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Ag Data Viewer Version 3.0 Change Log

 

 

3033    April 21, 2008 Version 3.7

  1. More changes to the Products database that fixed a problem with exporting seed prescriptions to GS2

  2. Fixed a problem introduced last week that broke the New Buttons next to Grower-Farm-Field.

  3. Changed the stored settings for folder names to store immediately on change and not waiting for the form to close to store those settings.

  4. Finished the code that was forgotten when we changed the location of the SHP templates to get it out of Program Files.

  5. Changes to Raven 660 and 4000 controllers to fix a problem with the actual rate coming from the controllers.

  6. Added Stored settings to the FODD Export panel to speed up the selections. The previous settings are stored and reloaded for some controls on the Export Page.

  7. Fixed an issue with importing Veris Points not having a point style assigned as they were created.

  8. More Changes to the Print Routines now have color chips, color bar and histogram all on the map.

  9. Made changes to the GPS code to allow for use without an RMC String. When an RMC string is not present in the GPS stream the computer date will be used.

 

 

 

3026    April 14,2008-Version 3.6

 

  1. Fixed database access problems that have existed for years. Added or Repaired forms for entering setup data.

  2. In Multi-Map Layout reduced the Font one size to all for slightly entries in the main header.

  3. Added 2 columns to the logging function. Allows for 2 attributes that can be defined in a database for marking hybrids and other information into the log files.

  4. Fixed several data display issues in the FODD Export Form.

  5. Added database edit forms for Hybrids and misc attribute functions.

  6. Enlarged tabs throughout the program to all for easier operation on tablet-pc's

  7. Added a light bar to the VR Control Form, allows for setting and saving AB Lines. Right now just straight line guidance.
    Will be added to other GPS forms after further testing.

  8. Added a zone reduction algorithm to the SHP Export to aid exports to APEX, JD Rx Converter, SMS and others.
    Allows for selecting grouping rates into 8,175,255, or no grouping.

  9. Whew, what a weekend!!!

 

3021    April 9, 2008-Version 3.5

Version 3.5

  1. Finished remodeling FODD code to support Windows Vista.

  2. Fixed an error causing GKT_YLD files from the beet yield monitor from opening

  3. Fixed issues with Drawing Templates. They were not applying the color settings.

  4. Changed the stored locations of the templates to the _DB Folder to prevent them from disappearing with a software upgrade.

  5. Added a map window that supports down to 800x480 displays, a checkbox in Setting enables this form.

  6. Improvements to the print process, a map key for drawing layers, nice for tile.

  7. Printing process used to be fixed for a 8.5 by 11 page, now is much more robust allowing for 11x17, 17x22 you name it, it will scale up and handle it.

  8.  Changed to a combination color bar-Color Key method. Layers that are being displayed that are grouped into less than 20 colors will display color chips with Values and Acres.

  9. Adjusted the code for when the GPS Cursor is moving off screen so that it will slide the screen when the cursor gets within 10% of the edge of the screen.

  10. The Export To Controller Routines can now be called from the Nutrient Window directly.

  11. Much Much more, been a long time since I have updated this log.

 

2873 November 19, 2007

  1. Changes to the way that the FODD Export form opens, chasing an error.

  2. Added a calculation to the Shape Exporter to calculate the number of polygons in a Shape grid.

 

2873 November 15, 2007

  1. Version 3.0 is the first version to include support for FODM exports.
    This addition greatly expands the capabilities of ADV. The exports that have been successfully tested to the field at this time are:

    •     Falcon TIF

    •     Agleader TGT

    •     Deere GreenStar 1

    •     Deere Greenstar 2
       

  2. Cursors for GPS can now be customized for size and color. They also point on screen to the direction of travel.
     

  3. There is a new blend group function that is very useful for clients that are using AgVisor for calculating lbs of product layers from nutrients required. This additional capability is built into the "Build Nutrient Layers" window.

 

Ag Data Viewer Version 2 Change Log

 

2838 October 8, 2007

  1. Changes made to Marking Functions, now supports the use of a game controller for starting and stopping mapping functions. Some of you have been waiting for this. :-)
  2. We modify these game controllers to allow for external switches to mark features, such as a soil probe extending.
  3. Additional Unlock functions added. Variable Rate Control is functioning well for some controllers, but not all controllers are tested yet.
  4. Options added in Preferences to all the user to select what point and line styles are used for new layers created by the software.
  5. The Reduce boundary effect distance is now a user defined option.
  6. GPS Settings have been enhanced. A couple of pages have been added to the preferences tab under GPS Config. These allow users to change settings for Garmin 16 Series and Rust Sales RTK  receivers.
  7. Data logging for topography data has been greatly improved. Using the Log Path Button data is collected at the full speed of the GPS receiver. With this option data collected from a 5Hz receiver at even 20 MPH will give you a data set with points only about 4 feet apart. The resulting file is not a shape file, but can be treated as one or exported for surfacing and point display.
  8. The Build Nutrient Layers tool has been modified to all multiple runs from the same zone map.
  9. If a "GKData\CountyData\Imagery" folder is not found at startup, the will now be created instead of he software just whining that it couldn't find them.
  10. Mid-Tech EVP file format added as a file that is natively displayed and loaded by the tree.
  11. GK Technology "GKT_LOG" logging file added as a file that is natively displayed and loaded by the tree.

 

 

2765 July 29, 2007

  1. Made changes to the Decimeter Conversion routine in "Merge SHP with Z Adjust" for APEX SHP files.
  2. Added the DLL for supporting MIF and TAB files back into the installer, It had been dropped somewhere along the line.
  3. Several new help topics added.

 

2759 July 25, 2007

  1. Many changes have been made and distributed for special use in the last couple of months. Most growers have been busy getting the crop in, but we've been working right through the spring making changes that have been in the field without being released on this site.
  2. Greatly improved GPS code.
  3. GreenStar 1 data can be imported for use as topography points.
  4. Changes made to the Auto Farm importer.
  5. Changes to the routines for saving profiles to a layer for exporting to AGPS Products.
  6. Changes made to the "Merge With Z Adjust" routine for APEX Data. Now doing a better job of selecting the point to represent the polygon.
  7. Also added an option to the "Merge With Z Adjust" routine for APEX Data to convert the elevation units from decimeters to feet.
  8. Even with options 7 and 8 above added a lot of JD Data is not of good quality, it repeats the same elevation number for long periods of time.
  9. Under the Tools menu is an Option Build Base Color Table. This option will allow you to build your own "base" color table. Just in case you don't like Rainbow or Red-Yellow-Green.
  10. Made Changes to the Set Zone Nutrient Routines to allow re-running the process without closing.

 

 

2675 April 28, 2007

  1. Zynx Export is functioning
  2. Fixed some things with GPS Marking, broken over the winter.
  3. Added Data logging to GPS controls for logging topography data.
  4. THIS VERSION HAS CHANGES TO THE DATABASE, PLEASE GO TO YOUR "GKDATA" FOLDER, IN THERE FIND THE "_DB" FOLDER, IN THAT FOLDER DELETE THE ADV20.MDB FILE.

 

2628 March 14 2006

  1. The installer wasn't adding the DLL for reading SID Photos to the registry, so opening a SID file would result in an error. Fixed that in this install.
  2. Made some changes to Map Math.
  3. Updated the Trial Licensing scheme.
  4. Started DFSC code.
  5. If you have a working version, you may want to wait a couple of builds to update. Made some radical changes, I think I have worked through most of the implications of those changes but, I'm sure more will show up.

Changed Version Number to 2.3
2618 March 5, 2007 

  1. Made the default table editor a form that slides up from the bottom of the screen.
     
  2. Added the ability to query the database in order to select data for saving as a new layer or deleting or updating.
     
  3. Added Options for default color table, and surface units to the UI tab in preferences, and went through the application modifying portions of the program that create new data to use those options.
     
  4. Made changes to the Preferences form so that the Cursor Coordinates were saving again, was broken in some earlier version.
     
  5. Fixed bottom status bar updates in the Drainage Viewer.
     
  6. Fixed a problem with the DATE data type in TAB and MID-MIF Files that was preventing files with dates in the data table from loading.
     
  7. Made changes for the Save function in Confidence Mapping to set the output images to the default color tables.
     
  8. On the Toolbar in the Table editor, two new options were added:
    1. Update Selected Items: Allow the user to specify a value to place in a certain column in the database of only the selected items in the map. Updates all selected items at once.
    2. Perform Math Operation on a Selected Items: Allows the user to add-subtract-divide- or multiply by a value provided by the user. Clicking Run will perform that adjustment on just the selected items.
    3. Added a method to allow for creating a copy of a data column.

The Table editor changes started just before the last Fargo meeting are now complete.  

  1. Added the capability for two part definition of raster queries, for example, show where Corn Yield greater than 150 and is Less than 175.

 

2600 February 14, 2007

  1. Finished the save options for the dockable layer lists throughout the application.
  2. Fixed a few bugs introduced by the change tracking options added in 2598-Item 2. Errors there were keeping the Watershed and Topography Viewer windows from closing.
  3. Added a Column Math Feature to the drawings toolbar.
  4. Fixed a bug with the "Remove Selected Layers" option of the Layer List.
  5. More changes to the "Query Image" function that restored the operation to original design intentions. FINALLY!!

 2598    February 11, 2007

  1. Added more functionality to the new layer list, it is can now be docked on the left or right, can be resized and the settings will be saved and applied the next time you open the form.
  2. Went through all items that edit images or drawings and tried to apply a check to them so that if changes are made and you try to exit the program, you will be asked if you want to save your changes.
  3. Changed the splash screen functions so that messages on form load will not be hidden behind the splash screen.
  4. Changed the Query Image function slightly, to set the input query layer to be not visible, so that the result is visible. If the input layer is changed or the remove mask button is clicked the input image will be set to visible again.
  5. Enabled the Save Button to save query results to a new grid.
  6. Updated the Map Math form to make the error number line indicators, match the line number when scrolling though the script.
  7. Changed the font on the "Current Layer label to a larger-bold-red font, to try to impress it's importance.
  8. Finally solved the SID and ECW scaling issues referenced in  #7 in Build 2596 and #2 in Build 2584.

 Changed Version Number to 2.2
2596    February 9, 2007

  1. Made changes to the Query Image functions, repaired things broken by earlier changes.
  2. Fixed Issue with Change Drawing Appearance, that was causing an error on save of layer changes
  3. Added new dockable layer list to all map forms that should help users select current layers more easily.
  4. Made a change to Raster Boundary Buffer that was resulting in a null value being written to the output image, resulting in an all one color image, even though the data values were still correct.
  5. Image Extract Routines now save a new layer automatically on extract.
  6. Added a filter to the image extract function that limits the range of values to 3 standard deviations above and below mean.
  7. Still having a issue with MrSID and ECW extract routines when the Left or top edges of an image are visible, and the right and bottom edges are not visible.

 

  1. Fixed a broken link in the drawing menu that was preventing calling the thematic coloring for drawings from the data tree.

 

2589     February 02, 2007

  1. Tried to Fix with Drawing MrSID files that was introduced in the changes mentioned in item 3 of Build 2584 above.

 

2584    January 28, 2007

  1. Added new 7 Map layout to the Print Menu, Available in packages with VRO or CTM option enabled.
  1. Fixed an issue with “Save Selected Objects to new SHP” where the resulting file before reloading had the existing indexes and database links pointing to the previous full data set.
  1. Updated Drawing of MrSID files to only extract new copies of the current area of the map  from the base file if the scaling for the map window has changed. Will greatly increase the speed of redraw if a SID is in the map window.
  2. Fixed Issues with Geo Referencing for “Print Map to Bitmap” and coloring for “Print Map to Clipboard”.
  1. Reduced the resolution for the “Print Map to Clipboard to be the size of the current screen, where previously it was double the size.
  2. Changed the UTM Zone selection to include all possible zones, previously just had zones 10-19 for North America.

2569    January 13, 2007

  1. Fixed Some issues broken in the upgrade to 2.1,  fixed issue where newly imported point shape files were not visible until Point scaling modes were changed.
  2. Looked for issue with Beeline imports. Found no issue with import of 10 files from my test stock. Will need to get data from user to check for a format change by BeeLine.
  1. Removed a visible map control from the Bee Line Import Screen.
  1. Attempt to fix issue with the occasional failure of the New Client, Field, and Farm Buttons.
  1. Re-directed menu item to again export GKT_YLD files from the Truck Crop Yield monitor.

2541    December 16, 2006
Major breakthrough on large image handling. ADV now will open and display much larger images, and considerably speeded up image display on re-draw. Tested with a 3 band Landsat image at 7500x7500 pixels.


 2539    December 14, 2006
 Added the ability to re-project surfaces from one UTM Zone to another.
 Allows for quick conversion of datasets that were created in a zone other than the one desired.