Tweakwcs

See 199 and 201 for more details.

Images that fail to align to the reference catalog when `expand_refcat` enabled will no longer be added to the reference catalog. [195]

Improved algorithm for initial shift estimation used in catalog matching (`2dhist`) reduces both memory usage and often processing speed. [196]

Package setup infrastructure reorganization. Python 3.12 compatibility improvements.

This release adds an argument (group_bb_policy and bb_policy) that controls how the bounding box is computed for groups of images. It introduces a new algorithm that approximates the bounding box using convex hull of individual images' bounding polygons instead of computing the exact union of individual polygons. The exact algorithm becomes extremely slow for large groups of images (>50).

Also see https://github.com/spacetelescope/tweakwcs/pull/176

Bin size of the 2D histogram used to find initial shifts for matching of JWST catalogs now are computed based on pixel scale.