= GDAL/OGR 1.5.3 = * #601 (GTiff): Correct handling of non-degree angular units. * #2285 (Python): Handle other pixel types in BandWriteArray() (64bit pct2rgb) * #2604 (configure): Better support for cross compiling. * #2601 (PGeo): Correct TestCapability() return values. * #2593 (ECW): Warn/error on illegal pixel data types written. * #2591 (NetCDF): Fix extreme memory use for large images. * #2589 (Shape): Various fixes for inner/outer ring categorization. * #2598 (ERS): Add support for HeaderOffset keyword. * #2596 (NITF): Fallback to .aux.xml (PAM) for nodata values. * #2586 (alg): Fix gdalsimplewarp on 64bit platforms. * #2575 (SRS): Improve oblique mercator morphing to/from ESRI PE format. * #2579 (FITS): Fix int32 case on 64bit platforms. * #2576 (raw): Fix crash when pixel offset is zero. * #2573 (ISIS3): Fix handling of multiband tiled files. * #2571 (ILWIS): Avoid exporting global called 'line'. * #2243 (HFA): Add FORCETOPESTRING option, ProjectionX applied to all bands. * #2564 (warper): Fix CInt16 support in warper. * #2562 (PAM): Allow empty category in .aux.xml and .vrt * #2546 (GTiff): Fix problems updating geotiff SRS in place. * #2554 (testepsg): Now built by default. * #2548 (esri2wkt): Fixed for use with NG Python bindings. * #???? (SDE): Remove inappropriate errors generation in SDE Open. * #???? (ECW): Correct manifest generation for plugin. * #2443 (JPEG): Improved handling for YCbCr, CMYK and YCbCrK JPEG files. * #2523 (HFA): Fix problem with compressed files with uninitialized blocks. * #2535 (JPEG): Fix restart problem in rare circumstances. * #2532 (NITF): Support decoding 12bit images. * #2533 (SRS): Ensure Clear() properly clears OGRSpatialReference state. * #2220 (OGR SQL): Improved string quote handling in OGR SQL. * #2528 (gcore): Fixed nodata mask handling for negative integer bands. * #1979 (port): Correct problems with CPLSPrintf/CPLString use. * #2525 (HFA): Fix crash in compressing data larger than 16bits. * #2425 (HFA): Open dependent file with same permissions as master file. * #2518 (warper): Fix thread handling in multiprocessing case. * #2513 (E00): Error out instead of crashing on compressed E00 files. * #2512 (GTiff): Ensure flushing works properly. * #1345 (configure): Improve PROJ.4 related search logic. * #2505 (HFA): Support nodata from .aux file. * #2508 (gdal_grid): Fix geotransform when -txe, -tye not provided. * #2504 (gcore): Fix nodata masking generation for odd pixel types. * #2499 (gcore): Fix crash in creation option validation. * #2494 (HDF4): Removed useless and dangerous redefinition of sincos(). * #2459 (swig): Improve handling of strings the caller may not change. * #2475 (NITF): Fix 'adding BLOCKA TRE precludes writing IGEOLO' * #???? (swig): fix typemaps for SetMetadata() * #2426, #1986, #1677 (swig): Added to support GetGCPs, SetGCPs and GCPsToGeoTransform in the C# bindings * #2473 (swig): Avoid boolean related compile warning * #2471 (HFA): Avoid using .aux files with mismatched raster model. * #2472 (PCRaster): Add overview support. * #2465 (ADRG): Fix warning about not supporting update access. * #2464 (NetCDF): Fixed windows plugin name. * #2410 (MRSID): Improve support for DSDK 7.x. * #2457 (gcore): Improve reading when block cache is too small. * #2360 (GTiff): Fix problems writing odd bit depths. * #2455 (ogr2ogr): Fix the -gt option operation. * #2454 (ogr core): improve spatial filtering with polygons with holes. * #2451 (wince): Fix CPLStrtodDelim() building on WinCE. * #2449 (GTiff): Fix crash when using BLOCKYSIZE=1 for tiled files. * #2448 (GTiff): Handle mix of TIFF+PAM metadata properly. * #2428 (Shape): Add OGR_ORGANIZE_POLYGONS configuration option. * #2427 (HFA): Correct some problems with unitialized blocks and updating. * #2422 (HFA): Improve save/load of names for SRS. * #2437 (port): Improve handling of large file errors on different platforms. * #2415 (PAM/VRT): store nodata values in binary form to preserve precision. * #2436 (HFA): Support writing 1/2/4 bit data. * #2320 (ECW/JP2ECW): Fix up plugin naming. * #2435 (GTiff): Push JPEG compressed data into block cache to avoid redecoding * #2434 (alg): Make GeoLoc transformer more robust in case of errors. * #1000 (HFA): Fix reading of reduced precision 32bit floating point blocks. * #2396 (FITS): Fix crash if metadata is found. * #2409 (ogr2ogr): Force -gt to 1 with -skipfailures.