MSS 5.0.0

This release brings many improvements to the WMS Server along with new features for the UI.
On demand a WMS server can show what kind of view graphics are provided.
Optionally the source for creating the graphics can be published over the web service too.
By this any existing server shows examples how to create graphics. Have a look at
our documentation on https://mss.readthedocs.io/en/stable/gallery/index.html for this feature.

The linear styles got improved to work also on .ml files

We refactored some of our oldest code in thermolib and moved to the famous metpy module.
A new docking widget for topview was introduced for integrating airbase data by openaip.net and ourairports.com

Newer versions than 5.0.0 can now use the built-in update feature on command line or by the UI.

All changes:
https://github.com/Open-MSS/MSS/milestone/59?closed=1

msui

• make hexagon flight direction configurable, #1099
• make satellite predictor link clickable, #1098
• Open wms control by default in views, #1077
• integrate recent Airbase data, e.g. from openaip, #1069
• Multilayering does not select newest init time, #1046
• metpy migration, #1004
• Plot x-axis, y-axis, title, and color bar label sizes should be configurable, #573
• metpy, #378

mswms

• Elevations not present for some layers, #1060
• more details on the MSS Frontpage, #1045
• Make linear styles work on non .ml files, #1027
• Simplify creation of plotting classes by better preparing necessary data, #1011
• WMS server provides incorrect figure in the case of dataset update, #886
• Add a gallery for available layers, #521

mscolab

• more details on the MSS Frontpage, #1045

documentation

• remove outdated parameter "crs_to_mpl_basemap_table" from json-example, #1110
• restructure and update docs, #1105
• review docs environment for rtfd, #1084
• replace in our documentation docker_based_installation.rst the Url to the repository, #1073
• Update docs mss version etc automatically, #1057
• organize / reorganize Topics of the Development part, #1052

What's Changed

• Use more recent, fixed owslib by @joernu76 in #1002
• Add an MSS updater by @Marilyth in #984
• Simplify plotting classes by preparing necessary information in base classes by @joernu76 in #1012
• Solved issue #573 (Configuration of label sizes for x,y axes and plot title) by @risehr in #994
• Allow specification of file for linear defaultstyle by @Marilyth in #1028
• Increase coverage by @Marilyth in #1020
• Migrate existing thermodynamic functions to metpy functions by @Jatin2020-24 in #1009
• Stable to develop by @Marilyth in #1034
• Minor bug fixes. by @joernu76 in #1054
• issue #719 solved by @ArchishmanSengupta in #729
• Select newest init-time and carry over multilayering by @Marilyth in #1047
• Fix some issues with elevation caching and model level dimensions. by @joernu76 in #1061
• Added missing filename key. by @joernu76 in #1062
• Plot Gallery by @Marilyth in #1042
• Simplification of flightlevel 2 pressure and back computations by @joernu76 in #1055
• Rerun failed tests up to 5 times before complete fail by @Marilyth in #1070
• Update development.txt by @himanshu007-creator in #1063
• Dynamically insert mss version and search result by @Marilyth in #1071
• Add additional check for changed files on disk. by @joernu76 in #979
• Linear merge stable into development by @ReimarBauer in #1072
• URL replaced in docker_based_installation.rst by @Jatin2020-24 in #1078
• Return default settings on pytest by @Marilyth in #1091
• Open WMS on view start by @Marilyth in #1094
• Close windows and timeout after 60 seconds by @Marilyth in #1097
• Made NASA LARC URL clickable. by @joernu76 in #1100
• Added option to fly hexagons anti-clockwise. by @joernu76 in #1101
• FlightLevel <-> Pressure MetPy conversion by @Marilyth in #1075
• Use mamba for all commands if possible by @Marilyth in #1106
• removed "default" channel by @ReimarBauer in #1109
• Include airports and airspaces in topview by @Marilyth in #1089
• restructured / updated documentation by @ReimarBauer in #1107
• Removed outdated parameters from sample json. by @joernu76 in #1111
• added some campaign logos where MSS was used, fixes #1045 by @ReimarBauer in #1112
• Merged stable into develop by @ReimarBauer in #1114
• authors file updated by @ReimarBauer in #1113
• prepare v5.0.0 by @ReimarBauer in #1115
• Merged develop to stable, V5.0.0 by @ReimarBauer in #1116

New Contributors

• @ArchishmanSengupta made their first contribution in #729
• @himanshu007-creator made their first contribution in #1063

Full Changelog: 4.0.4...5.0.0