From Boris.Semenov at jpl.nasa.gov Mon Oct 16 17:43:58 2023 From: Boris.Semenov at jpl.nasa.gov (Boris Semenov) Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2023 17:43:58 -0700 Subject: [Spice_announce] New WebGeocalc Version 2.7.1 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: NAIF is pleased to announce the deployment of the new WebGeocalc (WGC) Version 2.7.1 (5280 or 5281 N67 11-OCT-2023) on both NAIF's WGC servers: https://wgc.jpl.nasa.gov:8443/ (GUI only) https://wgc2.jpl.nasa.gov:8443/ (GUI and Web API) This new version extends the Tangent Point calculation, adds support for GPS Time throughout the tool in GUI and Web API, and adds a section to the API reference documentation outlining a path to overcome the Same-Origin Policy when integrating WGC API into a user web-based application. The Tangent Point calculation has been extended to allow the use of the position of a given object as seen from the observer as the ray's direction vector, and to support stellar aberration corrections for the ray's direction defined as a vector in a reference frame. The support for GPS Time in a variety of formats including "Week past GPS zero time, TOW (seconds)" and "Seconds past GPS zero time" has been added to the Input Time widget in all calculations and to the Output Time widget in the Time Conversion calculation. The WGC API reference documentation has been extended to include a section providing advice on how to overcome the Same-Origin Policy enforced by all modern browsers to the users who plan to develop a web-based application integrating WGC API, and offering a specific solution involving setting up a reverse proxy using Nginx running in a Docker container. For more information about WGC, including tutorials and usage examples, please see https://naif.jpl.nasa.gov/naif/webgeocalc.html.