ChangeLog for emask
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Version 2.16 - 2020-01-10 (JB)
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+ Make keyword propagation conditional to their existence
+ Increase maximum number of regions to 16384 and add a warning
if that number is exceeded
+ Optimize CPU for small regions
+ Fix 0.5 pixel offset
+ Add detmasktable parameter to allow writing output in the PRIMARY
Version 2.15 - 2018-02-13 (EO)
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+ This is a new major version of this package including a new GNU
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Version 2.14 - 2014-07-24 (IT)
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+ edetect_io_mask.f90: copy full dataset and array headers of the
input image to the detection masks (instead of a list of selected
keywords). In particular: make physical coordinates available.
Version 2.13.3 - 2012-06-16 (IT)
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+ Documentation: Typographical, grammatical, and formal corrections.
Fixed broken Errors Section (SPR-6741).
Made consistent with parameter file.
Version 2.13.2 - 2011-02-14 (RS)
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+ src/emask_mod.f90
Copies some keywords from the MASK array to the PRIMARY header
which are needed in detection tasks (SCR-314)
Version 2.13.1 - 2011-02-10 (RS)
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Fix the test to use the new MASK extension.
+src/mask_image.ref0.gz
src/checkouput.f90
Version 2.13 - 2011-01-07 (RS)
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Change the output format from writing a
PRIMARY array to writing an extension called MASK.
(SPR-6628)
Version 2.12 - 2007-02-09 (GL)
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Support rotated box regions
in file given as 'regionset'.
Shift excluded regions by -0.5,-0.5 image pixels
in order to meet ds9 region conventions.
Version 2.11 - 2005-02-14 (GL)
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New version number due to upload problem.
Version 2.10 - 2005-02-14 (GL)
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Implement optional use of fits region file to exclude circular
regions from mask.
Version 2.9 - 2003-06-18 (GV)
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+ Add sas to DEPEND.
Version 2.8 - 2002-05-27 (GL)
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Converted .par files to XML
Version 2.7 2001-11-07
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module edetect_io renamed to edetect_io_mask
Version 2.6.1 2001-05-04
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Closed SPR:
SSC-SPR-2366 poor default value for threshold1
Version 2.6 2000-09-29
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Version changed to v2.6
Version 2.5.1 2000-09-26
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error in emask.lyt corrected
Version 2.5 2000-09-26
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Closed SPR:
SSC-SPR-1966 uninitialised variable causes blank mask
Version 2.4.1 2000-07-02
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Closed SPR:
SSC-SPR-1787 missing info file
Version 2.4 - 2000-05-29 (GV)
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+ upload 2.3.1 with new version number for saslh-alpha.
Version 2.3.1 (Marco Beijersbergen, 1999-12-15)
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- added DISTRIBUTION
- fixed obsolete DAL calls
Version 2.3 (July 12, 1999)
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- Parameter names changed to conform to conventions
Version 2.2
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-minor corrrections
Version 2.1
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- Task now reads and writes arbitrarily sized primary fits images.
Task distribution .tgz file is now considerably smaller.
Closed SPR:
- 0774: Typos in task description corrected
Version 2.0
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- "To do list" added to ChangeLog
- second threshold parameter introduced (1: fraction of maximum exposure;
2: gradient threshold)
- doc updated
Closed SPRs
- 0084 & 0085: get_files and cp_head have been moved to module edetect_io
which will be used by all AIP SAS tasks.
- 0514: checkoutput -> ./checkoutput
Version 1.3
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Closed SPRs:
- 0295: Input fits files are now gzip'ed
- 0327: Default values for file name parameters deleted
- 0469: "draft" has been deleted in task description
- 0489: test harness ow uses a f90 program to compare the output
mask with a reference mask.
Version 1.2
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Closed SPRs:
- 0296: see 330
- 0328: obsolete file removed
- 0329: funcionality added: detection mask is created
based on exposure and spacial gradient of exposure.
- 0330: test/Makefile edited
Version 1.1
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ChangeLog added
Closed SPRs:
- 0081: .par file provided instead of .prm
- 0082: fatal changed to error
- 0086: test harness is more robust now
- 0087: "
Open SPRs: (will be treated in next task version)
- 0080: test_plan
- 0083: dataset opened twice; to be corrected in next version
- 0084: get_files to be replaced by a generic mechanism
- 0085: cp_head to be replaced by a generic mechanism
Version 1.0
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- Original version submitted to the SOC
To do list:
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- add error and verbosity control