New Features in Datum Workstation in 2025
Datum Workstation Platform
- Continued evolution of Datum Workstation as the successor to TNTgis.
- Updated major third-party libraries and platform dependencies.
Performance Improvements
- Expanded multithreading across image-processing operations.
- Improved focal-filter performance.
- Improved compiler-generated execution performance.
Web Mapping & Online Services
- Added XYZ layer support.
- Added XYZ Tile Service support.
- Added OpenStreetMap integration.
- Added predefined Mapbox and Azure Maps connections.
- Added Azure layer styling support.
- Added customer-hosted tile-service support.
- Improved web-layer management and organization.
Row-Point Generation
- Expanded interactive row-generation workflows.
- Added boundary-guided and height-raster-guided processing.
- Expanded plant-point generation workflows.
Terrain & Surface Analysis
- Expanded Surface to Ground & Height workflows.
- Added RGB mosaic contrast matching.
Data Formats & Interoperability
- Added Cloud Optimized GeoTIFF read/write support.
- Added multispectral MrSID support (>3 bands).
- Added WebP support.
- Added JGD2024 support.
- Improved DIMAP support.
- Improved non-ASCII path handling.
Image Processing
- Added exponential image-pipeline filtering.
- Expanded RJPEG support.
- Improved raster-processing validation.
Scripting & Automation (SML)
- Added IMAGE_PIPELINE_TARGET_GDAL.
- Added FILEPATH.SetSystemPath().
- Added MGD_DEVICE_RASTER_BINARY.
- Added CADWriteRegion().
- Added INIHANDLE.IsOpen().
- Added STRINGLIST.Contains().
- Added RANGE class.
- Added additional statistical and classification pipeline enhancements.
User Interface
- Improved font selection and preview.
- Improved transparency controls.
- Reorganized web-layer management.
- Improved PDF layer controls.
Geospatial Processing
- Added thread-safe Mercator conversion.
- Improved Geometric Extract processing.
- Improved Vector Toolkit clipping.
- Improved Plant_Points to Plant_Polygons workflows.
Licensing & Compliance
- Removed legacy license limitations
- Added required FreeType attribution.