The 3.0.0 release is a new feature release with the following highlights:
- Implement RFC 73: Integration of PROJ6 for WKT2, late binding capabilities, time-support and unified CRS database. ==> PROJ >= 6 is now a build requirement https://trac.osgeo.org/gdal/wiki/rfc73_proj6_wkt2_srsbarn
- New GDAL drivers:
- DAAS: read driver for Airbus DS Intelligence Data As A Service
- TileDB: read/write driver for https://www.tiledb.io (#1402)
- New OGR drivers:
- MongoDBv3: read/write driver using libmongocxx v3.4.0 client (for MongoDB >= 4.0)
- Improved drivers:
- FITS: read/write support for scale, offset and CRS
- netCDF: read support for groups
- PDF: add a COMPOSITION_FILE creation option to generate a complex document
- PDS4: subdataset creation support, read/write table/vector support
- Support for minimal builds on Unix (#1250)
- Add a docker/ directory with Dockerfile for different configurations
- Continued code linting
More complete information on the new features and fixes in the 3.0.0 release can be found at:
http://trac.osgeo.org/gdal/wiki/Release/3.0.0-News
The release can be downloaded from:
- http://download.osgeo.org/gdal/3.0.0/gdal300.zip – source as a zip
- http://download.osgeo.org/gdal/3.0.0/gdal-3.0.0.tar.gz – source as .tar.gz
- http://download.osgeo.org/gdal/3.0.0/gdal-3.0.0.tar.xz – source as .tar.xz
- http://download.osgeo.org/gdal/3.0.0/gdal-grass-3.0.0.tar.gz – GDAL-GRASS plugin
- http://download.osgeo.org/gdal/3.0.0/gdalautotest-3.0.0.tar.gz – test suite
- http://download.osgeo.org/gdal/3.0.0/gdal300doc.zip – documentation /website
The migration guide can be found at:
https://github.com/OSGeo/gdal/blob/release/3.0/gdal/MIGRATION_GUIDE.TXT
Best regards,
Even