Changelog of MISSIONPLANNER

VERSION 2024.1.2.1

2025-07-24 | Download

NEW FEATURES

  • Export: New Labyrinth export (as JSON).
  • QC: Point density quality control will show no result when the terrain is out of laser range.

FIXES

  • Settings from previous versions are now migrated when installing the software.
  • Settings: Fixed issue where the SRTM button incorrectly set the Copernicus download folder.
  • LiDAR configurations: Fixed issues on systems using a comma (",") as the decimal separator.
  • Export: Fixed KML styling issues.
  • Forward overlap: Ensures that forward overlap requirements are met even after reaching the maximum number of iterations.
  • Side overlap: When creating parallel lines, the minimum and mean criteria are now checked in both directions.
  • QC Classification: Right-click now deselects the entry. The former limitation to 8 classes has been removed.
  • Edit Flight Lines: Fixed issue with helper lines being too short when extending flight lines with a fixed azimuth.

VERSION 2024.1.1.1

2025-04-15 | Download

NEW FEATURES

  • Retrieve Copernicus elevation data with one click (arrow next to SRTM).
  • Added EGM2008 to the list of supported vertical datums.
  • Merge segments of the same flight line.
  • Elevate a segment of a flight line to its own independent flight line.
  • CTRL + and CTRL - now update the map zoom.
  • Export for Wehrli+Associates sensors.
  • Export for AeMission
  • Export valid sun angle time windows to CSV.
  • Enable/disable forward overlap in the basic settings when not in use.
  • Removed the Terrain-Image and the real terrain display.
  • Export vector layers to png, jpg or tif.

FIXES

  • Unable to use terrain models with a spatial reference in WGS84.
  • Access violation on German-language systems when querying sun elevation.
  • Trial licenses: When creating parallel lines, the original flight line incorrectly gets an altitude of 0 ft.
  • Terrain-following flight mode: The endpoint of the flight line is not exactly where clicked.
  • Flight line footprints: Slight shift (<30m) away from the flight line for very long flight lines.
  • Error when the sidelap minimum criterion is equal to the mean criterion.
  • Parallel lines do not fill the entire AOI when gaps are present.
  • KML export: Incorrect coordinates when the CRS is not properly set for project layers.
  • KML export: Invalid file when exporting with the wrong decimal separator.
  • Sun elevation: Incorrect times on the second time window.
  • Pushbroom sensors: Incorrect swath width calculation.
  • Updated Web URL for OpenFlightMap basemap.
  • GCP: Stuck in edit mode when changing between edit mode and delete mode.

VERSION 2024.0.2.2

2024-12-16 | Download

NEW FEATURES

  • New version dialog: Displays a message if the newer version is not compatible with the license.
  • Geometry dialog: The right-click menu for elements now shows the azimuth for linear objects.
  • Excel export: Added new keywords "_DistanceToNext" and "_DistanceToPrevious" to calculate distances between flight lines.

FIXES

  • Unable to draw flight lines after editing a flight line with a fixed azimuth.
  • Quality controls: Black classes when using a comma as the decimal separator.
  • Export to TrackAir: Fixed an access violation when exporting a flight plan for a LiDAR system.
  • Text export: Modified the appearance of sub-items to indicate when they are clickable.
  • TrackAir import dialog: Rearranged UI elements to improve responsiveness.

VERSION 2024.0.2.1

2024-11-05 | Download

FIXES

  • QC: Wrong statistical values in classification of grid-layer.
  • UI: Issues with screen zoom on the flight lines tab.
  • UX: When drawing new geometries, sometimes no vertices were added.
  • Sensors: Increased display of digits for FPS and Px size.
  • QC: Empty sidelap-map in special occasions.
  • 3D-view: Flight lines and image positions as 3D geometries as default.

VERSION 2024.0.2.0

2024-10-15 | Download

NEW FEATURES

  • Search for a flight line by ID using CTRL+F.
  • Open a TrackAir MDB as a new TOPOFLIGHT project.
  • Export as Garmin FPL.
  • Export geometries as ESRI Shapefile, including the option to export the global extent of the footprints.
  • Introduced a new element in the LiDAR configuration: Laser power.
  • When an AOI is selected, the button in the flight lines menu is now highlighted in black.
  • Auto-classification of image footprints for multi-camera systems (right-click on image footprints in the layer stack).
  • Modify flight lines: You now have the option to extend the flight line to the selected AOI and fix the altitude.

FIXES

  • Optimized UI/UX of the sensor tab for smaller screens.
  • Incorrect rendering of footprint transparency in the KML export.
  • Flight lines settings: The distance between flight lines does not update when changing the GSD.
  • Import of DXF/DGN files was not possible.
  • The layer of the selected AOI does not get removed after deselecting the shape.
  • F7 toggles a pixel layer that is not accessible via the legend.
  • Quality control: Optimized classes for the laser beam footprint.
  • Excel export: Fixed access violation when exporting HAGL values for an AUX sensor.
  • Excel export: Fixed access violation when exporting north-south lines (LiDAR)

VERSION 2024.0.1.3

2024-08-02 | Download

NEW FEATURES

  • CSV-Import Flight lines: Save and load configuration.
  • CSV-Import image centers: Save and load configuration.
  • Layer context menu: Toggle all below/above.
  • Get asked, when deleting a configuration that is used on a multi sensor system.
  • Introduced new Excel template for UC (Dragon).
  • V2024 Licenses.
  • Reduced the amount of coordinate systems the user has to set after a software crash.
  • PDF Print: Radio-Buttons to toggle between portrait and landscape mode.
  • Updated third party dependencies.

KNOWN ISSUES

  • Access Violation when trying to open the Wizard of the layer properties

FIXES

  • CSV import: does not work for files without header.
  • RiParameter: wrong speed.
  • TrackAir export: Wrong heights and id.
  • Reading of wrong license memory string.
  • AV when migrating of a project with an empty string on SENSNAME and SENSCONF (shp flightlines).
  • App breaks when aborting to draw a line inside AOI.
  • App breaks when drawing over the border of the valid terrain.
  • QC: Comma and semicolon problem.

VERSION 2023.1.13.1

2024-07-19 | Download

NEW FEATURES

  • Save CSV import settings as configuration.
  • Legend context menu: Deactivate layers above/below.
  • Sensor database: When deleting a configuration, you will be asked to delete connecting systems.
  • Updated Excel templates for UltraCam and UltraCam Dragon.

FIXES

  • CSV import: False warning message when using CSV without header.
  • RiParameter import: Wrong speed unit.
  • Export to TrackAir: LineID as integer. Changes to the mean terrain estimation.

VERSION 2023.1.12.1

2024-07-12 | Download

NEW FEATURES

  • Excel export supports the use of auxiliary sensors (suffix to keywords to get sensor related info).
  • QC: Changed values of the classification will be stored at runtime.
  • Added a progress bar for the export to TXT / CSV.
  • CSV import: Added a message when the user tries to import geometries that are outside of the loaded terrain.
  • Display the full name of the coordinate reference system when placing the cursor on the CRS-field.
  • F1 key opens the online documentation: docs.topoflight.com .
  • F2-F7 keys: Toggle certain layers.

FIXES

  • Wrong selection mode when activating image sequence query.
  • Wrong sidelap estimation on overlapping areas of two segments of the same parent line.
  • QC: Access violation when calculating sidelap control for a non-main-LiDAR sensor.
  • Continuous numbering of images starts at 0 instead of 1.
  • CSV import: Overlaps are not available after the import.
  • CSV import: Application becomes unresponsive when importing many lines/images.
  • Excel export: Gaps in the sidelap do not result in Min-Sidelap = 0.
  • Drawing flight lines: Round azimuth does not work for angles > 180°.

KNOWN ISSUES

  • New Excel templates for the auxiliary sensors will follow in an upcoming release.

VERSION 2023.1.11.1

2024-07-01 | Download

FIXES

  • UI: Fixed flickering on startup
  • Setup: Always require admin privilege when running setup
  • Layer Styling: Do not overwrite custom styling when updating the software
  • RiParameter: Fixed decimal number parsing issue
  • Export: Wrong EOL when exporting to text files

VERSION 2023.1.10.1

2024-06-27 | Download

NEW FEATURES

  • Export for iX Flight Pro (FlightPlan.json).
  • Automated iX Flight Pro export generation when saving the project (iX Plan customers only).
  • Map scale definition: Press "Enter" to accept the value.
  • Excel export: Button to open templates folder.
  • Queries: Speed improvements.
  • Quality control maps: Speed improvements.
  • Selection of the main camera for sensor systems with a non-frame main sensor.
  • Drawing flight lines: Show length of the line.
  • Parallel copy: Show parallel offset when copied manually.

FIXES

  • Fix in TXT / Excel Export: No height information for footprints smaller than a terrain raster cell.
  • Fix in TXT / Excel Export: Missing footprint features due to caching issues.
  • Fix in Project migration: Infinite while-loop.
  • Removed annoying popup when recalculating the flight line with unchanged height.
  • Fix in flight line editing: When moving vertices, they are not snapped to the flight line.
  • Removed path to Excel templates from dropdown list for less distraction.
  • AOI: Input fields were not accessible.
  • Parallel lines: AV when creating tiny overlap shapes.