CALCEPH

Old release

• Version 3.5.4 Source .tar.gz (December 2023)

  calcephoct-3.5.4.tar.gz Octave package

  • Fix the documentation about the unsupported segment 19.
  • Fix the window size if requested time is near a boundary for SPICE kernel files containing segments of type 18, compliant with the SPICE specifications.
  • Fix incorrect results for SPICE kernel files containing segments of type 20.
  • Support the segment 14 in the SPICE kernel file.

• Version 3.5.3 Source .tar.gz (September 2023)

  calcephoct-3.5.3.tar.gz Octave package

  • Fix compilation error with Cython 3.0 or later.
  • Fix compilation error with Python 3.10 or later on some linux distributions.
  • Fix the tests suite with octave, due to a change of the syntax parsing by octave.

• Version 3.5.2 Source .tar.gz (March 2023)

  calcephoct-3.5.2.tar.gz Octave package

  • Fix a possible buffer overflow in the python interface of getfileversion.
  • Fix the undefined external symbol rint with visual C compiler 10.0.
  • Fix the redefinition of vasprintf with the environnment MinGW.

• Version 3.5.1 Source .tar.gz (February 2022)

  calcephoct-3.5.1.tar.gz Octave package

  • Support the incremental assignment in the text SPICE kernel file (files .tpc).
  • Support the relative frames in the frame SPICE kernel file (files .tf).
  • Fix the returned values of calceph_getconstantvs with large SPICE kernels.
  • Fix random crash or double-free error when meta-kernel SPICE kernel files are closed (files .mk).
  • Raise an error inside the function calceph_compute if center != 0 for the target (14,15,16,17), to conform to the documentation.
  • Fix the object name Megaclite (519) from NAIFID_MAGACLITE to NAIFID_MEGACLITE.

• Version 3.5.0 Source .tar.gz (August 2021)

  calcephoct-3.5.0.tar.gz Octave package

  • Add the function calceph_getmaxsupportedorder, calceph_getpositionrecordindex2 and calceph_getorientrecordindex2.
  • Update config.sub and config.guess to support new processors.
  • Fix an incorrect result of calceph_(s)getconstant and calceph_getconstantvd with SPICE text kernel if the current locale has a decimal separator different than the decimal point (e.g. comma).
  • Fix compilation warnings with gcc 11 about pointers and arrays.
  • Fix compilation errors with the android SDK API level < 24.
  • Fix the installation with python 3.10 or later (PEP 632).
  • Reduce the stack size of the arrays for the evaluation with C99 compilers.
  • Change the array size of the function calceph_getfileversion from the value CALCEPH_MAX_CONSTANTNAME to CALCEPH_MAX_CONSTANTVALUE, to conform to the documentation and examples. Only C and Fortran 2003 are affected by this change : previous header file contains an invalid declaration of the function. Few programs may be affected by this change, as the required array has a smaller size : No buffer overflow may appear.

• Version 3.4.7 Source .tar.gz (November 2020)

  calcephoct-3.4.7.tar.gz Octave package

  • Fix a decode error of the little-endian SPICE kernel files on the big-endian architectures (e.g. processor s390x).
  • Fix the transmission of the flags FCFLAGS to the fortran compilers.

• Version 3.4.6 Source .tar.gz (August 2020)

  calcephoct-3.4.6.tar.gz Octave package

  • Fix a wrong error message about unsupported order for the segment 21.
  • Fix incorrect results for SPICE kernel files containing segments of type 21 with many records (>=100) and improve the accuracy if segments of type 21 contain few records (<100).

• Version 3.4.5 Source .tar.gz (June 2020)

  calcephoct-3.4.5.tar.gz Octave package

  • Fix a random crash of calceph_open_array if one of the file is invalid.
  • f90calceph_seterrorhandler now ignores the parameter userfunc, instead of the requirement to set userfunc to the integer 0, if the parameter type is 1 or 2. userfunc can be an empty function. It fixes compilation errors with gcc 10.1.

• Version 3.4.4 Source .tar.gz (April 2020)

  calcephoct-3.4.4.tar.gz Octave package

  • fix a regression introduced in 3.4.3 (remove a recursion with SPICE kernel files)

• Version 3.4.3 Source .tar.gz (April 2020)

  calcephoct-3.4.3.tar.gz Octave package

  • Remove a recursion to read the segments of the SPICE kernel files. It reduces the usage of the stack
  • Fix the installation of the python package under Anaconda

• Version 3.4.2 Source .tar.gz (January 2020)

  calcephoct-3.4.2.tar.gz Octave package

  • Add a missing makefile for windows system using the Visual C++ compiler
  • Support SPICE kernels larger than 4GBytes

• Version 3.4.1 Source .tar.gz (November 2019)

  calcephoct-3.4.1.tar.gz Octave package

  • Improve the execution time of calceph_open and calceph_open_array if the spice kernels contains a large number of bodies
  • Update config.sub and config.guess to support arm processors

• Version 3.4.0 Source .tar.gz (August 2019)

  calcephoct-3.4.0.tar.gz Octave package

  • Add the function calceph_isthreadsafe
  • Multiple threads can now access the same ephemeris descriptor if the function calceph_isthreadsafe returns 1. Fortran and C examples (f2003parallel.f, cparallel.c), written using OpenMP, are available in the folder examples
  • Fix an error if multiple SPICE kernels are loaded for the same objects over different time-span
  • Fix the MinGW Makefiles if the variable MAKE contains spaces
  • Support the segment 5 and 18 in the SPICE kernel file
  • Support the euler angles for the orientation stored in a text PCK files (BODY..._POLE_RA, BODY..._POLE_DE, BODY..._POLE_PM, BODY..._NUT_PREC_...)
  • Support the frame 17 (ECLIPJ2000) in the SPICE kernel file
  • Add the utilities calceph_queryposition and calceph_queryorientation

• Version 3.3.1 Source .tar.gz (February 2019)

  calcephoct-3.3.1.tar.gz Octave package

  • Fix the installation with python 3.7.0 or later
  • Fix the installation with python and pip on Windows operating system
  • Add the missing file pythonapi/src/Makefile.mingw for the environment MinGW

• Version 3.3.0 Source .tar.gz (January 2019)

  calcephoct-3.3.0.tar.gz Octave package

  • Add the functions calceph_sgetfileversion and calceph_getfileversion
  • Fix a regression to open some old JPL DE format files
  • Fix a compiler warning in the file util.c
  • Support the segments 8, 9, 17 and 21 in the SPICE kernel file
  • Check the validity of the number of constants in the original INPOP/DE files
  • For the Python interface, the functions compute??? and orient??? supports a list or numpy’s array for the time parameters

• Version 3.2.0 Source .tar.gz (October 2018)

  calcephoct-3.2.0.tar.gz Octave package

  • Fix the creation of the dynamic library with msys/mingw on Windows
  • Fix the returned values of the functions f90calceph_getconstantvd and f90calceph_getconstantvs
  • Fix a compilation warning with the GNU C compilers 8.0 or later
  • Support the original JPL files with TT‑TDB or with a large number of constants
  • Support the Nutation Angles of the JPL files
  • Add the NAIF identification numbers for DIA, KERBEROS, STYX and SIDING SPRING
  • Add the option installnodoc to the command make

• Version 3.1.0 Source .tar.gz (May 2018)

  calcephoct-3.1.0.tar.gz Octave package

  • Fix a compilation problem with MinGW if the terminal cmd.exe is used
  • Fix a wrong function name open_array instead of open in the documentation of the Python interface
  • Fix the return value of the functions calceph_orient_xxx when the unit CALCEPH_UNIT_RAD is not provided
  • Add the Mex interface compliant with Octave 4.0+ and Matlab 2017+
  • Add the functions calceph_getconstantsd, calceph_getconstantvd, calceph_getconstantss and calceph_getconstantvs
  • Add the functions calceph_sgettimescale and calceph_sgettimespan
  • The return value of the function calceph_(s)getconstant(index) is the number of values associated to the constant
  • Display a better message for the unsupported old spice kernel (NAIF/DAF)

• Version 3.0.0 (February 2018)

  • Update the license CeCILL v2.0 to CeCILL v2.1
  • Fix a decode error for SPICE kernels with a Big-endian format
  • Add the functions calceph_gettimescale and calceph_gettimespan
  • Add the functions calceph_getpositionrecordcount and calceph_getpositionrecordindex
  • Add the functions calceph_getorientrecordcount and calceph_getorientrecordindex
  • Add the functions calceph_sgettimescale and calceph_sgettimespan
  • Support INPOP file format 3.0 (add angular momentum due to the rotation in the binary file)
  • Use sphinx-doc to produce the documentation

• Version 2.3.2 (January 2017)

  • Fix the return value of the function calceph_getconstant if the constant name “AU” or “EMRAT” is not available
  • Fix the documentation for the fortran interface of the function calceph_prefetch
  • Fix the return value of the function calceph_orient_unit if the frame SPICE kernel file is missing

• Version 2.3.1 (November 2016)

  • Fix the compilation warnings with the Pelles compiler
  • Fix the compilation warnings with the C89 standard
  • Fix the compilation warnings with the GNU C compilers
  • Fix the documentation for the constant CALCEPH_VERSION_STRING

• Version 2.3.0 (September 2016)

  • Add the Python interface compliant with python 2.6+ and python 3
  • Add the preprocessor macro CALCEPH_VERSION_STRING
  • Add the function calceph_getversion_str
  • Add the function calceph_compute_order and calceph_orient_order
  • Fix the return value of the functions calceph_compute_xxx when the reference frame is not available in the spice kernel files. The function should produce an error and return 0 (before the function performed no computation but it returned 1)

• Version 2.2.4 (August 2015)

  • Update the version number of the dynamic library

• Version 2.2.3 (June 2015)

  • Support the compilation in the standard C89
  • Add the predefined constants of the calceph version in the fortran interface
  • Fix the build chain if calceph is compiled from another folder

• Version 2.2.1 (September 2014)

  • Remove the debug informations that are printed when errors occur in calceph_?compute_???
  • Support the Portland compilers
  • Fix the info documentation
  • Report an error if no asteroid is available in an ephemeris file with the INPOP file format (instead of a crash)

• Version 2.2.0 (March 2014)

  • Support the new segments 20, 102, 103 and 120 in the SPICE kernel file
  • Support the Coordinate Time Ephemerides in the SPICE kernel file
  • Support the NAIF identification numbers
  • Add the function calceph_orient_unit and calceph_prefetch

• Version 2.1.0 (June 2013)

  • Fix a bug in calceph_getconstant and calceph_sgetconstant when an invalid name is provided
  • Remove the nul character in the name of the constant returned by the function (f90)calceph_(s)getconstantindex when the Fortran interface is used

• Version 2.0.0 (February 2012)

  • Fix memory leaks in calceph_open when errors occur
  • Support INPOP file format 2.0 (supports TCB ephemeris file and add asteroids in the binary file)
  • Add the function calceph_open_array and calceph_compute_unit
  • Add the tools calceph_inspector to show details about ephemeris file
  • Support SPICE kernel file (SPK with segment 2 or 3, text and binary PCK, meta kernel, basic frame kernel)
  • Improv the performances
  • Correct the Fortran 2003 interface for calceph_sgetconstantindex
  • Add the constant 17 to get TCG‑TCB from TCB ephemeris file

• Version 1.2.0 (May 2011)

  • Change the licensing: triple licenses to support integration in BSD software
  • Remove the explicit dependencies on the record size for DExxx

• Version 1.1.2 (May 2011)

  • Fix a warning with oracle studio compiler 12
  • Fix a bug with gcc on solaris in 64 bit mode
  • Fix the copyright statements

• Version 1.1.0 (November 2010)

  • Add the function calceph_seterrorhandler for the custom error handlers

• Version 1.0.3 (May 2010)

  • Support the JPL ephemeris file DE423

• Version 1.0.2 (January 2010)

  • Fix memory leaks in the fortran-90 interface

• Version 1.0.1 (October 2009)

  • Support the large binary ephemeris files (> 2GB) on 32 bit operating systems
  • Fix the documentation of the function f90calceph_sopen
  • Fix an invalid open mode on Windows operating systems
  • Report accurately the I/O error

• Version 1.0.0 (May 2009)