coordinate Systems Admin - allows import of external geoid files

The Coordinate Systems Admin includes the possibility to “Import External Geoid” formats.



Supported geoid formats for import are:

- GGF (Trimble Geoid)

- BYN (Natural Resources Canada)

- ASC

- TXT

- GSF (Carlson Geoid)

These format can be converted to

bil/hdr (Inpho)

tor/tol ASCII

Remark:

The coordinate systems administration is organized in version 9.1 as independent tool.

New Feature 9.1: Adding China Geodetic Coordinate System 2000 (CGCS2000)

The Chinese geodetic coordinate system 2000 (CSCS2000) is added to the coordinate system database.

New Feature 9.1: Adding Lithuania geoid

The Lithuania geoid definition can now be selected from the list of geoids in the Coordinate System database.

New Feature 9.1: Adding Google Maps projection (EPSG 3857)

In the Coordinate System database, the pseudo Mercator projection from Google Maps can now be selected - EPSG code 3857.

New Feature 9.1: Consideration of additional NTv2 transformation grids

The grid files are not included in the installation of version 9.1 because this will blow up the size of the MSI installer.

Australian GDA94_GDA2020:

The file can be downloaded from:



https://github.com/icsm-au/transformation_grids/

The original name has to be shortened from GDA94_GDA2020_conformal_and_distortion.gsb to GDA94_2020_CD.gsb

Copy the renamed file to “C:\ProgramData\Trimble\ Trimble Photogrammetry9\CoordinateTransformations\ProjLib”.

Germany BWTA2017:

The file can be downloaded from:

https://www.lgl-bw.de/lgl-internet/opencms/de/05_Geoinformation/Liegenschaftskataster/ETRS89-UTM/

This file should be copied to “C:\ProgramData\Trimble\ Trimble Photogrammetry9\CoordinateTransformations\ProjLib”.

New Feature 9.1: Remove projects from “Recent Projects” table

Selected projects can be removed from the

„Recent Projects“ table. Pressing the right

mouse button will open a menu where

„Remove project from list“ can be selected.

Update 9.1: NAD83(2011)

The coordinate systems library is updated and contains now NAD83(2011). So far only NAD83(2007) was offered.

Update 9.1: Russian language package

The Russian language package for the user interface is updated.

Fix 9.1: Converting satellite project into

Converting satellite projects into version 9.1 is now assigning the internal paths

correctly.


https://github.com/icsm-au/transformation_grids

https://github.com/icsm-au/transformation_grids




new version

Fix 9.1: Updating EPSG codes

The EPSG codes in “Coordinates Systems” were reviewed, wrong codes are

corrected and missing ones added.

Restriction 9.1 We are really sorry but the ADS workflow will not work with version 9.1. We will offer a patch soon, where this should be possible again.

DPMaster Distributed Processing

Change Description

Fix 9.1.3: Condor process could not be started.

The distributed processing with Condor could not be started if the Russian language interface was used. This is fixed.

Improvement 9.1: Copy xpf file during job generation

DPMaster now copies also the *.xpf file (tie points) in the Condor job folders.

Therefore, it can be used for the MATCH-T DSM process on the corresponding

processing node.

MATCH-AT (inBLOCK) / Satellite Georeferencing

Change Description

Improvement 9.2: MATCH-AT log file (.html) will be opened in default browser

With version 9.2, the MATCH-AT log file (.html) will automatically be opened with the browser the user defined as the default one.

Improvement 9.2: Updated report file

The report file shows improved statistics, as the number of tie points per image or the differences of automatically measured tie points and back projected adjusted tie points.

Additionally the sorting is now adapted to increasing ID, the IMU residuals show now 4 decimals instead of 3.

Criteria of tie point distributions added to get a clearer report.

For multi-head projects separate graphics are visible for all camera heads.



Fix 9.2: “Move to measured point position” in single stereo view

“Move-to-measured point position” did not work properly in single Stereo View. It moved to the calculated position and not to the measured. This is fixed.

New 9.2: Performance, usage of binary XPF file

For new projects, the default format of the .xpf file is text, but can be defined as binary. It enhances the performance with huge projects. For large projects, the binary format saves up to 60% time on open.

The user may change the format in the basic settings dialog in Project Edit (proedit), the point file will be converted as soon as the project is saved in proedit (may be time consuming!)

The file extension remains .xpf for both storage types.

For projects with binary .xpf file, the .xpf file is ignored when opening the project with version 9.1.x.

The internal representation of image coordinates (measured control points and automatically matched points) has changed. The precision of pixel coordinates was chosen to be 1/64th of a pixel which is well below manual measuring precision (about 1/3rd of a pixel) and also below matching precision (1/10th of a pixel). There may however be small rounding errors of about /100th of a pixel when comparing project files written with software version 9.1 vs. 9.2, but these will not influence computational results significantly.

Information 9.2: Tie areas

Re-introduction of the Tie Areas list.



Improvement PMT 9.2: Display of predictions for point list

A new button is added to start the computation of predictions of all points. Before it was only possible to select a single point to get the prediction.

New PMT 9.2: Reduced PMT – Performance

Reduced PMT can be started to separate manual measurements from current PMT to improve load and save time of large projects.

For the reduced PMT an own icon to start it was introduced. In PMT it is visible as “Quick Mode”. The full PMT starts in “Advanced Mode”.



Improvement PMT 9.2: Added PointCameraFilter

Added PointCameraFilter which filters object points on the number of unique camera references. For each point in the points table view, display the number of unique camera references.



Fix PMT 9.2: Move to measured point position for multi stereo view

This function worked fine but was only applied on the opened page (4 stereo models) and not for all available stereo models.



Improvement PMT 9.2:

Bound image selection

A bound image selection is added in Multi-Aerial/Stereo view depending on chosen criteria.

Possible criteria for a selection are all images with measurements or images with missing measurements.



Fix 9.2: automatic TPs changed falsely to manual

During post-processing some automatic generated TPs changed to manual TP, the entries moved from the xpf file to the prj file. It is fixed.

Improvement 9.1.4: Increased image ID length

This version supports now image IDs with a length of up to 120 characters in the processing.

Fix 9.1.4: Complement functions (PMT)

Using the functions “Complement by Least-Squares-Matching” and “Complement and Refine by Least-Squares-Matching” does not work as good as in the previous versions. Fewer positions were matched and the matches were not accurate in some images. This is fixed.

Information 9.1.3: Tie Point Extraction for Satellite Projects

To run the Tie Point Extraction for satellite projects successfully it is strongly recommended to first adjust the radiometry of the input images after image overview generation. This will increase the number of extracted tie points and improve the result significantly. The radiometry adjustment can be done with the Radiometrix tool available in the Image Commander.

Hint for Radiometrix: - When the images appear initially black, use the “Run Auto-Adjustment” in the Auto-Gradation tab.



- Make sure that all images fit together regarding brightness and contrast. There are several options available to adjust the images (see example below).

Example – before:

Example – after:

Improvement 9.1.3: Improved stamp display in PMT

The following information will be displayed in the new stamp browser: - position of the image measurement (large cross marker, cyan color) - position of the image point prediction (small cross marker, white color) - quality of image matching (center area of cross marker) - status of image matching (green, yellow, red or blue bulb, bottom right corner)



Improvement 9.1.3: Increased stability for RPC Refinement

Some changes regarding the RPC Refinement improved the stability of the process.

Fix 9.1.3: The tie point extraction for satellite projects

Tie point generation for satellite projects does not work when selecting default strategy. With version 9.1.3 the “default” strategy is adapted to run the tie point extraction successfully. Recommendation: Use the option “Highest (time consuming)” as the extraction level.

Fix 9.1.3: Application of camera calibration entries in PMT

In case of huge distortion values and extreme principal point displacements, the measurement of (ground control) points were almost impossible or very complicated. The measured position does not coincide with the displayed one. Now the principal point displacement will be taken into account together with the lens distortion correction. The measurement and its displayed position is now identical.

Improvement 9.1.2: Camera with big principal point displacement

The tie point extraction algorithm is adapted so they work also with big principal point offsets. This helps especially for the use of shift cameras.

Improvement 9.1.2: Point ID limit increased

The limit for the length of the point ID was increased from 64 to 128 characters.

Fix 9.1.2: Correct display of standard deviation class

Check-/control points can have different classes of standard deviations. This class is now displayed correctly in the “Multi-Photo Measurement Tool”.

Fix 9.1.2: “Move to” measured point position

The function “Move to” measured point position moves now also in the Stereo View to the correct position of the point.

Fix 9.1.2: LPMaster project with MATCH-AT Lite license

A problem with opening a project created with LPMaster when using a MATCH-AT Lite license was solved.

Fix 9.1.2: Change stereo view direction

The behavior of the functions “Next/Previous View Direction” was adjusted so that it works in the same way as in DTMaster. Now it can be used, e.g. to view a building from different viewing directions.



Fix 9.1.2: Multi-Photo Measurement Tool(PMT) - handling of “Save”

Closing the PMT and selecting in the upcoming dialog “Do you want to save current changes?” – Cancel – then returning to the measurement and exiting again was showing the message that the project file is read-only. Then all new modifications were cancelled. This is fixed.

Fix 9.1.2: Tie point extraction crashes

The tie point extraction crashed after level 2 in some cases. This is fixed.

Fix 9.1.2: Z-shift in resulting EO for feet projects

A problem with feet projects, where a constant Z offset in the exterior orientation was introduced, is solved.

Information 9.1.2: Thin out for complete block only

The thin out function can be used only for the complete block and not anymore in sub-blocks. This restriction was necessary to ensure the correct content of the statistic file (.sta).

Information 9.1.2: Multi-head cameras

During the computation of ray intersections all possible model combinations were used which resulted in very high statistical values. Now the computation is limited to stereo pairs from different Stations.


MATCH-AT provides an improved performance. The default limits in the .cnt file are updated.

Update 9.1: Limit for GNSS observations

A hard coded internal limitation for GNSS observations is extended from 25000 to 50000.

Improvement 9.1: inBLOCK limits

The limitations of inBLOCK are enlarged. Large blocks can now be processed with camera calibration. Previously a block with 3000 images and 5 camera heads (multi-head system) failed.



MATCH-T DSM

Change Description

New feature 9.2: Support of SHP and WNP as area of interests

Additional file formats for the area of interests are available: WNP and SHP in addition to DXF.

Improvement 9.1: Revised GUI

The whole GUI of the Parameter Settings dialog was revised.

The option for generation of LAZ files is now directly available

MATCH-3DX / Meshing add-on

Requirements/recommendations:

We recommend an up-to-date computer with at least 32 GB RAM (better more). Furthermore, we recommend an additional hard disk for production only, the needed disk space will be about 2-5 times of the space that the input data requires.

Change Description

Improvement 9.2: Meshing as separate processing step, continue mode

It is now possible to process the point cloud as a first step. In a second step the Meshing can be started separately without re-computation of the point cloud. It is possible when selecting the “continue processing” flag.



NEW function 9.2: Ortho Export

A new tool for exporting true orthos is available. It enables the definition of user-defined GSDs (resampling), ortho-photo sizes (re-tiling) and file name templates.



New feature 9.2: Support of SHP and WNP as area of interest

Additional file formats for the area of interests are available: WNP and SHP in addition to DXF.

Fix 9.1.4: SGM point cloud generation with 4 channel images

Using 4 channel imagery with rdx files in MATCH-3DX SGM algorithm created wrong results but using the images without rdx files produced correct results. In version 9.1.4 is now implemented a corrected image caching to cope with images with more than 3 color channels if rdx is involved.

New Feature 9.1.3: Support of mesh format SLPK (I3S)

The mesh format SLPK (file extension *.I3S) is now supported.



Improvement 9.1.3: Textured mesh

The texture sharpening intensity is improved.

Improvement 9.1.3: More robust point cloud process

The dense point cloud progress recovery is more robust in case of interruptions.

Improvement 9.1.3: Tiled texture images

Tiled texture images are now generated if necessary to improve the runtime. Furthermore, the generated 8-bit texture images are now compressed to save disk space.

Improvement 9.1.3: Cesium meshes

Several improvements regarding Cesium meshes are done: - coordinate system transformation (to avoid gaps between tiles) - LOD scaling (better visualization) - bounding volumes (faster data loading).

Improvement 9.1.3: Improved error handling

This version implements an improved error handling, e.g. - when no points can be generated - for unsupported base paths or using input text files with unsupported encoding

Improvement 9.1.3: Oblique image selection

The resulting point cloud for restricted areas in a project using oblique images is improved. An internal improved image selection for the SGM run is now used.

Fix 9.1.3: Missing textures

This version fixes the bug of missing textures when retexturing an edited mesh.

Fix 9.1.3: Incomplete results

This version fixes potentially incomplete results for small scale close-range projects.

Fix 9.1.3: Potential crashes

A potential crash when enabling DSM quality and waterbody features is fixed. This version fixes also crashes appearing if no points are generated for a tile.

Information 9.1.3: Not relevant warning messages

When processing with MATCH-3DX SGM method, warning messages (missing csv files) are written into the “Error” message TAB. These messages are not relevant and will be no more displayed.



Improvement 9.1.2: Usage of images with imported exterior orientation

The images with an imported orientation were not used for the processing of the SGM methods. Now all images are used for the processing and the user has to decide before the processing if the quality of the imported orientations fulfills the requirements for the point cloud processing.

New Feature 9.1.2: Include link to newest MATCH-3DX tutorial videos

Video tutorials for MATCH-3DX are now available from the ApplicationsMaster menu. They can be accessed at Help > Video Tutorials on the WEB > MATCH-3DX. The videos show the semi-global matching (SGM) workflow.

Fix 9.1.2: MATCH-3DX “Continue Processing”

With specific project settings MATCH-3DX did not continue the processing but restarted the complete process. This has been corrected.

Fix 9.1.2: MATCH-3DX runs optimized image selection method

During the internal image selection it could happen that images that are lying inside of a defined area were not used. The selection was optimized so that such images are now used and furthermore the system provides more detailed messages in case of problems for the image selection.

New Features 9.1

New dense point cloud matching technology (SGM) for urban mapping

New technology and data handling for True Ortho Mosaic generation

Improvement of point cloud quality concerning completeness and noise

Input

Aerial images (no limit for the number of images)

Multi-head system (no limit for the number of stations)

Optionally computation inside “Area of interest(s)”

Optionally use of sub-block of images

Output

Organized in tiles: > 2.5D colored point clouds in las or laz format > 3D colored point clouds in las or laz format

True ortho-mosaics (computation in native resolution, radiometric corrections applied)

Metadata information for quality assessment of true ortho-mosaics (Easy review of mass data, high performance graphical overlay, precise information about data quality)



New Features 9.1: Meshing add-on

The MATCH-3DX Meshing add-on creates textured high quality meshes in 2.5D or 3D.

The mesh can be exported in the following formats:

Native OpenSceneGraph Binary (OSGB)

Wavefront (OBJ)

Cesium 3D Tiles

COLLADA - Digital Asset Exchange (DAE)

Native OpenSceneGraph Binary (IVE)

Since we do not offer any Mesh viewer from our side we recommend free available 3rd party viewers, e.g. the “OpenSceneGraph Viewer” or the “Cesium Web Viewer”.

The Meshing add-on requires an additional license!

DTM/Point Cloud Processing - DTMToolkit

Change Description

New feature 9.2: Enhanced Export

DTMToolkit offers an enhanced export of TPIX tiles. It is possible to do a coordinate transformation and to define a polygon as area of interest for the export.



Improvement 9.1.2: Additional information for thin out

The point/vector data processing steps Tile and Filter/Classify contain an optional thin out of the point cloud. The DTMToolkit.log file contains now additional information of this process like the number of deleted points.

Improvement 9.1.2: DTM in BigTIFF

DTMs can now be converted to BigTIFF.

Fix 9.1.2: Surface Modeling with shp input

A bug was fixed where the Surface Modeling crashed when shp files were used as input.



Fix 9.1.2: Gap filling

When importing several files (no TPIX tiles) and using “Gap filling”, the gap filling points were stored in the first file. Now the points are sorted into the corresponding file depending on their position.

Fix 9.1.2: “Split” and “Convert” does not use define grid size

When using "Split" and "Convert" with manual definition of the grid size, it was not used. Instead of the defined grid size the double original grid size was used. Now the defined grid size will be used.

Fix 9.1.2: DTMToolKit crashed with LAS files including extra bytes

DTMToolkit is now able to tile LAS files with extra bytes. In case of selection of mixed data sets, where LAS files with different file formats exist, a warning message is displayed in the Message Box.

New Feature 9.1: Gap filling inside defined polygons

For gap filling it is now possible to define border lines (morphological data import). Then the gap filling takes place inside the area only. In previous versions this was not possible, gap filling was always done for the complete area.

Fix 9.1: Wrong display of units for contour lines

The contour line dialog showed always the unit Meter. Now the unit (e.g. Feet) gets displayed correctly.

DTMaster Stereo

Change Description

New feature 9.2: Export of measured embankments with hatching

The export of measured embankments is now possible with hatching.

Fix 9.2: DTMaster crash

DTMaster crashed when loading a SHP file, then creating a working area and after saving the project. This is fixed.

Fix 9.2: Wrong handling of working area corner coordinates

The coordinates displayed for the “entire project” of the “area definition” were exchanged, e.g. the upper left corner showed the y coordinates of the lower left corner, the lower right corner showed the y coordinates of the upper right corner, etc. Nevertheless, the resulting working area was correct. Version 9.2 will display now also the correct coordinates.

Fix 9.2: TPIX status

There was an issue with the “Edit tile status” where the color wasn’t displayed correctly when the status of a tile was changed. With version 9.2 the display of the



tile status is fixed. Furthermore, the button to toggle the visibility of the tile status is renamed and reordered in the Tile Navigator.

Fix 9.2: DTMaster labels not visible

In rare cases appeared a display problem with the point labels in DTMaster. This is fixed.

Fix 9.1.4: Reset of Working Areas

There was a problem when using the Reset function of the Working Areas where multiple layers were created, which is fixed now.

Fix 9.1.4: Crash when using Undo/Redo

After deleting files there was a crash under certain circumstances when using Undo/Redo function. This is fixed.

Fix 9.1.4: Multiple Load/Unload of TPIX tiles

In case a TPIX tile was loaded/unloaded multiple times and the project was saved in between DTMaster froze and a closing of the program must have been enforced. This is fixed with this version.

Fix 9.1.4: “Evaluate Point Offsets”

It was no more possible to evaluate the point offset of all ground control points of the project. The measurement was possible for one point only all other points were skipped. With version 9.1.4, all ground control points could be evaluated again.

Fix 9.1.3: Reset of active layer

DTMaster did not keep the active layer, but reset it after saving the project. Now the active layer will remain active with saving the DTMaster project.

Fix 9.1.3: Confusing coordinate display for feet projects

Although the project was created in “ft(US) and LAS data were imported in “ft(US), the coordinate display in DTMaster showed metric units. Now the displayed units will be the defined ones and will not be transformed into meters.



Fix 9.1.3: Application of camera calibration entries

In case of huge distortion values and extreme principal point displacements, the measurement of points were almost impossible or very complicated. The measured position does not coincide with the displayed one. Now the principal point displacement will be taken into account together with the lens distortion correction. The measurement and its displayed position is now identical.

Fix 9.1.3: Combined export failed

The combined export of DTM and vector data failed. This is fixed.

Improvement 9.1.2: Layer settings

Terrain layer settings (e.g. visible on/off) for TPIX tiles remains when loading new tiles.

New Function 9.1.2: LAS export settings

A new export functionality is added which offers the possibility to define which points are exported depending on the return value (single return, first return, last return, all returns, single + first, last + first).

Fix 9.1.2: Unpredictable behavior of automatic stereo pair loading

Images, that were activated after the stereo view was opened, were not taken into account. Now all activated images will be used for the automatic stereo pair loading.

Fix 9.1.2: Matching functions in stereo view

The image matching functions “Rematch Selected Points” and “Create Point Cloud” are working now properly when the auto-save is running at the same time. Additionally these functions will consider only the active stereo view from now on.

Fix 9.1.2: Embankment hatchings

The length of the embankment hatchings has been constrained to be 2 times the distance between the hatch lines. Note that these are not high-quality hatchings, but interpretation aids.

Fix 9.1.2: Locked layer When using a locked layer as active layer and measure lines, the lines are not stored. A message was visible in the output log, but is often overlooked. In the new version the same messages occurs but now there is no line visible when measuring.

Fix 9.1.2: DTMaster runs more stable

To keep the data base (.bgd) stable a message is added that suggests to compress the project after 10 vector files have been removed from the project in one session.



Fix 9.1.2: Delete vector data of selected layers in grouped tiles

When multiple tiles are loaded (grouped), the function “Delete vector data of selected layers…” deleted only points from one tile and not from all loaded tiles. Now the function deletes the points of this layer in all tiles.

Fix 9.1.2: Better handling of importing large point clouds

The import of large point clouds has been improved and runs now faster.

Fix 9.1.2: Layer point count (NrPL) update

DTMaster offers in the Terrain Tab a column, displaying the number of points in the current layer. Now the number of points is updated directly.

Change 9.1.2: Consideration of closed lines in shp format

All closed lines are written as Polygon(Z) and all other lines as PolyLine(Z) to shape files. For closed lines only one point representing start and end point (no longer two points with the same position).

Fix 9.1.1: Tile Manager – Commit Tile

The behavior after committing a tile is now as in previous versions; The tile remains loaded in DTMaster.

New Feature 9.1: DTMaster Viewer

Version 9.1 offers a new license-free DTMaster Viewer. Its key features are:

Stereo View

Profile View

Metadata View from SGM results (MATCH-3DX)

Shading on-the-fly, contour lines etc.

Editing, exporting or DTM check tools are not available.

New Feature 9.1: Integration Tile Manager data (Tpix)

Version 9.1 offers an improved integration of the Tile Manager data in DTMaster, see new Surface Areas tab:

Load and unload Tile Manager file directly from project

Ortho-mosaic update for MATCH-3DX True ortho-mosaics directly in DTMaster

DTM update is now also directly available in DTMaster (without opening DTMToolkit)

Handling of data management in Tile Manager (menu: File - Import - Tile Manager…)



New Feature 9.1: Visualization of SGM Metadata (MATCH-3DX)

New visualization of SGM metadata for the corresponding point cloud. This helps to review the results of the SGM process and can indicate problematic areas.

New Feature 9.1: Additional parameters for Best-Fit-Stereo and automatic model change

To improve stereo measurement with high overlap projects, DTMaster is equipped with additional options to allow the selection of preferred stereo models which are not "neighboring" images. Additional parameters for the automatic stereo model change are introduced (see Preferences – Views - Stereo).

Tool options – Best-Fit Stereo

Settings for automatic model change

New Feature 9.1: Added columns to the Terrain tab

In the Terrain tab two new columns can be added:

1. NrPL: Number of points (sorting is possible) 2. Type: the type for points and lines are added



Improvement 9.1: Additional Vector File Info for LAS files

The Vector File Info dialog shows additional attributes for LAS files.

Change 9.1: Default setting “Overview window”

The “Overview window” had a very bad influence on the performance of panning and zooming. Therefore by default the display of the “Overview window” is turned off.

Fix 9.1: Export LAZ

The LAS header definition for the Global Encoding is now correct after export.

Fix 9.1: 3D mouse snapping

The problem that the 3D mouse snapping jumps to the previous measured vertex is fixed.

Information 9.1: Change default for loading tiles from TPIX manager

The default for loading tiles from Tile Mange changed to “grouped”. In the Terrain tab the tiles are visible as TPIX file. In case the file name should be displayed the setting “grouped” has to be deactivated in the Tile Manager. If once changed it serves as new default.

OrthoMaster

Change Description

Fix 9.1.4: Whole image as “Area of Interest”

In mountainous areas the resulting ortho photo did not fit to the whole image area because only the 4 corner points are used for footprint computation. Now more points are used so the footprints fit better to the defined whole image.

Improvement 9.1.3: OrthoMaster log file

The log file of OrthoMaster will now show the DTM extents.

Fix 9.1.3: TPIX structure in feet

Importing the Tile Manager file *.TPIX as DTM into OrthoMaster did not show the terrain model at the correct location, because feet units have not been considered. In this version the feet units will be taken into account.

Fix 9.1.3: Crash for large projects with missing aerial links

OrthoMaster crashed if very large projects (thousands of images) missed many image links. OrthoMaster created for each missing image link a warning, causing in a crash of the software. Now OrthoMaster will only show for the first 10 aerial images a warning and will suppress the remaining ones, but summarize how many image links are missing.



Improvement 9.1: Better interface to DTMaster

With the introduction of the Surface Areas OrthoMaster provides now an improved support of the Tile Manager data structure (for DTM). This provides a smoother workflow when coming from other modules (MATCH-3DX, Match-T DSM and DTMaster Stereo).

Fix 9.1: Corrupt XML file

Saving the project caused several times that the XML file gets corrupt. This is fixed.

OrthoVista

Change Description


The loading of large projects works now faster.

Fix 9.2: Blending and ghost effects

Rarely OrthoVista generated some ghost effects. The algorithm for mosaicking was changed to avoid such effects.

Fix 9.1.4: Seamline in high overlapping area

There was an issue for specific projects with high overlapping orthophotos. The generated seamlines mainly consisted of straight and duplicate lines. The Feature Detection algorithm got reviewed and the issue is fixed now.

Fix 9.1.2: Error message “seam line definition not available”

The seam line definitions (cld) created with version 8 could not be read in version 9. With version 9.1.2 this problem is solved and cld files created in older versions will be recognized.



Change 9.1: Prefer non-JPG images

In case of multiple image formats non-JPG will be preferred, e.g. if TIF and JPG images are available the TIF images will be loaded.

Fix 9.1: Rotated SHP tiles resulted in additional background color

For non-rectangular SHP tile definitions, a max. bounding box will be created. Using the option to rotate the project, it seemed that the original bounding box of the tile definition was be used and a second bounding box was calculated instead of the initial SHP polygon. This resulted in additional background areas. This works now correctly.

Fix 9.1: Empty areas along map edge

Sanity checks for inclusion/exclusion area polygons are added to avoid empty maps in case the area of interest runs along the map edges.

Fix 9.1: SHP tile extent not correct

It could happen that the calculation of the cutout region created a half pixel offset which leaded to random borders with wrong image content. This is fixed.

Fix 9.1: Log file entry for valid RGN

Version 9.1 shows now the correct percentage for the region pixel count.

LPMaster

Change Description

Fix 9.1.3: Intensity calculation not selectable

An error in the basic configuration of the intensity setting was fixed. The intensity setting "amplitude" in the parameter setting couldn't set although this mode was selected. The "normalized" mode (fixed or dynamic) was always activated. This resulted in an oversized spread of the intensity calculation, if the measured distance was greater than ~2000m.

Fix 9.1.2: LPMaster project with MATCH-AT Lite license

A problem with opening a project created with LPMaster when using a MATCH-AT Lite license was solved.

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