gdalraster 2.4.0

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Repository change

• the development repository moved into the firelab organization at https://github.com/firelab/gdalraster
• the package website with documentation and additional web articles is now at https://firelab.github.io/gdalraster/

Spatial Reference System API

• add srs_info_from_db(): obtain information about coordinate reference systems in the PROJ database (Add srs_info_from_db(): obtain information about coordinate reference systems in the PROJ DB #832)
• add srs_get_axes(): return a list of the axis names and orientations for a spatial coordinate reference system (Add srs_get_axes(): return a list of the axis names and orientations for a spatial coordinate reference system #837)
• add to the set of SRS query functions: srs_get_area_of_use(), srs_get_axes_count(), srs_epsg_treats_as_lat_long(), srs_epsg_treats_as_northing_easting() and srs_get_celestial_body_name() (SRS API: add srs_get_area_of_use(), srs_get_axes_count() and srs_get_celestial_body_name() #831, Add srs_epsg_treats_as_lat_long() and srs_epsg_treats_as_northing_easting() #839)

Other features and improvements

• gdal_formats(): add Update ("u") to rw_flags when GDAL >= 3.11, and add several new columns to the output data frame containing various driver metadata (gdal_formats(): add Update u to rw_flags when GDAL >= 3.11, and add several new columns to the output data frame containing various driver metadata #833)
• vsi_read_dir(): fix slow string processing of the file list for return, especially for large listings e.g. recursive (vsi_read_dir(): fix slow string processing of the file list for return #841, thanks to @mdsumner)
• plot_raster(): accept a color palette for the argument col_map_fn, to support an implied ramp function (plot_raster(): accept a color palette for the argument col_map_fn, to support an implied ramp function #830, thanks to @wiesehahn)
• add checks for ctrl-c user interrupt in buildRAT() and combine() (Add checks for ctrl-c user interrupt in buildRAT() and combine() #844)
• add GDALRaster::getSpatialRef(): class method on a GDALRaster object synonymous with GDALRaster::getProjection() and GDALRaster::getProjectionRef(), for consistency with class GDALVector and with the osgeo.gdal bindings (Add GDALRaster::getSpatialRef() synonym #845)

Documentation

• update web article Vector Read Benchmarks: new hardware specs, timings, and add C++ raw performance comparisons

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This discussion was created from the release gdalraster 2.4.0.