WWTExplorer 6.1.2.0

WWTExplorer 6.1.2.0 (2022-07-12)

Code changes

• Update the version of the Newtonsoft.Json library. This should not change
  anything.

Data updates

• Add today’s JWST image release! The new data are available in a new
  top-level “JWST” folder in the Explore ribbon.

WWTExplorer 6.1.1.0

WWTExplorer 6.1.1.0 (2022-03-31)

Code changes

• Tweaks to how tour files are created to ensure interoperability with the web
  client when including progressive HiPS catalog data sets (#208, @Carifio24).
• Fix mirror-imaging of .OBJ 3D model files (#207, @Carifio24).

Date updates

• Add six new Mercury planetary maps (@astrodavid10)
  • Mercury MESSENGER MDIS Global Basemap BDR 166m
  • Mercury MESSENGER MDIS Global Basemap LOI 166m
  • Mercury MESSENGER MDIS Basemap MD3 Color Global Mosaic 665m
  • Mercury MESSENGER MDIS Global Color Mosaic 665m v3
  • Mercury MESSENGER MDIS Basemap Enhanced Color Global Mosaic 665m
  • Mercury MESSENGER MDIS DEM Global Color Shaded Relief 2km v1
• Add “constellation” information to all of the core catalog records (@pkgw). This
  is mostly a matter of tidyness but should be helpful for updating the search
  indices used by the web client.
• Remove a smattering of images with bad astrometry with no clear path to
  recovering the correct coordinates (@pkgw). Fix up negative zoom levels for
  some other images

WWTExplorer 6.1.0.0

WWTExplorer 6.1.0.0 (2022-02-15)

No code changes from the previous version. This is the official, non-beta WWT
6.x release! See the WWT 2022 edition notes, especially the Windows
client release notes, for a description of the changes in WWT since the 5.x
series.

WWTExplorer 6.0.908.0

WWTExplorer 6.0.908.0 (2022-02-11)

We expect this to be the final beta release before 6.1.

Code changes

• Update the built-in default WMS server URL to NASA's GIBS:
  https://gibs.earthdata.nasa.gov/wms/epsg4326/best/wms.cgi (#206, @pkgw,
  @astrodavid10)
• Add a query-string ?client=wwt6windows to the end of HiPS tile URL requests,
  to enable HiPS providers to do some analytics on their traffic (#206, @pkgw).
  Considering just the Windows client, it would be nicer to change the
  User-Agent header, but the web clients won't be able to do that. This approach
  should allow us to be consistent across platforms.
• When a reference frame's mean radius is changed in the UI, mark all of that
  frame's layers as dirty, so that altitudes are properly recomputed (#205,
  @Carifio24).
• Add an explicit call to OnResize on app startup, as a workaround to remove
  jagged lines in some HiDPI display setups (#204, @Carifio24).

Data updates

This release updates the built-in data bundle to version 2022-02-15. We expect
this to be the final data update before 6.1.

• Remove some Crab studies with bad astrometry
• Add a bunch of updated planet maps
• Add the Curiosity rover Navarro Mountain panorama
• Annotate that our built-in SDSS is DR7, and built-in DSS is based on DSS2
• Update informational URLs for hundreds of Spitzer images

WWTExplorer 6.0.907.0

WWTExplorer 6.0.907.0 (2022-01-24)

• Update the built-in data bundle to version 2022-01-20, deploying the WWT2022
  data updates. This includes hundreds of new HiPS datasets; PR images from ESO,
  NOIRLab, Hubble, SOFIA, Spitzer, WISE; new planetary maps and panoramas; and
  much more!
• Fix it so that if you edit the color of a spreadsheet data layer while
  creating a tour, the change sticks (#197, @Carifio24).

WWTExplorer 6.0.906.0

WWTExplorer 6.0.906.0 (2022-01-06)

No code changes from the previous release. Making a new release so that the
auto-update functionality can be exercised.

WWTExplorer 6.0.905.0

WWTExplorer 6.0.905.0 (2022-01-06)

• This is why we have the betas: the previous couple of releases didn't get the
  auto-update functionality right. In this iteration, we revert the msiexec
  changes but use a newer version of Cranko that ought to (more) correctly
  update some of the installer metadata when making releases, which I believe
  will fix auto-update. With these changes the auto-update user experience isn't
  as smooth as it could be, since you have to go through steps like to
  re-confirming the installation directory, but it seems that there are
  significant limitations to getting the "smoother" mode to work reliably.

WWTExplorer 6.0.904.0

WWTExplorer 6.0.904.0 (2022-01-05)

No code changes from the previous release. Making a new release so that the
auto-update functionality can be exercised.

WWTExplorer 6.0.903.0

WWTExplorer 6.0.903.0 (2022-01-05)

• Attempt to fix the auto-updating functionality with current installers (#194,
  @pkgw). The old method of launching msiexec /i doesn't seem to work anymore,
  resulting in an error with a refusal to reinstall an already-installed
  application. We'll put out an additional release so that we can exercise the
  changed behavior (which now uses msiexec /fvomus).
• Make it so that the auto-update setting can be controlled from the command
  line, using msiexec ... AUTOUPDATE=OFF to disable auto-updates (#133, #194,
  @pkgw). This should be helpful for scripted installations. (All settings
  besides OFF should result in the default behavior of auto-updating being
  enabled.)

WWTExplorer 6.0.902.0

WWTExplorer 6.0.902.0 (2022-01-04)

This release contains only non-functionality updates as we test the continuous
deployment infrastructure and release automation.

• Update some URLs embedded in the app
• Remove the "Tour Music/Resources" UI link, which we no longer (want to) support
• Update the location of AutoUpdates registry key to not mislead people about
  the creator of this software
• Update and improve the software license text shown in the installer
• Update the installer UI and metadata to try to be more correct
• Update the release automation infrastructure to include a bigger complement of
  preloaded data files in numbered releases (such as this one!)