Dartcom is pleased to announce major new upgrades to all of its software. The updates are available on our Downloads page and are free if your Dartcom system is within its 2 year initial support period, or you have an active support agreement.

Highlights of the new software are as follows:

• New, more accurate map overlays created from the GSHHG data set, including separate overlays for lake shores and islands within lakes.
• Map overlays created by the new software versions are smoother and display faster than before.
• Map overlays and feature points can now be imported from ESRI Shapefiles.
• The interval between automatic document updates and automatic processing runs is now adjustable, reducing wait times for new data and increasing automatic processing throughput.
• Image times can now be shown in UTC, local time when ingested or current local time.
• The position of the frame date and time overlay on animations can now be adjusted.

The Dartcom XRIT Ingester and iDAP/MacroPro software now fully supports LRIT and HRIT services from the new GEO-KOMPSAT-2A (GK-2A) satellite. This was recently deployed by the Korea Meteorological Administration to replace COMS-1.

Existing COMS-1 LRIT/HRIT users will need to download software updates, and some users will also need receiver firmware updates depending on which receiver was supplied.

We will be pleased to supply quotations to users of other systems that do not currently support GK-2A, and who need to receive the new GK-2A LRIT/HRIT services to maintain continuity of service.

Please contact us for more details.

Dartcom is pleased to announce major new upgrades to all of its software. The updates are available on our Downloads page and are free if your Dartcom system is within its 2 year initial support period, or you have an active support agreement.

Highlights of the new software are as follows:

iDAP/MacroPro

• Unlimited image size, faster load times and more efficient memory usage thanks to a new purpose-built image format developed specially by Dartcom.
• Manual and automatic import of X-Band EOS GeoTIFF images produced by the NASA IPOPP software, with quick and easy archive browsing.
• Full diagnostics facilities in MacroPro, including logging, alarms and storage monitoring.
• Images and reprojections can now automatically re-centre on the current station position – ideal for moving vessels.
• Significant performance improvements for Blue Marble and DEM masking, plus and a new Screen blending mode for easy cloud extraction.
• Upgraded formula palettes with up to 256 colours, logarithmic scale support and import/export facilities.
• Support for multiple displays with tools to make arranging windows to fill displays easy.
• Time-synchronised playback of multiple animations.
• Creation of vector line features such as storm tracks with CSV and Google Earth KML/KMZ import.
• Range rings around feature points and the station position to give a radar-style indication of distance.

XRIT Ingester

• New GEO-KOMPSAT-2A (GK-2A) LRIT and HRIT ingesters to support the new services that have replaced COMS LRIT and HRIT.
• Support for GOES ABI level 2+ products available on the GOES HRIT service.
• Support for NWC and GOES ABI level 1b netCDF data available on EUMETCast SAF.

Polar Orbiter Ingester

• Projected outputs can now automatically re-centre on the current station position – ideal for moving vessels.
• Support for the FY-3D and JPSS-2 X-Band satellites.
• Support for the Metop-C L-Band satellite.

Full details of all the software features will shortly be available in the Products section of the website.

Dartcom has now completed software upgrades and optimisations to support Windows 10. This includes a new purpose-built animation system developed by Dartcom specifically for weather satellite imagery, and which replaces the end-of-life QuickTime for Windows.

The software upgrade is free for Dartcom customers who are within their 2 year initial support period, or who have an active support agreement. Other customers can request a quotation.

Further significant software enhancements are planned over the coming months. To receive those free of charge Dartcom suggests that customers set up a support agreement if they do not already have one.

Please contact us for more details or to enquire about setting up a support agreement.

Software Upgrades