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What's New in Skipper NDT
2.5.3
April 10, 2026
What's New in Admiral 2.5.3 New Features • "Copy details" action in the remote acquisitions context menu to quickly share information. • Beta/stable update channels with automatic semver comparison to always stay on the right version. • 7-section acquisition checklist with conditional items and progress tracking so you never miss a step before your surveys. • Mobile file upload support with improved filesystem permissions. • Calibration filtering by location and timestamp to quickly find your data. • File extension validation for license uploads to prevent errors. • Altimeter visibility check for Admiral in the drone checklist. • CartoAccess option to control map style in GridData graphs. • Delete and clear partial acquisition buttons. • Inspection management with delete functionality, inspection form with file upload. • Projects feature with dedicated UI and entitlement check. • Acquisition import from external files. • Responsive icons on changelog buttons. Improvements • Calendar now displays today's date by default. • Improved trajectory pruning with segment-based filtering for cleaner data. • SDK integration for project exports. • Updated height data model with ignored sensors support in PointCloud settings. • Faster filtering using improved convolution. • Optimized calibration data processing via dedicated command. • Improved map rendering with Turbo colorscale and proper geographic coordinates. • Fullscreen image previews instead of dialog boxes. Bug Fixes • Synced with latest SDK and protocol versions. • Export button is now disabled during export and re-enabled after cancel or completion. • Fixed double deletion of partial acquisition directories. • Commas in acquisition names are now properly handled during export. • Fixed normalization formula in getTurboColor function. • Project now updates correctly when one of its inspections is deleted. • Cascade delete of project when last inspection is removed. • Improved date handling in inspection form. • Null values replaced with 0 for bounding box dimensions in zoom calculations. • Fixed navigation in project list. • Improved checklist item accessibility. • UI fixes for collapsible sections and acquisition components. • Fixed local acquisition file export. • Fixed exporter plugin on iOS. Skipper SDK Improvements • Pre-flight sensor validation for drone survey systems. • IMU validation and nTesla v2 support. • R² coefficient calculation for magnetic field model fit. • Automatic best sensor selection based on calibration standard deviation. • Average distance calculation between GNSS positions. • Trajectory segment detection with Gaussian smoothing. • Automatic data cut algorithm. • Improved GNSS data export with better error handling. • Fixed accelerometer axis orientation in IMU conversion. • Hardened RecordReader against data corruption. • Durable manifest writing to prevent chunk/manifest mismatch.
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