OTB 7.4.0 release candidate n°1

julienosman · August 10, 2021, 2:32pm

We are happy to announce that OTB version 7.4.0 rc1 has been released!

Ready to use binary packages are available on the package page of the website:

It is also possible to checkout the branch with git:

git clone https://gitlab.orfeo-toolbox.org/orfeotoolbox/otb.git OTB -b release-7.4

The documentation for OTB 7.4.0 can be found here.

This minor release brings the following changes:

A fix for the thermal noise removal in Sentinel 1 calibration
A fix in ExtractROI when using the physical coordinates
Rename the noise parameter in SARCalibration
A refactoring of the SAR Sensor Model for TerrasarX
Add Horner method for polynomial evaluation in SAR calibration
Version upgrade for Expat, GeoTIFF and OpenCV in the SuperBuild
Deprecation of some classes and function in preparation for OTB 8.0 without OSSIM
Some other minor bug-fix.

The full changelog can be accessed here. We welcome your feedback and requests on OTB’s GitLab and if you find a bug, please report it !

Cedric · August 30, 2021, 5:04pm

A second release candidate is available, it includes bugfixes !850 and !849. The packages are available on the website:

It is possible to checkout the rc2 git tag with the followoing commands:

git clone https://gitlab.orfeo-toolbox.org/orfeotoolbox/otb.git OTB
cd OTB
git checkout -q --detach 7.4.0-rc2

We are planning on releasing the final 7.4 in a few days.