Visualyse Coordinate Maintenance History

Add a search bar to the Application Title bar. This allows users to search the menu options.
Add a notification icon to the Application Title Bar. This displays a badge with the number of notifications. Clicking displays the Notifications View. At present this is used to display general application information (new software updates, DK2 driver updates etc).
Implemented Windows 11 Snap Layout. When the program is running on Windows 11 and the maximize/restore caption button is hovered, the layout popup menu will appear near this button.
Update installed DK2 DLL.

Release 3.0.9 (January/2022)

The following changes have been made to the software:

Improve scaling of UI components for Windows 10/11 scale factors of 125%, 175%, 225%.

Release 3.0.8 (November/2021)

The following changes have been made to the software:

Fix issue with X Axis scaling on Path Profile View.
Fix minor memory leak in Assignment Tree.

Release 3.0.7 (November/2021)

The following changes have been made to the software:

Fix issue with Report Dialog.
Get DeltaN / N0 used by P.452 from ITU data files.
Fix possible issue with GetHeightSpacing in Terrain DLLs.
Fix Interference Analysis issue.

Release 3.0.6 (August/2021)

The following changes have been made to the software:

Display DK2 driver version on About dialog.

It is recommended all users install the latest DK2 device drivers (V8.19.7) from https://www.transfinite.com/content/dongledriverinstall

Release 3.0.5 (August/2021)

The following changes have been made to the software:

Update installed DK2 DLL.

Release 3.0.4 (April/2021)

The following changes have been made to the software:

Install newer DK2 driver DLL.

Release 3.0.3 (January/2021)

The following changes have been made to the software:

Fix issue when checking for software updates via the “About Visualyse Coordinate” dialog.

Release 3.0.2 (January/2021)

The following changes have been made to the software:

Minor performance improvements.

Release 3.0.1 (December/2020)

The following features have been added to the software:

Improve cursors on high DPI screens.

Release 3.0.0 (December/2020)

The following features have been added to the software:

New User Interface to improve display on high DPI screens.
Align Radiation Patterns to the APL implementation.

Release 2.8.6 (January/2020)

The following features have been added to the software:

Add ability to use ASTER V3 terrain data.
Fix possible error conditions when using ASTER V1, ASTER V2 terrain data.

Release 2.8.5 (May/2019)

The following features have been added to the software:

Change location of AppS4 documents to prevent issues in some environments.
Minor performance improvements.

Release 2.8.4 (January/2019)

The following feature has been added to the software:

Minor performance improvements.

Release 2.8.3 (August/2018)

The following feature has been added to the software:

Minor improvements.

Release 2.8.2 (June/2018)

Windows Vista

As per our announcement in 2017 Visualyse Coordinate no longer runs on Windows Vista. Further details can be found here: https://www.transfinite.com/content/VisualyseCoordinateVista

The following feature has been added to the software:

General performance improvements.

Release 2.8.1 (March/2018)

The following feature has been added to the software:

It is now possible to export the contours to Google Earth (kmz) format by selecting the “Export to Google Earth” option on the “Tools” menu.

The following defects have now been rectified:

Improve graph axis labelling.

Release 2.8.0 (February/2018)

Faults and Defects

The following defects have now been rectified:

General performance improvements
Use latest application icon
Fix issue with display of grid data in Horizon Elevation dialog
Navigation dialog can fail to display in some scenarios
Add tooltips to the button on the Horizon Elevation/Antenna Patterns dialogs
Ensure Gain Table and Equation patterns load correctly on application startup

Release 2.7.0 (January/2016)

Faults and Defects

The following defects have now been rectified:

Minor performance improvements.

Release 2.6.0 (July/2015)

SRTM V3 Terrain Data

Visualyse Coordinate now supports version 3 of the SRTM terrain data. The download links can be found here:

http://downloads.transfinite.com/websitedownloads/SRTM_V3_TerrainDataInVisualyseCoordinate.pdf

SRTM V2.1 Terrain Data

Visualyse Coordinate now supports version 2.1 of the SRTM terrain data. The download links can be found here:

http://downloads.transfinite.com/websitedownloads/SRTM_V2_1_TerrainDataInVisualyseCoordinate.pdf

Windows XP

As per our announcement in June 2014 Visualyse Coordinate no longer runs on Windows XP. Further details can be found here:

http://www.transfinite.com/content/VisualyseCoordinateXP

Faults and Defects

The following defects have now been rectified:

Toolbars can fail to display or display in the wrong position.
Revise “Check for Update” functionality.

Release 2.5.0 (August/2014)

Faults and Defects

The following defects have now been rectified:

Improve runtime performance.
Revise “Check for Update” functionality.
Show more information on “About Visualyse Coordinate” for timed licences.
Ensure Visualyse Coordinate functions correctly on high DPI screens

Release 2.4.0 (June/2014)

Faults and Defects

The following defects have now been rectified:

Visualyse Coordinate can display an error dialog when loading/saving for some locale settings.

Release 2.3.0 (November/2013)

Performance

Visualyse Coordinate performance has been further improved.

ITU-R S.465-6

Visualyse Coordinate now includes an implementation of this recommendation.

Faults and Defects

The following defects have now been rectified:

Improve compatibility with Windows 7 and Windows 8.

Release 2.2.0 (May/2013)

Performance

Visualyse Coordinate performance has been improved for some scenarios.

Faults and Defects

The following defects have now been rectified:

The map can draw incorrectly in some scenarios.
Right-Clicking a Site Analysis can cause the application to crash.
When defining a Site Analysis ensure the bounding rectangle is always drawn correctly.

Release 2.1.0 (March/2013)

Microsoft Windows 8

Visualyse Coordinate now includes improved Microsoft Windows 8 compatibility.

Increase maximum memory usage

Visualyse Coordinate can now access more memory when running on 64 bit operating systems.

Faults and Defects

The following defects have now been rectified:

Visualyse Coordinate can report errors from the ITU IDWM software in some scenarios.

Release 2.0.0 (March/2012)

WRC-12

Visualyse Coordinate now supports the changes made at WRC-12.

Windows 7

Visualyse Coordinate is now fully compatible with Microsoft Windows 7.

Terrain Databases

Visualyse Coordinate is now supports a greater range of terrain databases including:

USGS GLOBE DEM, USGS GTOPO 30, USGS SRTM Level 1, USGS SRTM Level 3, Transfinite processed SRTM, SRTM .HGT format, ASTER GDEM (30m), ASTER2 GDEM (30m), Ordnance Survey public domain Landform Panorama 50m, National Elevation Dataset (NED) GeoTIFF 1, 1/3, 1/9 arc second.

ITU-R P.452-14

Visualyse Coordinate supports ITU-R P.452-14.

Interface to the SRS DVD

Visualyse Coordinate is now has an interface to the SRS DVD so the user can access GSO, non-GSO data.

Notification of updates

Visualyse Coordinate will now check for updates each time you start the software so you can be sure you are always running the latest version.

AMS Date

Visualyse Coordinate now displays the security dongle’s AMS date on the “About VisualyseCoordinate” dialog.

Faults and Defects

The following defects have now been rectified:

Improve compatibility with existing Transfinite software.
Visualyse Coordinate can incorrectly report IDWM installation issues on startup.

Release 1.5.2 (August/2009)

Faults and Defects

The following defects have now been rectified:

Ensure compatibility with Visualyse GSO radiation patterns.
Visualyse Coordinate can crash on application exit.

Release 1.5.1 (August/2008)

Faults and Defects

The following defects have now been rectified:

Ensure compatibility with Visualyse GSO radiation patterns.
Use newer common controls for grids/graphs etc.

Release 1.5.0 (May/2005)

Faults and Defects

The following defects have now been rectified:

Earth station name is not being saved in the assessment file.
There are some small memory leaks in the application which over time could affect performance on 9x systems.
Importing assignments from the database can be slow
Margins in the link budgets are not calculated correctly.
The units for the bandwidth field in the frequency plan editing dialog should be selectable for easier reading.
Reference bandwidth is not used in interference calculations.
Auxiliary contours are not displayed correctly according to Appendix 7,
I/N thresholds are not remembered between sessions.

Visualyse Coordinate User Guide