GDAL 1.7.0

31.01.2010 12:10 ·  GIS  ·  gdal, release

Announced GDAL 1.7.0, a new version of an open source library for working with raster and vector data. Here you go… I just recently upgraded to 1.6.3.

A short list of changes:

• new raster drivers: BAG, EPSILON, Northwood/VerticalMapper, R, Rasterlite, SAGA GIS Binary, SRP (USRP/ASRP), EarthWatch .TIL, WKT Raster
• GDAL PCIDSK driver uses new PCIDSK SDK
• new OGR drivers: DXF, GeoRSS, GTM, PCIDSK and VFK
• gdaldem and gdalbuildvrt tools now part of the GDAL package and compiled by default
• added support for Python 3.x while maintaining Python 2.x compatibility
• old Python bindings completely removed
• improved raster drivers: GeoRaster, GeoTIFF, HFA, JPEG2000 Jasper, JPEG2000 Kakadu, NIT
• improved vector drivers: CSV, KML, SQLite (SpatiaLite support), VRT

The full changelog can be found here.