gdalraster 2.5.0

[ctoney]

Dependencies

• package cli has been added to Imports and LinkingTo
• package vctrs has been added to Suggests

Features

• use package cli for enhanced progress reporting throughout (Added fancier progressbar #889, thanks to @pepijn-devries)
• add gt_from_dim_bbox() and bbox_from_dim_gt(): standalone functions for converting between geotransform coefficients and bounding boxes (helper for bbox / geotransform conversion #878, thanks to @mdsumner)
• add class method GDALRaster$setBbox(): convenience wrapper for setting the geotransform from a bounding box (helper for bbox / geotransform conversion #878, thanks to @mdsumner)
• add read_to_nativeRaster(): read raster data directly as an R object of class nativeRaster for fast rendering, also added as the class method GDALRaster$readToNativeRaster() (readToNativeRaster method for GDALRaster and standalone read_to_nativeRaster() #875, thanks to @mdsumner)
• add is_los_visible(): check line of sight between pairs of point locations using GDALIsLineOfSightVisible() (Add is_los_visible(): check line of sight between pairs of point locations using GDALIsLineOfSightVisible() #869)
• add vector_to_MEM(): use pixel data in an existing R vector to create a GDAL in-memory raster with zero copy (Add vector_to_MEM(): create a GDAL in-memory dataset from R data without copying #910)
• add vsi_glob(): get file and directory names matching a pattern that may contain wildcards, wrapper of VSIGlob() in GDAL >= 3.11 (Add vsi_glob(): get file and directory names matching a pattern that may contain wildcards (GDAL >= 3.11) #864)
• add vsi_uri_to_vsi_path(): return VSI compatible paths from URIs / URLs, wrapper of VSIURIToVSIPath() in GDAL >= 3.12 (Add vsi_uri_to_vsi_path(): return VSI compatible paths from URIs / URLs (GDAL >= 3.12) #865)
• class VSIFile: add a writable field reportVSIFErrorAsEof, and check the VSI error indicator in the read() and eof() methods if GDAL >= 3.10 (Class VSIFile: add a writable field reportVSIFErrorAsEof, and check VSIFErrorL() in the read() and eof() methods if GDAL >= 3.10 #901)
• add g_build_polygon_from_edges(): build a polygon from a set of arcs, wrapper of OGRBuildPolygonFromEdges() (Geom API: add g_build_polygon_from_edges(), wrapper of OGRBuildPolygonFromEdges() #863)
• add g_build_collection(): build a collection-type geometry from a set of input geometries given as a list of WKB raw vectors or a character vector of WKT strings (Geom API: add g_build_collection(), build a collection-type geometry from a set of input geometries given as a list of WKB raw vectors or a character vector of WKT strings #867)
• g_intersects(): performance improvements and use prepared geometry in 1:many batch mode
• class GDALVector: add method isReadOnly()
• raster attribute table: support new field types GFT_Boolean, GFT_DateTime and GFT_WKBGeometry with GDAL >= 3.12 (Raster attribute table: support new field types GFT_Boolean, GFT_DateTime and GFT_WKBGeometry with GDAL >= 3.12 #860)
• class GDALRaster: recognize the new color interpretation (GCI_xxxx) items added to the GDALColorInterp enumeration in GDAL 3.10 (Recognize color interpretation (GCI_xxxx) items added to the GDALColorInterp enumeration in GDAL 3.10 #900)
• calc(): add support for input and output rasters as dataset objects, instead of only as file names (calc(): add support for input and output rasters as dataset objects, instead of only as file names #870)
• set_config_option(): if the CPL_LOG_ERRORS option is set, then set the global error handler appropriately for that case (addresses Add user configuration capability for the global error handler #905)

Fixes

• class VSIFile: fix crash when passing open options in the constructor (Creating a new VSIFile from an S3 file crashes R #883, thanks to @pepijn-devries)
• fix read_ds(): the argument as_wkb and raster dataset property readByteAsRaw were not synchronized (synchronize as_raw and readByteAsRaw #873, thanks to @mdsumner)
• GDALVector::open(): remove warning if Spatialite is not available when opening with a SQL statement and the SQLite dialect is specified (fixes message about SpatiaLite from GDALVector #908)
• class GDALVector: honor the quiet object setting in several places it was not checked before printing a console message
• test fixes: use the MEM vector dataset format instead of Memory if GDAL >= 3.11
• fix test for identifyDriver(): make conditional on PostGISRaster / PostgreSQL driver presence (Fix test for identifyDriver() conditional on PostGISRaster / PostgreSQL presence #880)

Internal

• use CSLConstList with GDALGetMetadata() and GDALSetMetadata() for as per https://gdal.org/en/latest/user/migration_guide.html (Use CSLConstList with GDALGetMetadata, GDALSetMetadata #868, thanks to @mdsumner)
• use "safe" versions of the GDAL path manipulation functions in the internal wrappers if GDAL >= 3.11, and add .cpl_get_path(), .cpl_get_dirname() and .cpl_launder_for_filename()
• VSIFile::read(): avoid a copy from temporary buffer most of the time (VSIFile::read(): avoid a copy from temporary buffer most of the time #888)
• class GDALAlg: use GDALAlgorithmRegistryInstantiateAlgFromPath() if GDAL >= 3.12 (GDALAlg: use GDALAlgorithmRegistryInstantiateAlgFromPath() if GDAL >= 3.12 #859)
• GDALAlg::parseCommandLineArgs(): look up argument aliases in a couple of places they were hard coded, and refactor
• code linting

Authors

• add Michael D. Sumner as author ("aut", previously "ctb")
• add Pepijn de Vries as contributor ("ctb")

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This discussion was created from the release gdalraster 2.5.0.