GeoTools 2.7-RC1 Released

The GeoTools project is happy to announce the first release candidate for GeoTools 2.7, now available for download.

• geotools-2.7-RC1-bin.zip
• geotools-2.7-RC1-project.zip
• geotools-2.7-RC1-doc.zip
• geotools-2.7-RC1 Releases Notes

Notable features and bug fixes added since 2.7-beta1 include:

• labelling improvements with regard to handling spaces
• XML encoder fixes to more robustly handle encoding while under heavy loads
• better raster band naming when colour interpretation not available for a band
• improvements to WMS client regarding GetFeatureInfo and asking MapServer for transparent PNGs

And more. Check out the change log for all the information.

Download 2.7-RC1 now. You can help GeoTools get to the official 2.7.0 release by trying out the release candidate and reporting any issues encountered in the bug tracker or on the mailing list.

Thanks for supporting GeoTools!

- The GeoTools Community

End of GeoAPI involvement

The upcoming release of GeoTools represents a turning point for the GeoTools project - we are no longer taking part in GeoAPI.

Back in the dawn of time (well 2003) the GeoTools project started an experiment, and outreach program in the form of the GeoAPI project. Specifically this was an effort to collaborate with the deegree library (makes sense as both projects are LGPL and are working in the same domain).

Although not successful in its original goals of collaboration the GeoAPI project served as a great line of communication to the standards community. We would like to thank many of the amazing individuals who contributed their time, effort and expertise and extend an invitation for direct collaboration in the future.

A few things to keep in mind:

• We must emphasis that this decision does not break any client code
• The org.opengis interfaces will remain in the GeoTools library as part of the gt-opengis module
• As part of this change a lot of "deprecations" have already been cleaned up (representing areas of GeoAPI where the standard had passed out of fashion)
• GeoTools is committed to providing a stable API for your next (or current) Java project

The GeoAPI project is survived as an OGC Working group.

GeoTools 2.7-beta Released

GeoTools 2.7-beta has been released and is now available for download.

Notable features added since 2.7-M4 include much improved performance of raster re-projection, and a SLD 1.1 / Symbology Encoding 1.1 parser.

This release also removes dependency on the GeoAPI project, rolling those interfaces into a new gt-opengis module. This removes many deprecations in the GeoTools code base while still remaining 100% api compatible.

• geotools-2.7-beta1-bin.zip
• geotools-2.7-beta1-project.zip
• geotools-2.7-beta1-doc.zip
• geotools-2.7-M5 Releases Notes
• geotools-2.7-beta Releases Notes

As usual this release also contains a number of key bug fixes. See the change log for all the details.

Try out the release and report any issues encountered in the bug tracker or on the mailing list.

- The GeoTools Community

GeoTools 2.7-M4 released

The GeoTools 2.7-M4 release is now available for download:

• geotools-2.7-M4-bin.zip
• geotools-2.7-M4-project.zip
• geotools-2.7-M4-doc.zip

Release Notes:

• 2.7-M4 Release Notes

For more information please visit:

• http://geotools.org
• http://docs.codehaus.org/display/GEOTOOLS/2.7.x
• http://docs.codehaus.org/display/GEOTOOLS/Upgrade+to+2.7

Enjoy, 
The GeoTools Community

GeoSpatial for Java Workbooks available

It has now been a couple of weeks since foss4g and life is returning to normal. Thanks to everyone who contributed to a great experience. Part of that great experience was the workshop program; facilities were excellent; that staff helpful and due to a bit of scheduling fun the GeoSpatial for Java workshop was packed.

Justin and Jody were on hand for an intensive hands-on workshop "GeoSpatial for Java". This workshop offered an introduction to GIS concepts for Java developers - which is a really nice introduction since you can try out ideas and see how they work using running code.

The workshop materials have been published here:

• http://docs.geotools.org/latest/tutorials/

These workbooks are detailed step by step instructions written in a "code first" style. This allows you to carefully go through the steps required to produce runnable code. If you have any questions about the concepts or ideas covered you can continue reading for the background information.

Geospatial for Java

View more presentations from jgarnett.

This tutorial information has been gathered up in the "sphinx" documentation system; and pulls directly from Java source code examples that are built as part of our GeoTools nightly build.

Thanks to Justin for his help in setting up the sphinx nightly build; and if anyone is good at sphinx "rst2pdf" I would love to get this content out in printable form.

GeoTools Maven Repository Reminder

The original GeoTools maven repository at Refractions.net is down at the moment; for projects still making use of historical versions of GeoTools we encourage you to switch to our main repository.

To make the switch you will need to add the following to your maven pom.xml file:

• http://download.osgeo.org/webdav/geotools/

OpenGeo has also kindly provided a high performance maven repository for SNAPSHOT releases; so if you are interested in the latest and greatest (populated by a nightly build) you can add the following:

• http://repo.opengeo.org/

We would of course like to thank Refractions, OSGeo and OpenGeo for their community support. Setting up a public maven repository is a large commitment that is often transparent to those making use of the service.

We encourage sponsorship and donations to the OSGeo Foundation, and you are welcome to check out the commercial services offered by Refractions and OpenGeo. Let them know we sent you :-)

GeoTools 2.7-M3 Released

GeoTools 2.7-M3 was created on Sept 03, 2010:

• geotools-2.7-M3-bin.zip
• geotools-2.7-M3-project.zip
• geotools-2.7-M3-doc.zip
• geotools-2.7-M3-examples.zip

For more information please review the Release Notes:

• Release Notes

For more information on GeoTools and the 2.7 series:

• http://geotools.org
• 2.7.x
• Upgrade to 2.7