From Boris.Semenov at jpl.nasa.gov  Mon Jan  3 13:19:17 2022
From: Boris.Semenov at jpl.nasa.gov (Boris Semenov)
Date: Mon, 3 Jan 2022 13:19:17 -0800
Subject: [Spice_announce] New Version N0067 Toolkits
Message-ID: <bc488dd0-216b-406e-597e-7c7f301d56c6@jpl.nasa.gov>

NAIF is pleased to announce availability of the suite of version N0067 
Toolkits available in Fortran 77, C, IDL and MATLAB.

The primary new additions and updates to the toolkit are:

     * new high level APIs: tangent point, target separation,
       azimuth and elevation coordinate conversions

     * support for two new frames types: "switch" and "product" frames

     * time system extensions: support for Z in input ISO style
       UTC times, support for GPS time in UNITIM

     * large numbers of new C, IDL, and MATLAB wrapper APIs

     * substantial API header documentation improvements: addition of
       complete executable examples in most high-level API headers;
       extension of IDL and MATLAB API headers to be complete

All new and revised capabilities are documented in the Whats's New 
document provided in each toolkit package and on the NAIF server: 
https://naif.jpl.nasa.gov/pub/naif/toolkit_docs/C/info/whatsnew.html

You can find the new Toolkit packages in the usual locations on the NAIF 
server, starting from here:  https://naif.jpl.nasa.gov/naif/toolkit.html

These toolkits are backwards compatible with previous toolkit releases: 
you should be able to relink any SPICE-aware application to the 
appropriate N0067 Toolkit libraries and expect that application to work as
before.

NAIF strongly encourages you to switch to the N0067 Toolkit appropriate 
for your computing environment as soon as convenient. (Pay attention to 
selecting the 32-bit or 64-bit version, as appropriate for your hardware!)

From Boris.Semenov at jpl.nasa.gov  Mon Jan 10 07:18:21 2022
From: Boris.Semenov at jpl.nasa.gov (Boris Semenov)
Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2022 07:18:21 -0800
Subject: [Spice_announce] New Version alpha-test JNISpice Toolkits
Message-ID: <09547e6e-7642-5e26-843d-f6add6312586@jpl.nasa.gov>

NAIF is pleased to announce availability of the suite of alpha-test Java 
Native Interface SPICE (JNISpice) Toolkits based on the new generic 
SPICE Toolkit N0067.

The capabilities of these alpha-test JNISpice Tookits, produced in 
parallel with the generic N0067 Toolkit, have been beefed up, bringing 
the supported functionality largely into line with that of CSPICE. The 
alpha-test JNISpice Toolkits have also been in use for quite some time 
and are considered by NAIF to be quite safe to use. Now they are even 
better, but the documentation is not yet up to NAIF standards, so this 
set of Toolkits will retain its ?alpha-test? status for a while longer.

All new and revised capabilities of these Toolkits are documented in the 
"What's New in N0067 JNISpice" document provided on the NAIF server: 
https://naif.jpl.nasa.gov/pub/naif/misc/JNISpice/JNISpice_N0067_whats.new

You can find these new JNISpice packages in the usual location on the 
NAIF server: https://naif.jpl.nasa.gov/pub/naif/misc/JNISpice.