GDAL/OGR 1.4.2 - 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

WCS Driver:

• Fix return value of DescribeCoverage() to improve error handling. #1667

AIGrid Driver:

• Support multi-tile grids. #1198

VRT Driver:

• Initialize bNoDataSet to FALSE to fix nodata value problem.
• Fix problem in subwindowing support. #1562

ENVI Driver:

• Improve precision of location values in "map info" header line. #1644

HFA (Imagine) Driver:

• Fix GetNoDataValue() method to allow pbSuccess to be NULL. #1646
• Support reading large metadata values. #1640
• Support PE String mechanism for otherwise unsupported SRSes. #1588

GRASS Driver:

• Add version detection to handle changes to GRASS error handler prototype in GRASS 6.3 #1587

JP2KAK (JPEG2000) Driver:

• Fix bug in multi-tile datasets. #1636

HDF4 Driver:

• Fix handle/memory leak for swath datasets. #1485
• Fix crash/corruption for some GRID datasets. #1331

EHDR (ESRI BIL) Driver:

• Fixed bug for datasets without NBITS. #1573

OGR

OGR:

• Closing a ring no longer forces it to 3D. #1673
• Fixed case where pszColor is NULL in GetRGBFromString(). #1571
• Fix flattenTo2D() for polygons. #1619

Shapefile Driver:

• Fix SHPRewind() confusion when two rings touch at a point. #976, #1415

MapInfo Driver:

• Problem with isspace() assertion. #1678
• Fix support for non-greenwich prime meridians. #1416

Memory Driver:

• Record name of dataset when it is opened or created. #1674

S-57 Driver:

• Avoid crash when applying updates to records without existing ATTF. #1648

UK NTF Driver:

• Fix recognision name for NEXTMap Britian DTM product. #1657

Interlis Driver:

• Clone feature in GetNextFeature?(), Applying filters in GetNextFeature?() and GetExtents?(). #1535
• Support ring polygons of type surface. #1561
• Fixed compilation problems on Solaris 2.8. #1601

MySQL Driver:

• Implemented BLOB support. #1622

SQLite Driver:

• Implemented BLOB support. #1623

PG/PostGIS Driver:

• Escape schema names with postgres. #1412

ogr2ogr:

• Avoid crash with peculiar SRS. #1656

Other

• Fix libiso8211 to use VSI io functions to avoid crash on windows in some circumstances (S-57, SDTS). #1659
• Fix Minixml parser problem with complex doctypes. #755
• Fix CPLRemoveXMLChild() in minixml parser. #1598
• Rename cpl_vsi_private.h, install and export interfaces. #1585

SWIG (General):

• Fix reference counting problem with reference counting via SWIG interfaces of GetSpatialRef() #1680
• Reimplement GetDriver() via SWIG to avoid crashes. #1674
• Improved error handling around gdal.Open() #1513, #1635
• Improved error handling around ogr.Open() #1636
• Added exception handling for osr classes. #1630
• Removed OSRReference() call in constructor which caused leaks. #1614
• Rework perl docs.

Building:

• Avoid running autoheader in autogen.sh.
• Check for Python.h before enabling python. #1508
• Export CPLMutexHolder class from DLL for use in plugins.
• WinCE building fixes. #1634
• Fixed Python 2.5 build problems on 64bit linux. #1379
• Include climits in ILWIS driver to fix build problems. #1579

OGRSpatialReference:

• Fix handling of lat and long values when importing old style (ArcInfo 7) Transverse Mercator .prj files. #1649
• Make Release() operator safer. #738