NEWS.md

uasimg 1.8.3 (2022-11-11)

• uas_worldfile(): updated function documentation (#6)

uasimg 1.8.2 (2022-11-08)

• cameras.csv: updated EXIF fields for Phantom 4 MS RGB (added tag_elev_agl) (#6)
• uas_info(): updated status message (to include the optional ext argument)

uasimg 1.8.1 (2022-04-12)

• uas_rename(): new function to rename images based on a name template with placeholders for image and flight metadata
• uas_info(): updated documentation
• uas_metadata_make(): updated default flight metadata template
• uas_report.Rmd: changed the default Window title to the short version of the flight name

uasimg 1.8.0 (2022-03-20)

• uas_info(): argument ext added (filter by file type); minor code cleaning,
• cameras.csv: Phantom 4 Pro RTK and Phantom 4 Multispectral added

uasimg 1.7.9 (2021-11-11)

• uas_info(): added argument path2name_fun; modified to support new date_time column in cameras.csv
• uas_path2name_fun(): new function that returns a function to parse a directory path and concatenate user-specified elements to form a flight name; designed to be passed as the value of the path2name_fun argument in uas_info() to construct default flight names
• uas_report() and uas_toc(): arguments header_html and footer_html can now accept URLs
• magrittr package added to imports (needed to use the results of uas_path2name_fun())
• cameras.csv added date_time column (to accommodate the cameras like the Airphen that don't have a DateTimeOrginal EXIF tag)
• uas_readcameras() added date_time column to import

uasimg 1.7.8 (2021-10-25)

• uas_info(): fix a bug that occurred when gpslatitude and gpslongitude were not found in EXIF data

uasimg 1.7.7 (2021-09-15)

• added Airphen to the camera database
• uas_info(): modified such that a generic camera is used if the camera is not detected

uasimg 1.7.6 (2021-07-31)

• added MicaSense Altum and MicaSence RedEdge-MX to the camera database

uasimg 1.7.5 (2021-07-28)

• added Phantom 4 Pro V2 (FC6310S) to the camera database

uasimg 1.7.4 (2021-06-10)

• uas_toc(): fixed a bug when output_dir = ".", gather_dir = NULL, and input reports are on a different volume

uasimg 1.7.3 (2021-05-23)

• uas_report.Rmd: fixed a bug when group_img = FALSE

uasimg 1.7.2 (2021-05-14)

• cameras.csv: added Mavic Air 2 (precision dimensions of sensor not available, hence footprints should be taken as estimates only)
• uas_move(): renamed outdir_root to outdir_base.
• updates to Readme and vignettes

uasimg 1.7.1 (2021-05-10)

• uas_report(): fixed a bug parsing the results of uas_thumbnails_make()
• uas_report.Rmd: added default value for parameter nomap

uasimg 1.7.0 (2021-05-09)

NOTE: AFTER INSTALLING THIS UPDATE YOU SHOULD RUN uas_clearcache()

• uas_toc(): added uas_report.css to the files that get gathered
• stringr added to imports (i.e. required)
• cameras.csv and uas_cameras(): added camera_abbrev columns
• uas_readcameras: added camera_abbrev
• uas_info(): updated to find exiftool executable installed by exiftoolr; camera_name and camera_abbrev added as an attribute fields to accommodate multi-sensor flights
• print.uas_info() and report.Rmd: updated to report the number of images per camera for multi-sensor flights
• uas_report(): changed default filename suffix to _rpt; updated for multi-folder flights
• uas_move(): overhauled
• uas_worldfile(), uas_cropctr(): updated for multi-folder flights
• uas_exp_shp(), uas_exp_kml(): updated for multi-folder flights; argument img_dir replaced with flt_idx
• uas_thumbnails_make(): argument img_dir replaced with flt_idx
• hex logo added

uasimg 1.6.9 (2021-05-05)

• uas_dirs_find(): fixed a case where images in tb folders were not excluded

uasimg 1.6.8 (2021-05-05)

• uas_dirs_find(): path column in the tibble is now wrapped in normalizePath() (primarily for readability with network paths)
• uas_report(): returned HTML file names are now wrapped in normalizePath(); show_gps_coord deprecated
• uas_toc(): fixed an error where the libs subfolder was not being gathered
• uas_toc.Rmd: added error trapping code if metadata fields are missing
• uas_report.Rmd: modified the balloon text to show GPS coords

uasimg 1.6.7 (2021-05-04)

• uas_thumbnails_make(): modified to automatically switch to the magick package functions (with a message) if thumbnails from TIFs are being created and imager:::has.magick() is FALSE.

uasimg 1.6.6 (2021-05-03)

• uas_thumbnails_make(): enabled use_magick argument

uasimg 1.6.5 (2021-05-02)

• uas_report(): added checks for directory existence and access
• uas_metadata_make(): argument md_template can now be a URL
• added Flight Metadata Vignette

uasimg 1.6.4 (2021-05-01)

• uas_dirs_find(): new function to find all sub-directories with images
• uas_thumbnails_make(): added stats argument to display the amount of time taken per thumbnail
• uas_report(): added use_tmpdir argument to render the flight summary report in temp folder (can prevent Pandoc errors when images are on a network drive)

uasimg 1.6.3 (2021-04-30)

• uas_cropctr(): removed a leftover debugging statement

uasimg 1.6.2 (2021-04-28)

• uas_metadata_make(): added use_system_editor argument
• uas_report(): added header_html and footer_html arguments

uasimg 1.6.1 (2021-04-26)

• uas_metadata_make(): appended file: to metadata files on network paths to get it to open in notepad; added more comments in template

uasimg 1.6.0 (2021-04-24)

• uas_convert(): this new function converts images between file formats (e.g., DNG to JPG), while preserving EXIF data
• magick and exiftoolr added as dependent packages (as imports)
• uas_info(): added argument for exiftoolr_use

uasimg 1.5.2 (2020-12-02)

• uas_getoemflds(): added 'uav' to the list of default flight metadata fields
• updated camera database: (added senseFly Aeria X and DJI M100 X3Z)
• uas_report(), uas_exp_kml(), and uas_exp_shp(): added checks after dir.create()

uasimg 1.5.1 (2020-11-14)

• uas_metadata_make(): additional comments inserted when creating a brand new new metadata file
• uas_getflds(): exported
• uas_thumbnails_make(): increased the number of bytes read to create a unique filename from 500 to 2000
• uas_info(): updated to always rename yaw field even when fp = FALSE
• uas_clearcache(): created

uasimg 1.5.0 (2020-11-01)

• uas_report() and uas_report.Rmd: arguments report_title and kml_ctr added; trapped an error if metadata exists but without an image collection name; thumbnails disabled for grouped images (until a better visualization is implemented); additional tags added to facilitate web scraping
• uas_info(): deafult value of fp changed to FALSE; default value of cache changed to TRUE; a flight id value saved in return value (used primarily to name files if metadata$name_short is missing)
• uas_flds_oem(): name_short and notes added to default fields; collection_name removed
• uas_toc() and uas_toc.Rmd: check that html files exist added; all code migrated from XML to xml2
• uas_exp() renamed (back to) uas_exp_shp();
• uas_exp_kml() created
• uas_thumbnails_make() created
• xml2, tibble and imager added to Imports (required packages); XML and magick package removed

uasimg 1.4.0 (2020-10-01)

• uas_toc() and uas_toc.Rmd updated - new summary_map argument displays an interactive mission footprint map
• uas_report.Rmd updated - flight MCP converted to base64 and encoded in a meta tag
• uas_report.R updated - argument local_dir renamed show_local_dir; gps_coord renamed show_gps_coord
• uas_exp() renamed uas_exp_shp()

uasimg 1.3.8 (2020-09-28)

• added kml_mcp to uas_report()

uasimg 1.3.7 (2020-09-27)

• improved help page for uas_info() and uas_cameras()
• added name_only argument to uas_cameras()
• renamed argument csv to exif_csv in uas_info()
• added argument gps_coord to uas_report() & modified uas_report.Rmd to show the GPS coordinates in the pop-up windows

uasimg 1.3.6 (2020-09-26)

• Added DJI ZenMuse X7 to camera database
• uas_info() edited to i) check the number of images in the directory before computing forward overlap, ii) add bullet characters to feedback messages

uasimg 1.3.5 (2020-09-24)

• Added a NEWS.md file to track changes to the package.
• geo2utm() modified to return a EPSG number (to comply with recent changes to rgdal and proj4). After installing this update, users are advised to delete their old cache (see uas_getcache()) to prevent warning messages about unknown datums in a proj4string.
• uas_cropctr() added - crops around the center of each image for a better photo mosaic

Changes in version 1.3.4 (2020-08-25)

• uas_report() modified to return the file name of HTML files that already exist and overwrite = FALSE; corrected the extension for tif thumbnail files.
• Added uas_metadata_make().
• Modified uas_toc() and uas_toc.Rmd to support gather = '.', handle duplicate HTML names, a description, and default footer.
• Corrected a bug in uas_info() when no external metadata was found or passed as an argument.
• Other minor fixes and enhancements.

Changes in version 1.3.3 (2020-08-20)

• Added an option in uas_report() to create thumbnails previews that appear in the popup windows of the image collection catalog.
• Added combine_dirs argument to uas_grp_flt() to support multi-directory flight parsing.
• Added custom print functions for uas_info and uas_grp objects.
• Numerous small enhacements and bug fixes.

Changes in version 1.3.2 (2020-08-08)

• uas_info(() modified to support file names metadata.txt expanded to metadata*.txt.

Changes in version 1.3.1 (2020-08-07)

• Renamed uas_getcache() and uas_setcache().
• Added uas_grp_flt() and uas_grps2col().
• Added uas_getflds() and uas_setflds().
• Added Mavic 2 Pro to camera database.
• renamed meta_extra argument to metadata in uas_info().

Changes in version 1.3 (2020-07-04)

• Added uas_getcachedir() and uas_setcachedir() to manage cache directory for EXIF data.
• Renamed cache arguments on uas_info() to cache and update_cache.
• Added uas_toc().

Changes in version 1.2.7 (2020-06-30)

• Modified uas_report() and uas_report.Rmd, metadata now encoded in HTML.
• Argument toc_csv deprecated.
• summary.uas_info() replaced with print.uas_info() (generic print method).

Changes in version 1.2.6 (2020-06-20)

• Added 'description' element to meta_extra argument to uas_info().
• Added cache_dir and cache_update to uas_info().
• Split overwrite argument in uas_report() into overwrite_html and overwrite_png.

Changes in version 1.2.5 (2020-06-14)

• Added meta_extra argument to uas_info().
• Added toc_csv argument to uas_report().

Changes in version 1.2.4 (2020-04-03)

• Initial release of uasimg
• Key differences from older uavimg:
  • All prefixes changed from uavimg_ to uas_
  • Converted all functions to the sf package
  • Added overwrite argument to uas_exp() and uas_report()
  • Added support for paths with spaces: uas_info()
  • Added sf, tidyr and crayon packages as dependencies
  • Fixed a bug in findonpath() when path values had trailing slashes