October 2020

Features

• Support of new multispectral camera : Alteia can now support the Micasense Altum and the Sentera camera
• Alteia allows infrastructure company to monitor default on their fondatio

Improvements

• “Site” in Season Planner is replaced by “Field”
• Analytics configuration is now possible in Season Planner
• Data capture is now linked with the Season Planner Estimation Method.
• Inspection manager : Based on an electrical infrastructure network, it allows to select part of this network to be inspected in order to be analysed by Alteia AI algorithm

General Improvement

• P4M camera support
• Scouting map analytics is now more flexible. it is now possible to launch several time the analytics and to describe all the supported generic indices and their requirements in terms of bands.
• Stockpile report is now printable and easier to read
• Pix4d updated to the version 4.5.6
• Processing Micasense Dual datasets is now faster
• Internationalisation : The platform has a Japanese Beta version

Fixed issues

• In the Stockpiles Materials, when there was more than 100 materials. The module couldn't display the list from time to time. The limitation is removed and the display issue is fixed
• Tiles display latency is now greatly improved
• DXF export from the platform doesn't make Autocad 2019 to fail anymore
• Error in elevation profile for DSM conversion in feet is now corrected
• Contour line computation on a DTM file bigger than 4Go is now possible
• Scouting map computation on a reflectance map bigger than 4Go is now possible

September 2020

Features

• Local coordinates is now supported on the platform
• Rasters can be exported in the local coordinates
• Vectors with local coordinates can also be uploaded
• Internationalization : Alteia is now translated in french and can be translated in another language
• Users can now use a native app to use the Quality Check function offline

Improvements

• Data Capture task are available in offline mode
• Sales admin account can now update the salesforce and sage ID of a company
• When a polygon is exported in dxf, before the polygon was filled and now, only the stroke is kept

Fixed issues

• Slow performance on loading raster tiles
• Season Planner Long Site name are now trunked to have a better display
• UI freezing when a photogrammetry analytics was completed
• The upload doesn’t fail anymore even if Google Analytics has not been loaded properly
• Wrong unit scale for elevation profile has been corrected

August 2020

Features

• Data quality check : module that enable to check the quality of a dataset during an upload
• Point cloud simplification analytics: enable to reduce the number of points in a Point cloud file
• Season Planner : it's a feature that enable an agricultural company to plan and manage their trial field on different site. They will also be able to define estimation methods to perfectly estimate the variable they need to better reach their goals.

Improvement 

• During the material import with a CSV file, the user is now notified when a material name already exist

Fixed issues

• Dataset deletion doesn’t imply layers deletion resulting in broken map display
• Wrong message in the material CSV import tooltip
• GCP parsing issue while uploading a GCP with a number as name
• Sometime picture annotations are not visualizable in gallery
• On Photogrammetry analytic panel, Tag GCP step is not available directly even if GCP already in memory
• Point Cloud Tiles stop loading and are shifted sometimes

July 2020

Features

• M&A Site Settings : Dedicated Mine and Aggregate setting panel to use fully the capabilities given by the analysis ran on Alteia.
• M&A styling : High walls and haul road width styles are customizable depending on the user's truc sizing

Improvement

• M&A styling : Crossfalls direction, Haul roads width, Quarry faces height added 
• Array of dataset are now supported on the CLI
• Credentials creation/deletion/search are now supported on the CLI and the SDK
• Input selection with the custom analytics is now more specific

Fixed issues

• Fixed bad GCP quality check for a survey in us-feet with a Pix4D photogrammetry
• Suffix is taken into account on the plant-height analytics
• The deliverables of Microplot vectorization analytics now have the CRS of the inputed raster
• The deliverables of Plant counting analytics now have the CRS of the inputed raster
• Unstable image upload
• Unstable Info-panel opening

June 2020

Features

• Stockpile Self-Service : Stockpile module can now be generated manually through the layer panel
• Data capture : Team and pilots can now be created, data capture task can now be edited and forecasted
• New A&F analytics :
  • Microplot vectorization
  • Microplot boundaries adjustment
  • Row vectorization for trial field
  • Plant and gap counting for trial field
  • Row vectorization for production field
  • Plant and gap counting for production field
  • Bare soil model estimation
  • Plant height for trial field
  • Plant height for production field
• DTM self-service analytics

Improvements

• Site and photogrammetry CRS become editable
• Updated Command Line Interface to support pre- and post-processing for external analytics (format conversion, crop and split operations, data projection)
• Added support for DTM raster files as an input for Mines & Aggregates analytics
• Improved Change Map analytic robustness while computing high resolution raster
• Added download of vector attributes in csv or geojson format through information panel
• Added links to support for ticketing and knowledge base browsing

Fixed Issues

• Fixed handling of raster display for the cases with very small GSD

May 2020

New Features

• Added Data Capture module
• Enabled White Label domains
• Added hillshading as a new option for Digital Surface Models (DSM) layer visualization
• Added a 2D Measure tool in order to do instant calculations of distance, perimeters, surfaces, free hand-drawn, on 2D layers, without the necessisty to create an annotation.
• Added a Map rotation tool

Improvements

• Improved CRS affectation process on uploaded files, now saves the CRS on platform if one CRS is carried by the uploaded file
• Improved support of raster upload, now for raster with geographic coordinates
• Added the ability to launch agriculture scouting maps from an uploaded orthomosaic
• For SDK users, added the possibility to design styles and associate them to layers, independently from layers categories
• Improved layer panel closure process
• Improved handling features for external analytics
• Revamped 2D Annotations Drawing tools for better ergonomy

Fixed Issues

• Fixed 3D split view issue for sites with point cloud and images
• Fixed an issue causing inconsistency between the photos shown in gallery and the selected survey, when swapping between surveys
• Fixed an issue when switching from gallery to layer view
• Fixed an issue with slopeshading feature that caused it to be too dark
• Fixed an issue with notifications when their number exceeds 1,000 that could cause the interface to be blocked
• Fixed an issue regarding images upload completion even if some components upload failed
• Fixed an issue regarding the Pix4d process status which was not updated on failure due to missing images.

April 2020

New Features

• Activated the credit tracking for companies managers
• Micasense Dual Camera System sensor is now supported
• A new version of Analytics service was released the enables developers to handle and integrate their own external analytics to the platform, using a command line interface.
• Added confimation pop-up prior to delete all picture annotations
• An Automatic Digital Terrain Model (DTM) analytic was released, for user to generate interpolated DTMs removing unwanted ground objects from scene
• A Custom Scouting Map analytic was released for Agriculture & Forestry
• A Custom Composition Map analytic was released for Agriculture & Forestry
• Hyperspectral data (ENVI format) is now supported

Improvements

• Optimized resources sizing and tile server for Pix4D and Agisoft Metashape photogrammetry projects, in order to minimize risk of failed photogrammetry processing on large projects
• Security Improvement : added a warning when a user tries to access to a project via an URL while he doesn't have the access
• Added message in Analytics launched tab to indicate when no analytic is currently being run
• UTC dates can now be selected in credit monitoring interface
• The presentation of available analytics within a Site was revamped with a new analytics catalogue and a separate status tab. Analytics are now organized in a tree structure, grouped by theme or industry 
• Dealers now have the possibility to delete companies they manage as administrator
• Groomed residuals of the project notion to the benefit of site notion

Fixed Issues

• Fixed an issue regarding password expiration
• Fixed an issue that prevented dealers to delete their managed companies
• Fixed an issue that prevented to view shapefiles without .prj. file
• Fixed an issue about shifts on maps generated by Agisoft Metashape photogrammetry engine
• Fixed an issue in Material Management: removing an assigned material from the site inventory did not properly reset the material to unassigned
• Fixed an issue with image dataset uploads with GCP tagging in which site area was taken as selection area

March 2020

New Features

• Released a Material Management module to manage bulk materials of stockpiles in Mines & Aggregates applications, with features for importing, assigning, editing, exporting, removing materials, viewing stocks in graph visualizations, managing inventories
• An Automatic Point Cloud Classification analytic was released

Improvements

• Metashape photogrammetry engine selection now takes into account image geoid input
• Mesh resolution parameter is now set to "low" on the recommended photogrammetry preset.
• Improved Light Reflectance clipping between 0 and 1.2
• For multispectral data, some GCPs are now skipped during photogrammetry processing when intentionnaly not tagged in some of the bands (ex : GCPs that do not have a multiple of 5 images tagged in a 5bands dataset)
• Added feature to rename a survey
• Updated upload workflow for dxf or shp (without prj) vector upload, to have the CRS horizontal field to remain empty as not provided in the file
• .jp2 raster files upload is now supported

Fixed Issues

• Fixed an issue with GCP Tagging when some RGB images have same date and time
• Fix an issue regarding SDK access from Alteia URL for a non-admin user
• Fixed an issue with digits and units display in Cut & Fill properties of a Change Map
• Fixed an issue that prevented to select self service in photogrammetry parameters

Kubernetes migration & White-labelling

Improvements

• Migrated to Kubernetes for Alteia to facilitate portability, on-premises deployment and elasticity of resources
• Deployed technology to facilitate white-label versioning of Alteia

February 2020

Improvements

• DJI P4 Multispectral camera is now supported
• Added a button to remove all annotations at once
• Improved consistency between Agisoft Metashape and Pix4D integration
• Improved Point Cloud and Mesh alignt se R2020.8 delivered on Feb-28-2020d ESRI ArcGIS Online conFixed an issue that caused opacity slider on a point cloud in .las on 3D view not to render the right colorsnection button status (token expiration)
• Warning message displayed during upload of a raster in WGS84 by Upload a File

Fixed Issues

• Fixed an issue that caused gallery full-screen mode navigation between photos to be broken
• Fixed an issue that caused opacity slider on a point cloud in .las on 3D view not to render the right colors

January 2020

Fixed Issues

• Fixed issue with results accuracy for Agisoft Metashape outputs
• Fixed issue in rasters visualization for weeding mask and light reflectances display
• Cleant analytic list for obsolete components

December 2019

New Features

• Credit Use Monitoring : a new interface is now available to track all credit-related events
• Datasets and layers now have distinct life cycles and a revamped management
• It is now possible to create groups in Layer Panel for example containing data of same semantic
• Hierarchize the information on the map
• Survey deletion is now available

Improvements

• Layer Panel fully redesigned to a more ergonomic design
• Simplified Layer search
• Upgraded map engine rendering
• Improved layers and dataset interaction
• Improved Compare tools behavior while entering the mode with displayed annotations
• Adjusted roles between User and Manager
• Annotations Export in 2D now take into account the project CRS

Fixed Issues

• Fixed an issue with tiles rendering that caused incomplete views of vector layers

October 2019

Improvements

• Agriculture & Forestry Analytics : Fcover, Flowering characterization, Emergence characterization, Stay green, Weed management, can now be ordered from the platform interface
• Agriculture & Forestry : workflow improvement for better light reflectance map management, enabled ordering of a light reflectance map using custom mode
• Improved map display performance
• Mines & Aggregates Haul Roads analytic input are now published to the user
• Icons now available
• Raster tiles and point cloud tiles updated to be compatible with other platforms

Fixed Issues

• Fixed a bug that could cause ghost layer to appear after layer deletion
• Fixed issues with overwritten CRS during image upload
• Fixed a bug on project creation Alteia to cloud.Alteia for companies without existing projects
• Fixed an issue with Mines & Aggregates Safety & High Walls analytics grades option
• Fixed an issue causing some slowness of layer display in Fixed an issue causing some slowness of layer display in datasets containing large amounts of annotationsdatasets containing large amounts of annotations

September 2019

New Features

• Added the possibility to attach files to a single annotation, such as a picture for example, in 2D, 3D and Gallery modes
• Added two new Volume Calculation methods : Constant Thickness & Differential
• Seamless integration with Delair UX11 UAV : now possible to upload raw dataset from the UX11 drone to Alteia platform without using
• Delair After Flight app. For dlc datasets with a csv metadata file

Improvements

• Improved annotations styling with new features for line thickness, plus dashed and dotted line styles
• First stage of a general improvement of user interface panels for easier navigation between modules
• New user interface skin
• Volume calculation methods, in annotation panel, benefit now from schemes to explain each method, plus a summary of the method
• Improved the layers filtering to match with specific analytics such as agriculture row vectorization

Fixed Issues

• Fixed issues with deployment of standard demo projects into customer accounts
• Fixed an issue with Pix4D mission area processing
• Fixed an ingestion issue for kml files containing a collection of geometries such as polylines
• Fixed consistency for meter unit syntax displayed in photogrammetry quality reports
• Fixed a dataset creation issue to handle cases with null sensor lens f-number information

August 2019

Improvements

• Optimized loading when entering a project in order to reduce large projects loading time
• Added australian geoids
• For SDK users, made the sensor properties on an image optional

Fixed Issues

• Fixed an issue with project geoid management when using Agisoft Metashape photogrammetry engine option
• Fixed an issue with DJI images accuracy
• Fixed delivery of CSV file for Plant and Gaps analytics
• Fixed spelling of Agriculture photogrammetry deliverable Reflectance map
• Fixed arrangement of Agriculture photogrammetry deliverables in Download section.

July 2019

New Features

• Integrated Agisoft Metashape as a new photogrammetry engine option along with Pix4D
• Added the default photogrammetry engine preset as a Company (all Projects) or single Project preset
• Added Photogrammetry Reports for both Agisoft Metashape & Pix4D services. Available in the Download section. Provides quality information about image positions, camera calibrations, GCP and Check Points accuracy
• New Public API to connect to external services providers. Simplifies the way to connect Alteia to other platforms
• Added Push of Alteia processed maps to the ESRI ArcGIS cloud
• Added Push of Alteia weed zoning to John Deere MyJohnDeere
• Enabled Demo Projects to be available for first-users, during account creation by Delair Customer Success Team. Project creation now visible live by user, and keeps the preliminary defined company settings
• Added Vector Styling enabling to apply symbologies regarding vector layer attributes and to display them on maps. Styles available now for Agriculture & Forestry on scouting statistics, gaps, counts, rows, and weed zones

Improvements

• Supports more UAV data types : now possible to upload metadata from an attached standalone file when images do not contain georeferencing
• Added the possibility to overwrite the information contained in images metadata using an attached file
• New File Uploader with more information and guidelines provided to the user. Category definition provided as a new option to define usage and help classify and use data in right places
• Improved Contour Lines computation algorithm providing a faster, lighter, and smoother Contour Lines delivery
• User can not download annotated images with colors assigned, instead of two separate image/annotations downloads
• Quick overview of annotations on single images is now possible from the Gallery mode
• GCPs can now be used either as a classical Ground Control Point to georeference the model or as a Check Point to assess the absolute accuracy of the model.
• Archive generation for projects that are linked to cloud.Alteia (Cardinal) is now back in Download section, for large data to be split in several archive files
• .las point cloud files now supported in 1.4 standard (previously 1.2)
• Compare Mode is now available for the Thermal Maps
• Improved Thermal Map temperature unit display
• Elevation Profiles & Volume Computations can now be done according to the selection of a specific dataset containing the applicable Elevation/DSM data

Fixed Issues

• Fixed a projection issue with Agisoft Metashape for EPSG:27562 that generated deliverables with an offset
• Fixed Photogrammetry Accuracy Report for Agisoft Metashape, in which the GCP CRS section was displayed even if the photogrammetry wasn't processed with GCP
• Fixed display for operator role for analytics & products that shall have been hidden according to operator rules
• Fixed issues on Analytics panel where clicking on one of the deliveries didn't work correctly from R2.1, opening an empty info pane
• Analytics cards displayed in Analytics panel were sometimes duplicated
• Compare Mode was not always available for Contributor user role
• Fixed issues with tiff files upload
• Fixed issues with shapefile files upload
• Fixed issues with GCP tagging interface for multispectral cameras
• Fixed an unstable Notifications behaviour
• Fixed an issue with multiple zip and csv upload
• Fixed 3D view of images angles
• Fixed display for raster tiles that could sometimes be missing at certain zoom levels
• Fixed the retry function for failed upload cancelling attempts (clean deletion)
• Fixed warnings at image upload that could be in some cases be misleading to user

June 2019

New Features

• Added Slope shading visualization on DSM
• Added combo Box selection to visualize reflectance map histogram
• Geolocalise project created by a vector file
• Supports single-layer DXF file import
• Handled project creation with unknown CRS on Cardinal
• Publish 3D model from Alteia to Cardinal
• Added Analytics ordered follow-up
• SDK Documentation improved with new services
• Improved files visibility and management on Download
• Added a custom suffix name to photogrammetry results

Fixed Issues

• Agri Image preview (jpeg format) did not have original name
• Tracking Analytics ordered in Analytics menu could be confusing
• Project and Survey name were missing on deliveries notifications
• Added possibility to zoom on project extend
• 2D annotations appeared in 3D view
• Latest updated projects displayed on top of results
• Photogrammetry was displayed available before the end of upload
• Survey sorting by date
• Set back possibility to download an annotation
• Orthomosaic and DSM not appearing on the map
• When entering in a project, during loading time, situation could be confused
• User could not “Cancel” upload of images
• Rasters contained artefacts at several zoom levels
• Deleted missions were displayed on a project
• GCP uploaded by a service operator on his task were now taken into account
• Disabled GCP tagging for Airinov multiSPEC 4C Camera
• GCP uploaded from photogrammetry order and tagging by a service operator were not recognized on photogrammetry process

May 2019

Improvements

• Changed maps default display
• Several Front-end adjustments
• File upload follow-up and tracking
• Upload image dataset and launch a photogrammetry
• Publication on "Cardinal" workflow
• Compare mode updated to support several photogrammetries on a survey
• Visualize results on map and panel’s evolution : viewable layers
• Download section
• Agriculture analytics name updated to match with product list
• Implemented a downtime popup to warn users of planned maintenance notably during new product release
• Implemented a warning panel to inform users about an incoming downtime
• Replaced icons for update warnings at user connection and in tooltips

Fixed Issues

• Fixed GCP tagging issue for Agriculture projects that were created prior to Release R2
• Fixed an inconsistency issue between GCP coordinates and CRS for GCP uploading
• Fixed issue with unavailable CRS for projects created from a vector then followed by a survey upload and GCP tagging
• Fixed issue with failing Pix4D process for photogrammetry luanched on existing projects prior to R2
• Fixed issue with orthomosaic displayed on layer panel but not displayed on map
• Fixed issue with "Contact Support" button that was inoperative during display of the static page for maintenance downtime

March 2019

Improvements

• For a Company linked with cloud.Alteia, in the processing options, renamed the button “Mines & Quarries” by "Standard"

Fixed Issues

• Buttons from the map toolbar were not completely visible on small screens
• Layers management : Left icons homepage and toogle button were not visible
• In large projects containing many objects, all products stayed in loading status as frozen
• Archive delivered on a "Cardinal" Company stayed in "Ready" status. Flight archive was never available for Manager & User (always in
• “Processing” status) but in "Ready" status for an administrator

Release R1 delivered on Feb-19-2019

• Initial version of Alteia