New Features in TNTgis 2015

System

• Run TNTgis software in Mac OS X 10.10 Yosemite.
• Allow user to specify interface language during first use.
• When user changes language, a message encourages adding interface fonts to provide required characters.
• Enlarge Controls option in General System Preferences for use with small touch screen tablets.
• Access License Configuration window via the TNTmips Help menu or Tools / System menu.
• Add '2D vector to 3D vector' process to Terrain menu.

File/Object Selection Window

• Typing text auto-scrolls to first matching item in list.
• Time included with date in Created and Modified columns.
• Assigns auto-name default when click in field to manually assign name.

Job Manager

• Schedule window redesigned to provide more intuitive controls.
• Schedule window provides option to perform the job once at a particular date and time in addition to repeat scheduling.

File Manager

• Object information for linked tables shows link info: server name, IP address, and database.

Project File Recovery

• Added option to save the original file with a backup name and use the original name for the output.
• Provides a default output file name.

Color Palette Editor

• Added ability to import a color palette from a text or CSV file.
• Added "Uniform Perceptual Contrast" palettes provided by the Centre for Exploration Targeting in Australia.
• When a standard palette is selected to save with a spatial object, the palette name is offered as the default color map subobject name.
• Palette selection window shows preview of each palette.
• Added palettes for USGS recommended geologic map colors.

Spatial Display

View Window

• Set sidebar to be on either left or right side of View window (Options / View Options from Display Manager).

Layer Info Window

• Layer Info Window (formerly View Extents) redesigned with expandable sections showing layer info and extents, coordinate reference system, object information, and georeference details.
• Cell size is shown in arcsec for rasters with geographic georeferencing.
• Row and column labels added for raster dimensions and cell size.

Raster Layer

• Allow RGB display of rasters with different cell sizes and extents.
• New multi-band raster image layer allows RGB display using any set of three bands and changing display choice at any time.
• Use Add Objects to select any number of image bands for display with choice of adding as separate layers, as RGB layer, or as multi-band layer.
• Explicitly add multiband image layer from Add Raster menu.
• (multi-band)" is automatically appended to the default layer name for multi-band layers.
• Options setting provided for adding named Red, Green, and Blue objects automatically as RGB layer from Add button.

Vector Layer

• Optionally show line/polygon vertex locations and choose symbol.
• Line vertices are not shown in the Locator.
• Option to hide nodes in the Locator.

Mark by Attribute

• Add option to mark elements that share records in the table specified.

GeoFormula Layer

• DataTips are now available for GeoFormula layers.
• Option to apply auto-contrast to the output display for RGB and numeric GeoFormulas.
• Option to apply color spread of your choice to the output display for numeric GeoFormulas.
• GeoFormula Layer Controls window redesigned, uses icon buttons for script actions.

Web Tileset Layer

• Copyright is shown as part of the DataTip in the View and in the Object Selection window.
• The Tileset Layer Controls window includes a Terms of Use button.
• Web tilesets accessed through an HTTPS URL are supported.

Dynamic Labels

• Trailing 0s are automatically stripped from decimal values.

Annotate Tool

• Added choice of color palettes on color-selection control.

GeoToolbox

• Save a region as a vector object from the GeoToolbox Region panel.
• A Hide Crosshairs option has been added to the Show menu in the Profile View.

KML Layer

• Option on Layer Controls to override label styles embedded in the KML file.

DataTips

• Set DataTip Options for 3D Views via the View window's Options menu.

Printing

• A warning message is shown if print size is changed to be different than set for the layout.

Render to

• KML: Choice to exclude elements from output if they don't have a DataTip attribute set.
• KML: NAME and DESCRIPTION tags restricted to elements with DataTip set.
• KML: Option to render 3D extruded elements.
• SVG: NAME and DESCRIPTION tags restricted to elements with DataTip set.
• PDF: Provide option to not render hidden layers.
• PDF: Include background color when rendering a display layout.

ToolScripts and MacroScripts

• Method provided for a display script to prevent showing error messages while drawing layers.

Database Tables / Operations

• DataTip shows full-precision value for floating point fields set to display fewer decimal places.
• Edit computed field expression from tables using right-mouse button menu on the field name.
• Use Populate Existing Records operation to assign sequential values automatically in new Auto-Increment field.

Single Record View

• Fields in new record initially show default values or are blank.
• Field labels apply to single-record views in addition to tabular views.

Tabular View

• Right mouse-button option on field to select all records that have same value.
• Field menu options to move column all the way to the left or right.
• With one record per element attachment, only show warning about changing record attachment once per session.
• Create and attach new records with or without the option to populate fields.
• Show field name and description as tooltip over column heading.
• Allow sorting on multiple fields with mixed ascending and descending order.
• Create new record using Record / New menu option or using New Record icon button.

Database Table Properties Window

• Table Properties window redesigned for easier use.
• Create auto-increment numeric fields.
• Set default value for logical and string fields in addition to numeric fields.
• Computed" and "String Expression" fields are now termed "Computed Numeric" and "Computed Text".
• Set Text and Numeric field properties (e.g., integer type, floating point) first with option to set as Computed.
• Choose "Simple Computed" field type for field that returns value of a field in another table.
• Set Date and Date/Time fields to auto-update when record is changed by setting Record Modification Timestamp usage option.
• Set size of text fields (maximum number of characters allowed).
• Allow changing field type among compatible types (32-bit integer, date, and auto-increment) for existing fields.
• Unit type automatically set to "Date" when create Date field.

GeoTagged Image Database Creation

• Allow opening the Display Manager from the Database Pinmap View window.

Editor

• Line/Polygon tool: ability to extend line by distance and bearing in manual mode.
• Snap operation: added preview option to step through the gaps with choice to snap or skip.
• Snap operation: arc-wedge graphic shows and allows control of snap distance/snap-back angle.
• Snap operation: ability to mark dangling nodes when preview snap.
• Added option to Remove Excess Nodes operation to Ignore Z Values for 3D vector.
• A line being edited is allowed to cross another line.
• A line being edited can be snapped to another element.
• When snapping to another element while adding or editing a line, the prospective snap point is indicated by an X symbol.
• The Automatic line editing mode switches to Add Start if the end node is out of the View window extents.
• In Automatic line editing, use "/" hotkey to switch between Add End and Add Start.
• The Line tool start or end node is highlighted in color in Add Start and Add End modes.
• The Line/Polygon tool now has additional icons for Stretch mode with different angle constraint settings (Stretch, Stretch + Constrain Angle, Stretch + Constrain Angle to Last Segment).

Georeferencing

• Compute Rational Polynomial (RPC) model for orthorectification from image 3D control points.
• Auto-Register operation automatically assigns Z values for new points from DEM when the Default Z from Surface option is set.
• Default coordinate reference system set from reference image.
• Use Model button to open Select Model dialog with listing and description of all coordinate transformation models.
• Supports RPC coefficient file format for KOMPsat-2 images.

Geometric Object Operations

Buffer Zone Generation

• Buffer Zone Generation window redesigned to show all process parameters on one panel.
• Use icon buttons to select the available input element type(s) to buffer and (for polygons) the type of buffer to produce.
• New polygon buffer options: Expand, Shrink, Outer Ring (Expand - Original), Inner Ring (Original - Shrink), and Border (Outer Ring + Inner Ring).
• Option to buffer vector nodes, including By Attribute and By Script.
• Options to merge buffer polygons (all or by attribute).
• Merging buffers is mandatory when output is a region object.
• Option to assign buffer distance by attribute.
• Set Multiple Equal Distance buffers by specifying start distance, interval (buffer width), and number of buffers.
• An attribute is automatically assigned to indicate if an output polygon is part of a buffer area.
• For single buffers the buffer distance is automatically included in the default output object name and description.
• A Buffer table with buffer distance record is created for single-distance buffer output (in addition to multiple distance output).
• A "Keep saved result" preference setting allows keeping or saving previous results in View.

Geometric Extract

• Allows setting up extraction by attribute one time for all inputs.
• Optionally save the manually drawn extraction area as region.
• When select the Region option in Define Region window, the sidebar Region Manager is automatically activated.

Geometric Filters

• Add Layer icon button added to View window.

Geometric Element Statistics by Polygon (formerly Polygon Properties)

• Process renamed and window redesigned.
• Use any geometric object type as source (vector, CAD, shape).
• Use database pinmap as source of points.
• Find statistics for source lines (as well as polygons and points).
• Optionally create the output tables for a copy of the "Destination" vector/CAD object or as CSV text file.
• Summarize statistics for any numeric field and table with any record attachment type.
• When summarize "by attribute", create either fields in one record or separate records for each attribute.
• Option to choose field to provide element name/ID in each table record.

Polygon Shape Properties (formerly Fuzzy Properties)

• Process window redesigned, providing a choice of statistics to compute and new shape measures.
• Compute shape properties for elements in CAD and shape objects in addition to vector objects.
• Optionally create the output table as CSV text file.
• Object in geographic coordinates is converted to orthographic projection centered on object when properties are computed.
• Option to choose field to provide element name/ID in each table record.
• Add Reock compactness/circularity measure.
• Add Convex Hull compactness measure.

Image Statistics and Surface Properties by Geometric Element

Image Statistics by Geometric Element (formerly Geometric Raster Properties)

• Process window redesigned, providing new statistics and a choice of which to compute.
• Option to compute texture Gray Level Co-occurrence statistics by polyon.
• Choice of element type to use, now including lines in addition to polygons and points.
• Options to output results in tables in input object, to a copy of the input object, or to CSV text file.
• When using multiple rasters, statistics tables are automatically named using the raster name.
• Option to put statistics of multiple rasters into one table.
• Compute raster properties for elements in CAD and shape objects in addition to vector objects.
• Option to summarize statistics "by attribute" to create a separate record for each attribute.
• Compute statistics for all elements of the selected type or only those marked in the View.
• Compute statistics from bands in hyperspectral object.
• Option to choose field to provide element name/ID in each table record.
• Option to use TNTmips Job Processing.

Surface Properties by Geometric Element

• Process window redesigned, providing new statistics and a choice of which to compute.
• Compute surface properties for elements in CAD and shape objects in addition to vector objects.
• Optionally create the output tables for a copy of the "Destination" vector/CAD object or as CSV text file.
• Option to choose field to provide element name/ID in each table record.
• Option to use TNTmips Job Processing.
• Compute measures of surface roughness: 3D/2D area ratio, elevation standard deviation.
• Added "All" option for quickly choosing all surface statistics.

Image and Raster Operations

Image Extraction

• Range and Manual extraction modes have mutually-exclusive tool sets for clearer operation (use Select menu to switch).
• Region form added to Manual method.

Feature Mapping

• Date format in reports set automatically to format used to enter the processing date.

Mosaic

• Match contrast to any reference image (doesn't need to be part of the mosaic).
• Specify contrast option for source image set as reference for contrast matching.
• Contrast-match grayscale, RGB, and multi-band images with 8-bit and 16-bit image bands.
• Apply previously-saved contrast or auto-contrast to input images during mosaic assembly.
• Apply contrast after mosaic assembly.
• Linear contrast table is automatically created for the mosaic when contrast is applied.
• Mosaic RGB separates to either RGB composite or RGB separates.
• Set user-defined extents in View using Output Extents rectangle tool.
• Apply scale and offset when different for various input rasters (such as DEMs in different elevation units).
• Progress percentage value shown as part of progress bar in status field.
• When mosaic to tileset the total number of tiles created is shown in status and in log.
• Select RGB bands for multiband source images via toolbar icon button or Parameters panel pushbutton.
• Access provided to Layer Controls for styling "Output Region" layer outline.

Morphological Operations

• Preview window is non-modal.
• View-in-View tool added to Preview window.

Progressive Transformation

• Control window redesigned to include feature statistics and an arrow icon button to step through creation of the transformation components.
• Open the Image Band Correlation window from the Progressive Transformation window.
• Process rasters of all numeric data types.
• View displays a color-composite from your choice of three input bands.
• DataTips shown in View for all layers by default.

Raster Calculation

• Added Vegetation Indices category with many broadband indices.
• Allow 16-bit signed/unsigned output for "indices" group.

Raster Combination Statistics

• Raster combination statistics moved from Raster Calculation to separate process (Image / Combine / Statistics).

Raster Contrast Matching

• Option to copy contrast table from reference also copies display parameters so contrast table is used by default.

Resample/Reproject

• Faster RPC orthorectification using Image Processing Pipeline.
• RPC orthorectification automatically ignores nominal control points provided with ALOS PRISM scenes.
• File/Object Name for the current image is included in the progress message.
• Null masks are supported for source and target images when using the RPC model.

Spatial Filtering

• Spatial Filter control window updated with easier-to-use controls and resizeable display of filter kernels.
• All filters allow variable blending of source and filter result to create output image.
• Select from predefined filter window sizes (up to 21 x 21) or edit the size field to set a custom size.
• Added family of Gray Level Co-occurrence Matrix Texture filters (Contrast, Dissimilarity, Homogeneity, Entropy, and others).
• Added a Gaussian smoothing filter.
• Added a damping factor to the Frost filter for radar images.
• Import/export a filter kernel from/to a text file.
• Option to repeat a filter operation a specified number of times.
• Optionally apply contrast (auto-contrast or saved table) to grayscale or RGB input before filtering.
• If contrast is not applied, input contrast tables are automatically copied to the filter result.
• Single View and tool set for restricting filtering to a designated image area for output or for testing.
• Define output or test area by drawing, by selecting a region object, or selecting a binary mask raster object.
• Region manager control in View sidebar allows saving the specified area as a region object.
• Indexed-color composite images are automatically filtered by color rather than by arbitrary raster value.
• Allows adding input rasters to the list without reselecting previous inputs.
• When filter kernel weights are edited, the filter name automatically switches to "User Defined".
• Specify the number of decimal places to show for weights in the filter kernel.
• Input raster list includes image type, cell size, and row-column dimensions for each input raster.

Statistics by Category Raster

• Process window redesigned, providing new statistics and a choice of which to compute.
• Optionally create the output table as CSV text file.
• Option to put statistics of multiple rasters into one table.
• Select field to provide category name/ID in each record in table.
• Compute statistics from bands in hyperspectral object.
• Option to use TNTmips Job Processing.

Image Thresholding

• Updated View window includes icon button to open Layer Manager window.

Terrain Operations

Extract Points or Mesh

• Added option to extract regularly-spaced 3D points from input raster.
• Added option to output as CAD object.
• Regular mesh created with network topology to speed processing.

LIDAR Manager

• Check to ensure there is enough space for output.
• Provide method to adjust point X, Y, and Z values by fixed amount.

Import/Export

• Updated to use GDAL 1.11.
• Export to AutoCAD 2013-2015 DWG file format.
• Import and Export Arc Floating Point raster format.
• GeoTIFF import/link automatically recognizes and ingests an RPC coefficient file and stores the parameters as part of the georeference.
• 3D geometric coordinates preserved when export to GML.
• Allow user selection of element types to be exported to GML.
• Enable export of labels to GML.
• Export geometric objects to Well Known Text (WKT).
• Export SVG and KML: NAME and DESCRIPTION tags restricted to elements with DataTip set.
• Export vector tractor track lines to SHP in Trimble AgGPS Autopilot structure.
• Import Raster: Added crop and/or sample option for single and multiband image files.
• Import Raster: crop and/or sample to Basic or Free license limits.
• Import Raster: crop/sample interface detects separate input image files with same dimensions and treats as one image.
• Import Raster: when using crop/sample interface, option to specify range by column/line numbers.
• Allow import of JPEG2000 files with .jpf extension (from Photoshop).
• Import TEXT-X Y Z to raster: Added Custom (One Cell per Line) option to set import to skip column of input file.
• Import TEXT-X Y Z to raster: Comma is now the default delimiter.
• Import ALOS PALSAR level 1.1 data.

Export Geometric Tileset

• Create geometric tilesets from CAD or Shape input.
• Preview HTML options include None and Open Layers in addition to Google Maps.
• Google Earth Tilesets: Allow specifying Z values for output for 3D extruded elements or as surface.

Export Terrain Tileset

• Supports tiled comma-separated text format used by Geospatial Information Authority of Japan (GSI).

Assemble Geomashup

• Sidebar search box to find map features by text contained in name or description (Google Maps and Open Layers).
• Choose shape of legend samples (rectangle or polygon) for geometric tilesets (Google Maps and Open Layers).
• Provide option to make a layer not clickable, so no info balloons.
• Sidebar legend element entries sorted alphabetically for KML layers (Google Maps and Open Layers).
• View zooms and pans to elements selected in sidebar legend (Google Maps and Open Layers).
• Choose color used to highlight geometric tileset elements selected via legend sample.
• Option to show KML sidebar legend element entries only if element is in view.
• When previewing with KML layer, pop up message warning of restrictions on displaying local files.
• Dim preview button for any browser not installed.
• Allow selection of Google Fusion Table via table ID.
• Overview map is set by default to open.
• Adding image tilesets to an existing group does not open the Group Settings window.
• Provide choice of Bing Maps base layers (hybrid, roads, aerial) in Open Layers geomashups.

GeoFormula Object Combinations

• GeoFormula window redesigned, uses icon buttons for script actions.
• New option on Output panel to match cell grid to a reference raster without matching extents.
• Open a preview of the result using the Preview icon button.
• Input objects can be reselected, added, or removed while editing a GeoFormula.
• Duplicate output object names are automatically incremented by adding a number at the end.
• The name of the selected GeoFormula file is shown in the window title bar.
• All Output Panel settings are saved in the GeoFormula file.
• Output Panel settings are automatically reset to default values when a new formula is created via the Wizard.
• Specify text encoding option when saving the GeoFormula file.
• GeoFormulas can create output rasters with rectangular cells (unequal row and column cell sizes).
• Open the GeoFormula process from Image / Combine / GeoFormula or Script / GeoFormula.

Geospatial Scripting

Script Editor Window

• Text in SML Editor console window can be selected and copied.
• Text in Script Reference window can be selected and copied.

Functions and Classes

• Ability to add a region layer to a display created by script.
• Add Write methods to RVC_NULLMASK class.
• Added function to create a raster by specifying the RVC_OBJITEM of parent (e.g., a folder in an RVC file); (Raster / Create RasterInParent).
• Added function to compute image statistics by category (Raster / ComputeImageStatsByCategory).
• Added function to find the closest polygon to the specified polygon (Vector / FindClosestPolyToPoly ).
• Added method to POLYLINE class to compute distance to a specified POLYLINE (ComputeDistance).
• Added function to convert Vector object to CAD object (Object Conversion / ConvertVectorToCAD).
• Added function to merge CAD objects (CAD / CADmerge).
• Added function to compute raster properties for a CAD object (Raster / ComputeRasterPropertiesCAD).
• Search method added to STRING class.
• Improved support for regular expressions used in searching/matching character strings.
• Class method added to unzip a ZIPFILE.
• Class method added to specify a datum transformation for a coordinate reference system.
• Round function now allows rounding a floating point value to the specified number of digits.
• Added functions to extract surface points or mesh.
• Added support for image contrast matching.
• Added methods to STRING class to remove and add quotes around strings.

Script Reference

• All classes are organized into categories that can be expanded/contracted in list.
• Class members (variables) and methods (functions) are listed in separate categories.
• Class method listings show parameter lists and all variants of the methods.
• Functions/methods with "index" parameter show whether indexing starts at 0 or 1.

New Coordinate Reference Systems and Components

• Support NTv2 datum transformation method using national grid shift files.
• Added NTv2 datum transformation between OSGB36 (British National Grid) and WGS84/ETRS89.
• Added NTv2 transformation for Ireland.
• Added NTv2 transformation for Germany, DHDN to ETRS89/WGS84.
• Added NTv2 transformations for Australia and New Zealand.
• Added NTv2 transformations for Spain and Portugal.
• Added NTv2 transformations for Austria, France, The Netherlands, and Switzerland.
• Added NTv2 transformations for Canada, Brazil, and Venezuela.
• Added Democratic Republic of Congo Datum.
• Added Laos 1997 datum.

Interface Translation (Localization) Utility

• Ability to mark entries as not needing translation and to hide these items.
• Option to check translation for missing string substitution fields.
• Window provides line numbers for text items.
• Option to "go to" the specified line number.
• Option to move to the next empty translation item.
• Button to copy English text to translation area, including HTML tags for Help sections.
• Indicator if entry is changed wince the previous version.
• Options to show only General, Help, or Error items.

TNTatlas

• Access Contact Support form from the Help menu.
• Added ability to open a saved display group.
• Set TNTatlas X Server preferences separate from TNTmips.

TNTedit and TNTview

• Help menu provides options to browse and search documentation as in TNTmips.