ISIS 8.1.0 Release Candidate 1 is now available

[chkim-usgs]

How to install or update to 8.1.0_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 8.0.2 by activating your existing isis conda environment and running conda update -c "usgs-astrogeology/label/RC" isis=8.1.0_RC1.

How to get access to 8.1.0_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 isis8.1.0-RC1 to use this newest version of ISIS.

Changes for 8.1.0_RC1

Changed

• Cnetthinner has been refactored to be callable; old Makefile tests have been removed and replaced by gtests. Issue: #5354,
• Cnetedit has been refactored to be callable; old Makefile tests have been removed and replaced by gtests. Issue: #5346,
• Cnetdiff has been refactored to be callable; old Makefile tests have been removed and replaced by gtests. Issue: #5322,
• Removed the .py extention from the isisdataeval tool isisdata_mockup for consistency and install it in $ISISROOT/bin; added the --tojson and --hasher option to isisdata_mockup tool improve utility; updated the tool README.md documentation to reflect this change, removed help output and trimmed example results; fixed paths to test data in make_isisdata_mockup.sh. #5163
• Significantly refactored FASTGEOM processing in findfeatures to accommodate stability and functionality. The scope of the algorithm was taken out of the ImageSource class and isolated to support this feature. #4772
• Report better information regarding the behavior of findfeatures, FASTGEOM algorithms, and creation of the output network. #4772
• Modified tgocassisstitch to optionally allow either a outputprefix or an
  outputsuffix, both, or neither for naming convention purposes. #5162
• Changed the default PCK load behavior to try and load mission specific PCKs, if that fails we default to the base PCKs #5335
• Disabled option to use web=true when running spiceinit with HRSC images. #5223

Added

• Added rclone to run dependencies in meta.yaml #5183
• Add new program option TONOGEOM to findfeatures that logs captures geometry errors in the FASTGEOM algorithm and records them to the file provided in this parameter. These images are excluded from the matching process. References #4772
• Added a new Radial FASTGEOM transform mapping algorithm to findfeatures to address performance problems with the Grid algorithm. This is now the default algorithm if none are selected by the user (see the new GLOBALS parameter to specify the algorithm) #4772
• Added new parameter GLOBALS to make parameterization of findfeatures behavior significantly easier and convenient. Wrote significant documentation for the parameter and provide several examples showing its use. #4772
• Added two new examples demonstrating/documenting the use of FASTGEOM algorithm, parameterization using GLOBALS and creation of a regional mosaic using findfeatures. #4772
• Added new option GEOMSOURCE=BOTH to findfeatures to check both the MATCH and FROM/FROMLIST images for valid control measure geometry to produce better networks and prevent downstream processing errors. Ignore points that end up with no valid measures (but can be retained with use of PreserveIgnoredControl via GLOBALS parameterization). #4772
• Added new gtests for findfeatures that replaces all the old application tests. These tests are FunctionalTestFindfeaturesFastGeomDefault, FunctionalTestFindfeaturesFastGeomRadialConfig, FunctionalTestFindfeaturesFastGeomGridDefault and FunctionalTestFindfeaturesFastGeomGridConfig. #4772
• Added an optional cubename parameter to tgocassisstitch which lets the user
  override the timestamp style naming convention of the output cube with their
  own name; if not specified retains existing behavior #5125
• Added new parameters ONERROR, ERRORLOG, and ERRORLIST to mosrange to provide better control over error behavior and provide diagnostics when problems are encountered processing the input file list.#3606
• Added ability to delegate calculation of nadir pointing to ALE #5117
• Added --no-kernels flag to downloadIsisData #5264
• Added notice for depreciation to PvlObject::addLogGroup function which will be depreciated in favor of Application::appendAndLog(Depricate PvlObject classes addLogGroup function #5310)

Fixed

• Bug fix for Cnetthinner app resolving divide by zero in CnetManager.cpp. Issue: #5354,
• Updated photomet MinnaertEmpirical model to support photemplate-style PVL format #3621
• Fix matrix inversion errors in findfeatures due to bad FASTGEOM matrix transforms using a more robust implementation to detect these errors and throw exceptions. Images with these errors are captured and logged to the TONOTMATCHED file. Fixes #4639
• Fixed findfeatures use of projected mosaics with correct check for TargetName in the Mapping labels. #4772
• Fixed a bug in the cnetwinnow test that did not clean/remove it during test runs.
• Fixed findfeatures instantiation and use of projection classes to correctly return geometry data from projected images and mosaics. #4772
• Fixed target name translation for any dawn images with target "4 CERES" #5294
• Fixed exception pop ups in qview when viewing images created using the CSM Camera #5259
• Fixed shadowtau input file parseing errors when using example file #5316
• Fixed ProgramLauncher failing while reporting errors from launched programs #5331
• Fixed high/low filter functionality in trimfilter #5311
• Fixed downloadIsisData script excluding needed files in the calibration folder #5272

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

[Kelvinrr]

Seems the python bindings were not installed. https://github.com/DOI-USGS/ISIS3/blob/dev/recipe/build.sh#L4C1-L5C1 Needs to change such that pybindings=on.