[OSGeo-Announce] Orfeo ToolBox 5.8 is released!

[Jorge Sanz]

We are very happy to announce the new release of *Orfeo ToolBox 5.8*
codename* Sphenomorphinae *with a lot of new exciting features!

Some of the new additions:

   - Monteverdi sources have been moved inside OTB repository and
   Monteverdi is now included as an OTB module.
   - Connect applications in memory is now available, which allows to write
   a Python script chaining multiple applications and connect them in memory,
   no more disk I/Os!
   - Random Forest based on the machine learning library Shark
   <http://image.diku.dk/shark/> is now available in all OTB machine
   learning tools
   - More sampling strategies
   <https://www.orfeo-toolbox.org/CookBook/recipes/pbclassif.html#samples-selection>
   have been added to the classification framework released in previous
   versions.
   - OTB documentation for non developers *aka* the "Cookbook" has been
   migrate in RST <https://www.orfeo-toolbox.org/CookBook/> (nicer, better,
   faster...)

The complete list of Request for Changes added in release 5.8 (including
new features in Monteverdi):

   - Request for Changes-35: FineRegistration, performances increased
   <https://wiki.orfeo-toolbox.org/index.php/Request_for_Changes-35:_FineRegistration,_performances_increased>
   - Request for Changes-51: Move Monteverdi into OTB
   <https://wiki.orfeo-toolbox.org/index.php/Request_for_Changes-51:_Move_Monteverdi_into_OTB>
   - Request for Changes-52: Faster BandMathX
   <https://wiki.orfeo-toolbox.org/index.php/Request_for_Changes-52:_Faster_BandMathX>
   - Request for changes-53: Connect applications in memory
   <https://wiki.orfeo-toolbox.org/index.php/Request_for_changes-53:_Connect_applications_in_memory>
   - Request for Changes-54: Get OTB ready for gdal derived subdatasets
   <https://wiki.orfeo-toolbox.org/index.php/Request_for_Changes-54:_Get_OTB_ready_for_gdal_derived_subdatasets>
   - Request for Changes-55: Monteverdi: Mouse-wheel zoom without CTRL
   <https://wiki.orfeo-toolbox.org/index.php/Request_for_Changes-55:_Monteverdi:_Mouse-wheel_zoom_without_CTRL>
   - Request for Changes-56: Spot7 metadata support
   <https://wiki.orfeo-toolbox.org/index.php/Request_for_Changes-56:_Spot7_metadata_support>
   - Request for Changes-57: Migrate Cookbook to RST
   <https://wiki.orfeo-toolbox.org/index.php/Request_for_Changes-57:_Migrate_Cookbook_to_RST>
   - Request for Changes-58: Sampling on multiple images
   <https://wiki.orfeo-toolbox.org/index.php/Request_for_Changes-58:_Sampling_on_multiple_images>
   - Request for Changes-59: Build support for msvc 2015 with OTB xdk
   <https://wiki.orfeo-toolbox.org/index.php/Request_for_Changes-59:_Build_support_for_msvc_2015_with_OTB_xdk>
   - Request for Changes-60: Shorter Release Process
   <https://wiki.orfeo-toolbox.org/index.php/Request_for_Changes-60:_Shorter_Release_Process>
   - Request for Changes-61: Use codespell to fix common misspellings in
   source code
   <https://wiki.orfeo-toolbox.org/index.php/Request_for_Changes-61:_Use_codespell_to_fix_common_misspellings_in_source_code>
   - Request for Changes-62: Enhance text comparison in dashboard
   <https://wiki.orfeo-toolbox.org/index.php/Request_for_Changes-62:_Enhance_text_comparison_in_dashboard>
   - Request for Changes-63: Refactor threading mechanism in sampling
   filters
   <https://wiki.orfeo-toolbox.org/index.php/Request_for_Changes-63:_Refactor_threading_mechanism_in_sampling_filters>
   - Request for Changes-64: Missing RAM for persistent filters in
   application
   <https://wiki.orfeo-toolbox.org/index.php/Request_for_Changes-64:_Missing_RAM_for_persistent_filters_in_application>
   - Request for Changes-65: Add Shark Random forests implementation
   <https://wiki.orfeo-toolbox.org/index.php/Request_for_Changes-65:_Add_Shark_Random_forests_implementation>
   - Request for Changes-67: ClassificationMapRegularization option for
   isolated pixels only
   <https://wiki.orfeo-toolbox.org/index.php/Request_for_Changes-67:_ClassificationMapRegularization_option_for_isolated_pixels_only>
   - Request for Changes-68: New sampling strategies in classification
   framework
   <https://wiki.orfeo-toolbox.org/index.php/Request_for_Changes-68:_New_sampling_strategies_in_classification_framework>
   - Lot of bugfixes
   <https://git.orfeo-toolbox.org/otb.git/blob/refs/heads/release-5.8:/RELEASE_NOTES.txt#l24>

Source and binary packages can be downloaded from Orfeo ToolBox website
<https://www.orfeo-toolbox.org/download/>. Standalone binary packages for
Linux, Mac OS X and Windows are now available for download
<https://www.orfeo-toolbox.org/download/>.

OTB 5.8 will also be available soon depending of your package management
system (please revisit the download page if your platform is not available
yet). Support for version 5.8 will also soon be added to QGIS thanks to
improvements made during last FOSS4G
<https://www.orfeo-toolbox.org/otb-in-qgis-a-brief-report-of-foss4g-2016-codesprint/>
with the support of QGIS developers.

We welcome your feedback and request, and encourage you to join the OTB
community and mailing list <http://groups.google.com/group/otb-users>.

If you think you face a bug, please report it on Mantis
<https://bugs.orfeo-toolbox.org>.

Happy remote sensing with OTB!

The OTB Team

-- 
Manuel GRIZONNET
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