Youthful Yeti

Changes

• Views
  • Renamed OSGView to Geographic View, ListBox View to Table View
  • Added view presets: Allows easy switching of view configurations for different use cases, can be edited or new ones created
  • Added auto-update function, a view refresh is immediately triggered after every change (can be disabled when using very large datasets)
• Improved Geographic View for display of target reports at very very high zoom levels (sub-1m)
• Improved handling of file paths, now the most recently used path is saved and defaulted for other file operations
• Improved ASTERIX recording import
  • Multiple files can be added (with the same settings)
  • Files are probed with the decoder before import, import can only be started if no decoder errors exist
• Added importing ASTERIX from PCAP file recordings (from Wireshark or tcpdump)
• Improved cross-selection
  • Is now persisted over data reloads, previously selected data is again selected after a re-load
  • Selected target reports are always displayed "on top" in the Geographic View
• Added connections lines in Scatterplot View (for smallish datasets of single targets)
• Added EUROCAE ED-87D standard
• Added Fixed Field Transponders (FFTs), for display and to mitigate wrong slant-range correction
• Added screenshot tool
• Fixed GPS NMEA import issues
• Improved automated testing, fixed various issues

HotFix1 Release

• Corrected an issue leading to a crash in certain ASTERIX Raw/Netto import situations

HotFix2 Release

• Resolved crash in OldOS AppImage when importing ASTERIX recording
• Resolved PCAP recording import issues: Padding bytes special cases, framing
• Resolved Geographic View issues when using UI->Reset Views

AppImages

• NewOS: For more recent OS', Debian 9 and later
• OldOS: For older OS', Ubuntu 14 and later, CentOS 7, or when NewOS can not start

Xenial Xenomorph

• Added reference calculation
  • Based on ADS-B and System Tracker data
  • Kalman filter variants with RTS smoother
  • Various filtering and usage options
• Evaluation
  • Added EUROCAE ED-142 standard
  • Added EUROCAE ED-87E standard
  • Added Radar evaluation (similar to EUROCONTROL's 'blue book')
  • Added Radar Position Range / Azimuth requirements
  • Added complex minimum flight level filter (to filter test data based on airspace sectors)
  • Improved performance (RAM and results inspection speed)
  • Improved evaluation results display (not only errors, but also OK target reports)
• Added targets display in main window (for easier inspection e.g. of association results)
• Added CAT021 reserved expansion field
• Added I020/400 contributing receivers analysis
• Improved DGPS NMEA import
• Added zoom functions in OSGView (zoom to rectangle, zoom to selection)
• Re-added ARTAS target report usage analysis (based on REF TRIs)

Wacky Wombat HF2

• Added feature to reset views to startup configuration (main menu -> UI -> Reset Views)
• Added Mode A/C garbled/valid characters into label
• Moved "Use Filters" checkbox into the "Filters" main tab header
• Added export database feature: Creates a backup copy of the database
• Added measurement label text (to indicate which one is which)
• Added OSGView label all/no data sources button
• Live mode improvements
  • Added auto-resuming in Live:Pause mode (question displayed every hour, must be clicked to not auto-resume)
  • Added configuration option to display "Online/Offline" state in OSGView (online if current live data is displayed)
• Minor
  • Added configuration option to disable OSGView rotate map
  • Removed save config in file menu (if --no-cfg-save parameter is used)
  • Added configuration option to remove "Stop" button (no switch to Offline mode)
  • Added configuration option to disable removing / adding new views
  • Added display of target reports without time information in Listbox View
• Bugs
  • Fixed evaluation crash when no time information was given in the test / reference data (now such data is ignored)
  • Fixed issue where resuming from Live:Pause mode into Live:Running could fail
  • Fixed OSGView issue which could cause the maximized label to be displayed permanently
  • Fixed OSGView issue where labeling all/no data sources would not update checkboxes

AppImages

• NewOS: For more recent OS', Debian 9 and later
• OldOS: For older OS', Ubuntu 14 and later, CentOS 7, or when NewOS can not start

Wacky Wombat HF1

Changes

• Live mode changes
  • (Greatly) Improved performance
  • Developed for for 24/7/365 operation (tested for 2 weeks MTBF)
  • Added log file guide for 24/7 operation in user manual
  • Added setup guide for minimal COMPASS users
  • Various small GUI improvements
• Improved OSGView auto-label jittering
• Histogram/Scatterplot view improvements
• Added creation of 2 Appimages for both older and recent operating systems
• Described option to create offline OpenStreepMap map in user manual
• Fixed several bugs

AppImages

• Both AppImage contain the same functionality, but were built to be used different operating systems
• OldOS: Older OS': Ubuntu 14 and newer, Centos 7, ...
• NewOS: Newer OS': Ubuntu 16 and newer, Debian 9 and newer, current Alma versions

Wacky Wombat

• Added EPOCH timestamp for target reports
  • Calculated from Time of Day and a given data, allows correct import of date from multiple days
• Improved View mouse interaction
  • Combined previous mouse modes into default mode
  • Reworked tools into one-shot tools with LMB press-drag-release interaction
• Added OSGView how/hide config panel button
• Improved OSGView Auto-labeling
  • Added click-interaction with label to show full content (while LMB presssed)
  • Added auto-labeling for data sources without defined update interval
  • Improved label decluttering
• Improved View Points
  • Reworked to current filter definitions
  • Added import lines and date information
• Added double-ended slide for Mode C codes
• Reworked network lines for filtering
• Added Live mode pausing/resuming
• Numerous fixes
  • Fixed 24h jump in Live mode
  • Added calculation for Radar plot position information in CAT010
  • Fixed position calculation issue for latitudes >90°
  • Decoding issue with REF without data content
  • ...

Valiant Viscacha

• Major GUI refactoring
• Added Live mode
• Added OSGView Auto-Labeling
• Completely reworked database backend
• Improved mapping of ASTERIX to database content
• Added (network) lines for import distinction
• Improved command-line options for automated evaluation
• Improved data source management usability
• Improved Target Report association performance
• Removed everything related to MySQL and SCDB
• Improved user manual
• Numerous bug fixes

Hotfix1:

• Fixed crash with Radar range 0 values
• Fixed crash when editing data sources
• Fixed crash when using Calculation Radar Plot Position task
• Fixed ASTERIX import hang issue
• Fixed evaluation issue when comparing 2 Line of same data source

Ubiquitous Unicorn

• Added Radar Detection Type Filter
• Added CAT062 Track Ages information to database
• Added Dubious Track detection requirement in Evaluation
• Added Mode C code target filter in Evaluation
• Added in OSGView
  • Data Source based render order
  • Track Age Style
  • Radar Detection Type style
  • Time Window filter settings are persisted
• Fixed
  • Loss of 25ft information with some Mode C codes
  • Issues with GPS trail and Sector import formats
  • CAT062 REF decoding issue
  • CAT019/553 decoding issue

Tenacious Tapir

• Added command-line options for ASTERIX decoder settings
• Added OSGView connection line breaking
• Target report association improvements
• Improved Mode A/C association
• Improved primary-only association
• Added track continuation
• Created airport data simulator & demo dataset
• Tested and documented EUROCAE ED-117A
• Added customizable variable lists in Listbox View
• Bugfixes
  • Wrong ASTERIX CAT010 range unit
  • ARTAS TRIs association task running
  • Evaluation probability of identification calculation issue
  • Various others ...

Stylish Shark

• Added ASTERIX CAT010 Decoding & Mapping
• Improved Calculation of Radar Positions Task
  • Recommended only if latitude/longitude information is actually missing
• Improved Sector management: Layer, color can be set during import
• Added Exclude Sectors
  • Sectors can be added as Exclude sectors, removing target reports from evaluation in specific areas
• Various tests with EUROCAE ED-87C, ED-116, ED-117A datasets
• Added OSGView Accuracy Ellipse Configuration
  • More points can be set for ground evaluations
• Added Geometry Group based Selection in OSGView
  • Data from any group can be selected, added to or removed from current selection
• Various Bugfixes
  • Latitude/Longitude Information sometimes imprecise (up to a few meters) due to LSB issue
  • CAT020 Import crash with some Item 500 configurations
  • Improved running under older operating systems (CentOS libqxcb-glx-integration.so: Symbol not defined issue)
  • Evaluation Probability of Long Gap requirement was calculated wrong
  • Evaluation Speed requirement crash
  • ASTERIX Test Import crash
  • Other minor ones...
• User manual improvements

Radiant Racoon

• Improved target report association
  • Mode A/C and position criteria
• Evaluation improvements (still experimental, for testing purposes only)
  • UTN filtering based on dynamic criteria
  • Added optional ADS-B MOPS version-specific results, ADS-B quality filters
  • Additional configuration parameters for evaluation report generation
  • Refactored + added new requirements
  • Added EUROCAE standards ED-116, ED-117/A, ED-87C
• Improved Database Schema/ASTERIX Import
  • Added I062/290 Data Ages, I062/340 Last updating sensor, I062/380 Flight status ground bit
• Added HistogramView
• Added ScatterplotView
• Reworked Management window to Load window, improved usability
• Fixed various bugs
• Updated user manual

Hotfix 1 Fixes:

• Crash when opening SASS-C Verif databases
• Scatterplot not showing data if only present in some DBObjects
• GPS Trail import error
• Added evaluation detail zoom parameter