This release is also available from our Maven repository. This release is made in conjunction with GeoServer 2.9.3.
GeoTools 15.3 is a maintenance release focused on bug fixes. While this release is suitable for production systems we recommend planning your upgrade to GeoTools 16.
Features and Improvements:
- Upgrade to use of latest ImageIO-EXT 1.1.16 for raster formats
 - SQL encoding of filters on nested attributes
 - Rendering can now delegate band selection to coverage reader
 
- PostgreSQL 9.6 index sorting fixed
 - Several SQL Server fixes including bulk insert, date/time fix filtering, compatibility with Microsoft JDBC driver
 - SLD fix for rescaling graphic with anchor point
 - Grid coverage
 
About GeoTools 15
What's new in GeoTools 15:- Java 8 is now required. Please view the install guide for details.
 - Group By feature collection visitor.