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New Features

New Functionality:

Graticule Control (#1083)
Support for image layers tiled using Zoomify storage standard (#1285)
Atom Format (#1366)
Add CSW support as an OpenLayers Format (#2132)
Create a possibility to refresh a vector layer every N seconds (#2317)
Parser for SOS GetCapabilities (#2337)
Parser for SOS GetFeatureOfInterest (#2347)
Format for SOS GetObservation (#2372)
Protocol for Sensor Observation Service (#2373)
Create a TransformFeature control (#2433)
WMS 1.3 support (#2284 #2294 #2355)

Strategy/Protocol Improvements:

Strategy.Save new events (#1902)
Allow WFS Protocol to have a different outputFormat (#2107)
use layer.filter in Strategy.Fixed (#2152)
allow protocol to be configured with a default filter for read method (#2292)
extend Protocol.HTTP for MapFish and FeatureServer (#2393)

Format improvements:

Format.WMSDescribeLayer: store layerName (#2027)
Format.WMC: protect against MinScaleDenominator of 0 (#2028)
Format.WFST: cannot write transaction without geometry (#2033)
KML Format does not support SimpleData elements in ExtendedData (#2062)
allow use of sld writers in other formats (#2087)
Add parsing of Attribution, KeywordList and MetadataURL to WMSCapabilities (#2145)
complete parsing of WMSCapabilities document (#2164)
OpenLayers.Format.SLD does not work against ArcGIS Server (#2166)
Format.WMC write sld:min/maxScaleDenominator in the right place (#2174)
WFST 1.0.0 format: include srsName (GeoServer vendor param) in wfs:Query node (#2228)
make WFS protocol and format more robust (#2237)
OpenLayers.Format.WFSCapabilities.v1_0_0 : more parsing of capabilities document (#2245)
Update WMC format to support params that are not OL Layer properties (#2251)
WMSCapabilities should call initialize on XML prototype tschaub feature (#2269)
rewrite WMS GetCapabilities parser (#2283)
Format.WMSGetFeatureInfo: parse boundedBy if present for msGMLOutput (#2329)
Parsing of KML attributes gets confused with line breaks (#2398)
Format.KML: parse outline attribute (#2412)
Format.KML: don't create name and description node if null (#2417)
Format.KML - typo - missing break in case declaration (#2448)

Other improvements:

Theme LayerSwitcher with CSS (#1632)
Double clicks on Panel control fall through to map (#2069)
WMSGetFeatureInfo control: add support for mutiple WMS services (#2091)
updateSize should not call setCenter if map has no center (#2105)
calling setVisibility when setBaseLayer is used (#2111)
trigger an event when the layer's opacity change (#2112)
create an option to cancel adding a layer (#2121)
WMSGetFeatureInfo: add beforegetfeatureinfo event (#2127)
Allow OpenLayers.ProxyHost to reference a function (#2128)
enhance createLiterals to merge context, attributes and data (#2146)
enabling vector features to be selectable from their text node (#2148)
use indexOf native function when available (#2167)
add changelayer event to mergeNewParams function (#2179)
Introduce standalone mode for ModifyFeature control (#2199)
add control autoActivate (#2200)
Improvements to nb translation (#2212)
LineString.js implied global vars (#2217)
OpenLayers.Request: let us choose whether we want to run callbacks or not (without duplicating code) (#2218)
Control.GetFeature: use result.success() (#2227)
WMSGetFeatureInfo control: WMS version parameter (#2236)
GetFeature doesn't handle Handler.Box case when result of user interaction is a pixel (#2256)
Add possibility to ignore duplicate attribution strings for Control.Attribution (#2266)
Layer vector's getDataExtent method fails on features without geometry (#2267)
Option to turn off animation of Layer.VirtualEarth (#2286)
PanZoomBar-Control: add possibility to only zoom to fixed scales even though map.fractionalZoom is set to true (#2288)
Create an urlAppend function that appends strings to urls and handles ? and & appropriately (#2297)
Add label offset to styles (#2312)
move pink tiles to css (#2318)
give the PanPanel a slideFactor (#2320)
Support for Layers with cropped edge tiles (with different dimension than the regular grid) (#2324)
GetFeature Control needs customisable filter type (like INTERSECTS) (#2325)
set specific baseLayers radio button name to avoid several layerswitcher conflict (#2331)
apply default options to map when reading a WMC document (#2339)
add setLayer function to SelectFeature control (#2340)
add option to the MouseWheel handler to trigger up/down events only when wheel is released (#2345)
NavigationHistory - move code getting the current state in a method (#2377)
featuresremoved event is called with zero lenght array if layer.selectedFeature is supplied to layer.removeFeatures (#2379)
overview map control destroys drag handler too late (#2383)
_getScriptLocation appears to be a performance bottleneck (#2389)
give map a method "addControls" to add an array of controls to the map (#2399)
don't calculateInRange() if it's not needed (#2400)
graphicName SVG rendering issues in some Safari and Chrome versions (#2402)
MousePosition control should support mouseOut event (#2404)
allow user to enable or disable zoomBox in Navigation control (#2416)
selecting features using a box shouldn't select unrendered features (#2418)
Change maximum zoom for Google layers (#2429)
feature label: support fontOpacity (#2438)
add to GetFeature an event that will send all features at once in an array (#2442)
MouseWheel: non cumulative mode (#2450)
Layer.Google resize issue (#2475)
ScaleLine: move css outside of the code (#2476)
Map.getResolution needs a fallback to 1st layer in allOverlays mode (#2479)
allow for layers, center, and zoom in map constructor (#2480)
Typo in LayerSwitcher causes ugly styling (#2512)
be liberal when encountering "+" in URI components (#2527)
Support right mouse click in WMSGetFeatureInfo (#2528)
Geometry.LinearRing: getCentroid returns NaN without components (#2530)
add multi option to DrawFeature control (#2542)
updated i18n files (#2582)

Bug fixes

Google layers won't get resized properly on map.updateSize() (#1797)
non symetric graphicName symbols rendered symetric in IE (#1836)
Move slider to wrong position when click on zoom bar after drag slider (#1861)
Scale and ScaleLine in Google approx double correct figure at some res'ns (#1890)
Setting numZoomLevels to 17 or more breaks Virtual Earth layer (#1893)
WMSGetFeatureInfo format error tschaub bug closed (#2002)
Undocumented property 'filter' in Layer.Vector assumed in BBOX Strategy (#2061)
GeoJSON input should accept 3D coords (#2070)
Google Maps centre moves to the SE on changing layers (#2078)
Unused code in updateSize method of Map (#2114)
Radius circle doesn't change for Canvas Vector Layer (#2126)
zoom-plus-mini.png not found (#2147)
WMSGetCapabilities: scalehint values seem incorrect (#2150)
map pan tween should stop playing in destroy (#2156)
Control.WMSGetFeatureInfo: constructed url styles parameter is a list of "undefined" (#2157)
Bad Encoding in Catalan translation breaks IE6 (#2161)
mistake in example map constructor (#2168)
SetCenter and zoomTo using string results in strange behavior (#2180)
Feature.destroy does not remove marker from layer (#2181)
Case-Sensitivity-Bug in class PanZoomBar causes problems changing zoombar style (and more) (#2188)
Not tagging the geometry on the svg/vml node saves a lot of memory (#2198)
GetFeatureInfo request needs all required GetMap parameters except VERSION (and REQUEST is GetFeatureInfo of course) (#2201)
cannot unselect on clickout when selecting by drawing a box (#2204)
Save strategy should preserve feature.url when transforming (#2215)
ModifyFeature control in standalone mode should only allow dragging of the selected feature (#2219)
properly handle null attribute values in WFS update (#2222)
Control.GetFeature: unselectAll defined twice (#2229)
VML Renderer : drawText error when using fontColor (#2231)
When writing a WMC, bounds should not be rounded to a predefined precision (#2242)
Format.GML.v2 and v3 fail when there's no geometry but bounds. JS error. (#2255)
layer container and viewport elements can have same ids for multiple maps (#2259)
SLD format should write dash style and linecap (#2270)
handle dash arrays with spaces (#2271)
VirtualEarth layer size never updated (#2285)
funkiness with allOverlays and one layer maps (#2290)
Missing @requires directive in Layer/Text.js results in broken custom singlefile-builds (#2298)
Missing @requires directive in Layer/XYZ.js results in broken custom singlefile-builds (#2299)
Don't show duplicate attribution by default (#2300)
Filter format for 1.1.0 should read/write escapeChar instead of escape attribute (#2301)
return!!(document.namespaces) in support function of VML causes error in IE (7&8) (#2304)
Memory: PanZoom.getSlideFactor (#2323)
Remove some unused and undefined local variables (#2326)
OpenLayers.Util.getParameters not recognize %2C for comma separation (#2327)
Google termsOfUse are visible on all Layers on startup (#2328)
Layer.WFS missing OpenLayers.Util.upperCaseObject(params) (#2362)
Code example in "Marker Overlays" chapter is wrong (#2369)
mouse wheeling results in fractional zoom levels (#2376)
PanZoomBar slider bug winxp IE6+, firefox 3+ (#2384)
Layer.Vector has no proper clone() method (#2391)
LoadingPanel never stops using Layer.WMS.Post with Internet Explorer (#2406)
olImageLoadError class name added but never removed (#2407)
Format.KML: parse LabelStyle (#2413)
OpenLayers.Element.getDimensions method should not set style.display property to none (#2414)
VML renderer should only rotate point geometries (#2423)
Format.KML: always export coordinates in WGS84 (#2424)
make OverviewMap.destroy more robust (#2430)
GML parser fails where attribute name matches feature type name (#2435)
canvas and textAlign: middle not recognized (#2439)
Map.updateSize does not correctly check for the existence of layers (#2443)
Browser resize can cause infinite event loop ('moveStart' -> 'updateSize') (#2447)
EventPane layers cannot be added to a map after being removed from one (#2456)
scale not preserved when switching base layers (#2457)
remove global and unused variable (#2459)
if a map is initialized on a element that is not displayed, updateSize fails (#2461)
getResolutionFromScale should return undefined resolution for falsey scale (#2464)
vector features aren't rendered in IE (#2465)
google terms of use and powered by elements are not styled properly in IE (#2466)
NavigationHistory: clear should deactivate controls (#2471)
Lang file encoding error when not utf-8 (#2472)
Give Layer.Google a proper clone() method (#2473)
Cloning layers creates clones with the initial state of the original, not the current one (#2477)
wrong fillColor with externalGraphic and Collection geometry (#2485)
Vector symbol rotation doesn't rotate against center in Safari (#2499)
Rendering a previously rotated geometry will not rotate it back (#2500)
SelectFeature: When control destroy the layers disappear. (#2502)
vector layers: loadstart event eventually triggered without loadend (#2504)
Renderer.VML: missing semicolon, global variables (#2529)
MapGuide: use map.getSize instead of map.getCurrentSize (#2532)
Superfluous "limit" in Layer.XYZ (#2558)
accept center with no layers in map constructor (#2561)
setOpacity not working on Google layer (#2562)
labelAlign with one character does not work on IE (#2563)
don't use dot notation for 'abstract' (#2569)
GetFeature request sent twice by GetFeature Control (#2581)

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