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     1= GDAL/OGR 1.8.1 release notes =
     2
     3The 1.8.1 release is a routine bug fix release on the stable GDAL/OGR 1.8
     4branch.
     5
     6== General ==
     7 * Fix for windows build of cpl_vsil_gzip.cpp (#3908)
     8 * Fix OGRDataSource.Open() signature so utf8 translation works in C# (#3766).
     9 * Fix cpl_config.h.vc so it also works with mingw compiler on windows (#3960)
     10 * Fix GEOS configuration checking affecting GEOS 3.0.4 (#3990)
     11 * Support optional nmake.local file for local MSVC config (r22529).
     12
     13== GDAL / Raster ==
     14
     15 * GDALReplicateWord(): fix error with missing one pixel (#4090)
     16 * Fix issue with duplicating metadata (#3961)
     17 * VRT: Fix issues with complex data types (#3977)
     18 * VRT: Fix issue with nodata values and uninitialized buffers (#4045)
     19 * VRT/.aux.xml: Fix performance with large color tables (#3961)
     20 * VRT: Fix for VRTs smaller than the default block size (#4137)
     21 * IDRISI/RST: Fix seg fault with missing fields in .ref and .rdc (#4100)
     22 * IDRISI: Fix problem with spherical inverse flattening (#3757)
     23 * GTIFF: Fix support for external overviews with COPY_SRC_OVERVIEWS (#3938)
     24 * GTIFF: Correct handling of linear geokeys in feet (#3091)
     25 * GTIFF: Fix edge anomoly issues with jpeg tiles (#4096)
     26 * GTIFF: Don't skip driver even if library versions differ (#4101)
     27 * SAGA: Fix reading/writing .sdat files larger than 2GB. (#4104)
     28 * PCIDSK: Various fixes particularly for linked files (r21513)
     29 * PCIDSK: Fixes for georeferencing parsing (#3913)
     30 * ECW: Added/fixed french ECW coordinate systems (#3868)
     31 * ECW: Force sign of y pixel size when needed (#393)
     32 * ECW: Support EPSG:n style coordinate systems (#3955)
     33 * ECW: Fixes related to geotransform overrides (#4131)
     34 * ERS: Handle .ers files in case insensitive way (#3974)
     35 * PNG: Add support for libpng >= 1.5.0 (#3914)
     36 * JP2KAK: Support reading and writing resolution info (#3847)
     37 * MRSID: Fix for configuring and building on MacOS X (#3910)
     38 * HFA (.img): Fix filename computations and updating for renaming files (#3897)
     39 * HFA (.img): Support reading 2bit compressed .img files (#3956)
     40 * HFA (.img): Fix for rewriting projection/datum parameters (#3969)
     41 * NITF: Correct hemisphere setting for ICORDS=U with world file (#3931)
     42 * NITF: Added NITF_DISABLE_RPF_LOCATION_TABLE_SANITY_TESTS option (#3930)
     43 * NITF: Make attribute section size hack safer (#4020)
     44 * EHDR: Improved floating point file detection (#3933)
     45 * ASRP: Approximated support for Azimuthal Equidistant in poles (#3946)
     46 * HDF5/BAG: fix handle and memory leaks (#3953)
     47 * HDF5: Avoid returning NULL from !GetProjectionRef() (#4076)
     48 * HDF5: Improve preservation of floating point precision in metadata (r22531).
     49 * JPIPKAK: Fix problems with overviews, windowing and errors (#3967)
     50 * USGSDEM: Fixing locale dependent parsing of numbers (#3886, #3979)
     51 * RS2: Support subdataset oriented metadata and overviews (#4006)
     52 * AIGRID: Support uncompressed integer images (ArcGIS 10) (#4035)
     53 * gdalwarp: Include !DstDensity mask in memory calculations (#4042)
     54 * GeoRaster: Full backport for fixes and features (#4039,#3266,#4071,#4072,#4132)
     55 * ENVISAT: Fix gcp computations for stripline products (#3160,#3709)
     56 * ENVISAT: Fix gcp computations for MERIS products (#4086)
     57 * SAR_CEOS: Fix potential crash with odd filenames. (#4065)
     58 * SAR_CEOS: Skip datasets with wrong record length. (#4146)
     59 * ENVI: Support ESRI style coordinate system strings (#3312)
     60 * JAXAPALSAR: Fix datatype of 1.5 level product (#4136)
     61 * gdalfillnodata: working file is created as bigtiff if possibly needed (#4088)
     62
     63== OGR / Vector ==
     64
     65 * LIBKML: Fix build issue against static libkml (#3909)
     66 * LIBKML: Improve checking to see if files are actually kml (#4003)
     67 * GML: Fix crash with invalid geometries when axis order is lat/long (#3935)
     68 * GML: Support curves in directEdges (#3934)
     69 * GML: Do not force 3D linestrings for directed edges (#3936)
     70 * GPX/GeoRSS: Fix expat library order issue on unix (#3948)
     71 * PG/PGDUMP: Fix handling of NaN in zero width fields (#2112)
     72 * PGDUMP: Add CREATE_SCHEMA and DROP_TABLE layer options (#4033)
     73 * PGDUMP: Support wkbNone geometry better, and other subtle bugs (#4040)
     74 * OGR SQL: Allow double quoting column name in SELECT DISTINCT (#3966)
     75 * OGR SQL: Fix crashes with some uses of SUBSTR and CAST (#4055)
     76 * OGR SQL: Fix crash on IS NULL test on floating point fields (#4091)
     77 * OGR SQL: Fix error with SQL joins (#4112)
     78 * MSSQL: Fix for IDENTITY INSERT problem (#3992)
     79 * MSSQL: Fix for schema handling (#3951)
     80 * MSSQL: Fix for geometry handling with ExecuteSQL() (#4149)
     81 * OCI: Fix writing of tables with no general attributes (#4063)
     82 * GeoJSON: Fix assertion on ESRI json (#4056, #4057)
     83 * GeoJSON: Improve numeric field determination (#4082)
     84 * SHAPE: Fix decoding of triangle fans in multipatch files (#4081)
     85 * SHAPE: Fix multipolygon detection issue due to isClockwise failure (#4122)
     86 * MITAB: Fix handling of filenames with two dots in them. (#4123)
     87 * MITAB: Fix problems with null datetime values (#4150)
     88 * ogr2ogr: Improve -overwrite/-append handling (#4012)
     89 * ogr2ogr: Ensure -where fields are address in !SetIgnoredFields (#4015)
     90