# $Id: CHANGELOG 776 2008-12-7 01:30:27Z dane $ ---------------- Mapnik Changelog ---------------- A simple log of core changes affecting Mapnik usage. Developers: Please commit along with changes. For a complete change history, see the SVN log. Mapnik 0.6.1 Release -------------------- (Packaged from r___) - Improved support for PPC (Big endian) archetectures (r1198 -> r1213) - Plugins: Exposed list of available/registered plugins (r1180) (#246) - SCons: Improve build support for SunCC (patches from River Tarnell) (r1168, r1169) - Python: Pickling support for text_symbolizer (r1164) (#345) - Python: Pickling support for proj_transform and view/coord_transform (r1163) (#345) - Python: Pickling support for parameters (r1162) (#345) - Python: Pickling support for stroke objects (r1161) (#345) - Python: Pickling support for line_symbolizer (r1160) (#345) - Python: Pickling support for projection objects (r1159) (#345) - Python: Pickling support for shield_symbolizer (r1158) (#345) - Python: Pickling support for polygon_symbolizer (r1157) (#345) - Python: Pickling support for query objects (r1156) (#345) - Python: Pickling support for pattern symbolizers (r1155) (#345) - Python: Pickling support for raster_symbolizer (r1154) (#345) - Python: Exposed dash_array get method (r1151) (#317) - Python: Pickling support for Coord objects (#345) - GDAL Plugin: Added an experimental option to open files in 'shared mode' (r1143) - Python: Exposed RasterSymbolizer options in Python (r1139) - Plugins: Formal inclusion of new plugin for Kismet server (r1127) (#293) - Python: Made access to features and featuresets more Pythonic (r1121) (#171,#280,#283) - XML: Ensured relative paths in XML are interpreted relative to XML file location (r1124) (#326) - XML: Added ability to serialize all default symbolizer values by passing third argument to save_map(m,'file.xml',True)(r1117) (#327) - Core: Added support for alpha transparency when writing to png256 (patch from Marcin Rudowski) (#202) - SCons: Ensured ABI compatibility information is embedded in libmapnik.dylib on Mac OS X (#322) - SCons: Ensured that the full 'install_name' path would be added to libmapnik.dylib on Mac OS X (#374) - Tests: Added testing framework in Python using nose (r1101-r1105) - Raster Plugin: Added a tile/bbox-based read policy for large (rasters width * height > 1024*1024 will be loaded in chunks) (r1089) - OGCServer: Made lxml dependency optional (r1085) (#303) - Rasters: Handle rounding to allow better alignment of raster layers (r1079) (#295) - AGG Renderer: Added option to control output JPEG quality (r1078) (#198) - Plugins: Fixed segfault in OGR Plugin with empty geometries (r1074) (#292) Mapnik 0.6.0 Release -------------------- (Packaged from r1066) - Python: Added support for aspect_fix_mode (r1013) - Fixed axis-ordering for WMS 1.3.0 request (r1051) (#241) - Added option to all plugins to support using a 'base' path argument (r1042) - Symbolizers: RasterSymbolizer now support composing modes for hillshading (r1027) - SCons: Added options to build the rundemo and pgsql2sqlite tools (r989) - OGCServer: Added content-length output (r986) - SCons: Replaced LIBS/INCLUDES options for postgres and gdal with pg_config and gdal-config (r977) - SCons: Created an optional configure stage (r973) - Python: Added further pickling/copy support to Map, Layers, Datasources, Styles,and Rules (r907,r913,r921) - OGCServer: Added support for load_map(), allowing reading of XML styles and layers (r901) - OGCServer: Enabled friendly html output when in debug mode (debug=1 in ogcserver.conf) (r899) - Plugins: Added Sqlite driver for reading sqlite databases (r881) - Python: Exposed a number of properties for the Text Symbolizer (r869) - Plugins: PostGIS plugin now accepts multi-line queries (r862) - Filter parsing: Allow numbers in the filter field name. This allows for shapefiles with columns like '1970'. - Plugins: Added OGR driver for reading all OGR supported formats (kunitoki) (r836) (#170) - XML: Added serialization of Fontsets (r807) - XML: Added support for reading xml from a string (r806) - C++: renamed mapnik::Color to mapnik::color (r796) - Python: Made available the scale_denominator property from the map in c++ and python (r794) - Python: Added ability to resize map and clear all layers and styles from python (r793) - Python: Exposed Proj to/from transformation for projected coordinate systems (r792,r822) (#117) - Memory Datasource: Added support for dynamically adding Points to map using Point Datasource (r790) - XML: Added xml serialization for abstract, title, minzoom, maxzoom, and queryable attributes (r787) - Core: Transformation is now skipped if srs values match exactly (r777) - Symbolizers: 'min_distance' now honored for POINT placement using Text Symbolizer (r771) - Plugins: PostGIS plugin now accepts a geometry_field,record_limit, cursor_size options (r769,r872) - Python: Added ability to transform as a method on Coord and Envelope objects (r764) - Python: Added docstrings to the Layer object (r763) - Plugins: Loosened the type checking in Shapefile Plugin dbf reader (r762) - Fonts: Added support for Right-to-left Hebrew text (r749) - Core: Added a Map buffer parameter - helps to avoid cut labels at tile edges (r744) - Symbolizers: Added opacity support to Point Symbolizer (r743) - Symbolizers: Added support of using Points with Shield Symbolizer (r741) - Plugins: PostGIS plugin now accepts alternate schemas (r773) - Fonts: Added support for fallback fonts (r704) - Cairo: Cairo support exposed in Python (r666) - Plugins: Added OSM plugin for reading directly from OSM data (r663) - Filters: Added support for boolean expressions (r660) - Python: Added ability to open Image32 files (r652) - Cairo: Cairo rendering support added (r656) - Core: Added unicode support based on ICU (r650) - Core: Added support for single and multi threaded variants of Mapnik (r632,r634) - Plugins: Use memory mapped files for reading shape file (r628) - Core: Use streams to write images (i/o refactor) (r628) (#15)