3 These are mostly ABI breaking changes.
4 In few cases the API also changed, but the most external one
5 (the documented one) should be unchanged.
8 - Added geom::BinaryOp class performing a binary operation
9 using different heuristics to reduce probability of robustness
10 issues. Both C-API and XMLTester now use this class for
12 - Added covers() and coveredBy() predicates to Geometry class
13 - Added overlay::overlayOp() adapter class
14 - Added GEOSSimplify() and GEOSTopologyPreserveSimplify()
16 - Added closed ring checks in IsValidOp
17 - Multi-input support in XMLTester
19 - Envelope(string) ctor
21 - New ShortCircuitedGeometryVisitor class
22 - New operation/predicate package
23 - Added CGAlgorithms::isPointInRing() version working with
24 Coordinate::ConstVect type (faster!)
25 - Added getAt(int pos, Coordinate &to) funtion to CoordinateSequence
27 - Moved GetNumGeometries() and GetGeometryN() interfaces
28 from GeometryCollection to Geometry class.
29 - New planarSubgraph class
30 - New ConnectedSubgraphFinder class.
31 - New LineSequencer class
32 - New WKTWriter::toLineString and ::toPoint convenience methods
33 - New IsValidOp::setSelfTouchingRingFormingHoleValid method
34 - New WKTWriter::toLineString and ::toPoint convenience methods
35 - New IsValidOp::setSelfTouchingRingFormingHoleValid method
36 - New Envelope::centre()
37 - New Envelope::intersection(Envelope)
38 - New Envelope::expandBy(distance, [ydistance])
39 - New LineString::reverse()
40 - New MultiLineString::reverse()
41 - New Geometry::buffer(distance, quadSeg, endCapStyle)
42 - New SnapRounding code
43 - New size() and operator[] interfaces to CoordinateSequence
44 - New ScaledNoder class
45 - New unit tests (make check rule)
50 - Coordinate copies reduction
51 - Heap allocations reduction
52 - More classes made final
53 - Better use of standard containers
54 - Use of singletons when appropriate
55 - Removed many function calls in loops' end conditions
56 - Improved XMLTester output and user interface
57 - Improved memory use in geos::geom::util::PolygonExtractor
58 - Ported JTS-1.7 version of ConvexHull with big attention to
59 memory usage optimizations.
60 - Changed CoordinateArrayFilter to reduce memory copies
61 - Changed UniqueCoordinateArrayFilter to reduce memory copies
62 - Added rectangle-based optimizations of intersects() and
64 - Inlined all planarGraphComponent class
65 - More iterators returning methods and inlining in planargraph.
66 - Obsoleted toInternalGeometry/fromInternalGeometry
67 - Improved buffering speed and robustness by using Snap Rounding
71 - SegmentString: getCoordinates() doesn't return a clone
72 anymore, getCoordinatesRO() obsoleted.
73 - JTS packages mapped to geos:: sub-namespaces
74 - Geometry::getInteriorPoint() returns NULL if called
76 - LineString::get{Start,End}Point return NULL for
78 - GEOSException is now derived by std::runtim_exception
79 and thrown by const reference.
80 - Geometry constructors made protected, to force use
84 - More const-correct signatures
85 - Stronger methods typing (removed some void * args).
86 - Changed index-related funx signatures to use size_t
88 - More const-correctness in Buffer "package"
89 - Bugfix in LineString::getCoordinate() failing to return
90 NULL from getCoordinat() when empty.
91 - Use unsigned int for indexes and sizes.
94 - Namespaces mapping JTS packages
95 - Renamed classes after JTS names (namespaces use made this possible
97 - Splitted headers, for build speedup and possible API reduction.
98 - Moved source/bigtest and source/test to tests/bigtest
100 - Moved C-API in it's own top-level dir capi/
101 - Reworked automake scripts to produce a static lib for each subdir
102 and then link all subsystem's libs togheter
103 - Renamed DefaultCoordinateSequence to CoordinateArraySequence.
104 - Renamed OverlayOp opcodes by prepending the 'op' prefix, and
105 given the enum a name (OpCode) for type-safety.
108 - Fixed bug causing redundant linestrings to be returned in the
109 result of overlaying polygons containing touching holes (#13)
110 - Fixed integer conversion bug
111 - Fixed PointLocator handling of LinearRings
112 - Added missing ::clone() methods for Multi* geoms
114 - (Partial) Detailed list of changes:
115 - Changed SegmentNode to contain a *real* Coordinate (not a pointer)
116 to reduce construction costs.
117 - Changed geomgraph nodeMap to use Coordinate pointers as keys
118 - Envelope destructor made non-virtual to give compiler more static
120 - Changed BufferSubgraph::computeDepths to use a set instead of a
121 vector for checking visited Edges.
122 - Made LineIntersector a concrete type
123 - Node::isIncidentEdgeInResult() method made virtual
124 - Const-correct signatures in LineMerger package
125 - Changed operation/valid/*NestedRingTester classes interface
126 to use Coordinate pointers instead of copies.
127 - Changed EdgeIntersectionList to use a set instead of a vector
128 - Changed DepthSegment to store a real Coordinate rather then a pointer.
129 - Changed SubgraphDepthLocater to store real containers rather then
131 - Changed BufferSubgraph to store a real RightmostEdgeFinder and real
132 containers rather then pointers.
133 - CoordinateSequence API changes:
134 - point index and size related functions
135 use unsigned int rather then int
136 - Changed EdgeEndStar to maintain a single container for EdgeEnds
137 - Changed PlanarGraph::addEdges to take a const vector by ref
138 rathern then a non-const vector by pointer
139 - Changed EdgeList::addAll to take a const vector by ref
140 rather then a non-const vector by pointer
141 - Added apply_rw(CoordinateFilter *) and apply_ro(CoordinateFilter *)
142 const to CoordinateSequence
143 - LineBuilder::lineEdgesList made a real vector, rather then pointer
145 - SegmentString::eiList made a real SegmentNodeList, rather then
146 a pointer (private member)
147 - Removed coordinate copies in ElevationMatrix::elevate
148 - Changed CoordinateFilter interface to have a const method
149 for filter_rw, updated interfaces using this to take
150 const CoordinateFilter (apply_rw).
155 - Added version.in.vc to distribution
159 - Support for MingW builds
160 - Bugfix in Polygonizer chocking on invalid LineString inputs
161 - CAPI: small leak removed in GEOSHasZ()
165 - Performance improvement in OverlayOp::insertUniqueEdge()
166 - CoordinateSequence copy removal in EdgeRing
167 - Minor memory allocation improvements
168 - Higher dimensions interface for CoordinateSequence
169 - Added getCoordinatesRO for Point class
171 - NEW Simplified and stabler C API
175 - Severe BUGFIX in BufferSubgraphGT and other functions used
176 as StrictWeakOrdering predicates for sort()
180 - win32/mingw build support
181 - Segfault fix in LinearRing and LineString constructors
182 - Segfault fix in Polygonizer
183 - XMLTester installed by default
184 - XMLTester code cleanup
185 - Fixed handling of collection input in GeometryFactory::buildGeometry
186 - Added shortcircuit test for Union operation
187 - Reduced useless Coordinate copies in CGAlgorithms::isPointInRing()
188 - Performance improvements in CGAlgorithms::isOnLine()
189 - Other minor performance improvements
190 - New Node::isIncidentEdgeInResult() method
191 - OverlayOp's PointBuilder performance improvement by reduction
192 of LineIntersector calls.
193 - Optimizations in Buffer operation
194 - Sever BUGFIX in DepthSegmentLT as suggested by Graeme Hiebert
198 - Segfault fix in Point::isEmpty
199 - Mem Leak fix in OffsetCurveBuilder::getRingCurve
200 - Bugfix in LineSegment::reverse
201 - Added multipolygon buffering test in source/test/testLeaksBig
202 - Ported JTS robustness patch for RobustLineIntersector
203 - Removed useless Coordinate copies in OverlayOp::mergeZ()
204 - Avoided throws by IsValid on invalid input
205 - Stricter C++ syntax (math.h=>cmath, ieeefp.h in "C" block, ostringstream
207 - Better support for older compilers (Polygonizer::LineStringAdder friendship)
208 - Removed useless Coordinate copies in CGAlgorithms::isOnLine()
209 - Added support for polygonize and parametrized buffer tests in XMLTester
210 - Fixed support for --includedir and --libdir
211 - Fixed Z interpolation in LineIntersector
212 - Handled NULL results from getCentroid() in XMLTester
213 - Segfault fix in (EMPTY)Geometry::getCentroid()
214 - Made polygon::getBoundary() always OGC-valid (no LinearRings)
215 - Input checking and promoting in GeometryFactory::createMultiLineString()
216 - Segfault fix in GeometryEditor::editPolygon()
221 - Fixed uninitialized Coordinate in TopologyException
222 - Added install of version.h, platform.h and timeval.h
223 - Memleak fix in PolygonizeGraph
224 - Memleak fix in OverlayOp
225 - Compiler warnings removal
227 - Z interpolation in overlay operations
228 - Debian package build scripts
233 - Added Polygonizer and LineMerger classes.
234 - python wrapper examples
235 - General cleanup / warnings removal
236 - cleaner win32 / older copilers builds
237 - Reduced heap allocations
238 - debian package builder scripts
239 - reduction of standard C lib headers dependency
240 - Z support in overlay operations.
245 - CoordinateList renamed to CoordinateSequence, BasicCoordinateList
246 renamed to DefaultCoordinateSequence to reflect JTS changes.
247 DefaultCoordinateSequenceFactory and CoordinateSequenceFactory
248 got same interface as JTS.
249 - Added geos/version.h defining versioning infos
250 - Added geos.h for quick inclusion. It will include geos/geom.h,
251 new geos/version.h, geos/util.h geos/io.h and geos/unload.h
252 (geometry input/output, exceptions, operations).
253 - Added a geos::version() function showing GEOS and equivalent
254 JTS versions as strings.
255 - All geometry constructors take ownership of given arguments.
256 GeometryFactory provides pass-by-reference geometry creators
257 to take care of a deep-copy.
258 - GeometryFactory::createMultiPoint(const CoordinateList *)
260 GeometryFactory::createMultiPoint(const CoordinateList &)
261 to reflect copy semantic
262 - GeometryFactory: EMPTY geometry creation do now have their
263 own constructors taking no arguments.
264 - Geometry constructors taking PrecisionModel and SRID have
265 been dropped. You have to use GeometryFactory instead.
266 - WKTWriter default constructor has been dropped. You need
267 to initialize it with an explicit GeometryFactory