dwcaress/MB-System: 5.8.0

Version 5.8.0 is now the current release of MB-System.

The source code distribution can be downloaded from the MB-System Github repository at: https://github.com/dwcaress/MB-System/archive/refs/tags/5.8.0.tar.gz

In addition to many bug fixes, the changes of 5.8.0 relative to the prior major release (5.7.8) include:

New build system: MB-System is now built and installed using the CMake package, rather than GNU Autotools. The old build system is still present and can be used to install MB-System on old operating systems (e.g. Ubuntu 18.04), but all support for building on recent, current and future operating systems will be for use of CMake. See the Download and Install (https://www.mbari.org/technology/mb-system/installation/) instructions page for details.

Global ties to reference grids in MBnavadjust: MBnavadjust is a toolset used adjust navigation of submerged platform (e.g. AUV or ROV) surveys so that features match where swaths overlap and cross. The primary information comes from measuring the navigation offsets required to match features using cross correlation of the bathymetry data. MBnavadjust now also allows the survey navigation to be tied to reference bathymetry models, typically from GPS-navigated hull mounted surveys, so that the navigation can be tied to the world frame of reference.

Realtime Terrain Relative Navigation: MB-System now includes a Terrain Relative Navigation (TRN) codebase developed at Stanford and MBARI that uses realtime topography information to where a platform is located on a pre-existing topography map. The MB-System tool mbtrnpp implements TRN in the case of an AUV or ROV equipped with a multibeam sonar.

Photomosaicing tools available: Tools for generating photomosaics from sets of still seafloor photographs are now built as part of MB-System by default. Documentation and examples are being developed but are not available at the time of this release.