= GDAL/OGR 1.4.1 - Overview of Changes =

The GDAL 1.4.1 release is a stable release, and contains the following
bug fixes.  There should be no noteworthy changes in interfaces or APIs. 

== GDAL ==

World File Reader:
 * Handle case with blank lines in worldfile gracefully . #1523
 * Support other numeric locales (ie. comma for decimal). #1414

GeoTIFF Driver:
 * Use PHOTOMETRIC creation option properly. #1559
 * Fix writing pixel interleaved files. #1470
 * Fix thread safety issue with inmemory geo parsing. #1500

NetCDF Driver:
 * Correct off-by-half-pixel error in the geotransform. #1506
 * Pre-verify file is NetCDF format before calling nc_open(). #1176

Erdas Imagine (HFA) Driver:
 * Add support for EPT_s32 and EPT_u32 non-runs in UncompressBlock?().  #1000
 * Fix support for EPT_f32 non-runs with 16bit offset values. #1000 
 * Avoid attempting to open "AUX" directly. #1493

HDF4 Driver:
 * Fix some problems with geolocation support crashes. 

JPEG Driver:
 * Support EXIF directories with no entries. #1523

FAST Driver:
 * Handle various FAST datasets. #1516

MEM Driver:
 * Fix support for memory arrays larger than 4GB. #1503

MrSID Driver:
 * Compute approximate statistics from overview, even if not forced. #1452
 * Fix for decoding some stripped data. #1446

AAIGrid Driver:
 * Handling case-mixed file names. #1524

VRT Driver:
 * Fixed reprojection in AutoCreateWarpedVRT() #1469


== OGR ==

OGR:
 * Fixed handling of XYZM data in WKT without crashing. #1036

OGRSpatialReference:
 * Fix up handling of feet and numeric units in old ESRI .prj files. #1533
 * Fix ESRI LCC 2SP support. #187

OGR SQL: 
 * Allow use of <, >, <= and >= in attribute filters and WHERE. #1557
 * Fix handling of special fields if values are null. #1528
 * Fixed FID special field support. #1468

GML Driver:
 * Support files with a "BOM" marker at the beginning. #1534

Interlis Driver:
 * Return a clone of internal features to avoid crash if reread. #1535

Mapinfo Driver:
 * Back ported various MITAB 1.6.1 fixes. #1541

PostGIS Driver: 
 * Don't disable sequential scanning. #1472
 * Increase CURSOR_PAGE from 1 to 500. #1474
 * Ensure that GetLayerByName(), and OpenTable() fail gracefully for 
   non existant tables. #1480
 * Improved result set cleaning. #1514
 * Fixed detecting 4-dimension coordinates in input EWKB streams. #1323

Shapefile Driver:
 * Ensure SetFeature() and DeleteFeature() operations get applied. #1456
 * Handling case-mixed file names. #1524

== Other ==

Java:
 * Fix missing import. #1463
 * Make ANT location configurable #1545
 * void functions should not return values #1543

Python:
 * Fix support for complex data in NG bindings. #1518
 * Fix array order compatibility with old bindings. #1542
 * Fix Dataset.ReadAsArray()
 * Fix WriteRaster and ReadRaster. #1481
 * Geometry contructor in old bindings. #1255