= GDAL/OGR 1.7.2 = 

The 1.7.2 release is a routine bug fix release on the stable GDAL/OGR 1.7
branch. 

== General ==

 * configure/libtool/etc regenerated with newer versions.
 * Fix definition of CPL atomic function with CPL_INLINE undefined (#3526)
 * Clean out remnants of old generation python support in configure (#3489)
 * Fix build problems on systems with 64bit pointer and 32bit long (#3460)
 * C#: Fixed ambiguous reference to SpatialReference in C# sample apps (#3477)
 * C#: Fix crash on memory release of string from ExportToWkt() (#3529)
 * Java: Handle transparency better in color tables (#3455)
 * Python 2.x/3.0 compatability fixes for scripts (#3441, #3395) 
 * Python fixes for numpy array io (#3542)
 * stateplane.csv updated for Kentuky and California fixes (#3408)

== GDAL / Raster ==

 * USGS DEM: Add state plane coordinate system support (#3494)
 * PCIDSK: Ensure C++ compiler used to compile C++ code on unix (#3526)
 * GTiff: Fix writing of area or point metadata (#3522)
 * NITF: Improve error handling for GeoSDE (#3518)
 * NITF: Fix support for reading large blocks (#3263)
 * NITF: fix handling of zone 'J' as south pole (#3337) 
 * Leveller: Fix build problem with 8bit string (#3490)
 * Fix support for larger than 2GB buffers in GDALDataset::RasterIO() (#3481)
 * Avoid infinite loop in rasterize algorithm with small buffers (#3473)
 * Burn attribute into all bands during rasterization (#3396)
 * Fix crash with null geometries when rasterizing (#3437)
 * Warper: Backout heuristics about aligning io on block boundaries (#3459)
 * Warper: Fixed chunking problem that sometimes causes data dropout (#3458)
 * gdalwarp: Fix crash on files with no bands. (#3438)
 * Avoid unnecessary work in GDALSuggestedWarpOutput2() (#3447)
 * HDF4: better support for odd sizes datasets, avoid missing ds crash (#3316)
 * JP2KAK: support quality values as low as 0.01 percent. (#2801)
 * JP2KAK: Avoid use of set_fussy(), makes some images fail (#3295)
 * gdal_proximity.py: fix when -q is not specified.
 * gdal_polygonize.py: fix specifying field name in existing layer (#3418)
 * HFA: Avoid crash for long field names (#3427)
 * HFA: Several fixes for generating large HFA overviews (#3371)
 * GeoRaster: Fixes for JPEG compression and RGBA color interprtation (#3430) 
 * ENVI: Include INTERLEAVE metadata(#3436)
 * Improve GDAL plugin loading support on MacOS X (#2661)
 * PDS: Several fixes to support prototype Dawn products (#3543)
 * AIGRID: support sparse sets of tiles (#3541)

== OGR / Vector ==

 * Shape: Support .prj file from virtual file sources like zip (#3536)
 * Shape: Fix REPACK support on unix (#3434)
 * MapInfo: Create layer definition on layer creation. (#3391)
 * ogr2ogr.cpp: Fix crash on exit with -clipsrc or -clipdst (#3530)
 * Postgres: Improve logic for extending spatial_ref_sys (#3508)
 * Postgres: Do not ignore "pg*" tables that are not system tables (#3480)
 * SQLite: Improve SRS generation for spatial_ref_sys (#3506)
 * SQLite: Fix support for db with nulls in geometry_columns (#3507)
 * SQLite: Preserve triggers/index when adding fields (#3474)
 * SQLite: Avoid altering geometry column type in CreateField (#3471)
 * Make forceTo* function robust with EMPTY geometries.  (#3504)
 * Fix forceToPolygon() (#3498)
 * ODBC: format string safety changes in error/debug messages (#3402)
 * ODBC: Avoid problem with integer overflow in buffer sizes (#3385)
 * Be careful of NULL geometries in geos wrapper code (#3467)
 * DXF: Support DXF files with only an entities section (#3412)
 * DXF: Fixup polygon and 2d/3d handling (#3393)
 * DXF: Ensure points have AcDbEntity and AcDbPoint (#3423)
 * CopyLayer(): Use transactions for better performance (#3335)