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LCD-13500

TLcdNITFModelDecoder can now process image blocks with differing width and height, meaning they no longer need to be square.

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LCD-12308

TLcdNITFModelDecoder#canDecodeSource is now more strict when checking CADRG frame files. This decreases the chance of the NITF model decoder falsely indicating that it can decode a file with a CADRG frame file extension.

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LCD-12685

TLcdNITFModelDecoder#decode now throws an IOException instead of an OutOfMemoryError when parsing a corrupt NITF tagged record extension.

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LCD-12265

TLcdBCIRasterModelDecoder now adds the supporting sources to the TLcdModelMetadata of its decoded models. These supporting sources are all the individual QDR files, as well as the vqtable file, if it exists.

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LCD-12212

TLspVPFLayerBuilder: the ILspLayer.LayerType set on the builder was not correctly set on the layers build.

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LCD-12204

The TLcdUSRPModelDecoder now returns data series and supporting files when decoding model metadata.

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LCD-12030

Setting TLcdNITFModelDecoder#setIgnoreGraphics to true now correctly ensures that CGM graphics are not included in the resulting model.

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LCD-12029

Fixed issue where certain NITF elements would not be georeferenced correctly when TLcdNITFModelDecoder#setSeparateGraphics is set to true and the element's parent is not an image element, or it has no parent at all.

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LCD-11710

TLcdNITFModelDecoder: nested NITF segments (with ALVL>0) are now correctly positioned relative to their parents' position.

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LCD-11155

Some fill patterns were incorrectly visualized in an ILcdGXYView when using display scaling.

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LCD-11711

TLcdNITFModelDecoder: nested NITF segments (with ALVL>0) now correctly inherit their parents' reference if they don't define one themselves.

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LCD-11716

TLcdNITFModelDecoder.decodeImageBounds now has the display and attachment level of the image segment bounds to decode as additional arguments.

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LCD-11687

Fixed an issue where NITF 2.10 files with NBPPBV or NPPBH equal to zero could not be decoded, even if NBPR and NBPC are equal to 1.

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XML files containing data for the MGCP 2.0.1 Portrayal standard can now be decoded and visualized in Lightspeed and GXY views, and LuciadFusion WMS/WMTS services.

Example of a dataset rendered with MGCP styling

For more details, see:

The MGCP entry in the Data Formats documentation section
TLcdMGCPModelDecoder to decode XML files containing MGCP data
TLspMGCPLayerFactory to visualize MGCP models in a Lightspeed view
TLcdMGCPGXYLayerFactory to visualize MGCP models in a GXY view

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LCD-11166

MGCP zip files are now supported. In order to use the .zip files they must be renamed to .mgcp.zip.

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LCD-11192

TLcdVPFModelDecoder: If the decoder was configured to decode features using


                           ELEMENT_PER_FEATURE

, some geometries could be missing.

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LCD-10548

TLcdVPFModelDescriptor: a NullPointerException was thrown when calling #getDataModel for models not containing VPF features (e.g. the library model).

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LCD-9361

TLcdVPFModelDescriptor#getVFPFeatureClass has been removed, this method duplicated TLcdVPFModelDescriptor#getVPFFeatureClass which should be used instead.

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LCD-9802

The USRP decoder now supports all known directory structures regardless of the specific format (ADRG/ASRP/USRP).

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LCD-9758

TLcdVPFGeoSymProvider did not recognize the product id 'VMap Lv 2 PL' or 'VMapL2 PL'.

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LCD-9312

When VPF data is decoded via the VPF database header table (dht), the TLcdVPFModelDecoder returns an ILcdModelTreeNode. At the level that coincides with the VPF database, library and coverage levels, these ILcdModelTreeNode no longer have an TLcdVPFModelDescriptor, instead they will now return a TLcdModelDescriptor. As a result of this change, to check if a model contains VPF data, you need to check whether TLcdVPFModelDescriptor.TYPE_NAME is equal to ILcdModelDescriptor#getTypeName.

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LCD-9261

TLcdVPFModelDecoder: An ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException was thrown when the header of an FCS table indicated a wrong row count. Now the decoder reads all the rows from the table and logs a warning when the row count does not match.

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LCD-9370

The NITF, CADRG and ECRG decoders now support all data series codes that were added in MIL-STD-2411-1 Change 3 (2010). Codes without a predefined scale (CG, CM, CO, HA, IV, M1, M2, MM, OA) and codes with sub-meter resolution (I5) are recognized, but can't be decoded. The ECRG decoder will issue a warning if an unsupported frame is encountered, but still try to decode the remaining frames.

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LCD-9287

TLcdVPFGeoSymProvider did not recognize the product id for Tactical Ocean Data (e.g TOD0).

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LCD-8745

TLcdVPFGXYLayerFactory now makes it possible to easily create layers for VPF data.

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LCD-8745

TLcdNITFGXYLayerFactory now makes it possible to easily create layers for NITF data.

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When decoding a .THF file, the TLcdUSRPModelDecoder now returns ILcdModelTreeNode instances by default, instead of TLcdModelList instances. ILcdModelTreeNode's have many advantages such as the ability to mix sub-models with different coordinate systems, and have built-in GXY layer factories to support them. If needed, this change can be reverted using TLcdUSRPModelDecoder#setCreateModelTreeNodes.

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LCD-8732

The NITF decoder no longer relies on reflection to instantiate segments. This avoids issues caused by code optimizers removing seemingly unused constructors.

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LCD-8183

The NITF orthorectifying decoder is now configured as a service, so it can be used from the main GXY and Lightspeed decoders. The dedicated orthorectification sample has been removed.

To perform orthorectification, first decode some elevation data and then your NITF data. Both have to be decoded using the orthorectifying decoder.

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LCD-8377

Some NITF files that use a camera position that is tilted towards the horizon couldn't be visualized.

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LCD-7430

TLspVPFGeoSymStyler now has the option to set an opacity.

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TLcdVPFModelDecoder now supports the use of the Database Header Table (DHT) file as an entry point for decoding. In this case, the decoder produces an ILcdModelTreeNode whose structure reflects that of the VPF database.

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Lightspeed views now provide full support for GeoSym styling. The new class TLspVPFLayerBuilder facilitates the creation of layers for VPF data and can be used to choose between full and simplified GeoSym symbology.

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LCD-7645

Padding data in tiles near the image edge is now correctly skipped over.

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LCD-7608

Fixed an issue which caused certain BCI models to be rendered with the wrong pixel density.

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LCD-6938

Fixed text alignment in TLspVPFGeoSymStyler to behave similarly to GXY.

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LCD-6873

The TLspVPFGeoSymStyler now has a default styling in case no GeoSym style was found for a specific VPF feature. Previously the feature would not be rendered.

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LCD-6934

Fixed a potential ClassCastException that could occur while using TLspVPFGeoSymStyler.

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LCD-6797

Fixed NullPointerException that could occur when requesting the bounds of a VPF domain object.

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LCD-4259

TLcdNITFModelDecoder can now decode JPEG data with padding bytes.

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The NITF and ECRG decoders now support multiband imagery and arbitrary pixel depths. Full support is available via the imaging API, legacy rasters are limited to best-effort RGB or grayscale decoding.

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LCD-6215

Fixed issue where the NITF decoder would try to cast multilevel rasters to regular rasters when building an image adapter.

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LCD-6091

The ECRG model decoder always estimated the raster pixel density based on the first tile, even if that tile was empty. The first non-empty tile is now used.

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LCD-5842

The ECRG model decoder required the root EPF directory to be part of the frame paths in TOC.xml. This is not required anymore, but still accepted.

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LCD-5488

Fixed rendering of GeoSym icons that had incorrectly filled ovals.

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The TLcdBCIRasterModelDecoder has been adapted for integration with the new imaging API. It now produces domain objects that also implement one of the new interfaces: ALcdImage, ALcdMultilevelImage, ALcdImageMosaic or ALcdMultilevelImageMosaic. Please refer to the class javadoc, com.luciad.imaging package javadoc and to the developer's guide for more information.

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The TLcdECRGModelDecoder and TLcdNITFModelDecoder have been adapted for integration with the new imaging API. They now produces domain objects that also implement one of the new interfaces: ALcdImage, ALcdMultilevelImage, ALcdImageMosaic or ALcdMultilevelImageMosaic. Please refer to the class javadoc, com.luciad.imaging package javadoc and to the developer's guide for more information.

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The TLcdUSRPModelDecoder has been adapted for integration with the new imaging API. It now produces domain objects that also implement one of the new interfaces: ALcdImage, ALcdMultilevelImage, ALcdImageMosaic or ALcdMultilevelImageMosaic. Please refer to the class javadoc, com.luciad.imaging package javadoc and to the developer's guide for more information.

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LCD-5126

Improved detection of wrapping coordinates. The decoder sometimes produced stretched images by falsely assuming that the coordinates wrapped around the date line.

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LCD-5038

NSIF/NITF images defined in UPS north or south are now decoded correctly.

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LCD-4847

TLcdNITFUncompressedImageDecoder now correctly decodes multiband rasters.

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LCD-4698

Fixed an error in the coordinate transformation of southern UTM zones.

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LCD-4424

Support for older SENSRB files has been restored. Files that fail to decode using the 2011 specification will fall back to the 2009 draft.

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LCD-4469

TLcdNITFModelDecoder now uses a better sub-tile size when decoding JPEG2000 files.

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LCD-4469

TLcdNITFModelDecoder can now decode files larger than 2 GB.

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LCD-4469

TLcdNITFModelDecoder now supports drag-n-drop when decoding JPEG2000 files.

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LCD-4469

TLcdNITFModelDecoder now correctly orders the rasters in the resulting multilevel raster when setDecodeMultilevelRasters(true) is used for JPEG2000 files.

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Added support for the ECRG format. See MIL-PRF-32283.

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LCD-4429

TLcdNITFModelDecoder can now decode files larger than 2 GB.

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LCD-4381

The default value for elevation rasters is now 32001, instead of 0. This solves issues with height providers that translate the default value to NaN.

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LCD-3977

TLcdNITFModelDecoder now correctly processes blocked images in combination with JPEG compression.

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TLcdNITFModelDecoder now has a default model reference decoder.

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The previous samples have been merged into one sample. This sample still supports orthorectification of NITF rasters using SENSRB.

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LCD-3425

Render background pixels transparant instead of black.

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Resolved regressions in USRP decoder.

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LCD-3381

Prevents TLcdBCIRasterModelDecoder from incorrectly throwing an EOFException.

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LCD-2845

The USRP model decoder is no longer case sensitive.

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LCD-530

GeoSym is now thread-safe.

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LCD-536

GeoSym now logs a warning when a GeoSym icon could not be loaded.

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You can now visualize VPF data in Lightspeed according to the GeoSym styling standard, using the new TLspVPFGeoSymStyler class. The geometries of the VPF domain object can be rendered with TLspShapePainter.

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LCD-2535

The SENSRB decoder has been updated to support latest official specification of December 2010. Files that still use an old version of the specification will no longer decode.

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LCD-2948

Some VPF areas might contain the same outer or inner ring multiple times, which could cause the area to be filled incorrectly. This has been fixed.

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LCD-1425

An exception is now thrown when the image file is not available at decoding time.

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A NullPointerException which could occur when a FACC feature did not have a value for an attribute used by a GeoSym condition, has been fixed in the GeoSym style provider.

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A potential threading issue in the VPF model implementation has been fixed. The issue (an exception being thrown) could occur when querying models from multiple feature classes in the same coverage via applyOnInteract, on the same tiles.

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LCD-2568

The GeoSym resource files input streams were not closed after reading, this has been fixed now.

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LCD-2567

Input streams are now closed correctly when a corrupt VPF data file is being read.

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LCD-1665

The order of the shapes in a cross-tile feature in ELEMENT_PER_FEATURE mode could differ when decoded multiple types and retrieved with different applyOnInteract bounds. The implementation has been changed now to ensure a constant order for all shapes in a feature.

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GeoSym definitions can now be reloaded programmatically. A reload can be triggered by reconfiguring the GeoSym definition paths on TLcdVPFGeoSymProvider.

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TLcdVPFGeoSymProvider now provides methods for retrieving symbol ids for a given FACC feature, next to the existing methods for retrieving icons for a feature. The new methods allow to use the GeoSym rules with custom styles, independent of the provided built-in styles.

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Changes to values in TLcdGeoSymDefaults are now correctly taken into account (some values were only read once during initialization of the GeoSym provider and not updated afterwards).

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LCD-1437

VPF area features now implement the ILcdSurface interface, providing direct access to the outer and inner rings of the area.

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LMAP-6076, LCD-1410

A more appropriate default value has been chosen for the maximum residual tie point error. This will ensure that the bounds of a raster are more accurately decoded during the decoding process.

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LMAP-6084, LCD-1413

TLcdNITFModelDecoder now also has limited support for symbol elements in the case of NITF 2.0 files. Note that only the CGM format is supported for the symbol elements, so bitmap- and object symbols are ignored.

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LCD-1447

A cross-tile feature in ELEMENT_PER_FEATURE mode might have contained duplicate shapes in its shape list after tiles have been garbage-collected and reloaded. This has been fixed now.

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LCD-1445

The primitives of a cross-tile feature were not always initialized at the same time in ELEMENT_PER_FEATURE mode. As a result, the number of shapes in these features might vary over time, depending on the applyOnInteract operations that were performed on the model. This has been fixed now: all primitives of a cross-tile feature are now initialized at the moment it is first accessed.

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LCD-1444

Features with multiple primitives within the same tile but without a feature join table were not merged into a single model element in ELEMENT_PER_FEATURE mode. This has been fixed.

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LCD-1446

A potential threading issue in the decoding of cross-tile features in ELEMENT_PER_FEATURE mode has been fixed.

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LCD-1436

The source of a VPF model descriptor is now filled in when a feature class is decoded to a model using TLcdVPFModelDecoder.decode(TLcdVPFFeatureClass). The path of a VPF feature class is also available now via the TLcdVPFFeatureClass.getPathName() method.

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LMAP-6050, LCD-617

Extra input validation has been added to the VPF model decoder, to avoid OutOfMemoryErrors due to corrupt input files; these errors are now converted into IOExceptions. In addition, the VPF model now remembers which files have already been decoded (or tried to decode) and which not; this avoids that the decoder reattempts to read corrupted files over and over during each model access. Only the first model access will now throw an IOException in case of corrupted files.

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LMAP-5846

Performance of model access has been improved; especially datasets for which many tiles have one or more geometry tables missing will take advantage from this improvement.

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LMAP-5865

TLcdUSRPModelDecoder documentation was updated to correctly reflect the .QAL and .SOU file requirements.

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LMAP-5774

TLcdUSRPModelDecoder now sets the Product Type and Dataset ID on the decoded TLcdUSRPZoneDescriptor.

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LMAP-5767

TLcdVPFModelDecoder now offers two model element modes: elements per geometry and elements per feature. The former will map each geometry onto a separate model element, the latter will merge geometries of the same feature together into a single model element, implementing ILcdShapeList. The former is the existing behavior and is therefore configured on the decoder by default. Model element modes can be changed using TLcdVPFModelDecoder.setModelElementMode().

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The TLcdVPFGXYPainterProvider now supports rendering of VPF models decoded in ModelElementMode.ELEMENT_PER_FEATURE mode in combination with GeoSym.

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The sample samples.decoder.raster.nitf.orthorectified illustrates orthorectification of NITF rasters that have the SENSRB extension.

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LMAP-5695

TLcdNITFModelDecoder now has a new setting separateGraphics to decode vector data in graphic segments into separate model tree nodes of the main model.

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The decoder now accepts all-hyphen values for all fields in SENSRB extensions, even for fields where they aren't strictly allowed by the standard.

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LMAP-3076

TLcdVPFGXYPainterProvider now provides a flag for enabling and disabling the painter cache. Caching reduces the time to paint an object but requires more memory. By default, caching is turned on.

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Line and area features with geodetic coordinates are now linearly interpolated between their points, instead of geodetically (now identical to interpolation mode used for cartesian coordinates).

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LMAP-5278

The VPF model decoder can now decode VPF feature table files (*.PFT, *.LFT, *.AFT, *.TFT, *.CFT). The behavior of decoding a feature table file is identical to the decoding of the corresponding VPF feature class instance.

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Some VPF database have small errors in their spatial indices, which might result in an applyOnInteract operation not finding one or more features within the specified bounds. The VPF model decoder has been improved to take these errors into account. Strict-interact applyOnInteract operations will now find the exact number of features, even for these erroneous databases. Non-strict-interact applyOnInteract operations might find slightly more results w.r.t. previous versions.

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Attributes which have an enumerated list of possible values in the INT.VDT or CHAR.VDT table are no longer marked as an enumeration: these types may still have other, non-listed values. The displayable name of the codes is still available via the TLcdDataType.getDisplayName() method.

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The ILcdDataObject interface of VPF domain objects no longer translates enumerated values into their equivalent description, as defined in the integer or character description table. It now always returns the original values as contained in the table data. The equivalent description is still available using the TLcdDataType.getDisplayName(aValue) method. To revert to the previous behavior, all calls to object.getValue(property) should be replaced with property.getDataType().getDisplayName(object.getValue(property)).

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The performance of the face construction algorithm, which was reduced after a previous bug fix (LMAP-5058), has been improved again. This issue only affects area feature classes.

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A bug in the method getUserFeatureAttributeIndex(String) of TLcdVPFFeatureClass was fixed; the method no longer throws an IndexOutOfBoundsException when an invalid argument is passed.

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LMAP-5103

TLcdUSRPModelDecoder now accepts the 01.GER extension of the optional georeference file (which always specifies the WGS84 geodetic datum).

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The library name has been removed from the VPF data model name, as it is not relevant for the identification of the data model (different libraries might share the same data model). The VPF product type is now always included in the data model name using uppercase style, to ensure that databases using different case will still share the same data model.

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LMAP-3821

com.luciad.format.vpf.TLcdVPFModelDecoder now offers a flag setUseNullValues, which allows to configure the behavior of ILcdFeatured in the case of null values. If the flag is set, null values will be represented by a null object, otherwise, they will be represented by the special value assigned to them by the VPF specification. It is turned off by default, for backwards compatibility.

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LMAP-5059

Area features no longer contain empty polygons (polygons with zero points), which were an artifact from 'floating edge' inner rings.

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LMAP-5058

The VPF model decoder now automatically detects inner rings which are defined as part of an outer ring. These rings are now properly decoded as separate polygons, and the auxiliary edges for jumping from outer to inner rings are no longer present in the model.

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LMAP-3821

VPF special attribute values which should be interpreted as being null, are now represented in the ILcdDataObject view by a null value, instead of the special value (e.g. for Strings, 'N/A' will now become null, for short integers, -32768 will now become null, ...).

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LMAP-4992

Date attributes (represented by java Data objects) are now linked to the com.luciad.datamodel.TLcdCoreDataTypes.DATE data type instead of the com.luciad.datamodel.TLcdCoreDataTypes.CALENDAR data type.

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LMAP-3123

Improved sample code by adding support for multi-databases. Sample 2 allows you to set a directory as VPF root node that contains other VPF root nodes indirectly. This way, multiple databases can be loaded at once. Their results can be shown separately or merged together, both for the tree and the layer controls of the sample.

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TLcdNITFModelDecoder now has a setting allowing it to create multi-level rasters instead of single-level ones.

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The VPF domain model now supports the unified generic model; all domain classes now implement the ILcdDataObject interface, the VPF model descriptor now implements ILcdDataModelDescriptor. To support the unified generic model, the ILcdVPFFeature interface has been modified to extend the ILcdDataObject interface. Classes implementing ILcdVPFFeature should be modified to implement the methods of ILcdDataObject. Wrappers around VPF domain classes can simply delegate these methods to the corresponding methods in the wrapped class. Since the VPF model descriptor now implements ILcdDataModelDescriptor, all elements in VPF models are required to implement ILcdDataObject. Custom domain objects wrapping VPF model elements will need to implement ILcdDataObject as well, if they are contained in a model with an VPF model descriptor.

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LMAP-4579

The GeoSym provider now recognizes the VMAP2i product type; the symbology that is used for visualizing the product is that of VMAP Level 2.

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TLcdNITFModelDecoder supports JPEG2000 compression, as specified by the MIL-STD-2500C standard.

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LMAP-3687

Positioning of rasters with a projective transformation has been corrected, by fixing a mathematical error that was introduced in TLcdRectifiedProjectiveProjection in LuciadMap 9.1.

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LMAP-3110

The following methods were removed from TLcdVPFGeoSymProvider, since their signature contained obfuscated classes:

getPointLabel
getLineLabel
getAreaLabel
getStyleProvider

The first three shouldn't be used because GeoSym labeling is not supported. If the last method should be used somewhere, it should be replaced by TLcdVPFGeoSymProvider.getInstance(String).

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TLcdNITFModelDecoder now supports the RPC00B extension.

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TLcdNITFModelDecoder now supports the SENSRB extension.

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LMAP-3272

TLcdNITFModelDecoder now no longer incorrectly shifts images that have image locations in addition to geographic locations, which may occur in NITF files that have multiple unattached images.

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LMAP-3259

TLcdNITFModelDecoder now correctly decodes large uncompressed images.

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LMAP-2866

A NullPointerException thrown by the TLcdVPFLibrary constructors is fixed now.

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LMAP-2843

TLcdNITFModelDecoder now correctly decodes multiple Tagged Record Extensions in image segments.

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LMAP-2735

ILcdVPFFeature.getVPFFeatureClassEntry() always returned 0 for area features. This has been fixed.

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LMAP-2800

TLcdUSRPModelDecoder now accepts .IMG and .SOU extensions, instead of the more restrictive 01.IMG and 01.SOU.

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LMAP-2658

TLcdNITFModelDecoder now supports georeferencing of rasters that are distorted by a perspective projection.

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The GeoSym engine no longer looks for GeoSym resources in the geosym/rules/ directory; from now on, only the GeoSym/ directory is searched for, which corresponds to the location used in the VPF resources file provided with the distribution (lcd_vpf_geosym_resources.jar).

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LMAP-2625

TLcdNITFModelDecoder now also takes into account BLOCKA Tagged Record Extensions in user data.

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LMAP-2624

TLcdNITFModelDecoder now accepts empty gray fill fields in BLOCKA Tagged Record Extensions.

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LMAP-2623

TLcdNITFModelDecoder again decodes correct raster bounds for UTM references.

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LMAP-2613

TLcdNITFModelDecoder now always creates grid references for NITF files containing CGM vector data, in order to make sure circles, ellipses, and arcs are interpreted correctly.

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A bug in the retrieval of feature attributes and their classes is fixed; the attribute values did not always math the attribute classes in the TLcdVPFFeatureClass and TLcdVPFModelDescriptor. Two kinds of changes might occur w.r.t. previous releases:

some attribute classes are now of type Short/Integer instead of String.
some attribute values are now of type String instead of Short/Integer.

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VPF databases with uppercase column names were no longer supported. This is fixed.

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TLcdBCIRasterModelDecoder now decodes three extra features: paperDates, creationDate and freeText. When an ILcdModel has been decoded, these features can be retrieved via the descriptor of the model, TLcdBCIRasterModelDescriptor.

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An ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException was thrown when edges in coverages with topological level 0 were read. This is fixed now.

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TLcdUSRPModelDecoder now accepts files with missing QSR and QUV fields.

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TLcdUSRPModelDecoder now also looks for ASRP and USRP data sets in the ASRP and USRP subdirectories, when decoding TRANSH01.THF files.

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The color model of the TLcdVPFLayerFactoryModel has been extended slightly; the 'library reference' and 'tile reference' coverage now always have a gray color, instead of a random color.

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Relative database paths are now supported in VPF property files.

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The user attribute set of a VPF feature now contains all attributes avaiable in the VPF feature class table, except low-level database-related attributes (id, edg_id, tile_id, ...). This used to contain only the set of attributes for which a mapping in the character or integer value description table was available.

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The VPF models and model decoder have been improved to be used in multi-threaded environments.

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Some extra methods were added to the TLcdVPFFeatureClass class,, to simplify the usage of the user attributes.

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Coordinates defined as VPF short floating point type will now be mapped on Java floats, instead of doubles.

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3-D geometries are supported now. If a Z-coordinate is available in the data, an XYZ- or LonLatHeight geometry will be created now (only the first two coordinates were supported before).

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The mimimum object size is now taken into account when performing a model.applyOnInteract() call. Objects which are too small to be visible on screen will no longer be painted.

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Performance of the VPF model decoder has been improved significantly. The decoding time of both memory models (on-the-fly and in-memory model) has been reduced, as well as the memory usage of both models. The documentation of TLcdVPFModelDecoder contains some extra performance tips. Additionally, a new model type has been introduced, the hybrid model, which is generally faster than the on-the-fly model, and requires less memory than the in-memory model. It uses a caching mechanism, adapting itself to the amount of available memory (the more memory available, the better the model will perform). This model is from now on the default model, used by the VPF model decoder.

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A bug in the decoding of geometry data was fixed.

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The VPF samples and the Lucy addon now have the same performance.

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The VPF model decoder now throws a clear exception when a VPF properties file contains an invalid entry (e.g., a non-existing feature class).

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TLcdVectorIconProvider was removed from the API, as it did not contain any public API functionality.

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VPF field types of feature attributes are now properly mapped on Java classes (all types used to be mapped on java.lang.String). The documentation of TLcdVPFFeatureClass contains a detailed overview of this mapping.

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The return values of the coverage.getPath() and coverage.getPathName() methods now point to the correct coverage directory, instead of the parent library directory.

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Methods, returning package-visible class instances, were removed from TLcdVPFGeoSymProvider.

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The TLcdVPFModelDecoder now takes the library bounds as model decoding bounds if no bounds parameter was provided to the decode() method. Previously, the decoder used to take the world bounds, causing the fit action not to work properly on VPF models.

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A NullPointerException occuring when switching from empty model to full model using the TLcdVPFDatabaseTree, was fixed.

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This package is a new LuciadMap option since v7.1.

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TLcdUSRPModelDecoder now correctly decodes TRANSH01.THF files pointing to ADRG datasets.

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TLcdNITFModelDecoder now throws a more helpful IOException if it doesn't have a model reference decoder and it can't decode a model reference.

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Exceptions which where printed directly on the system error log are now logged via TLcdLog.

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GRT tables with column names 'parameter X' instead of 'parameterX' (where X = 1..4) are supported now.

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TLcdNITFModelDecoder no longer unnecessarily invokes its model reference decoder when it can decode a model reference from the NITF file itself.

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TLcdNITFModelDecoder now provides support for input stream factories.

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GRT tables with an empty projection code field (which is the case for geodetic references) are supported now.

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The FACC attribute list of a VPF feature now only contains FACC attributes (other low-level feature attributes used by VPF, like tile id and primitive id, are excluded from the list now).

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TLcdNITFModelDecoder now makes color 255 of decoded grayscale JPEG images transparent, consistently with uncompressed grayscale images, in order to avoid a black border when they are painted with warping.

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TLcdNITFModelDecoder now correctly decodes coordinates specified in the 'D' format.

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Features having a 1:N feature-primitive relationship are now decoded correctly (feature attributes were missing before). Decoded VPF models contain an ILcdFeatured+ILcdShape object for each of the primitives, defining a feature.

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TLcdNITFModelDecoder now decodes the optional Tagged Record Extension BLOCKA, which contains the image corner locations at a higher precision than the one in the standard NITF header.

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TLcdNITFModelDecoder can attach approximate orthographic grid references to aerial pictures and satellite imagery that are stored with a simple geodetic reference. The maximum residual error for the corner points can be specified.

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The getFeatureAttributeDescription() getFeatureAttributeClass() methods of TLcdVPFFeatureClass now return correct values (the returned values used to be off-by-one).

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TLcdNITFModelDecoder now correctly decodes tiles that are larger than their images.

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Inner polygons (holes) in faces are now supported. The domain model objects representing VPF areas now implement the ILcdComplexPolygon interface, instead of the ILcdPolygon interface.

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TLcdNITFModelDecoder now provides methods that can be overridden in order to modify the decoding of model references and raster bounds based on the NITF fields.

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Added support for long floating point values in all bounding rectangle tables an LAT tables.

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The VPF model decoder now supports databases that do not have a variable-length index file. If missing, the decoder will build an index in memory on-the-fly.

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The TILEREF coverage is now properly decoded.

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A bug, causing a NullPointerException during the decoding of untiled feature classes, is fixed.

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TLcdNITFModelDecoder now correctly decodes relative positioning of attached images.

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The protected fields of TLcdVPFFeatureClass are removed from the API, as they are unusable (the class cannot be extended).

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Feature classes containing primitives of type Connected Node are now supported properly (these feature classes were not always shown in the VPF tree).

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An NullPointerException that was thrown in absence of certain VPF tables, is no longer thrown.

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The Java class returned by TLcdVPFModelDescriptor.getFeatureClass() now corresponds to the values that are returned in the ILcdFeatured VPF objects.

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Implementations of ILcdVPFFeature now return a correct attribute count. The getAttributeName(int aIndex) method now returns the correct name (it used to return the name of attribute[aIndex - 1]).

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TLcdUSRPModelDecoder now correctly decodes TRANSH01.THF files pointing to multiple datasets.

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TLcdNITFUncompressedImageDecoder now avoids accidentally skipping bytes from URL input streams.

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TLcdNITFModelDecoder now avoids accidentally skipping bytes from URL input streams.

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TLcdNITFModelDecoder now correctly uses the input stream factory for decoding the contained images.

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TLcdNITFModelDecoder now supports decoding JPEG images from URLs.

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TLcdVPFLibrary now returns its coverages in the order they are stored in the VPF database.

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The VPF model descriptor now contains the sourcename, if the VPF data were loaded from a properties file.

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With the new sample code, it's possible to customize the behaviour of the tree and layer manager, to pop up messages, to do a fit or to perform other actions, if the current Area of Interest doesn't overlap with the VPF library bounds.

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Grid referenced datasets are now supported.

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The methods

ILcdVPFLabel getPointLabel(ILcdVPFFeature aVPFFeature)
ILcdVPFLabel getLineLabel(ILcdVPFFeature aVPFFeature)
ILcdVPFLabel getAreaLabel(ILcdVPFFeature aVPFFeature)

have been removed from the TLcdVPFGeoSymProvider class.

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The ILcdVPFFACCFeature has been added to the VPF package. This interface provides access to DIGEST FACC data (which is supported by VPF). ILcdVPFFeature now extends from this new interface, and GeoSym has been generalized to work with ILcdVPFFACCFeature instead of ILcdVPFFeature I.e., all objects implementing the FACC interface can be visualized now using GeoSym.

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The TLcdVPFPointFeature class is no longer available in the API. All properties of VPF domain objects can be accessed via the ILcdVPFFeature, ILcdFeatured and ILcdShape interfaces.

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TLcdUSRPModelDecoder now decodes USRP legends as properties of TLcdUSRPDatasetModelDescriptor.

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TLcdUSRPModelDecoder now decodes USRP files containing deviant VDR:NOV fields of length 3.

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Latin-1 text fields are now supported (the VPF model decoder sometimes crashed during the decoding of datasets containing Latin-1 text fields).

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TLcdUSRPModelDecoder now accepts "01.THF" extensions, instead of only full "TRANSH01.THF" file names.

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The toString() method of VPF objects no longer throw an ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException when no ILcdFeatured properties are available.

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TLcdVPFGeoSymProvider now has a static getInstance() method, replacing the non-static getStyleProvider() method.

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The existing VPF samples are replaced by two new ones, illustrating the use of the new code and API changes in 6.0:

The first sample illustrates the basic usage of VPF, i.e., how to set up a VPF model decoder and layer factory, and show some VPF data on a map.
The second sample illustrates the use of the new VPF tree and layer manager, included with the samples, and some other VPF functionality (use of the ModelType flag of the VPF decoder, use of GeoSym, auto-bounds mode)

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A new class, TLcdVPFPainterProvider, was added to the VPF API, enabling the use of VPF in a way similar to other LuciadMap formats, i.e., by setting up a small layer factory that creates a layer and sets a dedicated painter provider on it. A sample layer factory is included with the samples, which should be preferred in new code above the deprecated TLcdVPFLayerFactory class. The new factory implements the ILcdGXYLayerFactory interface, which was missing in the latter one.

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The elements() method of the VPF on-the-fly model (corresponding to the "empty model" in previous releases), does not return empty enumerations, as the empty model did. Instead, at the moment the model is accessed via its elements() method or via its ILcdIntegerIndexedModel interface, the model shall switch to in-memory mode. This change does not affect existing code, using the deprecated TLcdVPFDatabaseTree or TLcdVPFLayerFactory classes.

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New sample code was added, containing functionality for

showing a VPF database structure in a tree, and letting users make a selection of feature classes of the database
synchronizing a selection of feature classes with a view, using a layer manager that adds/removes VPF layers to the view whenever the selection has changed

This code replaces the VPF tree functionality included in the VPF API. The following classes are from now on deprecated, in favour of the new sample code:

TLcdVPFDatabaseTree
TLcdVPFDatabasePanel
TLcdVPFLayer
TLcdVPFLayerFactory

These classes remain their functionality, but should no longer be used in new code.

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The MemoryUsage property on the TLcdVPFModelDecoder class has become deprecated, as it wasn't used at all by the decoder (which memory usage model to use, used to be decided at the level of the TLcdVPFDatabaseTree and TLcdVPFLayerFactory). The VPF model decoder now has a property ModelType, which can be used to control the memory usage and performance of a VPF model. It replaces the corresponding functionality in the TLcdVPFDatabaseTree and TLcdVPFLayerFactory classes, as these classes have become depreacted.

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A number of methods were added to TLcdVPFDatabaseGroup, TLcdVPFDatabase, TLcdVPFLibrary and TLcdVPFFeatureClass, to facilitate browsing through the VPF structure:

TLcdVPFDatabaseGroup.getDescription()
TLcdVPFDatabase.getLibraries()
TLcdVPFDatabase.getLibraries(ILcdBounds)
TLcdVPFLibrary.getPathName()
TLcdVPFLibrary.getCoverages()
TLcdVPFCoverage.getPathName()
TLcdVPFFeatureClass.getCoverage()

The following methods are deprecated in favour of the new ones, but remain their functionality:

TLcdVPFLibrary.retrieveLibraries()
TLcdVPFLibrary.retrieveLibraries(ILcdBounds)
TLcdVPFFeatureClass.getVPFCoverage()

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All decodeXXX methods of TLcdVPFDatabase and TLcdVPFLibrary are now called automatically the first time they're needed - they no longer have to be called manually by users. These methods are made deprecated, but still remain their functionality, i.e., all existing code should behave as before.

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Some large models which caused the VPF model decoder to throw an IllegalArgumentException, when running in full-model mode, can now be decoded correctly.

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VPF no longer throws an exception or blocks when no DQT file is available and the getDataQualityDescriptor() method is executed on a database, library or coverage.

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The paths to the GeoSym resources in the GeoSym resources library are now added as defaults to the VPF code. It is no longer necessary to explicitly initialize GeoSym paths. Existing code, relying on the old default paths, will not be affected by this change.

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When using the new sample tree, an exception is no longer thrown when switching from an in-memory model to an on-the-fly model (a NullPointerException was thrown in some cases).

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Fitting works now with the new samples in JDK1.2.

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The new samples no longer flicker when using JDK1.2.

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The new samples can deal with spaces in filenames.

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VPF now supports uppercase names for all files.

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The TLcdVPFLayerFactoryModel.setLabelIndices() and getLabelIndices() methods work correctly now, and can be used to configure the label indices to be used for the painting of VPF features.

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projection parameters are now read correctly from the library's GRT file.

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TLcdNITFModelDecoder now correctly decodes the bounds of geodetic rasters that wrap around the 180-degrees meridian.

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TLcdUSRPModelDecoder now correctly decodes the position of ASRP rasters with padding.

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The data quality descriptor can now handle dqt files containing empty date attributes.

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TLcdUSRPModelDecoder now correctly handles transparent colors.

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TLcdNITFModelDecoder now handles NITF 2.0 files with geocentric references (ICORDS = "C").

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TLcdUSRPModelDecoder now uses filename extensions with matching case when looking for corresponding QAL/GEN files.

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Data quality information is now available for VPF databases, libraries and coverage, via the new class TLcdVPFDataQualityDescriptor.

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com.luciad.format.raster.TLcdUSRPModelDecoder now also supports TRANSH01.THF table of contents files.

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com.luciad.format.raster.TLcdUSRPModelDecoder now also retrieves USRP/ASRP/ADRG metadata.

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A feature class selection can be set on the VPF tree via the TLcdVPFDatabasePanel.setSelection(TLcdVPFFeatureClass[]) method. The current selection can also be retrieved via the TLcdVPFDatabasePanel.getSelection() method.

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models without a tileref are now decoded correctly (were returning a null model).

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A new class, TLcdVPFDatabaseGroup, was added to the API, for working with multiple VPF databases.

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TLcdVPFPropertiesUtil now contains a method createFeatureProperties that can generate VPF decoder properties for a given VPF feature class and bounds.

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The VPF tree structure can be preloaded (setPreloadDatabaseTree), which avoids accessing the disk/CD every time a tree node is expanded.

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com.luciad.format.raster.TLcdUSRPModelDecoder now supports UTM references on the southern hemisphere and UPS references on the poles.

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com.luciad.format.raster.TLcdUSRPModelDecoder has an improved detection of ASRP versions.

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sample 2 works now on JDK 1.2.2 (getPath() in java.net.url was not supported in JDK 1.2.2).

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TLcdVPFLayer.getBounds() throws a TLcdNoBoundsException now if the model is empty (returned null before).

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TLcdVPFModelDescriptor.getFeatureCount() returns the correct number of features now.

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The layout of the first sample is modified so that all labels are clearly readable now.

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The border of checkboxes in the VPF database tree is completely visible now (was missing on the right side).

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com.luciad.format.raster.TLcdUSRPModelDecoder has an improved handling of transparent colors.

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TLcdNITFModelDecoder now checks for the NSIF 1.0 format.

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TLcdNITFModelDecoder can now read NITF 2.0 files without reference.

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A VPF layer accepts null models.

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A performance problem was fixed which occurred when using the GeoSym symbology.

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com.luciad.format.raster.TLcdUSRPModelDecoder now handles more than 256 colors.

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com.luciad.format.raster.TLcdUSRPModelDecoder can handle image files with alternative extensions.

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The following objects now implement com.luciad.shape.ILcdShape:

com.luciad.format.vpf.TLcdVPFAreaFeature
com.luciad.format.vpf.TLcdVPFLightLinFeature
com.luciad.format.vpf.TLcdVPFLineFeature,

so that all objects in VPF models implement com.luciad.model.ILcdShape.

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The use of GeoSym in VPF layers can be turned off.

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com.luciad.format.vpf.TLcdVPFLayerFactory has a new property UseScaleRange which allows to use the scale ranges encoded in the vpf data.

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com.luciad.format.TLcdVPFDatabasePanel and com.luciad.format.TLcdVPFDatabaseTree can have a default path for the database chooser.

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com.luciad.format.vpf.gxy.TLcdVPFGeoSym enables the user to choose whether to use the GeoSym symbology. By default the GeoSym symbology is turned on.

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Setting the scale range on a com.luciad.format.vpf.TLcdVPFLayer to null caused a NullPointerException.

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A com.luciad.util.TLcdStatusEvent is generated on start and end when the view is updated in com.luciad.format.vpf.TLcdVPFDataBaseTree. Listeners can be added directly or via com.luciad.format.vpf.TLcdVPFDataBasePanel. This allows to show a message while loading vpf data.

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com.luciad.format.vpf.TLcdVPFLayer now have featured label painters according to the following table:

com.luciad.format.TLcdVPFFeatureClass.LINE: com.luciad.view.gxy.TLcdGXYFeaturedPolylineLabelPainter
com.luciad.format.TLcdVPFFeatureClass.AREA: com.luciad.view.gxy.TLcdGXYFeaturedLabelPainter
com.luciad.format.TLcdVPFFeatureClass.POINT: com.luciad.view.gxy.TLcdGXYFeaturedLabelPainter

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A com.luciad.util.ILcdStatusListener can listen to the com.luciad.format.vpf.TLcdVPFDataBasePanel and to the com.luciad.format.vpf.TLcdVPFDataBaseTree. Events are fired on start and end of updating the view for vpf data.

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A com.luciad.format.vpf.ILcdVPFLayerFactoryModel can now be set to the com.luciad.format.vpf.TLcdVPFDataBasePanel and to the com.luciad.format.vpf.TLcdVPFDataBaseTree. This allows customizing the colors used by the themes in the vpf data.

LuciadFusion Release notes

2024.0

2024.0.05

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LCD-13500

2023.0

2023.0.12

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LCD-12308

2022.0

2022.0.16

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LCD-12685

2022.0

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LCD-12265

2021.1

2021.1.07

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LCD-12212

2021.1.06

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LCD-12204

2021.1

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LCD-12030

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LCD-12029

2020.1

2020.1.22

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LCD-11710

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LCD-11155

2020.1.15

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LCD-11711

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LCD-11716

2020.1.12

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LCD-11687

2020.0

2020.0

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LCD-11166

2019.1

2019.1.09

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LCD-11192

2018.1

2018.1.09

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LCD-10548

2018.0

2018.0

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LCD-9361

2017.1

2017.1.12

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LCD-9802

2017.1.09

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LCD-9758

2017.1

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LCD-9312

2017.0

2017.0.07

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LCD-9261

2017.0.06

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LCD-9370

2017.0.02

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LCD-9287

2017.0