The changes are fully described at
http://trac.osgeo.org/gdal/wiki/Release/1.8.0-News
However, the following are the highlights.
In a nutshell:
* New GDAL drivers : GTX, HF2, JPEGLS, JP2OpenJPEG, JPIPKAK,
KMLSUPEROVERLAY, LOS/LAS, MG4Lidar, NTv2, OZI, PDF, RASDAMAN,
XYZ
* New OGR drivers : AeronavFAA, ArcObjects, GPSBabel, HTF, LIBKML,
MSSQLSpatial, NAS, OpenAir, PDS, PGDump, SOSI, SUA, WFS
* Significantly improved OGR drivers : DXF, GML
* New implemented RFCs:
o RFC 7: Use VSILFILE for VSI*L Functions
o RFC 24: Progressive data support in GDAL
o RFC 28: OGR SQL Generalized Expressions
o RFC 29: OGR Set Ignored Fields
o RFC 30: Unicode Filenames
o RFC 33: GTIFF - Corrected !PixelIsPoint Interpretation
* New utility : gdallocationinfo
Backward compatibility issues:
* MITAB driver: use "," for the OGR Feature Style id: parameter
delimiter, not "." as per the spec. Known impacted application:
MapServer?
* RFC 33 changes the way PixelIsPoint? is handled for GeoTIFF
* GML driver: write valid <gml:MultiGeometry> element instead of
the non-conformant <gml:GeometryCollection>. For backward
compatibility, recognize both syntax for the reading part
Changes:
--- 2010.12.27 ---
Request #237:
Add timeout to route calculation
Request #238:
Add order to selected waypoints to create a route
Request #239:
Add Garmin BirdsEye support (display only)
--- 2010.12.06 ---
Request #231:
Make anti-aliasing an option
Bug #232:
Photos in the south eastern hemisphere are referenced badly
Request #233:
Make tracks and routes semi-transparent
Request #234:
Add legend for Garmin maps
Request #235:
Fixes and improvements for NMEA support
Request #236:
Move map with Alt+mouse move
--- 2010.11.15 ---
Request #218:
Add "description" as additional field to waypoints.
Request #219:
Make routing language a selection
Bug #220:
Fixed: Garmin Custom Maps fail on maps with lon/lat projection
Bug #221:
Fixed: Crash when exporting maps with bad or missing mdr file
Request #222:
Make baudrate selectable for NMEA device.
Request #223:
Update Spanish translation
Request #224:
Update italian transaltion
Request #225:
Update dutch translation
Request #226:
Add location search via OpenRouteService
Request #227:
Add most important web links to help menu
Bug #228:
Fixed: Add big endian fixes for OS X
Request #229:
Distance over time graph
Bug #230:
Fixed: Strings for 20bit type polylines and polygons are decoded badly
--- 2010.11.02 ---
Bug #217:
Forgot to do a commit before the release
--- 2010.11.02 ---
Request #210:
Make UI fit for GNOME
Request #211:
Add tooltip (optional) for items below cursor on Garmin maps
Request #212:
Make zoom level and track maxima labels optional
Request #213:
Prepare route object for autorouting information
Request #214:
Add autorouting via openroute service
Request #215:
Use secondary (autorouted) route for gpx export
Request #216:
Use secondary (autorouted) route for garmin device upload
--- 2010.09.26 ---
Request #170:
Show extended data of tracks
Bug #202:
Various user supplied bugfixes.
Request #203:
Pimp up map canvas
Request #204:
Add min/max elevation markers to highlighted track
Bug #205:
File dialog for screenshot, save track stat plot and save canvas behaves strange.
Request #206:
GeoDB: add summary about item as tooltip rather than the real comment.
Request #208:
Add track profile preview on canvas
Request #209:
Make scale and wind rose optional
--- 2010.09.11 ---
Request #195:
Export raster maps to KMZ
Request #196:
Export raster maps as Garmin Custom Map tiles
Request #197:
Make folder system of geo database a bit more flexible
Bug #198:
Optimize geo database access and fix many glitches.
Bug #199:
Some tiles on OSM maps are not selectable
Bug #200:
Fix glitches in track profile/ edit/ toolview interaction
Request #201:
Enhance guideline and snap algorithm for drawing distance polylines
--- 2010.08.15 ---
Bug #192:
Fixed Garmin map: Small vertical or horizontal lines are not drawn
Request #193:
Use SQLite database for user data
Request #194:
Add project explorer for the database
--- 2010.07.28 ---
Request #184:
Detect proxy from environment variable
Request #185:
Get elevation data for artificial tracks from www.geonames.org
Request #186:
Improove snap to line for distance polyline
Bug #187:
Fix: endian bugs in Garmin label decoding
Request #188:
Split track in segements of size N
Request #189:
Sort tracks by name and time
Request #190:
Copy-n-paste for distance polyline.
Request #191:
Combine several distance polyline overlays
--- 2010.07.04 ---
Request #177:
Keep on adding points when adding points to start or end of distance polyline
Bug #178:
Fix: End points are deleted when moving around is aborted.
Request #179:
Add speed and estimated time to distance polyline
Request #180:
Select items for export/upload
Bug #181:
Fix: Proximity circles are not drawn if waypoint leaves viewport
Request #182:
Make distance polyline follow lines in vector map
Bug #183:
Change shortcut description from Del to Ctrl + Del in left hand tool widgets
--- 2010.06.06 ---
Bug #172:
Fixed: typ file not working on device.
Request #173:
Sort waypoints by name, icon or position
Request #174:
Make track bubbles an option
Request #175:
Fine tune reference offset for raster maps
Bug #176:
Fix performance stall when loading large quantity (>2000) of waypoints
--- 2010.05.10 ---
Request #167:
Dutch translation
Request #168:
Add gpsd support
Request #169:
Optimize map rendering for Garmin maps
Request #171:
Add selection for typ file if there are several
--- 2010.04.03 ---
Bug #157:
Fixed: Bad zoom factor for "zoom to fit"
Request #158:
Sort list entries in tool views
Request #159:
Accept more formats for waypoint coords and related.
Bug #160:
Fixed: Typ file is not used in gmapsupp.img
Request #161:
Code map set name into gmapsupp.img
Request #162:
Allow use of *.hgt files to import elevation data
Bug #163:
Fixed: GDAL tools not found on OS X port
Bug #164:
Fixed: Endless loop on profile over time for tracks with no timestamp.
Request #165:
Revert track
Request #166:
Speed up loading of Garmin tiles.
Changes:
Bug #141:
Fix: Raster map search does not work with map files containing multiple '.'
Bug #142:
Fix: Raster map search does not work with lon/lat WGS84 projection
Request #143:
Delete map while active/shown
Request #144:
Make scalebar work for maps with lat/lon projection
Bug #145:
Fix: Zoom to area does not work when using lon/lat DEM and Garmin maps
Bug #146:
Fix: qlb and sticky waypoint handling for qt4.6
Request #147:
Hide / show tracks
Request #148:
Add zoom to fit for multiple selected tracks
Request #149:
Add zoom to fit for multiple selected waypoints
Request #150:
Rewrite 3D view
Request #151:
Add first person view to 3D view
Request #152:
Add point of view on track to 3D view
Request #153:
Add compass to 3D view
Request #154:
Add elevation meter to 3D view
Request #155:
Add artificial horizont to 3D view
Request #156:
Add zoom to fit for multiple selected overlays
