Mars24

What is new in this release:

• Added planned NASA's Perseverance (aka, Mars 2020) landing site and mission clock.
• Added planned ESA/Roscosmos's ExoMars 2022 landing site. (Note: Mission previously listed as ExoMars 2020.)
• Library: Updated Apache pdfbox to v. 2.0.18.
• Library: Updated pdfbox-graphics to v. 0.23.
• Library: Updated slf4j to v. 1.7.30.
• Library: Updated GISSmap to v. 2.5.0.
• Bugfix: Logger exception if saving display image as PDF.
• Bugfix: Seeming app hang if saving display image as PS.
• Code de-linting and minor optimizations.
• (macOS) Notarized in order to pass new Gatekeeper security test.

What is new in version 7.1.3:

• User's guide lander notes re-organized and information added about EDM Schiaparelli crash.
• Bugfix: Color topography map mentioned in credits page was not included in package as a sunclock map choice.
• Refactored window watcher and prefs saver timer tasks.
• Abbreviate clock description if too wide to fit in clock view.
• Bugfix: Drag re-order of clock elements did not work for some clock types.
• Added use of SLF4J logging libraries.
• Library: (macOS) Updated Java launcher to recent version of Infinite Kind appbundler.

What is new in version 7.1.1:

• Added rough site coordinates for ESA ExoMars 2016 (aka EDM or Schiaparelli) and ESA/Roscosmos ExoMars 2018 landers.
• Updated user's guide to indicate Mars InSight would not be launched in 2016.
• Landers and features may be marked on sunclock using optional colors via a right-click or option-click on landmark in the table.
• Added reset button to landmark table to restore default visibility and color settings.
• Added four projections to sunclock mapping choices.
• Library: Updated GISSmap to v. 1.8.2.
• (OS X) Replaced Quaqua filechooser for saving images with native file dialog called via JNI/libgiss.

What is new in version 7.0.1a:

- Updated MSL landing coordinates from target lon-lat to touchdown lon-lat. The difference between landing site LMST and the mission clock remains a few seconds, but in the opposite direction.
- Bugfix: Difference in decimal character caused localization problems in reading and saving preference values and in handling some input text field contents.
- Bugfix: Trapping of illegal input of latitude values missed some possible cases.
- Bugfix: (Mac only) Correct version number shown in finder Get Info window.

What is new in version 7.0:

- Added MSL Curiosity mission timekeeping.
- Complete re-design of time display window to allow for multiple clock readouts.
- Significant re-factoring of program code to keep pace with changes to GISS Java code libraries.