ISIS 10.0.0 RC1 is now available

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How to install or update to 10.0.0 RC1

A guide to installing ISIS can be found in the Astro Software Docs.

If you already have a version of ISIS 4.0.0 or later installed in an anaconda environment, you can update to 10.0.0 RC1 by activating your existing isis conda environment and running conda update isis.

How to get access to 10.0.0 RC1 at the ASC

Internal builds available via Hovenweep.

Once a version of conda is active, run the command: conda activate isis10.0.0_RC1 to use this newest version of ISIS.

Changes for 10.0.0 RC1

[10.0.0_RC1] - 2026-02-26

Added

• Added OFFBODY and OFFBODYTRIM parameters to noproj and cam2cam. Added tests and updated documentation. (#3602)
• Added ale version to history blob. (#5207)
• Adds PROJ into ISIS, and exposes the capability with a new class called IProj. (#5317)
• Added SpiceQL integration to replace cspice calls. (#5545)
• Added initial eisstitch app (#5591)
• Added CSM State output capability for jigsaw. (#5609)
• Added ShowDeprecated option to show or hide warnings in IsisPreferences. (#5611)
• Added support for reading, writing, and viewing GeoTIFFs in ISIS. (#5618)
• Added serial number translation for ideal camera (#5662)
• Added adjusted XYZ point coordinate sigmas to the points.csv jigsaw output file. Modified ctest FunctionalTestJigsawApollo to validate this output. (#5710)
• Added GDAL SRS propagation for systems outside of ISIS to display projected GTiffs. (#5736)
• Added use Bullet Anaconda feedstock library, which includes double precision support, and fix ISIS use of general Bullet configurations. (#5772)
• Added support for Chandrayaan-2 TMC and OHRC cameras. (#5828)
• Added PAD or SHRINK options to crop for crops that extend beyond the source image (#5843)
• Added the ability to disable individual options for parameters in ISIS GUIs (#5849)
• Added MATCHBANDBIN option to himos and hicolormos. (#5859, #5860)
• Modularized ISIS PVL library. (#5717)
• Added Linux Arm support.
• Added Mac Arm build support and adjusted the tests appropriately.
• Added std:: namespace for isinf, fixes build errors for some versions of c++
• Added configuration for towncrier changelog utility. (#5953)
• Added qt6-multimedia to ARM env file. ([added qt6-multimedia to arm env file #5968])(added qt6-multimedia to arm env file #5968)

Changed

• Changed StripPolygonSeeder and GridPolygonSeeder to seed individual polygons within each images multipolygon footprint (#5193)
• Update OSIRIS-REx OCams instrument (Map, Poly, & SamCam) support to current state in UofA code base (#5426)
• Enhanced csminit by removing the need to specify model and plugin (#5585)
• Changed file format to propagate from the input image format to the output image format (#5737)
• Removed Arm dependency on xalan-c, as it does not build for now on conda-forge. This requires turning off doc building on Arm. Also changed some variables to avoid name clashes on Arm with clang 16. (#5802)
• Changed PVL class to read data from GDAL metadata directly (#5824)
• Pinned SpiceQL to 1.2.0 (#5852)
• Changed ControlMeasure object comparison to no longer factor in creation date for equality (#5862)
• Updated cmake configs to accommodate new cspice release (#5886)
• Improved the Conda Bullet CMAKE configuration in FindBulletFloat64.cmake. Adds the Bullet::Bullet_double target to ALLLIBS. (#5899)
• Changed 'jigsaw' attribute type to account for Linux compiler changes (#5904)
• In Application.cpp, converted initialization environmental variable shell commands and file read to c commands. (#5906)
• Updated GDAL to 3.12 and QT to 6.X (#5909)
• Update 'UseWebSpice' keyword in preferences to 'UseSpiceQL'.
• Updated isisimport docs, and included it mission categories that need it. Linked to other docs on missions. (#5875)

Fixed

• Fixed StripPolygonSeeder and GridPolygonSeeder memory leaks (#5193)
• Fixed the isisStartup scripts for users outside of USGS systems. (#5478)
• Fixed embree shapemodel intersection calculation (#5592)
• Fixed kaguyatc2isis invalid BandBin values (#5629)
• Fixed Cube::fromIsd to add "LineScanTimes" table from HRSC isds (#5668)
• Fixed jigsaw to default OUTADJUSTMENTH5 option to false and allow this feature to run on read-only images (#5700)
• Fixed jigsaw save/apply bug by adding back missing metadata to Instrument Position/Pointing tables (#5701)
• Fixed findFeaturesSegment.py errors from issues #5725 and (#5702)
• Fixed QView bug that would not allow manual editing of min/max values via the text fields and defaulted to the current min/max type dropdown selection (#5719)
• Fixed Juno Data Area SPKs causing Spiceinit to fail (#5724)
• Fixed segfault in SpiceClient when an authentication error was encountered. (#5735)
• Fixed getLocalNormal not reseting the sample and line (#5752)
• Fixed offset and scale not being applied to gdal 32 bit floating point pixels (#5753)
• Fixed csminit docs with more details on the ISD and STATE pameters (#5790)
• Fixed ISIS Q Applications crashing when opening more than one cube at once. (#5805)
• Fixed pointreg helper function to display deffile to application log (#5806)
• Fixed bundle serialization on MacOS for IPCE (#5808)
• Fixed BundleObservationSolveSettings to properly read empty solve setting xmls (#5822)
• Fixed order of observer and target in spiceql call in ctxcal. (#5823)
• Fixed campt reporting when ALLOWERROR is set to true (#5845)
• Fixed SpiceQL 1.2.0 API changes (#5846)
• Fixed CSM State String blob not being propagated between input and output cubes (#5847)
• Fixed unnecessary un/distortion checks for pixels near the origin. (#5861)
• Fixed Chandrayaan-2 TMC2 serial numbers by setting InstrumentId to CH2_TMC_FORE/NADIR/AFT based on the filename sensor (#5871)
• Fixed noseam to use correct temporary files when running (#5878)
• Fixed all Q apps not consistently prioritized projction over camera in various tools (#5896)
• Fixed footprintinit to find mapping group (no caps). (#5920)
• Fixed SpiceClient to handle redirect requests.
• Fixes the table generation from plot windows in ISIS qapps not capturing all pixels (#5962)

Removed

• QT 6 removed MySQL support so MySQL is no longer supported in isisminer (#5909)

Notes

There are some important considerations to keep in mind when using this release candidate:

• Do not use this version for production work. A stable isis 10.0.0 release will be uploaded after a month.
• The ISIS online documentation will not be updated until the stable release is announced.

Latest Operating System Support for this Release:

• Ubuntu 24.04
• macOS 13

(Other Linux/macOS variants and versions may be able to run this release, but are not officially supported.)

If you find a problem with this release, please create an issue on our GitHub issues page