ISIS 8.2.0 Release Candidate 1 is now available

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How to install or update to 8.2.0_RC1

Installation instructions of ISIS can be found in the README on our github page .

If you already have a version of ISIS 4.0.0 or later installed in an anaconda environment, you can update to 8.2.0_RC1 by activating your existing isis conda environment and running conda update -c "usgs-astrogeology/label/RC" isis=8.2.0_RC1.

How to get access to 8.2.0_RC1 at the ASC

The new process proposed in the internal RFC is now in full effect. Please review the process of using anaconda environments to activate isis here.

Once a version of conda is active, run the command: conda activate isis8.2.0-RC1 to use this newest version of ISIS.

Changes for 8.2.0_RC1

Changed

• Changed the default spiceinit url to https://astrogeology.usgs.gov/apis/ale/v0.9.1/spiceserver/ and added deprecation warning for use of https://services.isis.astrogeology.usgs.gov/cgi-bin/spiceinit.cgi url. #5327
• Skypt has been refactored to be callable; old Makefile tests have been removed and replaced by gtests. Issue: #5443

Fixed

• Fixed a bug in which capital E was problematic for OSX / Ubuntu #5466
• Fixed bug in which not all references to 'version' file were replaced with new 'isis_version.txt' file #5374
• Fixed a bug in which the IrregularBodyCameraGroundMap unit test was removed but not the associated truth file. #5461
• Fixed a bug in which the histogram tool used the entire image to calculate bin size, which caused an issue with high dynamic range images. #5371
• Fixed a bug in which 'version' file was compiled as source and prevented subsequent ISIS recompilation #5374
• Fixed noproj bug where some temporary files were not deleted after call to cam2cam. Issue: #4813
• Fixed noproj bug where missing shapemodel-related keywords (RayTraceEngine, BulletParts, Tolerance) are dropped when the output label is created. This resulted in the Bullet collision detection engine not being used. Issue: #5377
• Fixed ISIS failing to expand env variables with an "_" in them. #5402
• Fixed noproj bug where match cube not NULL when not specifying MATCH parameter #5381
• Fixed findFeaturesSegment trying to merge networks when only 1 segmented network was successfully created 5416
• Fixed rclone.conf/downloadIsisData pointing to old naif kernel location, updated to archived locations and https 5394
• Fixed a parsing error in FitsToJson when an empty comment was reached. #5469
• Fixed TrackTool, FindTool, and AdvancedTrackTool not reporting RA and DEC for images targeting the Sky. #5409

Added

• Added 8 new functions to the Sensor Utility Library: Slant Distance, Target Center Distance, Right Ascension Declination, Local Solar Time, Line Resolution, Sample Resolution, Pixel Resolution, and Solar Longitude.
• Added new option in ctxcal to use monthly computed flatfield files for "Frown" removal in CTX images. #5338
• CSMCamera can now read and use the body rotation from ALE produced ISDs #5072
• CSMSkyMap added to CSMCamera for use with local rover projections in ISIS #5072
• Added new Hayabusa2 translation for SpacecraftName to accept HAYABUSA2 #5395
• Added ALLOWERROR parameter to campt #5393
• OSIRIS-REx Tagcams instrument support, tests, and test data added #5424
• Added min/max type drop-down selection option in QView's Stretch tool #5289

Notes

The following operating systems are supported for this release:

• Ubuntu 18.04
• macOS Mohave 11.6

(Other Linux/macOS variants may be able to run this release, but are not officially supported.)

If you find a problem with this release, please create an issue on our github issues page