VTP Development Log, 2006

06.12.29

• VTBuilder: Scale Bar option.
• VTBuilder: Use wxAUI for layout of toolbar and Layers view.
• VTBuilder: Save/restore UI layout automatically on entry/exit.

06.12.27

• Enviro: in plant dialog, use language from current locale for plant names
• Enviro: in plant dialog, use English for common names if no language-specific name is known
• Enviro: fixed mouse cursor in main view for RTL locales (right to left languages)

06.12.26

• Enviro: fixed wires on simple wire fences

06.12.25

• all: finished moving up to wxWidgets 2.8.0

06.12.24

• vtdata: add optional typical height to Biotypes
• vtdata: save/load Bioregions to new XML format

06.12.22

• Enviro: use wxAuiManager for more sophisticated toolbar handling

06.12.21

• all: in preparation for move to wx 2.8.0, fixed all usage of deprecated features from older versions of the wx library

06.12.20

• VTBuilder: made NTF error messages more informative
• VTBuilder: added two options to tiling output: 'omit flat tiles' and 'compress textures'
• VTBuilder: set geographic extents in each tile for tilesets
• all: moved up to libMini 7.63

06.12.18

• VTBuilder: correctly hid the old "Transit" layer type

06.12.12

• VTBuilder: added a few more colors to default colormap to handle Himalaya
• vtdata: fixed potential overflow in ColorMap::GenerateColors
• profile dialog: disable 'line of sight' and other fields which don't apply when there is more than one segment

<released 061205>

06.12.05

• VTBuilder: display warning when failing to load an elevation grid that's too large
• VTBuilder: support Polygon in addition to 3DFace entities on import of TIN from DXF

06.12.04

• VTBuilder and Enviro: support polylines (paths) with Profile Tool
• VTBuilder: fixed issue with import structure from SHP that lacks DBF
• vtlib: support mousewheel events
• Enviro: trackball zoom in/out on mousewheel (used in Earth View)

06.12.03

• VTBuilder and Enviro: support polylines (paths) with Distance Tool
• vtlib: fix ground length estimate for >2 points in AddSurfaceLineToMesh

06.11.28

• Enviro: allow upper-case file extensions for earth images and other files found by wildcard on the data path

06.11.27

• VTBuilder: fixed first-character problem with dymaxion texture generation
• VTBuilder and Enviro: more fixes to handle looped links
• VTBuilder: added export of building footprints to SHP (on Structures menu)

06.11.26

• Enviro: support loop links in transportation layers (roads)

06.11.24

• vtlib: moved vtGetDataPath from vtTerrainScene down to vtScene
• vtlib: added TerrainLayers module
• vtlib: added vtTextureUnitManager

06.11.22

• vtlib: added vtMultiTexture and vtNode multi-texture methods
• Enviro: support toggling Image layers
• Enviro: support toggling the texture overlay for Abstract layers

06.11.21

• vtlib: support for draping overlay textures on TiledGeom

06.11.20

• vtlib: chg vtImage to remember CRS/extents if read from GeoTIFF
• vtlib: first pass implementation of vtImageLayer
• Enviro: support for Image layers (simple, single georeferenced overlay textures)
• Enviro: support for showing polygon abstract layers as a texture overlay

06.11.15

• Enviro: allow abstract layers that lack a DBF file

06.11.14

• Enviro: fixed bug with dragging of fence point followed by dragging building
• Enviro: in Switch Terrain box, highlight existing current terrain
• Enviro: fixed bug with visible state of layers in Layer Dialog
• Enviro: fixed draping of linear structures on culture with tileset terrain
• Enviro: don't pick structures if terrain is not showing them.
• Enviro: allow picking of linears on top of buildings
• Enviro: update linears draped on building when building changes shape

06.11.13

• vtlib: merged material description framework for buildings and linear structures, resulting in a single unified list

06.11.10

• vtui: i18n improvements to Distance dialog
• VTBuilder: added Scale command for Raw layers
• Enviro: include Raw layers in Scenarios

06.11.04

• Enviro: added a text label Font field to Style dialog
• Enviro: support removing an abstract layer
• vtlib: point feature labels support "Font" tag

06.11.03

• Enviro: show style dialog when creating a new point layer
• Enviro: implemented click-to-add point label features
• vtlib: created vtAbstractLayer module from parts of vtTerrain

06.11.02

• Enviro: reduced number of toolbar buttons by hiding unused buttons
• vtlib: reorganized structure layers and abstract layers in terrain class

06.10.26

• vtlib: renamed several classes (IcoGlobe, TimeEngine, ...) with a 'vt' for API consistency
• vtopensg: merged another batch of changes from Martin, with vtlib changes to mesh methods and Clone arguments
  made VC8 projects for vtopensg and glutSimple-opensg

06.10.25

• vtlib: improved behavior of sloped linear features (berms) on uneven terrain

<released 061018>

06.10.18

• finished creating VC8 versions of every .vcproj and .sln file
• dropped support for the non-Unicode wx-projects, which were only needed for ancient Win98 support

06.10.12

• Enviro: new command to place vehicles on the terrain, choosing type and color
• Enviro: support dragging and rotating of vehicles with the mouse

06.10.11

• Enviro: added .osg and .ive to model open filter
• Enviro: fixed picking of vehicles to exclude structures
• Enviro: improved vehicle orientation on non-level terrain

06.10.10

• On Linux, vtosg: fixed a problem with gcc's dynamic_cast behavior by making vtNode subclass from public osg::Referenced

06.10.09

• all projects: many build fixes for gcc and Linux
• VTBuilder: fix elevation rendering to respect the user's color map file

06.10.02

• began checking in code adjustments for compatibility with VC8
• removed dependency on 'ZipArchive' library, replaced it with new, tiny unzip library

06.09.28

• Enviro: added "Initial Scenario" to terrain parameters
• Enviro: respect vertical extents for elevation tilesets
• VTBuilder: write vertical extents for elevation tilesets
• vtlib: small fixes and improvements to Fence construction and highlight

06.09.27

• Enviro/vtlib: support for arbitrary linear structure profiles
• vtdata: added (wchar_t *) cast in FilePath.cpp, to work around bug in MSVC 7.1's <wchar.h>

06.09.26

• vtdata: expanded vtLinearParams with separate connection type and material, added Profile field
• vtui: added ProfileEdit dialog

06.09.25

• vtlib: added writing of vtGeom meshes to Wavefront OBJ
• Enviro: support for user-defined fence materials in Culture/linear_materials.xml

06.09.24

• Enviro: added Slope and ConstantTop parameters for linear structures
• Enviro: fixed linear structure width at sharp angle corners

06.09.23

• Enviro: edit style of selected linear features(s) with popup properties dialog
• Enviro: delete linear features with popup menu
• Enviro: visual highlight of selected linear features
• Enviro: allow Overview for terrains with Derived textures
• Enviro: editing of linear features by dragging control points
• vtlib: fixed memleak in vtImageSprite

06.09.22

• Enviro: fixed spinning camera when joystick not found
• Enviro: disable "Play animation to disk.." when there is no animpath

<released 060920>

06.09.20

• Enviro: added support for Joystick navigation

06.09.17

• moved all projects up to OSG 1.2
• Enviro: exposed 'Terrain: Distribute Vehicles' menu item
• CManager: added support for new Enviro.xml options (for data path)

06.09.15

• VTBuilder: recognize .tar.gz automatically

06.09.14

• VTBuilder: added support for new Enviro.xml options (for data path)
• mfcEnviro: support for the new consistent utf-8 usage throughout the software

06.09.13

• removed the class wxString2 from all libraries and applications, as it was masking poor charset handling
• xmlhelper: added utf-8 filename support
• big check-in of all the utf-8 work of the past 5 days

06.09.12

• vtString: added UTF8ToLocal convenience method and helper fn
• Enviro: switch from .ini to .xml for applications settings file

06.09.11

• vtdata: added vtFileOpen, vtGZOpen
• vtdata: added support for wide characters in WIN32 dir_it
• changed all of vtosg, vtb and env to use utf-8 consistently for filename

06.09.07

• CManager: fixed handling of non-ascii characters in model filenames
• realized that non-ascii characters are in fact poorly supported, began to improve Unicode support throughout the whole VTP software

06.09.06

• VTBuilder: added "select structures by polygon" and "color selected roofs" menu commands (RJ)

06.09.05

• Enviro: greatly simplified vehicle code by removing VehicleType and using the content manager instead
• vtlib: re-enabled stopsigns and stoplights in Roads module

06.09.04

• vtosg: fixed an issue with memory handling by making LoadModel produce vtNativeNodes

06.09.03

• CManager: redraw only when needed, not continuously
• vtlib: added Set/GetSpecular for lights, enabled specular component of sunlight
• Enviro: re-enabled ability to produce vehicles of different colors, now possible with 4 different vehicles

06.09.02

• CManager: use tag values from external file tags.txt
• CManager: automatically use a relative path if the user adds a model that's easily found on the data path
• lots of Blender work around this time, mostly cleaning up free models of vehicles

06.08.31

• CManager: expanded Properties dialog to show both types and subtypes

06.08.30

• vtlib: changes to use a "scaled features" node on vtTerrain, for things like abstract layers and contour lines
• CManager: ability to type a new filename in for a model and press Enter

06.08.25

• Enviro: Vehicle road-following logic is sufficiently fixed that cars stay on the road and traverse the network

06.08.22

• vtlib: implemented the Clone() methods so they now actually work (shallow/deep)
• vtlib: added vtLogGraph and vtLogNativeGraph
• Enviro: revived Vehicle code enough for vehicles to drive forwards and orient with the terrain

06.08.21

• made improvements to osgexport to provide an art path from Blender to OSG/VTP, submitted them to the author

06.08.15

• Enviro: record animation path to disk as a series of images

06.08.09

• VTBuilder: exposed 'Fill Gaps' as option in Resample Grid dialog
• VTBuilder: omit void tiles when generating tileset with normal resample dialog

<released 060806>

06.08.05

• all: moved up to GDAL 1.3.2, fortunately no API changes
• VTBuilder: fixed progress meter on optimized image tileset

06.08.04

• VTBuilder: omit empty tiles when generating tilesets
• Enviro: allow sparse tilesets (tiles omitted)

06.07.30

• Enviro: fixed problem with terrain-specific content (RJ) and freeing of abstract layers

06.07.28

• all projects: moved up to OSG 1.1

06.07.21

• Enviro: toggle visibility of abstract layers

06.07.19

• vtlib: added tiled flag for TIN surface types (vtTin / vtTin3d)
• vtlib: support ColorFieldIndex for abstract feature geometry (vtTerrain)

06.07.17

• vtdata: added some safety checks and MultiPoly support in LoadFromOGR (Martin Witzel)
• vtopensg: a handful of other fixes to transforms and materials

06.07.06

• VTBuilder: enabled image preview when created compressed image tiles from optimized resample
• VTBuilder: reduced memory usage during creation of compressed image tiles

06.06.11

• VTBuilder: added optimized sampling of imagery to tilesets (SampleImageryToTilePyramids, OnAreaOptimizedImageTileset)

06.06.04

• renamed vtdata's template Array to vtArray everywhere
• Enviro: added -location command-line parameter

06.05.27

• VTBuilder: exposed more elevation drawing options in new Rendering Options dialog
• VTBuilder: exposed ability to create derived image tiles when resampling elevation to a tileset
• VTBuilder: improved derived tilesets on optimized resample by creating 3 LODs
• VTBuilder: compress derived texture tiles on optimized export

06.05.26

• VTBuilder: added plain Mercator to Projection dialog

06.05.09

• all: moved up to libMini 7.3 (one-line change in TiledGeom)
• vtlib: added vtMesh::CreatePrism()
• vtlib: fences: added support for PostExtension (security fencing)
• vtdata: greatly reduce edge lighting seam in vtHeightFieldGrid3d::ShadeDibFromElevation

06.05.05

• Enviro: fixed crash on planting non-existent structure instance

06.05.04

• Enviro: made horizon plane independent of ocean plane
• vtlib: fixed GDAL cache thrash on some 4x4 tiled texture reads

06.05.02

• Enviro: fixed initial window size of scene for wxGTK

06.05.01

• VTBuilder: expanded Import Structures capability to support explicit colors and tall single-story buildings (Carlo Camporesi contributed)

06.04.30

• VTBuilder: added Help menu commands to show HTML documentation
• Enviro: added Help menu commands to show HTML documentation
• vtlib: fix memleak: free terrain abstract layers at exit
• vtlib: fix memleak: free buildings which are not on the terrain
• Enviro: added URL Popup menu for structures that have a "url" element in their description
• vtopensg: flipped row order in vtImage::GetRowData to match vtosg

06.04.27

• VTBuilder: improved WMS Query to pass SRS as (best guess) EPSG code, although it turns out that most WMS servers don't won't reproject to another SRS anyway

06.04.25

• VTBuilder: implemented "Area Tool: Optimized Resample Elevation to Tileset" which avoids making the whole resampled grid in memory

06.04.24

• vtdata/vtlib: support explicit vertex normals in TINs

06.04.21

• added new library/project to CVS: vtopensg, which is a port of vtlib to the OpenSG library, contributed by Martin Witzel

06.04.19

• building dialog: fixed a bug with the list of Edges when opening a building with many edges and the dialog was already open with edges shown (reported by Bruno Basli)
• Enviro: exposed Elevation Profile dialog (shared functionality with VTBuilder)

06.04.18

• vtdata: fixed bug with reading VF files with unknown plant species in them
• Enviro: support Save and Save-as for abstract and vegetation layers directly from the Layer dialog
• Enviro: fixes to menu item enabling for Terrain menu
• Enviro: update Layer view when plants are added

06.04.17

• moved all projects up to wxWidgets 2.6.3
• new port of vtlib to OpenSG is proceeding nicely thanks to Martin Witzel

06.04.16

• vtlib: fixed crash on Euro locale with Tileset loading

<released 060415>

06.04.15

• vtlib: moved up to libMini 7.1

06.04.14

• VTBuilder: fixed tiling progress indication to match the tile being processed

06.04.13

• VTBuilder: added Linux support on creation of compressed textures

06.04.12

• vtosg: added vtNode::ApplyVertexRotation
• vtosg: added disableAllVertexArrays to fix issue with vtTiledGeom and OSG models
• CManager: added Rotate Model command
• CManager: fixed rotation on saving models to OSG/IVE
• vtlib: implemented vtImage::WritePNG, vtImage::WriteJPEG
• Enviro: removed OSG dependence in saving screenshots

06.04.11

• CManager: added Wireframe toggle menu/toolbar

06.04.10

• VTBuilder: added visual snapshot of tile being compressed
• VTBuilder: enabled cancel during generation of image tilesets

06.04.09

• VTBuilder: expanded structure import dialog to support roof types
• vtdata: added explicit roof type and roof type from field on building import

06.04.06

• VTBuilder: support for saving image tilesets to .db as compressed textures
• VTBuilder: support for saving elevation tilesets to .db
• VTBuilder: fixed bug with modifying elevation layers which are not drawn

06.04.03

• vtlib: major TiledGeom improvements, awaiting checkin until there is a matching libMini version release

06.04.02

• vtlib: moved up to libMini 7.0

06.03.16

• CManager: added explicit export of models to .osg and .ive

06.03.12

• Enviro: Layer dialog: added icons to layers
• Enviro: Layer dialog: exposed abstract layers and vegetation

06.03.10

• vtlib: many library documentation improvements, particular AnimPath, vtTerrain and TParams
• vtlib: fixed AddTextureMaterial2 to respect Mipmap flag
• vtlib: chg vtTerrain to allow you to set plants, structures and abstract layers directly from memory instead of loading from disk
• vtlib: extend vtTin with the ability to store a surface type with each triangle in the TIN, which is drawn as a different texture in vtTin3d

06.03.05

• VTBuilder: warn when trying to do flatten roads operation on a geographic CRS

06.03.04

• vtdata: fix to byte order issues reading files on OSX

06.03.01

• small build fixed for Mac OSX
• vtlib: improved documentation for vtAnimPathEngine and vtAnimPath

06.02.24

• vtlib: Added vtScene::TimerRunning() to support suspending and resuming the frame time calculation
• Enviro: fixed problem with GUI menus and window resizing throwing off the framerate calculation
• Enviro: improve Save Structures to default to previous path and filename
• Enviro: improve Save Locations to default to previous path and filename
• VTBuilder: change to try importing 16-bit TIFs as Elevation layers, load other bit depths as Image layers

06.02.23

• VTBuilder: fix for crash seen with certain very large Image layers on Windows (Arturo R Montesinos)

06.02.22

• vtlib: set altitude to 0 for points not on vtTin3d

06.02.21

• VTBuilder: change to not use hidden elevation layers for elevation display and elevation sampling

06.02.18

• vtdata: fixed RMF reader bug caused by incomplete merge of RJ's vtRoadMap improvements
  (uploaded Windows binaries with this fix)

06.02.15

• vtdata: fixed support for reading vtFeatureSet fields from DBF, which was causing problems e.g. text labels in Enviro
  (uploaded Windows binaries with this fix)

<released 060210>

06.02.05

• Enviro: warn in EditColors when there's no filename

06.02.01

• Enviro: support for LineWidth on abstract feature geometry

06.01.19

• vtlib: vtTerrainScene: remove skydome texture when switching to no terrain
• vtlib: vtSkyDome: track textured material so that it can be removed later
• vtlib: merged in RJ's changes to Structure Shadow Textures

06.01.17

• Enviro/vtlib: support textured TINs

06.01.16

• VTBuilder: import Raw Layers of 2D points from XML
• vtdata: fixed tiny memleak on error parsing in species.xml
• vtdata: support adding fields to a featureset that already has entities
• vtdata: allow cancel in elevation NTF reader
• vtlib: clean up Billboard engine when a terrain is deleted

06.01.11

• VTBuilder: Give an informative warning on loading a BT with a missing .prj file

06.01.09

• Enviro: improved terrain overview to support 4x4 tiled textures, disabled overview menu for unsupported textures, update overview when the texture changes

06.01.06

• Enviro: added limited ability to switch terrain texture at runtime

06.01.05

• Enviro: improved terrain parameter dialogs for texture maps: made tile size a Choice, removed need for texture format parameter
• Enviro: added explicit support for terrain textures in TIF format

06.01.03

• checked in RJ's new shadow code, which removes the previous shadow texture size limit
• VTBuilder: added popup menu in Distance mode to hide distance tool