New

• Canadian geoid models. CGG2013, CGG2013a and HTv2.0 are available as vertical datums in Output Projection.

Improvements

• Faster uploads to ROCK Cloud. Files upload in parallel, and small files go up in a single step.
• Trajectory Editor remembers your gates. Distance from Sensor and Angle Gate settings stay when you close and reopen the editor.

New

• Choose the output projection. Process Final Outputs has a new Output Projection section. Your point cloud, orthomosaic, DEM and photo positions are written in the coordinate system, units and vertical datum you choose, and uploading to ROCK Cloud creates the project in that projection.
• Uploads keep your files' projection. When you upload LAS/LAZ files you opened directly, such as State Plane data, the ROCK Cloud project is created in the files' coordinate system.

Fixes

Fixes

• File dialogs remember your last folder.
• Signing out is cleaner. It no longer opens several browser tabs, and you stay signed out after restarting the app.
• Fixed drag and drop: dropping LAS/LAZ files or folders onto the window opens them again.
• Point clouds converted from LAS files without GPS time (common in third-party and photogrammetry exports) now display instead of appearing empty.
• Fixed a "resource busy or locked" error when reprocessing a dataset after the app was closed during processing.

New

Improvements & Fixes

Improvements & Fixes

Faster point cloud processing. Point cloud processing is up to 7 times faster.

Improved automatic camera extrinsic calibration. Automatic camera calibration is more reliable across all sensors, and now works on ROCK Ultra captures that previously failed.

Improvements & fixes

• Updated point-cloud viewer.
• Trajectory-processing engine updates and groundwork for upcoming processing improvements.
• Improved automatic camera extrinsic calibration.

• Fix X4 photosphere orientation bug

New

• Clearer "Find ROCK Base" failures. When ROCK Desktop can't locate your project from the rover GPS, it now shows a dialog explaining why — most often degraded rover GNSS data (interference, multipath, or a bad capture), or a temporary issue downloading satellite ephemeris — and what to do next, instead of silently opening the map at full zoom.

• More reliable GNSS trajectory processing
• Removed support for the deprecated dongle
• Fixed a crash during point-cloud colorization when all photos in a dataset
  fell outside the trajectory's strip windows.

• Add additional checks for base station GNSS quality.
• Updates to Bayesmap Strip Align

• Allow old dongles to process again
• Attempt to fix bad data at the end of IMR files

• Add "Find Rock Base" feature
• Improve ppk processor
• Fix Contact Support form

• Add support for upgraded dongle
• Enable dataset upload in Support Request form

• UI improvements
• Increased the robustness of the ephemeris file conversion

• Rock SLAM bug fix

• Add additional information to the processing report
• Ortho calibration fix
• Improvements to the trajectory processor

• Add support for the DJI M400 drone
• Minor bug fixes

• Improvements to Orthomosaic accuracy
• Add handling for Insta360 X4 latest firmware

• Added orthophoto .compatibility.tif with increased compatibility with external software
   
• Orthophoto algorithm improvements to reduce missing pixels
   
• Add a warning if ortho processing may fail due to insufficient system resources
   
• Improvements to auto strip detection
   
• Added ROCK_imagelist.trajectory.csv, which contains only the images selected in the trajectory selection step

• NEW: "Have ROCK Process" your RAW LiDAR data. This is now an option right from ROCK Desktop.
• Improved ortho processing. Both speed and quality were improved. Additional options were created as well.
• Improvements to the Processing Report.

• Improve Rock Ultra calibration
• Improve Rock Ultra processing speed

• Fix for IMU synchronization issue
• Update Strip Alignment Workflow

• Processing enhancements for Rock ULTRA
• Enhance support for Trimble base stations

• Auto strip detection enhancements
• PPK Processing Improvements
• Bug fixes
• Relocate "Beta Colorization" flag from User Options to advanced projection settings
• ROCK Ultra Improvements

• ROCK Ultra Processing added

• SLAM Enhancements
• PPK enhancements

• Enhancements to GPS SLAM
• Enhancements to Aerial processing

• Enhancements to PPK processing
• Minor bug fixes

• Automatically handle backward mounted R2As / R360s.

• Bug fix for non-conforming RINEX files

• New enhanced GNSS + SLAM beta toggle

• Enhancements to PPK processing
• Enhancements to SLAM + GNSS processing

• Enhancements to PPK processing
• Enhancements to SLAM + GNSS processing
• Handheld SLAM bug fix
• Fix for recommended ranges

• Add enhanced base station validation
• Enhance ppk processor

• Minor bug fix for loading laz files

• Minor fixes for trajectory processing.
• Rock Ultra handling

• Minor updates for dongle ppk processing

• Minor update for calibration save.

• Update for R2A and R360 trajectory processing

• Fix issue affecting trajectory processing.

• Fix issue affecting trajectory processing.

• Minor bug fix

• Update processing report for new usb dongle license
• Increase robustness for usb dongle license
• Add Insta360 X4 colorization option

Handling for new usb dongle licenses.

• Minor bug fixes
   
• Performance enhancements

* Performance improvements

* Show processing report in toolbar

* Add new base maps

• View Processing Report within Rock Desktop
• Update base station error messaging

• Upload Processing Report to Rock Cloud when creating a project.
• Add further base station file validation before attmepting to process ppk dataset

• Improved the robustness of the SLAM algorithm when LiDAR features are missing
• Improved the slam trajectory optimization in indoor scenarios
• Added a user warning when static initialization is not performed when collecting SLAM data

• Update to SLAM algorithm.
• Add additional memory failsafes to help keep from running out of memory during SLAM processing.
• Allow for uploading a subset of photos.
• Add serial number to photo exif data.
• Update DateTimeOriginal in photo exif data from gps time from trajectory during processing.

Features:

• Allow for processing R3 data. (non-pro)
• Update photosphere handling to provide previous and next arrows
• Allow for customizing data stored in point source id field in LiDAR file.

Bug Fixes:

• Misc bug fixes

Features:

Allow for insta360 camera calibration when collecting mobile data.

Feature:

Enhance Outlier Removal for aerial data capture.

Features:

Outlier Removal (Beta)

Moving Object Removal (Beta)

Bug Fixes

• Minor bug fix with GCP aligned SLAM data

Bug Fixes

• Minor bug fix with extracting insta360 images.

Bug Fixes

• Fix merging las / laz file handling.
• Update camera calibration handling.

Bug Fixes

• Fixes issue with uploads
• Fixes issue with R2A/R360 trajectory selection
• Fixes potential issue with camera calibration screen

Bug Fixes

• Fix issue with certain R2A and R360 data unpacking

Bug Fixes

• Fix issue with "Base Station Location" not being used in Trajectory Processing

Features

• Upload photos to the cloud
• Show photos in LiDAR View and Trajectory
• Measurement tools now available in Trajectory View

Bug Fixes

• Fix issue with "Refresh license" not refreshing under certain conditions
• Minor performance enhancements

Bug Fixes

• Fixes minor issue with R3Pro processing corrupt packets

Bug Fixes

• Fixes issue with bad trajectories causing hard error on processing.
• Fixes minor issue with R360 processing

Enhancements

• Camera Calibration Enhancements
  When calibrating a camera, the calibration point cloud will regenerate with the new calibration applied and the intensity points will persist. This allows quick verification of the calibration and allows for adjustments to the calibration to happen before deriving the final point cloud.

Bug Fixes

• Fixes issue where canceling a process doesn't show the proper message
• Adds additional logging for processing.

Enhancements

• Update R3Pro optimization algorithms to allow for better distinctions for curbs.

Bug Fixes

• Fixes issue with ROCK R2A data not storing the point source id properly.
  To use the fix: open previously processed acquisition directory, select your trajectory and project your data as normal.

Features

• ROCK SLAM is now accessible without a ROCK Desktop processing license. 

Hotfix

• Resolves issue where project uploads were getting stuck at 100% during an upload

Features:

• New Help Menu
  Contact Support right from ROCK Desktop's "Help" menu. This will automatically send pertinent information to our support team for quick triaging.
• Processing Report Chart Descriptions
  We added new descriptions to provide more details and how to use the charts in the processing report.
• Power Mode Preserved

Bug Fixes

• Fixes issue with R360 projecting incorrectly.

Bug Fixes

• Resolves issue where validation progress bar would spin indefinitely
• Resolves issue where corrupt data would block processing. Processing will now continue until corrupt part, allowing for partial recoverable data.

Features

• Clear All Trajectory Strips
  When selecting trajectory strips for processing, you can now clear all selections.
• Keyboard Arrows Move Trajectory Sliders
  Have you needed to fine tune your trajectory selection? Now, you can click on the circle and use the left/right arrow to fine tune the selection.
• Control Points Uploaded to Cloud

Bug Fixes:

• Fixes issue with saving calibration notification not showing
• Resolves ever present "Update available" when on latest
• Fixes Error when trying to Calibrate Lidar
• Fixes issue caused by extra lines in SLAM Alignment CSV

Features:

• Map View
  After processing a GNSS project, you will now see a map view option with the trajectory and the photos from the flight.
• Align SLAM data to Control Points
  You can now align and move your SLAM data to aerial flights. When selecting the trajectory, there is a new tool for Alignment. Follow the steps to produce a point cloud that can tightly align to your aerial data. 
• Dark Mode

Bug Fixes:

- Resolves issue with editing orientation

Features

• Improved dynamic memory usage for colorizing

Bug Fixes

• Solves intermittent issue with R360 projection
• Solves intermittent issue with GNSS ppk processing

Bug Fixes:

• Resolves minor issue where factory config would not be set properly.

Features

• Faster Colorization

Bug Fixes

• Various minor enhancements

Bug Fixes

• Various minor enhancements

Bug Fixes

• Resolves issue when viewing very large/dense datasets
• Fixes issue with cloud syncing of sensor profiles for new sensors

Features

• Add ability to set and store the capture mode for different sensor profiles
• Sensor profiles are now stored in the cloud to use across computers
• Rock Desktop will now prompt to restart when updated

Tweaks & Fixes

• Various colorization enhancements
• Miscellaneous enhancements to processing of trajectory
• R2A/R360 no longer require camera calibration and will use previously stored camera calibrations on initial setup
• Security updates to underlying libraries

Features:

• (Beta) Enhanced Colorization 
  Go to File -> Preferences and enable enhanced colorization to see the best colorization possible

Bug Fixes:

• Friendly error is now shown when incorrect base station file is selected
• Updates default camera calibration settings
• Fix minor processing issues

Major Features:

1. Reload Processed Projects
   Easily reload processed projects for further adjustments.
2. Reset Projects to Default State
   Instantly revert projects to their original settings, as captured.
3. Range Selection Tool Recommendations
   The Range Selection tool now suggests optimal ranges for enhanced convenience.
4. Beta: Enhanced Colorization with Photo Normalization

Bug Fixes

• Fixes issue with camera calibration
• Fix issue with firmware prompt when not out of date

Bug Fixes

• Fix issue with inability to select calibration
• Additional Logging Added
• Misc Fixes

Features

• New "Beta Features" section
• Enhanced Colorization is now a beta feature!!!
• Select the "Single Color" to display
• Trajectory Selection between strips
• Restore Default Ranges (only works with new trajectories)
• Adds "GNSS Quality" and "Doppler Residuals" to processing report
• Various logging improvements

Bug Fixes

• Trajectory processing fixes
• Fix colorization bug when .cpt file is missing

Bug Fixes

• Fixes issue with unpacking errors
• Fixes issue with colorization of R3Pro dataset

Features

• Enhanced Colorization
• Enabling/Disabling of Colorization
• Change background color when visualizing point cloud
• Progress percentage is now shown (100% awesome)

Bug Fixes

• Resolves issue with orientation in some R360s
• Intensity is now consistent when calibrating camera
• "Sensor Config" renamed to "Profiles"
• Various minor enhancements/fixes

Bug Fixes

• Resolves issue with converting LAS file from L1

Features

• Manually set Base Station position when processing trajectory
• Select Camera Calibration Mode "Intrinsic", "Extrinsic" or "Both"
• Manage Sensor Config for easier past calibration selection and handling
• View Rock Robotic updates in the viewer

Bug Fixes

• Resolves issue with Trajectory re-processing
• Resolves other miscellaneous bugs

Bug Fixes

• Fix issue with processing

Features

• Select multiple images for calibration

Bug Fixes

• Resolves issue with "Processing" menu links
• Fixes issue with residual calibration points
• Fixes issue with convert saying complete post failure

Features:

• Allow .rnx files for base station files

Features

• New Top Level Menu for Processing
• New button location for Calibrating Camera/Lidar 

Bug Fixes

• Minor Fixes for Licensing
• Fixes step count being incorrect

Features

• Display and Upload Trajectory Post Processing
• Auto Check-in / Check-out Processing Licenses (Enterprise Only)
• ROCK Base '.obs' file now supported
• Calibrate with up to 10 images now

Bug Fixes

• Fixes issue with License Activation error when checked out on multiple machines
• Fixes issue where processing could start before fully unpacked
• Various Performance Improvement

Features

• Calibrate Lidar Tool
• Firmware Version Displays with Acquisition Data
• Adds prompt to when closing processing
• Step progress is now shown intra-processing

Bug Fixes

• Fixes image issue with unpacking data
• Fixes issue with "Show Logs" not displaying
• Fixes issue with errant processes

R3 Pro, R360, R2A Processing Support

• Create high-quality point clouds from R3, R360, and R2A RAW data!
• ROCK Solid Camera Calibration
• Auto-strip selection
• License Management

Initial Release of Rock Desktop

• Convert LAS to LAZ
• Easily upload to the ROCK Cloud
• Visualize your data in the field
• More features coming soon!