What's New in Geographic Calculator 2023

Significant New Features

  • New option to output base geodetic coordinates when target coordinate system is Projected on Interactive and Point Database Conversions jobs.
  • Updated GeoCalc dialogs including powerful new live filter search and advanced multi-parameter search within the geodetic datasource.
  • Added support to output individual errors for NADCON 5 transformations on Interactive and Point Database jobs.
  • New option to output velocities for conversions with Horizontal Time Dependent Positioning and Canadian Velocity Grid transformations on Point Database Conversions jobs.
  • New option to specify a particular version of LAS output files.
  • New support for Rhumb lines in area polygons in the Area Calculation job.
  • Updated Horizontal Time Dependent Positioning toolkit to version 3.4.2.

Interactive

  • New option to output base geodetic coordinates when target coordinate system is Projected on Interactive and Point Database Conversions jobs. - GC-8583
  • Corrected display of vertical coordinate labels. - GC-11080
  • Forward Calculation no longer clears Target Point Name. - GC-11061
  • Forward/Inverse Job with different geodetics no longer opens unexpected CT picker before expected mismatch error. - GC-11019
  • Forward no longer allows blank Distance and Azimuth for Grid Method. - GC-10979
  • The Distance, Azimuth, and Back Azimuth fields in Interactive jobs are now editable. - GC-10294
  • Resolved exception with Inverse Right to Left with mixed geodetic/projected CRSs. - GC-11013
  • Interactive Inverse right to left azimuths are no longer as if left to right. - GC-11011
  • Interactive source scale & convergence obey job format decimal precision. - GC-10983
  • Better error messages in all inverse cases. - GC-10980
  • AOU Polygons are now being applied when selecting Coordinate Reference Systems, if the application settings have them enabled. - GC-11107
  • Inverse calculation scale and convergence populate for both source and target. - GC-10975
  • Forward calculation scale and convergence populate for source coordinate. - GC-10974

Point Database

  • New option to output base geodetic coordinates when target coordinate system is Projected on Interactive and Point Database Conversions jobs. - GC-8583
  • New option to output velocities for conversions with Horizontal Time Dependent Positioning and Canadian Velocity Grid transformations on Point Database Conversions jobs. - GC-5920
  • Removed CRS swap option for any jobs that do not need it. - GC-10630
  • Added option to generated grid file transform from DDT job. - GC-11126
  • Support for geocentric source and target systems in Derive Datum Transformation job. - GC-10698
  • Best Fit/Derive Datum Job check box in UI instead of 1/0 for Point Use Flag - GC-11007
  • Batch-add windows retain sizing adjustments.  - GC-10874
  • Retain horizontal and vertical units when a PDb Scale and Translate is saved and reopened. - GC-11092
  • Automatically highlights default name when adding a column in PDC and PDb jobs. - GC-10917
  • Fixed error with quadratic interpolation in NTv2 grids. - GC-10751
  • The column widths of data grids no longer reset when switching to other jobs. - GC-7534
  • Elevations are no longer set to 0 when HAE Forward/Inverse calculations are enabled for PDb Forward/Inverse jobs. - GC-11059
  • Derive Datum X & Y no longer reversed for Geocentric input data - GC-11020
  • Inserting columns from certain menus no longer causes errors. - GC-10986
  • Batch PDC Multiconvert no longer fails to process. - GC-10947
  • Fixed errors after processing geocentric data in DDT. - GC-11017
  • Coordinate reversal preferences no longer only swap labels in Point Database jobs - GC-11008

Vector File Conversion

  • New option to specify a particular version of LAS output files. - GC-11006
  •  - GC-10610
  • Stopped unneeded validation errors or CT picker prompts for none operation-type Vector jobs.  - GC-10573
  • Support for read and write of LAS v1.4 data. - GC-11004
  • Areas of use are being used to limit available transforms after loading a saved vector job. - GC-9945
  • Added check of world area of use bounds to correct CRS filtering.  - GC-11084
  • LAS now supports records length that is longer than specific record formats. - GC-11010
  • Clearing the crop/split in a vector data conversion job now properly cleans up so that direct transformers can be used.  - GC-10981
  • Maintain feature styles in DWG to DXF conversion. - GC-8566
  • Resolved text size issue with DWG outputs from a Vector File Conversion with a crop applied. - GC-10971
  • MUTEX was only allowing one thread to process data for this method. - GC-10960
  • Add support for additional CAD geometries and ignore geometries that we currently don't support. - GC-10614
  • Resolved horizontal unit information in DWG/DXF format vector conversions. - GC-8564

Seismic Survey

  • Header block limited to 20 lines of 80 characters for SegP1 output to match its standard. - GC-10487
  • SSC jobs now properly save the state of the output CRS checkbox options. - GC-11051
  • SSC output checkboxes and output dropdown type working correctly. - GC-10964
  • Seismic batch no longer shows output checkboxes for SPS when projected CRS selected. - GC-10351
  • The column widths of data grids no longer reset when switching to other jobs. - GC-6502

General

  • Edit option removed from the context menus for the CS controls. - GC-11102
  • Repaired the function of the usage tracking preference check box (under File Locations). - GC-11098
  • Delete multiple items works within a Project. - GC-11055
  • Derive Datum Transform job now supports creation of a grid based transformation. - GC-11053
  • Five jobs changed to a single Geodetic Format and Decimal Precision. - GC-11015
  • Delete multiple items works within Batch nodes. - GC-11012
  • Added support to output individual errors for NADCON 5 transformations on Interactive and Point Database jobs. - GC-11005
  • Batch jobs exported in non-default project are now saved. - GC-11002
  • Land Survey Summary output preview azimuths no longer all 0. - GC-10999
  • JSON Importing GTX Grid transforms no longer generates a bad object definition. - GC-10985
  • Deleting project node remembered when saving with workspace changes prompt on close. - GC-10982
  • Calls to licenselogin.php use POST to encrypt. - GC-10977
  • Dragging a batch job to a new Project node now preserved in exported workspaces. - GC-10969
  • Dragging a batch job to a new Project node can be saved. - GC-10968
  • Dragging existing jobs, clones, or new jobs to a new Project node now preserved in exported workspaces. - GC-10965
  • Dragging existing jobs, clones, or new jobs to a new Project node once again saving. - GC-10963
  • Batches retain generated jobs when saved to the default workspace. - GC-10959
  • Repaired backward compatibility for importing older workspaces. - GC-10825
  • The DataSource has been updated to match the definitions in EPSG version 10.076. - DATA-277
  • Added support for EPSG Coordinate Operations "Time-specific Coordinate Frame rotation (geocen)" and "Time-specific Position Vector transform (geocen)." These are supported in the Geographic Calculator as "Time-Specific (Coordinate Frame Rotation)" and "Time-Specific (Position Vector Rotation)." - DATA-206
  • Support for Rhumb line type in area polygons in the Area Calculation job. - CALC-2064
  • Updated GeoCalc dialogs including powerful new live filter search and advanced multi-parameter search within the geodetic datasource. - CALC-2028
  • Added support for Lambert Azimuthal Auxiliary Sphere projection. - CALC-1961
  • Updated Horizontal Time Dependent Positioning toolkit to version 3.4.2. - CALC-1792

Admin Tools

  • Checked and updated AOU filters. - GC-10843
  • Shared settings.json files can now be unlocked on computers other than the one it was created on.  - GC-11096

Area Calculation Job

  • New support for Rhumb lines in area polygons in the Area Calculation job. - GC-4987
  • New right-click menu option on Area Calc batch nodes "Export Batch Results to File". The resulting file contains row data of (job name) (result) for each job in the batch. - GC-10956
  • Added basic legend to Area Calc Viewer. - GC-10967
  • The area calculation job now supports Acre and Hectare as area unit options. - GC-8413
  • Saved Area Calc job open from File > Open > Job. - GC-11026
  • A set of Area Calc clones no longer share the filename of the last file loaded. - GC-10958
  • Area Calc jobs processed without a CRS now have a better error message. - GC-10973
  • Area Calc Viewers show line segments connecting points. - GC-10966
  • Batch job area box values are no longer linked. - GC-10957

Land Survey Summary

  • Map scale for LSS jobs present upon export to pdf. - GC-8658
  • LSS Jobs save units for distance and azimuth. - GC-11095

OGP Reader

  • Added GeoRepository Settings to Administrative Settings. - GC-11046
  • New UI, Importer, and JSON parser for pulling systems from the new IOGP registry.  - GC-10736

Seismic QC

  • Linear decimal precision settings for distances are respected when set in SSQC jobs. - GC-11021
  • When a Seismic QC job is created from the start page and a non-Seismic QC job is selected (tab open), the Seismic QC job is now properly swapped to and displayed. - GC-10401
  • Cloned SSQC jobs no longer have input data fields linked. - GC-10516
  • Seismic survey preferences are now properly inherited by SSQC jobs.  - GC-10515

Viewer

  • Resolved issue loading GPS files into Vector Data Conversion job and Viewer.  - GC-11168