================================================================= planlauf/TERRAIN 2020 R1 ================================================================= New Features ----------------------------------------------------------------- pTMerge.exe to merge DEMs with different resolutions (Start > planlauf/TERRAIN 2020 > pTMerge) Export of PLFTRK file with options to export pins and/or tracks Tile Manager: metadata is stored and re-used (much faster), outline drawing in Bing Maps optimized for large areas Automatic tiling of huge models is now seamless Bugfixes ----------------------------------------------------------------- Import of GPX/KML with waypoints but no tracks fails Pin or track list menu bar is not updated after items are deleted Image of filled tracks fails if tracks are outside the model Crash if grid lines are added ================================================================= planlauf/TERRAIN 2020 ================================================================= New Features ----------------------------------------------------------------- Export of PLFMAP and PLFTRK files for planlauf/TERRAIN's mobile app Import Grid Mesh: Save raster data as BIL file Sky-View Factor as a new option for Local Relief Viewcube can be recorded in videos Fly-through along track: new option to not change the view New icons for pins and tracks (consitent with the mobile app) Local relief rendering with additional hillshading Custom pin images Export of Map Tiles in *.mbtiles format Viewshed analysis: option to colorize according to the number of observers that can see a point Point Cloud Editing ----------------------------------------------------------------- Delete all points outside the selection polygon and add missing boundary points (top view, SHIFT + FILL button) Fill points along best fitting line Model is not shown during processing, reduces GPU load Im- and export of return information Saving in point cloud format *.plfpcl is no longer supported, use LAS instead Added names for LAS classes 19 to 22 Detect dense forests with very few ground points for terrain flattening Improved outlier treatment for DTM generation Show/hide returns Add colors for classifications and returns Color scale is adjusted to the visible points during editing Color variation option removed from point cloud shader Pin/Track List ----------------------------------------------------------------- Performance optimization, table filling now more than 10x faster Groups can be named and collapsed Create groups based on the classes (SHIFT + GROUP) Image Overlay ----------------------------------------------------------------- Manage Images (Tiles and Shading > Image), better usability Transparent color for images Leading UTM zone number in world files for image overlays is recognized GeoTIFF overlays will be resized if they are bigger than 16384 pixels Performance ----------------------------------------------------------------- Import limit of 350 million vertices for each tile file increased to 1 billion Improved location centering and zooming for touchscreens during GPS logging Faster track editing with many tracks Improved reprojection of point clouds Changed number of points in a tile from 262144 to 1048576 (fewer draw calls) Projections ----------------------------------------------------------------- New Brunswick Stereographic, EPSG 2953 ETRS89 / Portugal TM06, EPSG:3763 WGS84 / Pseudo Mercator, EPSG:3857 LKS92 / Latvia TM, EPSG:3059 WGS 84 / NSIDC Sea Ice Polar Stereographic North, EPSG:3413 Reprojection for point clouds: NAD83 New Jersey (ftUS), EPSG:3424 Added projection detection for EPSG:5514 (Krovak East North) Reprojection for point clouds: Virginia North/South EPSG:2283/2284 Misc ----------------------------------------------------------------- Switched to NET Framework 4.7.2 for improved drawing of numeric fields with high DPI settings Dialog background color set to white Discard rendering outside overlay image Projection Equirectangular Moon can be used via GDAL Support for Mars geographic coordinates First tile file for a new terrain file is automatically displayed Default contrast is now 2 Bugfixes ----------------------------------------------------------------- Point cloud editing: classifications not saved when no ground points are present Point cloud editing: selection of less than 3 points locks Bets Fitting Plane option Point cloud: import of point cloud files with no points locks the GUI Point cloud editing: classifications get lost when deleting points outside the box with some classifications turned off GDAL error when trying to read a Float64 GeoTIFF GDAL import of WGS 84 data, resolution in meters is not set Visibility change in Pin/Track list does not work properly when lists are not sorted by ID GUI flickering while setting pins GDAL import with very large NoData value fails Import of UInt16 GeoTIFF overlay images License activation doesn't work if an additional firewall is installed on Windows 7 EzLAS_32.exe not decompressing for root directories (e.g., E:\) Combining images led to slightly shifted overlays, together with shading, it looked unsharp Delete Colors button not visible if classifaction colors were added Hidden tracks appear after ending the measure line mode Crater detection, selected tile not highlighted with local relief rendering + hillshading Projection info for MARS models could not be read Import of LAS 1.4 files, wrong classification and return values Deleting points at min/max Z not possible while point cloud editing Changing classification for a point cloud without classification data Drag points for track editing are shown at an incorrect height Measure tool did not disable list and open buttons Mesh Decimation Service ----------------------------------------------------------------- New data: Oberösterreich 1 m New Data: Sachsen 1 m Updated Data: Thüringen 1 m Removed datasets with resolution > 1 m: Südtirol, Valle d'Aosta, Catalunya, La Rioja ================================================================= planlauf/TERRAIN 2019 R2 ================================================================= Point Cloud Editing ----------------------------------------------------------------- Delete all points outside the selection polygon and add missing boundary points (top view, SHIFT + FILL button) Fill points along best fitting line Model is not shown during processing, reduces GPU load Im- and export of return information Saving in point cloud format *.plfpcl is no longer supported, use LAS instead Added names for LAS classes 19 to 22 Detect dense forests with very few ground points for terrain flattening Improved outlier treatment for DTM generation Show/hide returns Add colors for classifications and returns Color scale is adjusted to the visible points during editing Pin/Track List ----------------------------------------------------------------- Performance optimization, table filling now more than 10x faster Groups can be named and collapsed Create groups based on the classes (SHIFT + GROUP) Image Overlay ----------------------------------------------------------------- Manage Images (Tiles and Shading > Image), better usability Transparent color for images Leading UTM zone number in world files for image overlays is recognized Misc ----------------------------------------------------------------- New projection: New Brunswick Stereographic, EPSG 2953 New projection: ETRS89 / Portugal TM06, EPSG:3763 New projection: WGS84 / Pseudo Mercator, EPSG:3857 New reprojection option for point clouds: Virginia North/South EPSG:2283/2284 Switched to NET Framework 4.7.2 for improved drawing of numeric fields with high DPI settings Dialog background color set to white Discard rendering outside overlay image Bugfixes ----------------------------------------------------------------- Point cloud editing: classifications not saved when no ground points are present Point cloud editing: selection of less than 3 points locks Bets Fitting Plane option Point cloud editing: import of point cloud files with no points locks the GUI Point cloud editing: classifications get lost when deleting points outside the box with some classifications turned off GDAL error when trying to read a Float64 GeoTIFF GDAL import of WGS 84 data, resolution in meters is not set Visibility change in Pin/Track list does not work properly when lists are not sorted by ID GUI flickering while setting pins GDAL import with very large NoData value fails Import of UInt16 GeoTIFF overlay images License activation doesn't work if an additional firewall is installed on Windows 7 EzLAS_32.exe not decompressing for root directories (e.g., E:\) ================================================================= planlauf/TERRAIN 2019 R1 ================================================================= New Features ----------------------------------------------------------------- Importing a large number of ESRI ASCII files via the GDAL interface (useful if the data is very patchy) Importing raster data via GDAL is now much faster (> 10x) in the conversion and reading stage, GDAL 2.3.3 or up is required Shapefile im- and export including attributes Improved gap filling algorithm, creates smoother areas Point Cloud Editing ----------------------------------------------------------------- All Edit Point Cloud commands are now available in the toolbar at the bottom Improved speed of point selection in one of the six planar views Fill gaps with a constant height value or a best fitting plane Delete points Manually change classification Show/hide points Terrain flattening feature (reversible) Change point size for point clouds with + and - Toggle color variation for point clouds with , or . Point colors can be deleted Turntable rotation mode for point clouds Intermediate file for DEM generation is now an ESRI BIL file, reading and writing is faster Misc ----------------------------------------------------------------- Improved rendering performance for tracks Level-of-Detail calculation can be cancelled with the ESCAPE key Fly-through with views: time row added and option to convert time values to speed factors (> Timing) Fly-through with views: set views in Timing window by double-clicking on an entry Crater Detection: larger valid range for filter radius and width/height Crater Detextion can be cancelled with the ESCAPE key Added projection for LAS import: Alabama Stateplane East/West Using GPS Location or Follow option is now more responsive GPS location info can now be hidden (> Settings > GPS Receiver) If 'Commands at Startup' is switched on in the settings, the window will be shown immediately Copy pin location automatically to clipboard (> Settings > GPS receiver) License Deactivation: hold the SHIFT key while starting planlauf/TERRAIN Bugfixes ----------------------------------------------------------------- Crash while deleting pins or tracks in the list Fly-through along track not working properly after performance optimization Video format is not remembered GDAL error with GeoTIFFs with multiple bands Z-fighting between model and tracks in top view Number of points not correct after points are deleted Graphic glitch when continuing a manual track and deleting the last few points Renaming the ECW plugin for GDAL fails if an older GDAL version had once been installed Raster import via GDAL with NoData value < Float.MinValue Lag while following a track with active GPS Track/Location Dynamic zoom for look-around not working properly for resolution > 5 m ================================================================= planlauf/TERRAIN 2019 ================================================================= New features ----------------------------------------------------------------- Fly-through between 3D views Dynamic zoom option for look-arounds Presentation mode: hide all controls and run in fullscreen mode, optional with code deactivation Video resolution can be larger than the screen resolution (> Settings > Video > Resolution Factor) Better support for Ultra HD monitors Import of OBJ vertices as point cloud data Shapefile import (geometry only: point, polyline, polygon) Misc ----------------------------------------------------------------- New projection: Czech Republic EPSG:5514 New projection: Lithuania, EPSG:3346 New region in the Mesh Decimation Service: Northern Thüringen 1 m Added consistency check for raster import Added a blending rectangle for the location display in yellow Video resolution is shown in the fly-through, look-around and flooding dialogs Image directory is remembered Mesh decimation can be stopped by pressing the Escape key Tooltips for Pin and Track class buttons showing the class names After GPX, KML or shapefile import, the Pin/Track List window is shown and the imported features are selected Pins and Tracks can be grouped (> Pin/Track List) Bugfixes ----------------------------------------------------------------- World file for jpeg files can also be jpw Track distance is not shown correctly if track is continued Crash while trying to read a LAS file with a non-standard header length Camtasia 2018 crashes while importing a MPEG video with *.avi extension, changed to *.mpeg ================================================================= planlauf/TERRAIN 2018 R3 ================================================================= New features ----------------------------------------------------------------- Reprojection to a supported projection during GDAL import OpenTopography's tar.gz files can be unpacked with the zip option in the open dialog GPS logging with minimum point distance to reduce number of recorded points (Settings > GPS receiver) Misc ----------------------------------------------------------------- New projection: Sweden, SWEREF99 TM, EPSG:3006 New projection: Estonia, EPSG:3301 License activation needs an internet connection Improved UTM zone detection during LAS import Edited track will be shown in yellow if a gray local relief is shown Import of LAS colors accounts now for incorrect color byte order Additional viewport screenshot can be made when an image is taken Bugfixes ----------------------------------------------------------------- Strange colors of distance line when LoS is deactivated Window is not locked when a point cloud is saved If points are deleted from a point cloud, the DTM/DSM will still be created from the original bounds Garmin Basecamp waypoint import GPX tracks with only two points failed When ending a GPS track is cancelled, the cumulative distance is set to 0 When deleting points in a point clouds, the min/max elevation values are still used ================================================================= planlauf/TERRAIN 2018 R2 ================================================================= New features ----------------------------------------------------------------- Tile Manager to add/remove and show/hide tiles from within a map Delete points during point cloud import (Manipulate > Delete Points) Positive Openness as a Local Relief sub type Create an image of filled tracks (More > Export > Image of Filled Tracks) Combining multiple images for image overlay (simply select multiple images) Image Rectification (More > Import > Image Rectification) Clip models for Sketchfab export Legend for Pin and Track classes (> Settings and Screenshot/Look-around) Adjust HSL of an image (More > Import) Import and Mesh Decimation ----------------------------------------------------------------- Massive Reduction of GPU memory for Local Relief Visualization Improved averaging of adjacent tiles Local Relief preview area can be panned in the preview window itself Point Cloud Import ----------------------------------------------------------------- Support for point clouds with colors, create an overlay image during LAS import Much faster reading/writing of LAS files (up to 20x) LAS reprojection options for some US states Added option to clamp min/max values in point cloud import Save a point cloud in LAS and XYZ format Projection is detected if it is included in the LAS file Import of LAS files now also possible with classes 19-31 Reading of zLAS files Visualization ----------------------------------------------------------------- Improved shader for Local Relief with more contrast Improved contrast for the contour lines in Local Relief visualization mode Individual pin lines (> Edit Pin) GPS location/track tail and line-of-sight is shown in yellow when the model is shown as a grayscale Local Relief Text pins will fade out on top/bottom when recording a Fly-through or Look-around Misc ----------------------------------------------------------------- Consistent use of JPG extension instead of JPEG Default settings for local relief can be restored Lock Screen button is only visible in tablet mode, in desktop mode 'Tiles and Shading' is shown instead Display of video duration for Flooding and Look-around Flooding: height slider will be filled up Bing Maps will be shown even if there is no internet connection (sometimes map tiles are still cached) Bugfixes ----------------------------------------------------------------- MP4 video conversion with FFmpeg sometimes fails Sketchfab export sometimes created non-power-of-two textures Saving Zip-package to a drive without enough free space crashes World File with different X and Y cell size is rejected If pins or tracks are hidden, selection was still possible Model is shown far away when 2D mode is changed to 3D during GPS logging Tracks or Measure Line drops to 0 between adjacent tile files Edit Pin Location window size not correct for high DPI settings Pins disappear if the Fly-Through dialog is cancelled ================================================================= planlauf/TERRAIN 2018 R1 ================================================================= New Features ----------------------------------------------------------------- Align-Model-to-Image to create blends between DEMs and aerial images Import and Mesh Decimation ----------------------------------------------------------------- Triangle Downsampling: starts the mesh decimation with only 1/4 of the vertices (normal maps and local relief still have the full resolution) Reprojection of point clouds with EPSG:3089 (Kentucky) to UTM (Import Point Cloud > Reproject) Improved sharpness of DEMs Improved DTM generation for slopes with sparse point coverage Import of multiple raster files via GDAL, files will automatically be merged Create image overlay from an ECW or JP2 file (requires GDAL with ECW plug-in) Improved points per m² calculation during LAS import Visualization ----------------------------------------------------------------- Added OpenGL diagnostics, error report can be sent to terrain@planlauf.com Added a new symbol size: Super Large Orthographic projection is now used in 2D mode Contours can be shown with two styles: Bright and Dark Brightness for the image overlay can be increased up to 2 Scale can be positioned at top and bottom center for screenshots Option for a brighter height profile in the screenshot dialog Misc ----------------------------------------------------------------- Look-around: Angle per Step renamed to Speed Improved Sketchfab export: faster, lower memory consumption and much smaller OBJ files, 1 GB OBJ file size limit fixed New projection: Poland CS92, EPSG:2180 New projection: Antarctica, EPSG:3294 Export of georeferenced top view image in JPG, PNG (with transparency) and GeoTIFF format Option to assign images to pins in the 'Edit Pin' window (Settings > Camera > Assign…) Bugfixes ----------------------------------------------------------------- Local relief preview with elevation units other than meters Screenshot with scaled pins fails when zoomed in Dialogs on a second screen are not shown if the screen is disconnected Names of views are sometimes messed up with numbers ================================================================= planlauf/TERRAIN 2018 ================================================================= New Features ----------------------------------------------------------------- Export of Sketchfab models Line of Sight for the measure line (RMB on elevation profile to edit observer and target offset) Contour lines with selectable spacing (Tiles and Shading) Viewshed analysis with one or more observer points Import and Mesh Decimation ----------------------------------------------------------------- Filling gaps is also possible during point cloud import (resulting *.asc file is filled and can be re-used in other software) Point cloud can be manipulated during import (translate, rotate, scale and set current view to top or front view) Manipulated point cloud can be saved in a proprietary file format (*.plfpcl) for faster re-use Import of color gradients in *.c3g format (download many palettes here: http://soliton.vm.bytemark.co.uk/pub/cpt-city/), directory is stored Warning is given if a model is probably too big to be imported, option to split it into multiple files Local relief preview area is shown and can be moved in Bing Maps Area selection for import can be done in Bing Maps Height scale can be shown during Flooding Classifications (e.g. building, vegetation) can be chosen during point cloud import Smoothing radius for DEM generation from point clouds can be chosen Visualization ----------------------------------------------------------------- Pin text is drawn with an outline and an optional background to improve readability Pin text line thickness is adjusted along with the symbol size Tracks can be shown during Fly-through, Look-around and Flooding Focal length, i.e. the perspective can be adjusted and saved Option to not scale the pins in screenshots Contrast can be reduced to less than 1 (Tiles and Shading) Views can be saved (Toolbar > Views) Misc ----------------------------------------------------------------- Hide/Show individual pins or tracks (> Pin/Track List) Progressbar is shown while adding tiles to viewport No projection warning is skipped for Mars DTMs Center Bing Maps on a GPS location New projection: Slovenia, D48GK, EPSG:3912 If a reload of tiles is necessary in 'Tiles and Shading', the 3D view will be restored When following a track, the closest location on the track is marked with a direction triangle instead of a simple point Command line batch generation of decimated tile files from point clouds (*.las, *.laz, *.xyz, *.plfpcl) Image overlay list allows adding, editing and deleting of images Heatmap now creates an image which is added to the image overlay list Export of elevation profiles as image or csv file (RMB on elevation diagram) Bugfixes Default directory is not set if a terrain file is opened Program settings will be kept if planlauf/TERRAIN is updated (weekly build or any other minor release) Hiding all tile files crashes if tracks exist Error in projection file export for UTM South Working directory error during import of overlay image via GDAL ================================================================= planlauf/TERRAIN 2017 R3 ================================================================= Import ----------------------------------------------------------------- Import of point cloud data (*.las, *.laz and *.xyz) and generation of DSM and DTMs Set height of NoData points to a constant value (Import Grid Mesh window) Bugfix: Filling gaps does not work with GDAL import and NoData value of 1e+38 Bugfix: Filling gaps hangs with huge gaps, now limited to 1000000 vertices per gap Speed improvement for mesh decimation, now up to twice as fast Optimized mesh decimation for models with partially constant heights Visualization ----------------------------------------------------------------- Local Relief visualization (Import Grid Mesh > Local Relief and via Mesh Decimation Service) Image overlay (*.jpg, *.png, *.bmp and GeoTIFFs via GDAL) with World File support Look-around: vertical center can be adjusted Pins can be shown as circles or names (Settings > Display and Visibility) Pin names displayed in color, can be changed to black/white (Settings > Display and Visibility) Manual slope scale expanded to -1...2 Perspective can be changed temporarily with PageUp and PageDown Flooding feature with video recording (More > Flooding) Pins can be shown during Fly-through, Look-around and Flooding, pins without names are hidden if pins are displayed as names Adjustable viewing direction in Fly-through (More > Fly-through > Rotation) Misc ----------------------------------------------------------------- Edit Tile Files' renamed to 'Tiles and Shading' Bugfix: Activating a license after the trial period does not work Added projection: NAD83(NSRS2007) / Maryland (EPSG:3559) New regions in our Mesh Decimation Service: Maryland / USA, New Zealand / Auckland, New Zealand / Wellington ================================================================= planlauf/TERRAIN 2017 R2 ================================================================= New Features ----------------------------------------------------------------- Look-around animation (More > Look-around) Video recording of Fly-throughs and Look-arounds with FFmpeg (check 'Create Video' option) Names of pins can be shown in the viewport instead of the pin symbols (Settings > Display and Visibility > Show Pin Names) Slope shader and contrast (Edit Tile Files) Manual min and max values for Height and Slope shader (Edit Tile Files) Import of custom color scales (Edit Tile Files > Colors > Import Colors), text-based with RGB values from 0 to 255 Save topview JPG with Worldfile *.jgw and projection info *.prj (More > Export > JPG with ESRI World and Projection File) New projections: OSGB 1936 / British National Grid (EPSG:27700), Irish Transverse Mercator (EPSG:2157), Irish Grid (EPSG:29903) Track symbols will not be included in a screenshot Mesh Decimation Service: JPG Quality for Tablet/Laptop profile = 0.95, Desktop = 0.99 Import of Esri ASCII grid files: origin is rounded to cell size value Position of viewcube and scale can be changed for screenshots Bugfixes ----------------------------------------------------------------- Crash when trying to save a screenshot with scale turned on Height labels in diagram are wrong during GPS logging if model is scaled Fly-through above ground not possible with negative height values (Mars) Windows getting bigger if DPI scale is > 125% Viewcube is disabled if following a track and losing the signal while screen is locked ================================================================= planlauf/TERRAIN 2017 R1 ================================================================= Import ----------------------------------------------------------------- Filling gaps in DTMs during import Limit number of vertices during mesh decimation; if necessary normal deviation will be increased Normal maps JPG quality can be adjusted to reduce file size Limit height range during import Speed improvement for mesh decimation with low normal deviation Projection UTM 33 North ED50 (Malta) Projection UTM 32 North ED50 (Italy) *.bil-format added to GDAL file filter Pins, Tracks and Pictures ----------------------------------------------------------------- Geotags can be added to pictures Add pins for a collection of already geotagged pictures Pins can be named Import pins with names and comments from KML files Add pins in Maps window Trackpoints can be moved, added or deleted Add new trackpoints to manual track in Maps window Manual and GPS tracks are also shown in Maps window Reverse track direction Out-of-bounds trackspoints are drawn at height 0 Speed improvement for height profile calculation Bugfix: Crash when importing single-line GPX file Bugfix: GPX route format can't be imported Bugfix: Import of GPX files with tabs fails Bugfix: Manual track with overlapping tile files: sometimes set location doesn't work Bugfix: Track segment disappears on map if start and end point are out of bounds Bugfix: Tracks are not shown if elevation scale factor is changed and GPS is continued Bugfix: Missing location bar in height profile if elevation scale is bigger than 1 Hiking and Exploring Landscapes ----------------------------------------------------------------- Automatic view adjustment when following a planned track or approaching a pin GPS location mode without logging (locations of the last 60 seconds are shown as a fading trail) Acoustic proximity alerts when approaching a selected pin Distance is shown during GPS logging Logging is possible even if locations are out of the model Misc ----------------------------------------------------------------- Tile Files can be hidden > Edit Tile Files Open files by Drag&Drop Zip-packages have now the extension *.plfzip so double-clicking will start planlauf/TERRAIN Improved window scaling on high DPI devices Specular lighting reduced Smoothing factor for Fly-Through Crater detection parameters can be customized Bugfix: Trimble R1 GPS receiver connection problem Bugfix: Crash trying to save a file on a removed device Bugfix: Slow Zoom-Fit for large models Bugfix: Screenshot with factor 16 crashes on a 3000x2000 display, size of bitmap is too big Bugfix: License window: keyboard is not shown in tablet mode Bugfix: If fly through is started with an active toolbar button, white bar can not be moved Bugfix: Import zip package: keyboard is not shown in tablet mode Bugfix: In 2D mode panning is not ended when middle mouse button is released