= GDAL/OGR 1.4.3 - Overview of Changes =

'''THE GDAL/OGR 1.4.3 RELEASE HAS BEEN RETRACTED DUE TO AN ABI INCOMPATABILITY WITH 1.4.0,1.4.1 and 1.4.2.  A REPLACEMENT 1.4.4 RELEASE WILL BE AVAILABLE SOON, IN THE MEANTIME USE 1.4.2.'''

The GDAL 1.4.3 release is a stable release, and contains the following bug fixes. 

== GDAL == 

 * Fix handling of gmljp2 files with srsName only on Envelope. #1906
 * Fix handling of urn:x-ogc (use importFromURN() method). #1906
 * Add GMLJP2OVERRIDE configuration option mechanism to set custom GMLJP2 from a file. #1906
 * Improved internalize memory allocation failure report, release lock on failure. #1914

AAIGRID Driver:
 * Fix in calculation of yllcorner value. #1794

ECW Driver:
 * Fix memory leak in ECWDataset::IRasterIO() function. #1922

GeoTIFF Driver:
 * Fix issue with mixed Lambert_Conformal_Conic_1SP and Lambert_Conformal_Conic_2SP. #1315
 * Fix handling of partial bottom tiles/strips. #1179
 * Fix issue with mixed names of WGS72 and WGS84 in libgeotiff code. #1715
 * Improved detection of already computed overview levels. #1722
 * Fix memory failures with allocating 64K entry color tables on stack. #1736
 * Fix zero value issue in building pixel interleaved GeoTIFF files. #1738
 * Fix memory issue with big color table arrays on stack. #1759
 * Prevent GDAL 1.4.3 from building with libtiff 4.x. #1920

GIF Driver:
 * Fix compilation issues on  Red Hat EL 5 (64-bit). #1700

HDF Driver:
 * Fixed heap corruption while reading some files. #1701

HFA Driver:
 * Fix building overviews on an Imagine-created HFA file. #1109
 * Made reading variations aux.xml files more bulletproof. #1691
 * Fix calculation of min/max statistics for Erdas Imagine datasets. #1702
 * Fix band value rounding issue in palletized Imagine rasters. #1732
 * Ensure .ige and .rrd get cleaned up when creating new files. #1784
 * Added missing bytes swapping when opening spill files. #1841
 * Fix issue with looping HFAEntries. #1907

JPEG Driver:
 * Fix in byte swapping logic for small EXIF values. #1786
 * Fix issue with creating temporary files. #1795
 * Bulletproof handling of corrupted EXIF data. #1904

NITF Driver:
 * Fix handling corrupted location table for some uncertain images. #1313
 * Fix handling corrupted RPF header. #1714
 * Fix bounding box for CADRG files crossing meridian 180°. #1750

PCRaster Driver:
 * Replaced assert() macro with CPLAssert(). #1830

RAW Driver:
 * Fix in keyword=value processing logic. #1792

Warper:
 * Fixed Cubic Spline and Lanczos interpolators. #1610
 * Fix in geolocation support. #1919

Utilities:

 * Fix in segmentation fault issue in scanline burning algorithm. #1936

== OGR == 

 * Fix handling wkbLinearRing geometry in OGR_G_GetArea. #1755

CSV Driver:
 * Added support of new data types: date, time, datetime. #1761

ISO8211 Driver:
 * Improved handling multi-byte character strings. #1526 

ESRI Shapefile Driver:
 * Fix memory allocation during building of spatial index tree of high depth. #1594, #1790
 * Updated documentation. #1942

Generic Driver:
 * Fix opening of .ind file in read-only mode. #1620

GML Driver:
 * Fix truncation of attribute values. #1844

KML Driver:
 * Fix anti-clockwise order of polygon coordinates. #1704

MapInfo Driver:
 * Improved multi-thread safety. #1883

MySQL Driver:
 * Fix creation issue of features with 3D geometry. #1848

ODBC Driver:
 * Fix error message when corrupted WKT data detected. #1901

PostgreSQL Driver:
 * Fix Primary Key detection logic. #1889
 * Fix data truncation issue for character type fields. #1902

VRT Driver:
 * Fix copying of virtual dataset with empty filename. #1749

== Other == 

 * Added CPLScanULong function to port library. #1706

Building:
 * Fix Windows CE port compilation issues. #1634
 * Fix expanding of version number in Mac OS X Framework builds. #1879

OGRSpatialReference:
 * Fix wrong method call in OSRSetBonne() function. #1695
 * Fix handling EPSG authority code in ESRI format. #1697
 * Fix segmentation fault when exporting empty SRS to PROJ.4 definition. #1718
 * Added direct translation for GDA94 and ED50 when importing ESRI SRS. #1729
 * Avoid applying the prime meridian offset in PROJ.4 import. #1940

SWIG
 * Fix Python typemap for getting length from string. #1712