Release v3.1.0

Release v3.1.0

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -4,17 +4,47 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/), with an added `List of PRs` section and links to the relevant PRs on the individal updates. This project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
-## [Unreleased](https://github.com/askap-vast/vast-tools/compare/v3.0.1...HEAD)
+## [3.1.0](https://github.com/askap-vast/vast-tools/releases/v3.1.0) (2024-07-26)
 
 #### Added
 
+- Add epoch 61 [#537](https://github.com/askap-vast/vast-tools/pull/537)
+- Add epochs 58-60 [#535](https://github.com/askap-vast/vast-tools/pull/535)
+- Added extra logging in Query to improve clarity of data selection [#515](https://github.com/askap-vast/vast-tools/pull/515)
+- Added support for post-processed data [#515](https://github.com/askap-vast/vast-tools/pull/515)
+- Added epoch 40 as a base epoch to allow query of full VAST extragalactic fields [#522](https://github.com/askap-vast/vast-tools/pull/522)
+- Added support for epochs 42-51 [#522](https://github.com/askap-vast/vast-tools/pull/522)
+
 #### Changed
 
+- Convert all Source names to strings [#537](https://github.com/askap-vast/vast-tools/pull/537)
+- Updated README [#535](https://github.com/askap-vast/vast-tools/pull/535)
+- Changed default behaviour to using post-processed TILES data [#515](https://github.com/askap-vast/vast-tools/pull/515)
+
 #### Fixed
 
+- Fix errors when creating a Source with an int name [#537](https://github.com/askap-vast/vast-tools/pull/537)
+- Fix incorrect warnings when using COMBINED data [#538](https://github.com/askap-vast/vast-tools/pull/538)
+- Fix forced fitting of compressed fits files [#534](https://github.com/askap-vast/vast-tools/pull/534)
+- Fix checking length of HDUl that should have been fixed by #526 [#528](https://github.com/askap-vast/vast-tools/pull/528)
+- Disable auto-scaling for show_png_cutout to allow users to specify the scaling [#527](https://github.com/askap-vast/vast-tools/pull/527)
+- Fix open_fits handling of unprocessed files [#526](https://github.com/askap-vast/vast-tools/pull/526)
+- Update open_fits to check HDU list contents rather than the file extension [#524](https://github.com/askap-vast/vast-tools/pull/524)
+
 #### Removed
 
 #### List of PRs
+- [#537](https://github.com/askap-vast/vast-tools/pull/537): fix: Convert all Source names to strings
+- [#538](https://github.com/askap-vast/vast-tools/pull/538): fix: Fix incorrect warnings when using COMBINED data
+- [#537](https://github.com/askap-vast/vast-tools/pull/537): feat: Add epoch 61
+- [#535](https://github.com/askap-vast/vast-tools/pull/535): feat: Add epochs 58-60 and updated README
+- [#534](https://github.com/askap-vast/vast-tools/pull/534): fix: Fix forced fitting of compressed fits files 
+- [#515](https://github.com/askap-vast/vast-tools/pull/515): fix, docs, feat: Support post-procesed data, make it the default and improve clarity of what data has been selected in a query.
+- [#528](https://github.com/askap-vast/vast-tools/pull/528): fix: Fix checking length of HDUl that should have been fixed by #526
+- [#527](https://github.com/askap-vast/vast-tools/pull/527): fix: Disable auto-scaling for show_png_cutout to allow users to specify the scaling
+- [#526](https://github.com/askap-vast/vast-tools/pull/526): fix: Fix open_fits handling of unprocessed files
+- [#524](https://github.com/askap-vast/vast-tools/pull/524): fix: Update open_fits to check HDU list contents rather than the file extension
+- [#522](https://github.com/askap-vast/vast-tools/pull/522): fix, feat: Add support for extrgalactic queries and epochs 42-51
 
 ## [3.0.1](https://github.com/askap-vast/vast-tools/releases/v3.0.1) (2023-09-24)
 

README.md

@@ -31,8 +31,13 @@ Take a look at the [example notebooks](https://github.com/askap-vast/vast-tools/
 
 ## Contributors
 
+### Active
+
 * Adam Stewart – [Sydney Institute for Astronomy](https://sifa.sydney.edu.au/)
-* Dougal Dobie – [Swinburne University of Technology/OzGrav](https://www.ozgrav.org)
+* Dougal Dobie – [[Sydney Institute for Astronomy](https://sifa.sydney.edu.au/) and [OzGrav](https://www.ozgrav.org)
+
+### Former
+* Emil Lenc [CSIRO]
 * Andrew O'Brien – [Department of Physics, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee](https://uwm.edu/physics/research/astronomy-gravitation-cosmology/)
 * Tara Murphy – [Sydney Institute for Astronomy](https://sifa.sydney.edu.au/)
 * David Kaplan – [Department of Physics, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee](https://uwm.edu/physics/research/astronomy-gravitation-cosmology/)
@@ -42,4 +47,4 @@ Take a look at the [example notebooks](https://github.com/askap-vast/vast-tools/
 The VAST Tools development was supported by:
 
 * The Australian Research Council through grants FT150100099 and DP190100561.
-
+* The Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Gravitational Wave Discovery (OzGrav), project numbers CE170100004 and CE230100016.

docs/components/query.md

@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ Select which Stokes parameter data to search in.
 Valid entries are `I`, `V`, `Q` and `U`.
 
 **`use_tiles`**  
-Switch to using the catalogues and images of the `TILE` type instead of the `COMBINED` (default).
+Switch to using the catalogues and images `TILE` type instead of the `COMBINED`. The default is to use the `TILE` type.
 Refer to [this wiki page](https://github.com/askap-vast/vast-project/wiki/Pilot-Survey-Status-&-Data){:target="_blank"} for an explanation on the two types (askap-vast GitHub membership required to access).
 
 **`use_islands`**  
@@ -207,6 +207,9 @@ I.e. no forced fit or upper limit measurements will be returned.
 Return all data available at the source location. If not selected, only the data associated with the best (i.e. closest)
 field will be returned.
 
+**`corrected_data` and `post_processed_data`**
+Use the corrected data (astrometric corrections applied, only available for the pilot survey) or the post-processed data (astrometric corrections and cropping applied, along with the use of compressed images). The default is now to use the post-processed data moving forward.
+
 #### Planet Search
 
 Planets are included in the `Query` search by using the `planets` keyword argument.