1.3.0: Point cloud refinement guided by monocular geometry estimation

1.3.0 Point cloud refinement guided by monocular geometry estimation (October 2026)

Added

• New application point_cloud_refinement to smooth the point cloud along monocular normal predictions [#1414]
• New application depth_to_z_fusion to fit monocular depth predictions along computed height [#1414]
• The output resolution can now be different on x and y [#1416]
• Phasing and resolution can be given with different units : meters, degrees or arcseconds [#1417]
• LibGeo epipolar margins can now be disabled through the geometry plugin configuration [#801]
• Monocular geometry estimation resolution can now be configured, with automatic upsampling to full resolution and configuration depending on global land cover classification [#1432]

Changed

• Confidence filtering is activated by default for last resolution but only the risk metric is used [#1401]
• Logging levels are changed [#1396]
• Update Pandora to version 1.9.0 (MLflow removed from MC-CNN dependencies)
• Update Shareloc to version 0.3.0 [#1449]
• Better resolution for global land cover map [#1415]
• Pixels that are nodata after rasterization are considered occlusions for filling pipeline [#1423]
• Merging of DSM follows a priority list depending on filling [#1379]
• Add a threshold for invalidity mask rasterization [#1405]
• Nodata value of filling.tif file is now 0 [#1402]
• Right sensor footprint is used for epipolar grid generation [shareloc#317]
• Performance map computation now accounts for the local disparity range and supports an optional affine normalization [#1295]
• Empty cells can now be filled differently from occlusions [#1450]
• New logging panel showing the last 5 warnings emitted [#1446]

Fixed

• Merging section is now on global_used_conf file [#1425]
• Reduce ambiguity_threshold parameter in Pandora config to avoid artifacts [#1410]
• Adapt confidence filtering parameters to MC-CNN [#1406]
• Parameter interleave set to band for files written in merging pipeline [#1422]
• Fix of crash when edge_detection pipeline is activated and last resolution is not 1 [#1421]
• Orchestrator conf was not given to filling pipeline [#1419]
• External loggers are no more affected by cars setup [#1164]
• Fixes regarding the use of ROI in merging pipeline [#1420]
• Function find_optimal_altitude is more robust [#1413]
• Check of phasing between DSM failed because of floating-point inaccuracies [#1411]
• Fix of save_intermediate_data when activated on an application of tie_points pipeline [#1426]
• Add src_nodata parameter in rasterio reproject function (needed by rasterio 1.5.0) [#1385]
• Add index to merging output [#1435]
• Remove blockxsize and blockysize creation options when tiled output is disabled
• Pixels with nodata value are not rasterized anymore [#1437]
• Analysis pipeline can be used with a classification [#1397]