WXP version 6 Release Notes

Latest Version 6.74.6
Feb 2023

Version 6.74.7 (May 2024)

Added METAR decoding for 1 hr precip (var=prec1).
Updated support for netCDF satellite imagery. It now handles files from ISATSS processing and those from the Amazon Cloud archive.
Added support for ISO 8601 date format. So date can be specified as yyyy-mm-ddThh:mm:ssZ or yyyymmdd_hhmmss.
Added support for default domain for GRIB files in imageplot. So imageplot doesn't need a plot_domain to display. It will use the domain of the GRIB data.
Added support for points in shapefiles.
Added support for Jasper ver 3.
Fixed some bugs in the Buffer class.
Fixed some issues in MacOS support.

Version 6.74.6 (Feb 2023)

Added support for MacOS.
Completed Python API for all OS.
Added in ability to display GRIB data in ImagePlot.
Added in floating point range threshold string parsing in NidsImage. e.g. -th=-0-10/.02.
Increased number of thresholds in NidsImage from 200 to 256.
Adding string range processing to FloatArray::set(str).
Added name convention key "f" to specify forecast time. e.g. -if=grib_nam:f=24
Added in date parsing as dd mmm yy and dd mm yyy for grids representing a day, not an hour.
Added Grid::setDatim(str).
Fixed buffer overrun with Buffer::dump.
Fixed bug in Image where num_values didn't reflect actual valid number, led to spurious values in values array.

Version 6.74.5 (Apr 2022)

Fixed issue with infinite loop on truncated NIDS file.

Version 6.74.4 (Mar 2022)

Added in support for intermittent zlib compression in the new Nexrad products. This eliminates the need to ucnids the single site data on LDM.
Added in support for a WXP front file that is more generic than the ASUS01 product.

Version 6.74.3 (Feb 2022)

Fixed display of hi-res Nexrad products - black dots in image when zoomed.
Updated nids2image to handle hi-res radar product 153.
Fixed Lambert Conformal projection over southern hemisphere.
Flipped wind barbs in the southern hemisphere.

Version 6.74.2 (Jan 2022)

Added support for new hi-res Nexrad products 153 and 154.

Version 6.74.1 (Jun 2021)

Added support for hi-res ASUS02 products to front plotting.

Version 6.74 (Apr 2021)

Added MRMS radar support to imageplot.
Added upa plotting to plot.

Version 6.73.6 (Feb 2021)

Fixed bug in front plotting that resulted in infinite loop.
Fixed bug in front plotting for reading in lines longer than 80 chars.
Fixed issue in CityData parsing for priority, lat, lon, etc.

Version 6.73.5 (Jan 2021)

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Version 6.73.4 (Nov 2020)

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Version 6.73.3 (Jul 2020)

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Version 6.73.2 (May 2020)

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Version 6.73.1 (Apr 2020)

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Version 6.73 (Feb 2020)

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Version 6.72 (Nov 2017)

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Version 6.71 (Apr 2017)

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Version 6.70.3 (May 2016)

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Version 6.70.2 (Jan 2016)

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Version 6.70.1 (Apr 2015)

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Version 6.70 (Mar 2015)

Bugs

Fixed PNG decompression in GribFile. MRMS radar data now works.

Version 6.69.2 (Nov 2014)

Features

Added in PNG compression to GribFile to support MRMS radar images.
Added in support for BUFR version 4. Reworked basic BUFR processing.

Bugs

Fixed a bug in computing the day in Date::adjustHour.
Fixed help output in a couple of programs.
Changed the string length when saving plots to file. Long directory and filenames were causing a core dump.
Fixed a bug in GribFile where memcpy was overwriting memory if the areas overlapped. Changed to using memmove which is safer.
Fixed issue where "/////" was not being interpretted for missing clouds.
Fixed a bug in NidsPlot where color_fill specification was not setting Plot colormap.
Fixed a bug in AreaFile in the computation of the domain.
Fixed integer truction in Lamb Conf projection.
Changed the valid limits for precipitation when decoding METARs.
Fixed bug in figure where frames not processed it forecast time specified.
Fix issue with Domain::set where domain not computed correctly when UL and LR values switched.

Objects

Removed interactive code. All of the interactivity was removed versions ago. This was legacy code that code be safely removed.
Added a priority 6 level to the progressive data filtering.
Added ContPlot::setBase( string ) to handle max and min contour parameters.
Changed the default line width on FrontPlot to 2.
Added in color_front, color_watch and vect_mag resources.
Added header file output to gribfile program.
Changed nids2image default domain to be a 8km image over CONUS.
Changed the CityTool::toId to handle Czech Republic and Slovakia.
Added Metafile plotting to MapPlot.
Finalized the plotting code in MetaPlot. Added a WXPVECT file input.
Added GridPoints class. Added in ability to do coordinate transforms over an array of grid points.
Added a GridStats class to hold max, min, avg valus. Added a GridTool::getStats() function to compute stats.
Added a GridTool::getCoverage function to return the number of gridpoints within a range of values.
Added calibration file input into AreaFile conversion to image.
Added "re" (rectilinear) as alias for LatLon projection. Added "st" as alias for stereographic projection.
Added in GOES7 IR values to GINI water vapor images so temperature color fills can be used.
Added latitude labels in the center of the plot on large stereographic plots (vert > 90). Added labels on longitude lines for larger displays.
Added Date += operator to add seconds to date object.
Added hour and time resource to GridCont filename determination.
Added cloud bottom and top to levels in Level (GRIB2).

Added a min_pr value to the HodoPlot to eliminate some clutter at lower levels.

Rework grid remap in gridmath with better error checking.

Version 6.69 (Oct 2013)

Features

Added subgrid definitions to header file for GRIB data. Now byte offset can be appended with grid number within grid to select from a multi-grid product such as the U/V grid products from NCEP

Objects

Fixed bug in GridPlot where specific file on command line not getting used in file setup. It defaulted to "la" and no parameter using a date sequence would work
Fixed signal computation in LightFile NLDN data
Updated MetarTool::decode and SfcWmoFile. Now checks for COR at beginning of METAR. Now properly checks for addition visibility groups such as 8000NE.
SfcDecode now uses id/datetime to enter data into hash. This allows multiple reports for an hour to be saved using update option
Fixed vector function output in SfcPlot, UpaPlot
SfcWmoFile now recognizes WMO header such as SAAG with no 2 digit at end of first group
SfcWmoFile now checks for TSNO at beginning of line to make sure it's not a valid METAR. Some lines starting with TSNO were being interpreted improperly
Fixed a bug in UpaWxpFile where default lat/lon was not initialized. So a random number was getting returned.
Added bar, nobar options to VectPlot. The vector bar was not getting displayed properly

Version 6.68.5 (Aug 2013)

Features

Added vector grid output to GridMath. Added isVectFunc method to check for functions that return vector grids
Added vector grid processing to GridPlot. Updated VarList to handle vector grid output

Objects

Changed how MapPlot draws lat/lon lines. Now does it as one continuous line for dash formatting works. For hi-res grids dash appeared as solid
Added color_label to default formatting of border and color bar in Plot
Fixed bulk shear computation in UpaCalc::bulkRichardson
Added code to upatext program to output soundings from model data

Version 6.68.4 (Jul 2013)

Objects

Fixed small bug in valid date computation in LightPlot

Version 6.68.3 (Jul 2013)

Features

Added weight parameter for setting width of lines in software fonts and markers. This changes plotting parameter for font width from wi= to we=. Added setTextWeight and setMarkWeight methods.

Objects

Added HurPlot class
Added GridRead::read( Filename, Grids ). Changed default reading in GridPlot to use this function rather than read( char *, Grids )
Fixed bug in LightFile where certain parameters weren't being read in properly on 64 bit systems.
Fixed bug in WatchPlot where default text formatting not getting set from color_data resource
Fixed bug in Date::adjustHour where month wrap not working properly.
Added a check if new day > current day + 5, it assumes prior month
Added vdate option to LightPlot
Fixed bug in default panel settings in Plot
Fixed bug in RcmPlot where pa and path options getting confused. Use path= to set path.
Fixed bug in SaoTool::decode where visibilities set as 10+ not getting decoded

Version 6.68.2 (Jun 2013)

Features

Added panel option to Figure
Added dateline wrap option to GribFile. Replicates first gridpoint on grid line to complete global plot. Use -pa=wrap
Added ability to set forecast time in name convention "%f". GridPlot will now set filenames from fore_time resource

Objects

Extracting seconds for init time in GRIB data
Fixed bug in color bar text scaling
Changed default search time in WarnPlot from 18 to 12 hours
Fixed bug in font spec setting of hardware font sizing
Moved some processing from HurStorm HurStorms
Added NidsImage::setThres( FloatArray )
Updated precip mask algorithm in RadMask
Added priority 0 to station plotting
Added hurdec program
Added Date comparison operators (overloading < >)
Added Figure::addPanel
Cleaned up hurricane decoder code
Added last/max level, wind and pressure output to HurStorm
Added min parameter to WarnPlot to set date offset for loops
Changed name of file for hurricane lists for the year from names to storms

Version 6.68.1 (Apr 2013)

Features

Added default panel to Plot. Use -pa=panel:WxH+X+Y.

Objects

Added Calc::stdAtmsPres function
Fixed bug in forecast time label in GridPlot
Updated decoder in HurFile
Fixed bug in KmlFile where it didn't read 2D coordinates (Y,X)
Fixed bug in MapPlot where images didn't plot correctly when no location given
Fixed postscript output. Vertical coordinates upside down.
Added Rect::setu to set unsorted X and Y
Fixed bug in SfcWmoFile where id not parsed for old SA reports
Fixed bug in UpaData::calcPres where no valid pressure levels cause core dump
Added some checks for missing data to UpaDataTool::compute
Changed WMO initialization in UpaTool::decode to 99999 from ""
Added default pressure using Std Atms to UpaTool::merge
Fixed bug in WatchPlot and WarnPlot where default domain wouldn't accept region parameters (wxp.reg)
Added HurStorms and HurWxpFile classes

Version 6.68 (Feb 2013)

Features

Changed internal weather codings from SAO codes to METAR codes
Added METAR codes to wx.smb file
Removed conditional maps. Default is wxp.map for everything

Objects

Fixed bug in MapPlot where "bg" parameter wasn't getting processed when bg[color] was used
Added code to allow "," and ":" to separate values in [] in MapPlot
Bar labels have "_" converted to " "
Added fhour to RcmDecode (RAP analysis missing data)
Changed internal weather codings from SAO codes to METAR codes
Updated MosData to output METAR weather codes
Updated "wx" parameter in SfcPlot to show METAR codes
Updated WxTool getMetarWeather -> getSAWeather, getWeather (returns METAR codes), getMetarWeatherText -> getTextFromWeather, getWmoWeather (returns METAR codes), getWmoAutoWeather (returns METAR codes), getWeatherWmo -> getWmoFromWeather (input now METAR codes), getWeatherWmo -> getWmoFromSAWeather, getWeatherText -> getTextFromSAWeather
Fixed bug in METAR decoder where T1000#### not interpreted as -0 but as 100C
Increased field size in SfcData::outString for new METAR wx codes
Updated SYNOP decoder to output METAR codes
Fixed a few small bugs in MeteoPlot relative to model meteogram

Version 6.67.2 (Jan 2013)

Objects

Added earth_rad specification to param[2] in Domain
Added default specifications for skewt projection so that "skewt,t,p can be used
Change domain size selection to be <= so that exact numbers get included
Fixed bug in winter mask of RcmImage so that lat,lon is used to locate in mask grid
Add city_file resource specification to radmask

Version 6.67.2 (Dec 2012)

Features

Added LIFR to flight rules in SfcDataTool::compute
Added MOBIL land observation processing to SfcDecode, used to be processed like SHIP but header wasn't being decoded properly
Added labels to color_fill specifications (la=XXX)

Objects

Fixed a bug in AreaFile where truncated images could cause display issues
Changed Strings to preallocate buffer and allow expansion
Added Strings::add( str )
Enable VTEC processing in WarnFile
Added WarnPlot to figure and plot
Added Domain::unadjustDir( dir, EarthPoint )
Fix bug in LightPlot where specified marker not getting plotted
Changed Symbol to internally use floating point points
Fixed several bugs in buoy processing
Added region and state output to CityPlot
Changed HurAdv to HurPos
Fixed deprecated jmpbuf in PngFile
Fixed a bug in SfcRaw where city_file couldn't be specified
Added generic warning plotting to WarnPlot
Added HurData, HurFile, HurPos
Fixed bug in Filename where wrong time offset used
Added code to specify grid, label and data colors in MeteoPlot
Fixed bug in MeteoPlot so that more than 25 hours could be plotted
Added elevation code to SfcWxpFile
Fix a bug in warning output where warning mask being ignored (warnings always output)
Fix bug in GribFile::peek where domain not properly set
Added more debug output to GribFile
Changed RadMask output grid specification to use "grid_domain" resource
Added text labels to hydro classification NIDS product
Added in and if parameters to LightPlot

Programs

Created warnplot program (alpha version)

Version 6.67.1 (May 2012)

Objects

Added nobar option to ContPlot, ImagePlot, SatPlot and VectPlot
Added wrap option to GribFile to wrap global grid (add gridpoint to end of each line to completely wrap earth
Added VarName::get( Variable )
Added date validity check to WatchFile
Fixed bug in WatchPlot where pending watches were getting plotted
Added test watch plotting in WatchPlot (defeult doesn't plot)
Fixed pixel offset issue in AreaFile. lcor and ecor were off by one
Added code to handle parameter scaling for RECT projection in AreaFile
Added "%S" (source) output to Plot::formatLabel
Increased comment length in SfcData to 99 chars
Added first cut on Warning decoder: WarnFile and WarnData

Version 6.67 (Mar 2012)

Features

Changed city database files to read 20 character city names. This also requires that there can't be spaces in the city name. Please use underscores or upgrade to the latest .cty files
Added support in NidsFile for dual pole radar products (codes 159 to 177)
Added a bunch of functions to GridMath::process: mod, sqrt, abs, log, log10, exp, pow, mrat, shum, theta, thetav, vtemp, thetae, spd, dir, ewdir, uwnd, uwndg, vwnd, vwndg, ugeos, vgeos, dx, dx, lapl, def1, def2. These functions are now available via gridmath or the variable parameter to programs like gridplot and upaplot.
Added contour interval, base to DatumPlot to color data values
Moved parameter specs in map file lists to [params] instead of :params. This mirrors use of [] in var files.

Objects

Fixed a bug in BZlib where data could overflow buffer and result in core dump
Added Buffer::seek
Changed Calc::eqPotTemp to equivPotTemp
Added CityData::printLine to print everything on one line. print function now is a more friendly data on each line with labels
Fixed a bug in CityFile where older database files with "*" were not being read in
Added plotting of priority and number to CityPlot. Added color fill specification to color data
Raised limit of number of contour lines from 100 to 150
Added plot type resource to DatumPlot
Fixed a bug in DatumPlot where plot type getting overridden
Added checks for buffer reading in File to make sure buffer doesn't overflow
Fixed a bug in FileTool::addOutPath where path added for null filename
Fixed a bug in Filenmame where setName function doesn't set the is_set parameter. This results in Filename trying to process filename as a name convention
Fixed a bug in Graph::drawText where vertical alignment messed up on multiline strings
Added extra checks for jpc_decode output to make sure corrupt JPEG2000 encoded GRIB2 data doesn't cause a core dump
Added Grid::adjustDir, unadjustDir to levels grid domain to adjust wind directions
Added Grid::getValid to return number of valid gridpoints
Added WXP grid processing to all GridFile::read functions. It was missing in a few
Added functions to GridMath: mod, sqrt, abs, inv, log, log10, exp, pow, max, min, adjustUV, locatePoint, windDir, windU, windV, relHum, wetBulb, heatIndex, virtTemp, virtPotTemp, equivPotTemp, geosU, geosV,
Fixed several bugs in GridMath where output variable names not getting set properly
Moved all data processing in Lev2File to use Buffer. This eliminates many problems with buffer overruns.
Fixed 2 bugs in Lev2Image where winter mask not being processed properly. This brings Lev2Image up to NidsImage level (fixed earlier there).
Added color bar to LightPlot
Added NidsFile::float32 function. This is used in dual pole decoding
Fixed a bug in NidsFile related to threshold computation for a couple of products
Removed a domain print in PngFile that was causing inadvertant output
Added code in RadMask to handle model and time resources
Added default domain to RadMask
Fixed a bug in RawPlot where parameters "[params]" not being decoded properly
Fixed a bug in SatPlot where "off" color not being used as a transparent color
Fixed a bug in SfcWxpFile where additional parameters in file not getting decoded (precip, pres tend) if there were spaces in the parameter (P1 -2).
Fixed a bug in VarSpec::update(ForeTime,Level) where a missing time not set. This is in the case of -va=time:sfc:prec. Time is set but to no value.
Added code to WindPlot to flip wind barbs for southern hemisphere plotting. Use size < 0.
Added BADPARAM to possible exit values

Programs

Updated gridmath program to add most functions from WXP 5 grdmath
Fixed several bugs in gridmath
Reset threshold values in nids2image when threshold parameter appears in input list file.
Removed code in radmask to set default model to ruc4. This was causing problems with being able to set it in RadMask class. The default is now ruc.
Added time resource to soundplot for forecast sounding plots.

Version 6.66 (Oct 2011)

Features

Changed color resources to make them more intuitive:
color_cgrid -> color_fgrid (fill grid color):
color_clabel -> color_flabel (fill contour labels):
color_cmap -> color_fmap (fill map color):
color_front -> deprecated:
color_label -> color_clabel (line contour labels):
color_line -> color_latlon:
color_sound -> color_parcel:
color_text -> color_label (labels at top and bottom):
color_watch -> deprecated
Deprecated inter, front_path and watch_path resources
Added inverse resource - This sets background to white. It used to only be in a plot_parameter.
Added Albers equal area and radial projections to Domain
Added NidsData class so that full radar product can be processed at once. This simplifies data plotting and mosaic generation. This also allows for query of radar values from window alt-v.

Objects

Added functions to Buffer: read, read(Buffer), readLine, skipLine
Changed wmo parameter in CityData, SfcData, UpaData from long to string
Simplfied processing of Domains by separating setParams and setParam,
Fixed a bug in Figure where sync parameter not being seen if first plot type not a loopable drawing
Added simple http processing using curl. This works for some file types.
Modified FileTool to handle filenames with http: prefix
Added time range parameter to Filemame::setNumFiles to process a range of times. This replaces the decode_hour resource in WXP5.
Added data color and front color to FrontPlot to separate color processing and allow different attributes for labels
Fixed a bug in FrontPlot that prevented plotting of forecast fronts
Added data/time to comments in GIF files (dt=).
Fixed a bug in hardware font specifications where variable fonts X specification not getting set right. Use new StrLib::splice function
Fixed issue of "miss_val" parameter in GribFile. Before it wasn't getting set.
Added template 4.15 to GRIB PDS processing
Fixed a bug in GridRead where filenames that exist with a + or # in the filename are processed and not treated as if they have grid specs.
Added code to ImageFile to recognize TIFF files.
Added functions to ImageMath: clip, scale
Fixed a bug in ImagePlot where domain of image not determined for some file types.
Fixed several bugs in KavradFile to use the new cutoff processing in Image. It wasn't processing winter mosaics properly as a result.
Fixed a bug in Lev2File where memcpy was used instead of memmove. This corrupted input data
Reset max file size parameter in Lev2File to handle larger dual pole files.
Added wholel, cb_base, cb_top levels to Level
Added Vaisala ASCII format to LightFile
Fixed a bug in LightFile where escape codes in Vaisala binary format weren't getting processed correctly.
Updated labels in LightPlot to show something other than NLDN and USPLN
Moved shapefile processing out of MapFile and into ShapeFile.
Added color line to MapPlot so that filled areas can be outlined
Fixed a bug in MdrPlot where variable resource not getting initialized
Added NidsFile::setInfo and setMisc to streamline processing
Added NidsFile::readData to read all radial and rastor data into NidsData object.
Updated NidsImage and NidsPlot to use NidsData
Fixed a bug in NowradFile to set data values to proper value.
Fixed Plot to save images from a loop
Fixed RawPlot to parse filenames with [] parameters in them
Fixed a bug in ResrcDBItem where link list not properly terminated
Added "all" parameter to SfcDecode to force all observations to be decoded
Updated SfcDecode to handle new num_hour processing
Updated SfcWxpFile to read from web site
Added ShapeFile and ShapeData classes to process and read shapefiles
Fixed labeling in SoundPlot when data missing
Added StrLib::splice, getInt, getFloat
Fixed a bug in StrLib::match where pointer not incrementing
Added Strings::occurs
Added code to handle 24 bit TIFF files
Added new parameters for mean, accumulation parameters to Variable
Fixed a bug in WatchFile where watch data not properly read in from LDM ingested data files
Added WatchPlot::setColorWatch to allow for coloring watch boxes after color_watch resource removed
Fixed bug in Wxp::isDebug where message level not queried properly
Reworked hardware font processing to better handle TrueType fonts. Now fonts are selected from the list of available fonts for scaling.

Programs

Fixed file processing in wmoingest. Added in_file specification for input.

Version 6.65 (Mar 2011)

Features

Changed how ForeTime processing time. Before -ft=24 or -ft=24hr would match any 24 hour grid whether it was an instantaneous, average or accumulation value. Now -ft=24hr only matches instantaneous grids. To match any grid -ft=24 has to be used.
Changed ForeTime to handle a "time" placeholder and an offset value. When specifying forecast time in .var files, the actual forecast time is not known until the program runs. To show forecast time in functions, you can leave the value as "time" to show that this will get the time from the fore_time resource when the program runs. This is handy when specifying accumulation or average values which would be specified as "time-6acc" in the var file. If the function needs the grid from 6 hours prior, an offset can be specified as "time-6-6acc".
Added functionality to process uncompressed KML files from Google Earth. When specified in the map_file resource, the coordinates will be plotted into a map with
Added code to parse and display Shape Files in MapFile
Plots plot have fixed window size by default. Figures will have resizeable windows by default.
When loops are generating, the prior frame will be displayed when a new frame is created. Before the window was blank until the loop fully generated. Now the progress can be seen.
Moved complex grid reading from GridTool to a new GridRead class. This was done because there was no way to specify parameters to the GridFile class through a static function.

Objects

Fixed a bug in Buffer where moving overlapping memory region gave unpredictable results. Now use memmove rather than memcpy
Added decoding of dates with day of week in them to DateTool::decode
Fixed a bug in DatumPlot where co= parameter not being recognized
Added EarthPoints::getRange
Added EarthRange class to hold min/max latitudes and longitudes
Removed some debug print statements in GiniFile
Added Graph::setFixed.
Added a display frame to Graph::newFrame
Added Graph::tranPlotView that translates plot coordinates to NDC coordinates
Added GribFile::setParam and GridFile::setParam
Added GribFile::setMissValue so that masked areas from bit map block can assume a value. Before they were set to MISS but in some cases it's better to set these points to a value such as 0
Fixed a bug in Grid::setUnits where there was no space between variable description and units
Added Grid::getValidDate where valid date of forecast grid is returned
Added GridMath::valid which looks at two grids and returns the first one if it has valid data, otherwise it returns the second
Added Grids::getValue which will return a FloatArray of values from each grid given a EarthPoint
Updated GridPlot, GridCont, GridVect and SatPlot to use GridRead rather than GridTool::read
Fixed a bug in GridPlot where forecast time set in .var file not being set for output grid. If the output grid comes from a function, the output variable label came from constituent grids in function
Updated GridSpec to handle absolute and generic forecast time
Added GridTool::toImage so that grids can be converted to an image
Added code to GridTool::updateSpec to manage missing time ("time" place holder) with offset and compute a proper time
Updated GridTool::updateSpec to handle absolute and generci forecast time
Renamed many functions in GTran to adhere to verb/name standard. Translation functions now start with tran. So windowPlotX is now tranWindowPlotX
Added GTran::tranPlotNdcX and tranPlotNdcY
Added Image::setValues(FloatArray)
Added Image::getIndex which returns the index in a valued image
Added Image::setValue to allow image pixels to be set based on value
Added ImageTool::toGrid which converts an Image to a Grid
Reworked XML tree process in KmlFile
Added code to MapFile to determine map file type rather than guessing it
Added code to MapFile to process KML files
Added label parameter to MapFileHeader
Added map_in option to MapPlot which disable map extent checking. Some map lines on small domains may not plot
Added fill option to map files so that some maps will be filled
Added bg:color option to MapPlot so that the backgroud of the plot will be filled
Added code to MapPlot so that segments with 1 point treated as point data and label string plotted
Fixed a bug in MetarTool::decode where extra visibility group not decoded for international METARs
Fixed a bug in MosDataTool::compute where forecast time code was used instead of forecast hours so some parameters output as MISS
Added code to NidsFile to handle NSSL radar mosaics
Fixed a bug in NidsImage where base values for mix and snow not set
Extended mix and snow arrays in NidsImage to prevent potential array overruns
Added Panel::withinLimits which will return true is overall view coordinates are within panel
Added Panel::getView to get viewport coordinates given overall view coordinates. Added getWindow to get the window coordinates
Removed ParcelData, RawCont, SfcCont, VarData and XSection class
Added Plot::tranPlotWindow which will return the window coordinates of the panel the cursor is pointing at. Before it did everything to the last panel drawn so location and values could not be queried except within the last panel drawn. This affect zooming as well
Added datim option to SatPlot so that plot show datim string from image rather than time computed from image valid time
Added SatPlot::setTimezone and tz= parameter
Added "id" and "txtwx" parameters to SfcDataTool::compute
Changed VectPlot so that default colors set from color_data resource and not color_cont
Updated UpaXSectCont to use XSectionPlot rather than XSection
Added code to VarSpec::update to manage missing time ("time" place holder) with offset and compute proper time
Fixed a bug in VectPlot where vector bar not scaled for multipanel plots
Updated WmoParse to output WmoProduct objects
Fixed a bug in VectPlot where vector bar not plotted relative to right edge of plot. It used right edge of viewport
Added WmoProduct class which holds an entire product with WMO header and data
Changed message level processing in Wxp class to use a mask rather than a level. Now message output acts like it did in WXP 5
Fixed a bug in XWindow::procCallback where procedure could still be executed when all windows destroyed
Reworked XWindow::deleteCallbacks to make sure linked list is properly deallocated

Programs

Moved parameter setting in gribfile to GridFile and GridRead classes
Added code to gridmath to use new GridRead class
Fixed a bug in plot where parameter resource not being properly decoded
Added several parameters to suncalc to output just sunrise/set times and to change the format of the time output
Added code to sfctext to force output of text rather than numeric data
Added code to wmoparse to manage the "last" parameter which will display the last occurrence of a product. Fixed a bug where last output didn't display first line of product

Version 6.64 (Aug 2010)

Features

Added code in NidsFile to handle NSSL mosaics

Objects

Fixed Domain coding of Lambert Azimuthal projections
Added Filename::getName(ind) and Filename::addOutPath(path) functions
Fixed bug in FloatArray where it did not automatically expand arrays
Changed ForeTime::getHour to getHours and getSecs to getSeconds
Added code to ForeTime to handle forecasts in minutes
Fixed a bug in GiniFile where zlib buffers not deallocated resulting in memory leak
Moved grid number processing to GridSpec in GribFile::read
Added code to GribFile to handle forecasts in minutes
Changed GribFile::ibmFloatConv to convIBMFloat and scaleConv to convScale and ieeeFloatConv to convIEEEFloat
Added GribFile::convIBMFloat to encode IEEE float (GRIB write)
Changed grid size limit in GribFile to 10000 gridpoints in Y direction
Finalized code to write GRIB1 files. Not all functionality there
Fixed a bug in GribFile::read where peek might not catch EOF
Made sure Grid::getValue returned MISS if all else failed
Fixed a bug in GridCont where domain not set if grid from stdin
Changed grid read in GridCont to GridTool::read to handle segmented grids
Initialized model parameter in Grid class
Fixed a bug in GridCont where grid type is ignored
Fixed a bug in Grid::getValue where values off grid not returning MISS
Added print of number of missing values to Grid::printStats
Made sure GridFile could handle input from stdin
Fixed a bug where it turned use of header files off by default
Added GridMath::resetMiss(grid,val) to change all missing values to val
Added flag to GridMath::adjustDir to that UVEW grids can be handled
Fixed bug in GridMath::cutoff where higher cutoff type not working
Added GridTool::read(filename,mspec,gspec,grid) to process grid and file specifications for gridmath
Added code to GridVect to make it a drawing object
Fixed a bug in GridWxpFile::readHdr where units not properly decoded
Fixed a bug in GridWxpFile::readHdr and write where a parameter read incorrectly (64 bit issue)
Fixed a bug in ImageMath::blank where blanking didn't work across international date line
Added init function to ImagePiece
Added toggle for pixel averaging to ImagePiece
Added code to ImgWxpFile to close zlib buffers. Caused memory leak
Added KmlData and KmlFile classes. Not fully functional.
Fixed bug in Level::decodeLev where level type is pressure if no units specified
Fixed Level::toLevelCode where missing level types returned random number
Fixed Level::toLabel where missing l2 caused spurious output
Fixed buffer overflow in MapPlot where marker string was too small to handle input. Text now can be 40 characters
Changed ModelSpec::valid to isValid
Fixed bug in NetCdfFile where byte types not read in properly
Added double processing to NetCdfFile::get
Added NetCdfFile::getRow
Changed NidsFile::getHeader to readHeader as well as getRastor to readRastor, to readRadial, to readRun, to readVector, to readText, to readWind
Changed NidsFile::packet to readPacket
Added code to toggle uvgrid and uvew processing of vectors
Fixed a bug where the vector scale in VectPlot is derived from grid and not plot domain
Fixed a bug in VectPlot where vectors were not being properly adjusted to some domains
Fixed a bug in VectPlot where fill parameters not set on wind barbs
Fixed a bug in VectPlot::drawStreamlines where streamlines not being properly remapped to new projection
Added code to WindPlot::drawVect to handle size=0
Added a clear to the points array in WindPlot::drawVect to eliminate strange vector plotting
Added code to Zlib::finish to deallocate buffers on decompress as well as compress

Programs

Reworked gridmath to move grid reading and file processing to GridTool

Version 6.63 (Apr 2010)

Features

Added code to NidsFile and NidsPlot to handle Digital VIL and Enh Echo Tops products.
Reworked Domain setup so that all projections use clat and clon. It used to be that XY, thermo and pixel projects had clat,clon at a corner. Now there the centerpoint.
Added Panel interface. Multipanel plots now have all their coordinates and domain information stored in a Panel object to eliminate confusion and allow better query of parameters in multipanel plots.
The default name convention file is now name.cnv. The old name_conv will be used if the default is not available.
Added /etc/wxp to search path for resource files.
Added "B" name convention tag to handle months in upper case "JAN".

Changes

Moved Contour to ContPlot
Moved Cdf to NetCdfFile to avoid confusion and keep consistent with File classes.
Added ProfData, ProfFile and ProfPlot to manage and plot profiler data
Moved ThermPlot to SoundPlot
Deprecated UpaXSectCont
Changed Ingest to WmoIngest
Added WmoParse
Added XSectionPlot

Objects

Fixed a bug in BZlib::decomp where buffers not cleaned up on stream end.
Changed CityHash::set to setup.
Fixed a bug in CityTool::toId and toWmo where old Yugoslavia not processed correctly.
Moved drawing of color bar out of ColorBar class. Now it just holds parameters.
Added to ColorFill a descructor and = operator.
Added ColorFill:getInd(value)
Fixed a bug in ColorFill where hyphenated colors might be interpreted as a color fill filename
Fixed a bug in ContPlot where color_label and format parameters not getting initialized from resources.
Fixed a bug in ContPlot where cola parameter set line color.
Added ContPlot::setTextFormat
Fixed a bug in ContPlot where color map was not getting queried if a local colormap was applied.
Fixed a bug in ContPlot where default colors for labels were not queried from resources.
Added DatumAttr::setFont, setSymbol, setFormat, setResrc
Added code to DatumPlot to initialize parameters from resources.
Removed default processing of parameters in DatumPlot::setParam. It used to pass anythin not recognized to PlotAttr::parse. Too many side effects.
Added DatumPlot::setFormat.
Fixed Tephigram projection.
Removed string query for projection name in DomainTool. Now uses function in Domain.
Removed proj,plon as a possibility in coding of domains in DomainTool. Plon must now be in the projection specifications proj:plat:plon:...
Added EarthPoint contructors.
Added elev to EarthPoint.
Added copy constructors to Enhance. Added some error checking.
Incorporated panels into Figure.
Added current offset in days, minutes and hours to Figure.
Added static ForeTime::toTimeLabel( hour, str ).
Added map parameter to FrontPlot::setParam.
Added support for GOES 14-16 in GiniFile.
Removed bar option code from GridCont. Now in Plot.
Removed bar option code from GridVect. Now in VectPlot.
Added Image::setRGB which is same as setColor.
Added ImageMath::toIndex
Removed irbar option to ImagePlot
Added test for bad message type in Lev2File.
Added range specification (b-d/d) to Lev2Image.
Fixed a bug in Lev2Image where rain/mix/snow not working quite right.
Fixed a bug in Lev2Image where ramp clutter elimination not working right.
Added Lev2Image::setup function to set image values.
Added Lev2Plot::setId to use this id in name convention.
Simplified Level processing by creating sub class for top and bottom levels.
Added level processing for levels such as freezing, lcl, max wind, tropopause.
Fixed several bugs in LightPlot. Added code to set many parameters.
Changed the option to set latlon colors to coll= in MapPlot.
Fixed several small bugs in MdrPlot
Added MosFile::decodeNAM and decodeGFS which map to decodeETA and decodeAVN.
Fixed a bug in MosPlot where vector plots weren't displaying.
Added code to NameConv to handle offsets in days, hours and minutes.
Added code to NameConv::set to specify convention params like min= and size= when specifying convention type.
Added NidsFile::float16 to handle 16 bit float reference values.
Fixed bug in NidsImage where rain/mix/snow thresholds might not be handled properly. Added code to warn if no matching values are given in mix and snow values.
Added NidsImage::setup function to set up output image.
Added box option to NidsImage to map all values from NIDS data into image as opposed to where pixels in image are obtained from nearest datapoint in NIDS data. Useful in coarse grids where pixel might contain several NIDS data points and best output is to take largest value in the pixel box
Fixed several issues managing ramp clutter removal
Changed ObjectAnal param for convergence factor from converge to conv
Created Panel class to better handle parameters in multipanel display
Added code to ParcelParams to handle user specified parcels. It was there in a basic form but not fully operational
Set up Plot to handle Panels.
Removed concept of global colormap in Plot
Moved color bar drawing to Plot
Reworked the code in RadMask to better handle missing data
Set the default in RadMask to use 1hr forecast as opposed to analysis
Added the ability in RadMask to use prior initial times and any forecast hour. RadMask will pick most appropriate forecast time based on initial time and current time
Added code to accept compressed lev2 radar data in RadPlot
Fixed a bug in RawFile where non-numeric data was getting set as a value. Now value is MISS for non-numeric data
Removed f:r:n:c option from RawGrid and passes parameters to ObjectAnal for setting
Removed color and format options in RawPlot. Redundant since already parsed and set in DatumPlot
Fixed a bug in RcmWxpFile that wouldn't properly save winter RCM mosaics to file
Added code to Rect to rearrange values if specified max, min rather than min,max
Added code to RedbookPlot to set defaults from resources and added ct= and co= parameters
Added code to RedbookPlot to get num_hour for processing loops
Added code to RedbookPlot to draw maps like other plot objects
Changed absolute resource environment variables to use "_" to make it more readable. For example wxp_sfcplot_color_data rather than wxpsfcplot.color_data. In some shells "." not allowed in environment variable name
Fixed a bug in SaoTool where SAO 3/6 hr precip field not handled.
Added code to SatPlot to make sure color index values in Enhancement object are set to the indices from current colormap. In some cases remapping colors in color table could corrupt colors in enhanced image
Fixed several bugs in SfcCdfFile that prevented some parameters from being read in properly
Added SfcData::getHour to get the reporting hour from the observation
Added code to SfcDataTool to handle max and min temps based on the hour of observation
Added a "time" output parameter in SfcDataTool
Initialized grid_domain, variable and output from resources in SfcPlot
Added map, map_line and map_fill options to SfcPlot::setParam
Added SfcPlot::setPlotType, setTimezone, setGridDomain and setOutput
Added ability to set city database cf= in SfcRaw
Fixed a bug in SfcXmlFile where blank nodes were reports
Added code to SoundPlot to set color, plot type and parcel parameters
Added Tools::swap to swap two number
Fixed a bug in UpaData::interp where potential temperature interpolation was not working
Added UpaData::getTropPres and getMaxWndPres
Added UpaDataTool::getLower and getUpper to compute a variety of new level types including pressure above ground, height above ground, sigma level, freezing level, tropopause and max wind
Added UpaLevel::set(,ph,t,td,d,s)
Added code to UpaPlot to initialize several parameters from resources
Fixed map underlay and overlay in UpaPlot
Added UpaPlot::setPlotType, setTimezone, setGridDomain
Updated UpaXSectPlot to handle contouring and brought it up to the same level of functionality as other plot classes
Added code to VectPlot to set colors
Changed not valid to pending in WatchData. Also added ended status
Added code to set colors in WatchPlot
Added code to set hour and num_hour in WatchPlot
Added {resource} path option to action ouput in WmoIngest
Fixed bug in WxTool::setCloud where cover not being handled for synoptic data
Removed color_cloud, color_hodo, color_hodtxt, color_therm, color_thrmtxt, color_wind and color_wx as valid resource names

Programs

Moved bufrread to bufrfile
Added sound, therm and xsect plotting to figure
Moved ingest to wmoingest
Added code to lev2image to handle compressed data
Fixed several bugs in lev2image and added several parameters such as clutter radius to make it work more like nids2image
Fixed a bug in meteoplot where plotting region not set properly
Added ability to specify clutter radius and ramp function in input list file in nids2image
Added setting of file time in days, months and hours to plot
Added profplot, proftext, radmask, sfctext and wmoparse
Fixed a bug in upaplot where not all color resources available
Cleaned up upxplot
Added ability to process several files in wmoingest
Moved code to do winter mask out of make_prec_mask to RadMask class

Version 6.62 (Dec 2009)

Features

Added forecast time parsing for range (beg-end/dt). For example:
```
-ft=0-48/6
```
This makes a short hand in creating loops with figure and other forecast related programs.
Added the ability to plot underlay and overlay maps in each panel
The meteoplot program now handles forecast output (MOS) from NAM and GFS models
Added full MOS data processing to mosplot.
Reworked variable processing in SfcPlot, UpaPlot and MosPlot. Now variable processing is done in the following steps:
- Decode variable parameter
- Read in of raw data or grids
- Use ObjectAnal to grid raw data
- Apply functions to grids
- Plot grids and raw data
What this does is make sure all parameters are process including the nested and subparameters. It also simplifies the code and increases stability
The NIDS plotting now supports products 94 and 99 which are to replace products 19 and 27 in the near future
The nids2image program can now properly create mosaics of products such as cref, vil, 3 hr prec, etc.
Changed plot_format resource to just format
Added wxpres and gridmath programs

Objects

Removed plotting of contour max/min labels when grid is missing in Contour
Added Data::searchInfo and printData(ind)
Added code to DataMath::add to preserve valid field if input data has one
Added DataMath::replace to replace one value in data with another
Added %j (julian day) and %u (day of week) to Date::toString output
Added code to DateTool::decode to decode "dd mmm yy"
Fixed a bug in DateTool::decode where month not properly decoded if month is numeric
Added flag to DateTool::createLabel to add day of week to label
Changed DateTool functions to take forecast hours as a float rather than int
Added forecast time range (beg-end/dt) to Figure
Added Figure::startPlot( Rect )
Fixed the setting on the plot date in Figure
Fixed a bug in File::skipLine where extra line read if sitting at newline (should just read newline)
Fixed bug in Filename where file offset time not set. So plots which skipped hours didn't
Fixed bug in GifFile where control extensions not read in (wrong variable)
Fixed a bug in GifFile where transparent color ignored
Fixed bug in GribFile where variable parameters not set properly when reading from a header file (uninitialized variable)
Fixed a bug in GribFile where year encoded as yyyy when it should be yy
Fixed bug in GribPDB where GRIB2 time parameters not properly decoded
Added code to delete arrays in Grid when initialized
Fixed several bugs in GridBox related to locating grid box that wraps domain
Added prepend of grid_path resource to files in GridCont
Fixed an issue with the setting of use_header in GridFile
Changed GridFile::read( spec, grid ) to read( grid, spec ) and added GridFile::read( file, grid )
Added functions to GridMath::process: max, min, sum, ugeos, vgeos, wchill, theta, show
Added GridMath::max, min, dewTemp, mixRatio, windChill, showalter, interp
Fixed several bugs related to computing dx and dy in GridMath for functions like vorticity and convergence
Added map_line, map_fill parameters to GridPlot
Removed GridPlot::updateSpec (moved to GridTool)
Fixed several bugs in variable processing in GridPlot
Fixed search for preset grids in GridTool::read
Added GridTool::read( mspec, date, gspec, grid )
Added GridTool::updateSpec
Added Grids::isVarSet
Removed debug output from Hash
Added fixed date (hour resource) to Lev2Plot, MdrPlot, NidsPlot, RcmPlot. Fixed a bug related to fixed data in RadPlot
Added more output to MapPlot::print
Added code to MeteoPlot to handle model forecast plots
Changed MosData to use tmax and tmin rather than ext
Changed MosData::(sg)etPtype to (sg)etPType
Cleaned up data processing in MosDataTool and added all appropriate MOS parameters including weather, visibility, precip, snow, etc
Changed output of MosFile::getModel to have MOS added to model name (NAM MOS rather than just NAM)
Updated MosFile to reflect new parameters in MosData
Added grid scaling to MosGrid
Added map_line and map_fill parameters to MosPlot
Added proper variable processing to MosPlot
Added forecast time range decoding to MosRaw
Added MosUData and MosUFile to read in upper air model output
Added processing of products 94 and 99 to NidsFile
Fixed a couple of bugs in NidsFile relative to threshold parameters
Fixed a bug in NidsFile that would allow garbled graphics alphanumeric data to result in infinite loop
Fixed a bug in NidsFile where domain for VAD winds not set properly
Fixed bug in NidsImage that would produce bad output for non-bref products
Fixed bug in NidsPlot that would improperly determine file parameters in init()
Added products 94 and 99 to output in NidsPlot
Fixed bug in ObjectAnal where grid data not properly allocated for all grids
Added Panel object (in development)
Added Parse::seek and Parse::tell
Reworked Plot::setDomain functions to allow for full plot output (used for meteograms)
Added code to remove trailing whitespace from info field in RawFile::read
Fixed a bug where there was no space after formatted output in RawFile::write
Added initialization code to RawPlot
Added RawPlot::setHour, RawPlot::setVariable
Reworked label generation in RawPlot
Added min and max plot parameters to RawPlot
Added prepend of raw_path resource to files in RawPlot
Reworked variable processing in SfcPlot separating read/grid, function and plotting capabilities
Added Strings::find to search for a string in a list
Added Unit::simplify( String )
Fixed bug in UpaCalc::liftedIndex where surface level not always initialized
Changed UpaData::getSfcPr to getSfcPres
Added several new parameters to UpaDataTool::compute
Added map_line and map_fill parameters to UpaPlot
Reworked variable processing in UpaPlot separating read/grid, function and plotting capabilities
Removed default level to UpaRaw. Now level must be specified
Fixed output of Variable::toString so that string can be decoded by Variable (no upper case and spaces)
Changed VCoord::PRESS to PRES
Added VarName::get( int, VarNameItem )
Added VarSpec::set( VarSpec )
Fixed a bug where "lcf" plot type wasn't considered a contour in VarSpec
Added VarSpec::update functions
Fixed several small bugs in Variable::toIndCode
Changed plot_format resource to just format in WxpResrc
Added some additional checking in XWindow to remove possible memory leaks from X11 parameters not getting freed
Fixed a bug in XWindow::drawImage where transparent color ignore in indexed color images

Programs

Reworked gribfile so that it could properly output grid files. Essentially separated display of grid information from saving of grids. This allows pieced grids to be saved
Added prepending of grid_path to gribfile output file
Added first cut at gridmath program
Fixed plotting area in meteoplot
Added object analysis resources to mosplot
Added code to mostext to output MOSU data
Added noborder option to plot program
Reworked rawmath program to accomodate more functions
Added output format parameter to rawmath
Added prepending of raw_path resource to rawmath input and output files
Added object_anal resource to rawplot
Added prepending of raw_path resrouce to sfcraw, uparaw and mosraw programs

Version 6.61.2 (Oct 2009)

Features

Added several new functions into GridMath. About half of the WXP v5 functions are now ported
Changed environment variables for paths to wxp#path with # being first character of resoource name
Added lev2image and nameconv programs

Objects

Added initializing to BufrCode
Fixed a bug where data might be improperly read when reaching end of codes in BufrFile
Added parameter option to Contour for labeling parameters separated by commas
Added the ability to specify fixed date in Figure
Fixed a bug in ForeTime where time range was computed backwards
Added several functions to GridMath including sum, avg, min, max, wchill and wchill2
Added checkVar function to GridMath to check to see if proper parameters are available for processing
Added setInfo function to GridMath to remove redundant code
Added multi grid "add" function to GridMath (i.e. sum)
Added multi grid "avg" function to GridMath
Added setSpec function to GridPlot to override variable specification
Added code to GridPlot to set output variable if function changes time and level parameters of output
Added code to Level to compute upper and lower layer values for height and potential temperature layers
Added code in MiscPlot to reset draw parameters before plotting
Fixed a bug in NidsFile where readBytes passed a NULL data location might still get data copied into it
Added code to ObjectAnal to process parameters (oa=....) separated by a comma
Fixed a bug in Plot where the formatted plotting of labels would misinterpret a single "%" and not print it out
Added Prog::printProg( lev, str ) so that the printing of program title is not always tied to level MESS
Added uwnd and vwnd computations to UpaCalc::calc
Fixed bug to make sure all wind data is output in m/s from UpaCalc routines
Added grid option to UpaGrid for grid scaling
Changed UpaLevel::isManadtory back to boolean test for mandatory level and created getMandatoryIndex for index into UpaRawinData arrays
Added map_line and map_fill option to UpaPlot to make sure proper map coloring is used on fill and line plots
Fixed a bug in UpaWxpFile where output to file could be wrong if mandatory level data is missing. Also cleaned up output by moving line breaks
Added code to VarList to propogate variable format data to sub parameters of a group
Fixed a bug in VarList that could allow getString to overrun the buffer on output

Programs

Added specification of "hour" resouce to gribfile to fix file time
Added lev2image and nameconv programs
Added ability to specify fixed time to plot program (#yyyymmdd..)
Added IO resources to soundplot to make sure graphical output can be saved to file

Version 6.61 (Sep 2009)

Features

Eliminated blank string as referring to standard input or output. Must use "-", "std".
Added MiscPlot object to plot circles, markers and text at lat, lon locations: circle:lat:lon:radius, text:lat:lon:label
Changed how plot attributes are managed. Now there is no default. So specifying setText( attr, size ) won't set text size if height attribute not set. You must use setTextHeight explicitly before the setText call to initialize height. This is the same with marker size.
Added Plot::clearLabels so that label area above and below plot could be cleared and a new set of labels applied

Objects

Fixed a bug in CityTool where coded WMO for Netherland Antilles was wrong
Added code to Domain to do line wraps in Lambert Conformal projections
Added clearRect to Graph
Changed the number of transformation from 2 to 4 in Graph
Added Grid::getForeHour
Added to GridCont map_line and map_fill options to set map colors outside of using fill type from contouring. Useful if want color fill contours but don't want black maps (i.e. radar plots)
Added timezone option to GridPlot
Fixed a bug in GridPlot where parameters not carried over on reinitialization (with panels specifically)
Fixed layer specifications in GridPlot so that grids read in properly, functions used right grids and output used proper grids
Moved function computations in GridPlot outside of plotting loop. Functions are now done before any plotting which simplifies code and eliminates several bugs
Fixed bug in plotting of vector grids in GridPlot. In some cases, the U and V grids were not properly referenced
Added group specification to GridPlot so that it can be used to specify simple labels for complex overlay plots
Added GridTool::read( filename, grids ). This allows GridPlot to read in grids if only filename specified and not model name or in_file name convention
Added resize function to Grids so that grids can expand if needed
Fixed issue with constant pointers in IngestFile, MapPlot and Scanp
Fixed several options where it now checks for "=" in option setting. This avoids confusion between co= and cod= and between fi= and fill=
Fixed issue in MapPlot where im:file and if:file got misinterpretted.
Fixed issue in MapPlot where plotting of image not done right if there was no projection in the image
Added MiscPlot object to plot circles, markers and text at lat, lon locations: circle:lat:lon:radius, text:lat:lon:label
Fixed the geometry specification in Plot. It didn't handle negative location values "WxH-X-Y"
Added fore_hour and source parameters for generic labeling to Plot
Fixed a bug in Plot where a blank color map cleared colors so that nothing would draw. Now an invalid or blank color map is ignored
Changed transformation numbers in Plot - 0 = base, 1 = projection, 2 = overlay. Added enum in Plot to handle this TRAN_BASE, TRAN_PROJ, TRAN_OVER
Added Plot::setMarkType( string ) so that strings could be used to set marker type (such as "plus" or "dot")
Added %D and %V option to Plot::formatLabel so that generic date and valid time labels can be plotted with drawLabels
Added Plot::clearLabels so that label area above and below plot could be cleared and a new set of labels applied
Added Plot::setDataSource( str ) function to set data source for generic labels
Fixed bug in PlotAttr::parseFillStyle where some fill patterns not properly parsed
Fixed bug in RadPlot where name convention was getting reset based on data type. Now in_file is set before input
Added raw data plotting to RCM grid output. It was in output from the RCM image parameter (default) but not grid
Added code to RcmWxpFile to read in winter RCM mosaics. It could write them but not read them properly
Added code to create a date label in RcmWxpFile for plotting
Fixed a bug in SatPlot where date not queried from some images. This could disrupt coordination of time in overlays
Eliminated hard coded name convention in SfcGrid
Fixed a bug in StrLib::length where a NULL pointer caused core dump
Added "noparcel" option to ThermPlot
Fixed a bug in UpaRawinData::addMan where an invalid mandatory level could be added
Fixed bug in VarList where resizing of list wasn't working
Added VarNameItem::setName and setAbbr functions
Added speed and density parameters to VectPlot. The speed option scales vectors to a specific speed. The density option relates to how many streamlines can be drawn in a specific area
Added VectPlot::drawLabels to manage labels on vector plots
Added VectPlot::drawVect to add a vector scale on lower right of plot
Addded Wxp::getVirtMem to extract virtual memory for debugging
Added code to handle negative window location parameters in XWindow
Added XWindow::clearRect to clear a rectangular region of screen
Added code in XWindow to delete pixmaps when done to avoid possible memory leak
Added XWindow::deleteFrame() to delete all frames. This is called when window closes to clean up loop pixmaps

Includes

Added inline GridCont::setMapFile

Programs

Added MiscPlot object to plot and figure programs
Added several key resources to input processing by plot and figure
Fixed a bug in plot where multiple plots using the same object were literally using the same object. This meant parameters would not get set because the parameters from the second would override the first. Now each plot allocated is allocated so that multiple instances of the same object are unique and distinct

Version 6.60 (Aug 2009)

Features

Added the concept of a value grid. This is a 1x1 grid used by various functions to represent a constant value grid. This is mostly used by GridMath to add a value to a grid or scale a grid.
Added first cut of a GRIB writer to GribFile.

Objects

Fixed AreaFile and AreaDir to read data properly on 64 bit platforms
Fixed a small bug in Buffer related to allocation of buffer data
Added code to delete allocated arrays in BufrFile
Fixed a bug in ColorBar where bar size was not correct in multipanel displays
Added proper initialization of arrays in ColorFill
Fixed a bug in Contour related to setup of color parameters
Removed initPlot function in Contour
Added date, forehour and data source calls to Contour
Removed drawBar from drawLabels in Contour. Moved so GridPlot and other objects could better control bar plotting.
Added line, fill and text attribute reset to Contour
Fixed initial color parameter settings in Contour
Added ability to set line type and width from color_fill even when specifically not using colors
Changed DateTool::createLabel to handle forecast hour as float rather than int (need this for sub hour forecast times)
Added Datum::clearData
Added concept of a nx by ny domain on XY plane (use with value grids)
Fixed a bug in Enhance to make sure lines starting with @ are treated like comments (other than specific directives)
Added code in Figure to delete allocated objects
Changed how refresh is handled in Figure. If not "1", then the refresh time is the loop increment
Changed ForeTime to handle forecast times in decimal hours (float rather than int)
Changed ForeTime::getForeHour to getHour
Added ForeTime::getSecs to return forecast time in seconds
Added close to GiniFile::readHeader if file has illegal parameters
Added counter to GribFile::read( Grids ) to stop reading when all grids have been found
Removed several grid.setSize calls that were not needed in GribFile
Fixed bug in GribFile relative to computation of domain in Mercator grids
Added GribFile::scaleConv to convert scale factor for output to GRIB
Changed GribFile::makeDatim to create time string consistent with DateTool (NAM 24 hour valid...)
Added first cut on GRIB writer to GribFile
Changed setSize in Grid to set simple XY domain with grid of nx by ny
Changed setDomain in Grid to set nx and ny. Don't call setSize to set nx and ny
Added Grid::getForeSecs
Set up Grid to use a 1x1 grid as a value grid (i.e. constant value for all points). This returns a constant value for all x and y in getValue and is used in GridMath for addition and scaling by a value
Added Grid::isValue to check for value grid
Fixed color and plot initialization in GridCont
Removed GridCont::initPlot
Added "nolabel" option to GridCont
Removed plotGridvalues from GridCont (in Contour already)
Added GRIB write to GridFile
Added "add", "sub", "mul" and "div" to GridMath::process
Removed early returns in GridMath so that grid post processing can occur (setting of output info label)
Added value grid use to various GridMath functions
Removed GridPlot::plotGridValues (in Contour already)
Added GridSpec::isVarSet
Added counter in GridTool to stop reading in grids if all grids found
Added "noLabel" option to GridVect
Added color bar and vector bar (vbar) options to GridVect
Fixed label generation code in GridVect
Fixed several 64 bit issues in Gvar code
Added initClass to Image to set pointers
Changed set function in Level to check order of levels so that lowest is first. It also checks for missing levels
Fixed several issues in Level where output coded levels is wrongly computed for layers
Added generic set function to ObjectAnal to unify the setting of parameters
Added SatPlot::saveImage and setOutput, triggered by output resource to save manipulated image to file
Fixed variable processing in SfcPlot. Some layer parameters would not get processed properly
Fixed a bug in Tools::toString( float, sig, str ) where runaway strings could occur in some cases. Now strings are limited to sig digits
Added special processing to UpaDataTool to handle coded geopotential height (such as last 3 digits of 500 mb height)
Cleaned up UpaDataTool::units
Added grid scaling to UpaGrid
Added UpaGrid::setLevel function
Fixed UpaLevel::isMandatory. The indices were wrong
Added several plotting parameters and code to UpaPlot to make it similar to SfcPlot. UpaPlot is still work in progress
Added UpaPlot::setLevel
Fixed several bugs in UpaRaw
Added UpaRaw::setLevel
Added code to UpaTool::decodeTTAA to handle special levels (surface, trop, max wind). Somehow the indices to these levels were not getting set
Fixed a bug in UpaWxpFile where invalid data could corrupt further input reading. So added a test to skip to end of report if there is a problem
Fixed a bug in writing in mandatory level data. If somehow the data is invalid, it still tries to write it

Includes

Added inline functions to Plot to set data type, time sync, date for labeling

Version 6.59 (Jun 2009)

Note:6.58 was an internal release

Features

Added new ingest and decoder programs: ingest, sfcdec, mdrdec, rcmdec, upadec
Added "sync" parameter to plot objects to target that object as the time and loop sync. Rather than using the first plottable object, you can specify an object as the time sync with the "sync" parameter. The base time and loop increment are based on that object. This is useful for overlaying radar on satellite. Without sync, the plot would use the latest satellite image and update every 15 minutes. With sync, the plot will use the latest radar plot and update every 6 minutes.
Added quote delimiting to strings parsing.   This means a string won't be broken on "," if a parameter is quoted:

OLD:   -pa=x,y,va=a,b,c,cod=white
NEW: -pa=x,y,"va=a,b,c",cod=white

In the old version, b,c would be individual parameters and not variable specifications.   With the parameter delimiting, "va=a,b,c" is preserved for variable parsing.
To simplify and make consistent the parameter specification, the "plot_param" resource has been replaced with just "parameter". Most objects have a setParam method and the parameter resource is passed to this method.
Some functions were reworked to work on 64 bit platforms. RHEL5 64 bit versions are now available.

Objects

Added buffered decompression in BZlib object (see Buffer object)
Added Buffer object for use of buffered data
Added Calc::dist for simple distance computations
Rewrote Cdf object to use v3 function calls and use of IntArray for dimension and array offsets
Added generic get and put functions to Cdf object for use with Perl
Removed Tools::convertIdToWmo and replaced with CityTool::toWmo
Removed "plot_param" resource and replaced with "parameter"
Added Date::fix to zero out missing date elements
Added Date::printSeconds
Reworked DateRange to not store start and end date but to have base date and pre and post values. This means base date can now be set independent of pre and post
Added Datum::addFormat to append format information
Added track plot type to DatumAttr
Added Domain::set( ul, lr, nx, ny ) so that domains can be set from corner lat,lon specifications
Added Domain::set( char * ) so that only projection parameters are specified
Fixed several bugs related to passing missing values to Domain::tran. This makes sure that if missing values are passed to it, missing values are returned
Added getSync to Drawing protoype so that drawings can return whether they are the time sync
Reworked time specification in Figure object. It now only uses file time for base date is current is set to "la" (it would have to then). Now, for other current specifications, it uses time based on current time
Added time sync parameter to Figure so that base date and loop parameters are based on the object with "sync" set and not on the first available object
Added buffered read (Buffer object) to File
Added FileTool::checkPath which adds a path to a specified filename and checks for existence
Fixed several bugs in Filename related to filenames with missing date parameters. Now the date is fixed first so that weird filenames aren't generated
Added "obs" to ForeTime as an equivalent to "anal"
Changed GFont::getSize to getWidth
Simplified reading in of compressed GINI files by using buffered data rather than arrays. This gives better error checking on data decompression.
Fixed several bugs in Graph that would cause core dumps if for some reason a plot hadn't been opened or had been closed inadvertantly
Added Graph::getDropShadow so value can be saved and then restored
Added "light" marker to Graph for the display of lightning data
Added Grid( nx, ny ) constructor
Added Grid::setLevel, setForeTime and setVar where strings can be passed to set parameters. This is useful with Perl
Added GridCont::initPlot to initialize just the contouring parameters
Added check in GridMath::remap to make sure domain is set, otherwise do a null remap (i.e. copy)
Fixed several bugs in Hash object related to mulitple keys. The Hash object had been set up to store all objects entered into it, even duplicates. This made it difficult to find matching data to update in the hash, such as updating decoded METAR data. Now only duplicates are saved if at least one of the hash keys is different.
Fixed bug in Hash where first item in each table entry was never used
Fixed some initialization bugs in ImagePlot
Added map specification to ImagePlot so that it can plot a map like other plot objects
Reworked ImgWxpFile to handle new swap functions (Int2 rather than Short)
Finalized and got working IngestFile object so that it now replicates WXP 5 ingest program
Added sequence number testing to IngestFile
Fixed bug in Level where for static levels, a missing value is returned by toLevelCode
Fixed how Level interprets layers. Now it makes sure lowest level is in level1
Reworked LightFile to use new swap functions (Int2 and Int4 rather than Short and Long... for 64 bit clarification)
Added color data and fill parameters to LightPlot
Changed LightPlot to use LightFile::getType for input type specification
Added new "light" marker type to LightPlot to plot a "Z" like symbol at strike location
Fixed bug in LightPlot where USPLN data would be labeled as NLDN data
Reworked MapFile to use new swap functions (Int2 and Int4)
Added grid plot to MapPlot so that a specific grid can be plotted on a map from the wxp.reg file
Added MdrDecode object to decode MDR data
Added MdrDomain object for processing of MDR grid domain
Fixed several bugs in MdrFile related to decoding MDR data
Added MdrHash for processing of MDR sites in decoding
Reworked MdrImage to use MdrDomain for location of radar echos
Reworked and fixed MdrPlot so that it can now plot MDR data
Fixed several bugs in MdrWxpFile
Added MdrWxpFile::write to save decoded data from MdrDecode
Fixed a couple of bugs in MetarTool relating to decoding of METAR type. Fixed date decoding from observation time. Fixed bug related to early RMK in Canadian METAR reports
Reworked NidsFile to use buffered input for decompression. This fixes several bugs related to the decompression of TDWR data and simplifies the decompression process
Changed label of Dbz to dBZ in NidsPlot
Changed distance rings in NidsPlot to KM rather than NM. A new "distm" parameter added to handle rings in NM
Changed option in NidsPlot to plot comp reflectivity attribute table to "table" from "graph" (holdover from WXP 5)
Added code to determine base domain in NidsPlot to use identifier resource inquiring lat,lon from rad.cty. This fixes bug where some loops with missing frames could result in bad domain specification
Fixed table overlay in NidsPlot to plot fixed text and not scale to width of display
Added drawStorm to NidsPlot to manage plotting of storm attributes
Fixed labeling of NidsPlot storm attributes. It used to just plot "NIDS Data" and now plots actual parameters being plotted. A group label can now be used NIDS_Data{cid,tops,...} to reduce label clutter
Fixed bug in NidsPlot so that units of parameters can now be converted
Added "cstat" parameter to NidsPlot to plot a status marker at storm location
Added a "meso5" parameter to NidsPlot to plot only mesos with a MDA value >= 5
Added Plot::getDomAspect function to return domain aspect ratio
Added Plot::drawLine( GridPoint, GridPoint )
Added resetting of drop shadowing in Plot for lines, markers and text
Added shadow specification to PlotAttr (-cod=white,sh=3)
Added "light" marker specification to PlotAttr
Added RadMask object to generate winter mask for radar mosaics
Fixed several bugs in RadPlot related to managing parameters between various types of radar plots
Added RcmDecode object to decode RCM data
Added filtering mechanism to RcmDecode to eliminate overlap of storm data
Added winter mask to RcmDecode
Fixed RcmDomain to make it accurate and usable
Fixed several bugs in RcmFile
Added RcmFile::write to save decoded data from RcmDecode
Added RcmHash to store data from RCM sites and to aid in filtering of data by RcmDecode
Fixed several bugs in RcmImage related to location of radar sites
Added a ramp function specification for clear air and precip sites in RcmImage
Reworked RcmPlot to use RcmDomain
Reworked RcmPlot to better plot site and storm information
Added "cstat" parameter to plot cell status to RcmPlot
Set up RcmWxpFile to output decoded RCM data from RcmDecode
Reworked SfcData::compare to output mask of what's different rather than true or false
Added SfcData::printDiff to print differences from mask
Reworked SfcData::update to use mask to update only specific parameters
Fixed bug in SfcData::validate related to precip in mm rather than inches. Valid range was too low for mm
Added SfcDecode object to decode METAR and SYNOP data
Reworked SfcHash to use new Hash setup and provide data to SfcDecode
Changed SfcUniFile to use new swap setup (Int2 and Int4)
Reworked SfcWmoFile to read SYNOP data (only worked with METAR data)
Fixed bug in SfcWxpFile relating to writing of header to new file
Added append function to SfcWxpFile
Added client socket code to Socket
Fixed StormAttr to read in numeric values for TVS and MESO data
Added StrLib::validData which checks for a string with data, not just blank or full of spaces
Added code to Strings to not break strings delimited with "...". So a substr with commas can be preserved by putting a " at the beginning and end of substring
Changed functions in Swap from Short and Long to Int2 and Int4 to eliminate byte issues going to 64 bits
Fixed several bugs in SynopTool related to the decoding of buoy and CMAN reports
Changed TiffFile to use new swap setup (Int2 and Int4)
Removed Tools::convertWmoToId and convertIdToWmo (redundant with CityTool)
Changed Tools::hexdump to dumpHex
Added UpaDecode for decoding upper air data
Fixed a bug in UpaFile where date wasn't getting to UpaWxpFile
Added UpaRawinData::getTime
Fixed a couple of bugs in UpaRawinHash related to use with UpaDecode
Added code to UpaTool to decode TEMP MOBIL sites
Added code to UpaWmoFile to read in TEMP MOBIL sites
Fixed a bug in UpaWxpFile related to specification of date in output file
Reworked WindPlot to handle drop shadowing on barbs and vectors
Reworked WmoFile to manage data on CR/CR/LF boundaries rather than LF boundaries. This fixes several problems with end of product determination.
Removed file_param and plot_param resources from WxpResrc and added log_file and prod_file
Changed color_grid shorthand from -cogr to -cog
Reworked Zlib to use buffered data (see Buffer object)

Programs

Added programs: ingest, mdrdec, rcmdec, sfcdec, upadec
Added identifier resource to nidsplot
Reworked plot program to use same current time specification as Figure object (current uses current time, not latest file time)
Simplified object creation and management in plot. This unifies processing between objects
Fixed sfcplot initial domain specification
Fixed watchplot initial domain specification

Version 6.57 (Mar 2009)

Fixed bug in ColorBar where con_base was ignored
Changed ColorFill to default to interval of 1 and base of 0
Changed drawLabels to drawLineLabels in Contour to draw contour line labels
Added drawLabels to Contour to just draw the labels on plot
Added source to Data to specify what created the data, used to set labels in ObjectAnal
Added Data::add to add new point given a Datum object
Added id field to Datum so that Data objects can store an id for each point (see RawFile output)
Fixed bug in DatumPlot so that data string is plotted by default (used to be nothing)
Fixed Domain specifications for POLAR so it matches XY (clat/clon are center and not lower left coord)
Fixed bug in TEPH domain where input coordinates would be modified.
Added return value to Domain::adjust so that adjustment could be checked
Added Domain::adjust( Points )
Added code to Domain::zoom and Domain::pan to properly handle Thermo diagrams
Changed Domain::correctLine to WrapLine since method deals with wrapping lines around edge of domain
Changed Domain parsing to include station id centering without specifying "id:". Code looks for 4 upper case letters for id
Added forecast time looping to Figure (-ft=time,time,...)
Fixed several bugs in Figure related to date coordination between objects
Added printing of new domain on zooms and pans in Figure
Changed File::eof to File::endFile
Changed default in setFilePrompt to not prompt for file. Use "inter" resource to prompt for File
Added FrontPlot::setFrontColor. Before only too resource value
Added GeomBox::print
Added info label for "Composite NH" to GiniFile
Moved label plotting (info/datim) from GridCont to Contour
Added setForeTime to all Drawing objects (for Figure)
Added forecast model plotting to HodoPlot
Fixed bug in Image::getRGB where missing color returned random value
Added demo license to License
Changed LightPlot labels to show time of last file (not last strike)
Fixed bug in MosDataTool where units weren't properly specified resulting in missing value on some plots
Added MosFile::geModel to return a descrptive string of model name
Changed default model in MosFile, MosRaw and MosPlot from NGM to NAM
Added setModel to MosPlot and MosRaw
Changed check in NidsFile for compression for odd magic string in some TDWR data
Changed missing checks in Run block for TDWR velocity products
Added check for "miss" in color fill in NidsPlot
Changed default device to display, not command prompt
Added print for thermo diagram in Alt-v value output
Fixed bug in panel decoding in Plot
Added Plot::getLabelPosIndex to simplify label plotting code
Changed Points::del to Points::remove to avoid name conflict
Fixed bug in RadPlot where name convention was properly being passed to subclasses
Added RawFile::getInfo( ind )
Added scan of station id to RawFile
Added gridding and contouring to RawPlot
Added code to handle plot type in variable string a plotting of map in SfcPlot
Fixed problem in handling plotting of sublayers, relating to groups in SfcPlot
Fixed bug in SfcRaw relating to station priority setup
Added StrLib::equal( str, num, str ) and StrLib::hasToken
Added String::occurs
Added Strings::check
Added ThermPlot::setId
Added forecast model plotting to ThermPlot
Added VarList::isFillContour to see if format specified fill contour plot
Removed ":" compatibility with WXP 5 from VarSpec
Added color bar plotting to VectPlot
Removed "batch" resource processing
Reworked object processing in plot program to better handle file and date setup
Added rawgrid and rawmath programs
Added code to sfcraw program to create output filename based on date and variable specification
Renamed thermplot to soundplot

Version 6.56 (Dec 2008)

Changed default cover in CloudLayer to 0
Added print to CloudLayer
Changed contour interval spec to "ci" instead of "in"
Changed input resource command line from "inp" to "in"
Moved calcInterval from Contour to Tools
Fixed two problems in DatumPlot (cof only 2 char, ept = datum.getLoc)
Moved getProj from DomainTool to Domain
Added set( char * ) to Domain
Fixed bug in Domain::setLimits (convert from int to float divide on pt1,2 set)
Changed XY domain to absolute coordinates and adjusted limits in Domain
Added code to correct wind dir (limit to 0-360) in Domain::adjustDir
Added noborder option to Figure
Added Graph::printTran
Added time, level, etc to GridPlot::setParam
Added grid_type specification to GridSound
Added ImageMath::toGray
Added MapPlot::setColorLine
Reworked image file determination in map list in MapPlot
Set default output file to meta.out to MetaFile graphics output
Added MeteoPlot class
Fixed range settings for TDWR data in NidsFile
Changed device, geometry, title specification in Plot
Added logo specifications in Plot
Simplified parameter specification in Plot, added setParam
Fixed color table specification in Plot
Set a default domain where none is specified in Plot::setDomain
Doubled number of points in Spline in Plot::drawSpline
Fixed a bug in PlotAttr where first attribute is not a color
Reworked Points::getCenter
Fixed bug in RawFile that read off end of line
Added timezone resource to WxpResrc and Plot classes
Added raw dump of image bytes to SatFile
Added "clds" variable to SfcDataTool::compute
Fixed "prec" variable to access other precip values in SfcDataTool
Added default plot type to SfcPlot
Fixed grid scaling in SfcPlot
Added polygon option to Spline
Added Strings::valid
Fixed several bugs in VarList decoding to propogate format to sub params
Added cplot and value to VarSpec decoding of plot type

Version 6.55 (Nov 2008)

Added BUFR table cache in BufrFile to speed up lookups
Fixed bug in wchill computation that allows wchil > temp
Added drawValues to Contour
Added scale factor to contour labels in Contour
Added adjust function to Domain for fixing domain related issues
Fixed multiple path in listing available files in Filename
Added code to GridMath to add basic functionality
Fixed bug in GridTool that read in new grid when same was needed
Fixed bug in MapPlot that didn't account properly for bgcolor in images
Added additional lon line for LATLON/MERC proj
Added processing of TDWR data to NidsFile and NidsPlot
Fixed object_param decoding in ObjectAnal for ",," missing values
Added line cropping to Plot for lines crossing domain boundary
Added line segmentation to Plot where MISS value breaks line into segments
Fixed bug in reading in transparent color in PngFile
Added copy, del, insert functions to Points
Fixed bug in locating center point within polygon in Points
Fixed wind chill computation in SfcDataTool
Added oa.init to SfcGrid
Added generic GridMath::process to SfcPlot
Added set, getDist functions to Spline
Added where function to StrLib
Fixed bug in finding sig digits in Tools::toString
Added simplify function to Unit to remove null units (kg/kg, s/s)
Added lcf and gvalue to VarData and VarSpec type determination
Fixed bug in VarList related to unit propogation
Added setInterval, setBase, setColorFill, setColorLine to VectPlot
Fixed bug in XWindow for callback list deletion when window closed

Version 6.54 (Oct 2008)

Added maj/min print to BufrData
Added data codes (label strings for code tables) to BufrFile
Added code for short delayer repitition factor to BufrFile
Added decoding of time unit to ForeTime
Fixed bug in color table size of GifFile
Fixed bug in text plotting where upx/upy not being used in Graph
Added code to cache GRIB1 and GRIB2 parameter definitions.
Added GridSpec::isSet
Added setCutoff to Image
Added cutoff values to output Image file in ImgWxpFile
Added decoder for NALN data to LightFile
Fixed bug in overlay/underlay in MapPlot
Added code to create cutoff values, save to Image in NidsImage
Added setTextDirection to Plot
Added getCenter and renamed getCenter to getCentroid (mean of all points) in Points
Added RawFile::read( char *, Data )
Fixed bug in RawPlot where format was ignored
Added "if=" to param decoding in SatPlot, SfcPlot
Fixed bug in Spline where two points at same location caused problems
Added StrLib::valid( char *, char * ) for default in string not valid

Version 6.53 (Aug 2008)

Fixed bug in BufrFile that overran codes array
Add Filename::exist
Changed Grids::getUnits to Grids::getSpecUnits
Added GridPiece::getDomain
Moved GribFile::read to GridTool::read in GridPlot
Added Grids::getValue(int, EarthPoint)
Added GridTool::read(char, char, Grids) for readinng in data in GridPlot and piecing grids together
Added ImageMath::compressColor
Added code in Lev2File for handling MSG31 data (hires radar)
Fixed bug in Lev2File for reading in uncompressed files
Added code in Lev2Plot to handle MSG31 data
Added code to MapPlot to display map segment info and color code lines
Added code to MetarTool to decode NSC and NCD as clear skies
Added code to PngFile to handle saving transparent images

Version 6.52 (Jul 2008)

Added code to MetaFile to save message output and fix bugs
Fixed bug in PngFile where output comments weren't saving correctly
Added within to Points
Fixed MDRSITE plotting in RadPlot
Fixed bug in raw file decoding in RawFile
Changed sound parameters to parcel and wind parameters in ThermPlot
Moved calcParcel from UpaCalc to SoundParams::set
Added setElev to UpaData
Added getStation to UpaTool
Added extra print functions to UpaTool

Version 6.47.1 (Jun 2007)

Fixed bug in RedbookPlot that was incorrectly plotting lines
Fixed bug in RedbookPlot for text sizing
Added ability in RedbookPlot to work with BS and VT in text data
Added match function to StrLib
Fixed class parameters (passed by reference) in Vect, Wind and WindPlot

Version 6.47 (Jun 2007)

Fixed bug in Date::adjustHour
Added plot of small circle for calm on AVECT in DatumPlot
Fixed check for MERC in Domain::correctLine
Added offset for MOLL in Domain::correctLine
Added offset for MERC and MOLL in GridBox
Fixed num_file bug in Filename
Fixed computation of forecast time for GFS MOS GRIB2 data
Added code to Hurricane to process more data (nearing completion)
Added min,scale,mark parameters to LightPlot
Added basic strike plot (just location) to LightPlot
Fixed segmention problem in LritFile
Fixed underlay problem in MapPlot
Reworked lat/lon labels for SAT and MOLL projection in MapPlot
Added drawLine( EarthPoint, EarthPoint) and drawSpline( EarthPoints ) to Plot

Version 6.46 (May 2007 - first operational release)

Moved Bufr to BufrFile.
Changed Calc::relHum to use t < 100 as C
Added first, nextKey and printData method to CityHash
Added copy constructor and operator = to Data class
Added new adjustMinute and adjustSecond to Date
Added new createLabel to DateTool that uses a string for model name
Fixed 2 bugs in satellite projection in Domain
Added correctLine and offsetLine methods to Domain to adjust for earth wrap around
Fixed bug in DomainTool that improperly decoded id type domain (-pd=IIII,dx)
Added elevation parameter to EarthPoint
Added within method to EarthPoints to check to see if point within a polygon
Added drawing methods to Figure
Fixed a NULL pointer problem in File::isStdio
Added getModTime method to File
Changed Filename to retrieve type info from NameConv
Changed FrontPlot to plot FrontData seperately (FrontPlot::draw( Plot, FrontData)).
The FrontData class used to be local to FrontPlot. Now FrontData can be set up external to FrontPlot and use FrontPlot to plot it.
Fixed bug in FrontPlot that only used every other point in front plotting
Added hardware font specification to Graph (hfont).
Added isLooping, getFrame, setFrame to Graph (for output to image file for loops)
Fixed bug that prevented output of multiline text in hardware fonts
Added metafile output to Graph
Added variable type specification for Variable. This allows for ensemble type and probability specs within Variable.
Added toIndCode, toParamCode and decode to Variable
Changed Grid, GribFile, GridSpec and GribPDB to use new Variable type specification
Added table specification to GribParam::getVer1Param
Fixed bug in GribParam for GRIB1 variable specification
Added in support for GRIB2 data templates that support ensemble data. Templates include 1, 2, 5, 9, 11 and 12.
Added support for thinned grids in GRIB2 format
Added gen_name parameter string to Grid so generation location can be specified when model number is not appropriate or known.
Moved WxpGridFile to GridWxpFile
Fixed bug where GridFile wasn't passing along use_header to GribFile
Added GridSound class for extraction of sounding from grid data
Added nextKey and printData to Hash
Changed size and offset from int to float for Device classes
Added merge and blank methods to Image
Moved WxpImgFile to ImgWxpFile
Added max eq pot temp and equilibrium levels to Level
Fixed bug with hybrid layers
Use correctLine and offsetLine in MapPlot
Moved WxpMdrFile to MdrWxpFile
Added new MetaFile output device
Moved RawSfcData to SfcRawData
Changed how ramp function is computed in NidsImage to allow for values not every 5 dBZ
Added getHeaderLoc to Parse
Changed Planet to use Date for date/time rather than julian date. Changed method names to reflect change
Added saving loop images to file in Plot. Used to only save for single frame plots.
Changed line and fill area methods in Plot to use correctLine and offsetLine to account for earth wrap around
Added drawSpline method to Plot
Added draw specification (setDrawing and isDrawing) in Plot to turn off particular parts of a plot (see draw resource in WXP5).
Fixed a bug in PngFile that didn't use the right parameters for image size
Moved WxpRcmFile to RcmWxpFile
Added Raw class, based on Data for output of raw point data from various plot classes
Fixed DataRange specification in RcmImage
Changed domain specification in RedbookFile and RedbookPlot
Changed RedbookVector to use Points class rather than x,y arrays
Changed plotting in RedbookPlot from using plot coordinates to using Domain transformations.
Added label plotting from redbook.lup to RedbookPlot
Moved RawSfcData to SfcWmoData
Moved UniSatfile to SatUniFile
Added ability to read from GIF and PNG files in SatFile
Added ability to plot GIF and PNG files in SatPlot that have navigation text embedded in file.
Added min_lon and max_lon specs in SatPlot to eliminate image outside of those ranges. Used for overlaying images.
Fixed bug in SatPlot that assumed all images were indexed color. True color images will now be displayed as is.
SfcRaw and UpaRaw now outputs Raw class instead of Data
Moved CdfSfcFile to SfcCdfFile
Moved UniSfcFile to SfcUniFile
Moved XmlSfcFile to SfcXmlFile
Moved RawSfcFile to SfcWmoFile
Moved UpaData to UpaRawinData
Moved UpaMergeData to UpaData
Moved ThermDiag::plotDiagram to draw
Finalized ThermPlot adding appropriate labels
Moved Tiff to TiffFile
Fixed Tools::toString(float, String) to account for limits in sig digits in single precision float
Moved merge method from UpaMergeData to UpaTool
Moved RawUpaData to UpaWmoData
Moved RawUpaFile to UpaWmoFile
Moved WxpUpaFile to UpaWxpFile
Moved Watch to WatchData
Fixed read in of watch replace advisory in WatchFile
Fixed check for replace and cancellation in WatchPlot
Added drop shadow to WatchPlot
Added use of "fixed" for hardware font in XWindow

Version 6A37 (Jun 2006)

In an effort to continue to work on the new object oriented version of WXP. About 70% of the WXP library is now rewritten in C++. WXP6 will have a different look and feel in that monolithic programs like sfcwx, rad and grbcalc go away. WXP6 eliminates the need for wxploop as plotting can be directly scripted. But WXP6 programs can still plot to a wxploop window for backward compatibility.

Plotting as objects

WXP6 uses a simple object for plotting, not a monolithic program. Resources can still be set through a function interface or by using the old resource settings. Objects are initialized using the WXP resource settings.

Plot and Figure objects

WXP6 has a Plot and Figure object. Plot is used when a simple plot is needed. This is ideal for outputing to GIF images. The Figure object will cause the plot to act more like WXP5 with rescaling, zoom and query capabilities.

Perl and Python interfaces

WXP6 is scriptable using Perl and Python. This will replace the need for complex scripts like we have today with WXP5. Objects can be created in these scripting environments and reused.

Perl example	Python example
#! /usr/bin/perl use WXP; $domstr = "ne"; WXP::Prog::readResrcFile( "sfcmap", "/home/wxp/etc" ); $sat = WXP::SatPlot->new; $sat->setNameConv( "sat_ir_nc" ); $sat->setColorTable( "sat.clr" ); $sat->setColorFill( "0-50" ); $rad = WXP::SatPlot->new; $rad->setPath( "/mnt/penndot/wxp/data:/home/wxp/nwstg/mosaic" ); $rad->setInput( "imgz" ); $rad->setNameConv( "rad_wmos" ); $rad->setColorTable( "radar.clr" ); $rad->setColorFill( "wradmos1.cfl" ); $rad->setParam( "cutoff:1:15:25" ); $frt = WXP::FrontPlot->new; $sfc = WXP::SfcPlot->new; $sfc->setVariable("all"); $data = WXP::Datum->new; $dplot = WXP::DatumPlot->new; $domain = WXP::Domain->new; WXP::DomainTool::set( $domain, $domstr ); # # Set up map # $map = WXP::MapPlot->new; $map->setMapFiles( "fi:cnty.mpl" ); # # Open new plot # $plot = WXP::Plot->new; $plot->open( "de=d,ge=1024x768" ); $plot->setDomain( $domain ); $sat->draw( $plot ); $rad->draw( $plot ); $frt->draw( $plot ); $map->draw( $plot ); $sfc->draw( $plot ); $data->set( 40.05491, -75.51085, WXP::Datum::MARK, "+", "co=white" ); $dplot->draw( $plot, $data ); $plot->drawBorder(); $plot->drawLabels(); $plot->manage();	#! /usr/bin/python import WXP domstr = "ne" WXP.Prog.readResrcFile( "sfcmap", "/home/wxp/etc" ) sat = WXP.SatPlot() sat.setNameConv( "sat_ir_nc" ) sat.setColorTable( "sat.clr" ) sat.setColorFill( "0-50" ) rad = WXP.SatPlot() rad.setPath( "/mnt/penndot/wxp/data:/home/wxp/nwstg/mosaic" ) rad.setInput( "imgz" ) rad.setNameConv( "rad_wmos" ) rad.setColorTable( "radar.clr" ) rad.setColorFill( "wradmos1.cfl" ) rad.setParam( "cutoff:1:15:25" ) frt = WXP.FrontPlot() sfc = WXP.SfcPlot() sfc.setVariable("all") data = WXP.Datum() dplot = WXP.DatumPlot() domain = WXP.Domain() WXP.DomainTool.decode( domain, domstr ) # # Set up map # map = WXP.MapPlot() map.setMapFiles( "fi:cnty.mpl" ) # # Open new plot # plot = WXP.Plot() plot.open( "de=d,ge=1024x768" ) plot.setDomain( domain ) sat.draw( plot ) rad.draw( plot ) frt.draw( plot ) map.draw( plot ) sfc.draw( plot ) data.set( 40.05491, -75.51085, WXP.Datum.MARK, "+", "co=white" ) dplot.draw( plot, data ) plot.drawBorder() plot.drawLabels() plot.manage()

Perl example

Python example

#! /usr/bin/perl

use WXP;

$domstr = "ne";

WXP::Prog::readResrcFile( "sfcmap", "/home/wxp/etc" );

$sat = WXP::SatPlot->new;
$sat->setNameConv( "sat_ir_nc" );
$sat->setColorTable( "sat.clr" );
$sat->setColorFill( "0-50" );

$rad = WXP::SatPlot->new;
$rad->setPath( "/mnt/penndot/wxp/data:/home/wxp/nwstg/mosaic" );
$rad->setInput( "imgz" );
$rad->setNameConv( "rad_wmos" );
$rad->setColorTable( "radar.clr" );
$rad->setColorFill( "wradmos1.cfl" );
$rad->setParam( "cutoff:1:15:25" );

$frt = WXP::FrontPlot->new;

$sfc = WXP::SfcPlot->new;
$sfc->setVariable("all");

$data = WXP::Datum->new;
$dplot = WXP::DatumPlot->new;

$domain = WXP::Domain->new;

WXP::DomainTool::set( $domain, $domstr );
#
# Set up map
#
$map = WXP::MapPlot->new;
$map->setMapFiles( "fi:cnty.mpl" );
#
# Open new plot
#
$plot = WXP::Plot->new;
$plot->open( "de=d,ge=1024x768" );
$plot->setDomain( $domain );
$sat->draw( $plot );
$rad->draw( $plot );
$frt->draw( $plot );
$map->draw( $plot );
$sfc->draw( $plot );
$data->set( 40.05491, -75.51085, WXP::Datum::MARK, "+", "co=white" );
$dplot->draw( $plot, $data );
$plot->drawBorder();
$plot->drawLabels();
$plot->manage();

#! /usr/bin/python

import WXP

domstr = "ne"

WXP.Prog.readResrcFile( "sfcmap", "/home/wxp/etc" )

sat = WXP.SatPlot()
sat.setNameConv( "sat_ir_nc" )
sat.setColorTable( "sat.clr" )
sat.setColorFill( "0-50" )

rad = WXP.SatPlot()
rad.setPath( "/mnt/penndot/wxp/data:/home/wxp/nwstg/mosaic" )
rad.setInput( "imgz" )
rad.setNameConv( "rad_wmos" )
rad.setColorTable( "radar.clr" )
rad.setColorFill( "wradmos1.cfl" )
rad.setParam( "cutoff:1:15:25" )

frt = WXP.FrontPlot()

sfc = WXP.SfcPlot()
sfc.setVariable("all")

data = WXP.Datum()
dplot = WXP.DatumPlot()

domain = WXP.Domain()

WXP.DomainTool.decode( domain, domstr )
#
# Set up map
#
map = WXP.MapPlot()
map.setMapFiles( "fi:cnty.mpl" )
#
# Open new plot
#
plot = WXP.Plot()
plot.open( "de=d,ge=1024x768" )
plot.setDomain( domain )
sat.draw( plot )
rad.draw( plot )
frt.draw( plot )
map.draw( plot )
sfc.draw( plot )
data.set( 40.05491, -75.51085, WXP.Datum.MARK, "+", "co=white" )
dplot.draw( plot, data )
plot.drawBorder()
plot.drawLabels()
plot.manage()

Low level programming

This will allow the user to access the WXP library and do more with the data. The hope here is to eliminate the problems associated with monolithic programs. You can read in raw files and plot them how you want them rather than burying the plotting attributes in the raw file. DatumPlot allows you to add annotation without having to create a raw file. A new ImagePlot object will allow you to read in images with imbedded projection information and display them. The MapPlot object will use "mdb" files to plot specific pieces of map data including filled in areas such as specific counties or zones.

Version 6.A18 (Feb 2005)

GRIB2 additions

Added support for DRS templates 1,2 and 3 to handle NDFD grids. Added support for DRS template 40 (same as 40000 for Jpeg2000 compression). Changed the grid type specification for lat-lon grids to be more representative of the actual values. Added support for Mercator grids. Added support for "max" and "min" time ranges in GRIB2.

Added support for multiple grids in a single product. CONDUIT grids put U and V wind in the same GRIB2 product.

Bug Fixes:

Fixed GDS lat-lon domain problems for GRIB2. This allows the use of CONDUIT grids.
Fixed bug in forecast time determination for GRIB2.
Fixed several bugs in vertical level determination for GRIB2.
Fixed redbook file read for LDM data files. The redbook program improperly read in the WMO header and got into infinite loop. Added check for bad redbook headers to notify user if not a redbook product.

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