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Added CHANGES for version 1.0.2.
Updated configure.ac to include the new version number and created new
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1Duchamp version 1.0.2 (2006/08/22)
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4* The FDR setup routine was occasionally failing with a segmentation
5  fault, due to it accessing unallocated memory. This has been fixed.
6
7* A bug that affected the propagation of blank pixel information to
8  various functions (such as drawMomentMap) was fixed. The moment maps
9  should now be correct in all cases.
10
11* Improved error and warning reporting, so that the formatting and
12  presentation of information is clearer.
13
14* Fixed bugs that affected the way 2D images (rather than 3D cubes)
15  were dealt with. The minChannels test failed when minChannels=0.
16
17
18Duchamp version 1.0.1 (2006/07/28)
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21* A bug in the calculation of blank pixels has been fixed. The correct
22  values from the FITS header were not propagating through correctly,
23  meaning that the default values were being used.
24
25* The zoomed spectrum had its flux scale determined by all points in
26  the zoom box,including those flagged by the MW range. This has been
27  fixed so that any MW channels will not affect the flux scaling,
28  potentially improving the appearance of objects detected close in
29  velocity to strong MW emission or absorption.
30
31* The position resolution in the IAU-format names has been increased,
32  so that distinct objects close to one another are more readily
33  distinguished.  Overlapping sources at different velocities may
34  still have the same name, but this is a more general problem.
35
36
37Duchamp version 1.0 (2006/06/30)
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39
40The first full release version.
41
42Several major changes compared to previous version:
43
44* Incorporated a FitsHeader class, to keep track of header information
45  (including WCS) from the FITS file. All units-related calculations
46  are done with this class, such as conversion to velocity, and
47  pixel-to-WCS conversion.  The main advantage of this is improved
48  speed of execution, more adaptable to different units, and improved
49  code (easier for me!).
50
51* Able to select the dimensionality of the reconstruction, rather than
52  just doing it in 3-D.
53
54* Robust text output, so that the columns are sized correctly given
55  the data being written, and the relevant units (derived from the
56  FITS header) are included in the output table.
57
58* Improved the way the reconstructed image is saved and read back in,
59  with a better naming scheme and a better set of new FITS header
60  keywords. The MW headers are now not written.
61
62Other, more minor changes include:
63
64* MW channels now not set to 0, but just ignored for searching
65  purposes (and for the scaling of the spectral output -- they are
66  plotted though and highlighted with a hashed box).
67
68* The scale bar in the moment map in the spectral output file has its
69  length indicated.
70
71* Improved VOTable output, with more information about the way Duchamp
72  was run.
73
74* Made sure all statistics calculations in the reconstruction are
75  based on robust (ie. median) methods.
76
77Also moved to an autoconf based configure/make compilation, for ease of use.
78
79
80Duchamp version 0.9.2 (2006/06/27)
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83* Added the use of warning flags for detections: for either edge
84  location or negative enclosed flux.
85
86* A new command line option added so that the user can specify a FITS
87  file to be searched with the default parameters, rather than giving
88  a full parameter file.
89
90* The scale bar on the moment cutout now works in general case, using
91  an iterative process to get to the correct length.
92
93* RA axes are now done correctly on the full-scale maps.
94
95* Various coding fixes, improving the readability of the code,
96  particularly regarding the declaration of temporary variables.
97
98* Changed the way the time of execution is called : now using time.h
99  functions, rather than a system call.
100
101* Changed output in Detection/outputDetection.cc for the pixel
102  information of detected objects (the info printed above the spectral
103  plots) -- now print out number of voxels in object, and have
104  improved the formatting a little.
105
106* Improved the functionality of saving the FITS file containing the
107  reconstructed array. Added ability to save and read back in the MW
108  parameters when saving a reconstructed cube (if a reconstructed cube
109  has different MW range to that being considered, it would cause
110  problems). ReadRecon now just returns a FAILURE and will reconstruct
111  the cube anew.
112
113* Changed default value of flagGrowth to 0.
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116
117Duchamp version 0.9 (2006/05/05)
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119
120First public release version.
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