lbusett/MODIStsp: MODIStsp 1.3.3

1.3.3 Release Notes

v1.3.3 was released on 10/08/2017

• Improved speed in computation of spectral indexes, quality indicators and in computation of scaled variables by usind raster::calc() and raster::overlay (commits 0f5d76d, 0f5d76d, e462721)

• Added functionality for unit testing using testthat and codecov integration. (commit 0c00fc6 and others)

• Added "testing mode" to allow users to test proper functioning. Now, runnning MODIStsp(test = X) (with X in (0,6)) runs the processing using default processing parameters (commit 0c00fc6 and others)

• Suppression of verbose messages and (useless) warning messages while parsing the NASA servers and downloading data using "ftp" ( 3775d60);

• Fxed a bug preventing the "last" choice (or that present in the json file) from correctly showing in the GUI upon launch/restore of a saved json file (commit 633c2dd)

• Fixed a bug affecting MODIS layers coded as Unsigned Integer - 32 bit (Thanks to Rob Critchlow for signaling this). The bug was due to improper handling of UInt32 data in gdalbuildvrt, causing sometimes an incorrect translation from HDF to output formats (#72).

  M*D09A1 - 500m Reflectance Band Quality (V005 and V006); M*DO9CMG - Coarse Resolution QA (V005 and V006); M*D09CMG - Coarse Resolution Number Mapping (V006); M*D09GA - 500m Reflectance Band Quality (V005 and V006); M*DOCGA - Band quality for MODIS bands 8-15 (V006); M*D11C3 - Days with clear-sky conditions and validated LSTs; Nights with clear-sky conditions and validated LSTs (V005 and V006); MCD43A2 - BRDF_Albedo_Band_Quality (V005 and V006).

• Fixed a bug affecting creation of time series files (RData and virtual rasters) on all MCD products (#77)

• Fixed a bug a error on creation of "burn_date" layers for MCD45A1 product (#77)

• Fixed bugs on specifying spatial extent files on non-interactive execution (#75)