gdalraster 2.6.0

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Dependencies

• packages glue and ltc have been added to Suggests

API change

• rename vector_to_MEM() as rvector_to_MEM() but keep an alias to the deprecated name for now (Rename vector_to_MEM() as rvector_to_MEM() (but keep an alias for now) #958)

Features

GDAL CLI bindings

• add gdal_run_piped(): a variation of gdal_run() suitable for use with the R native pipe operator (CLI bindings: add gdal_run_piped() #956)
• gdal_run(): add arguments close and quiet (Add arguments close and quiet in gdal_run() #941)
• gdal_usage(): replace [may be repeated] with whether packed values / repeated arg allowed or not (gdal_usage(): replace [may be repeated] with packed values, repeated arg allowed or not #953)

Raster

• class method GDALRaster$addBand(): accept an R vector to add a MEM band from data pointer without copying (GDALRaster::addBand(): accept an R vector to add a MEM band from data pointer without copying #960)
• add GDALRaster$getInterBandCovMatrix(): class method to fetch or compute the covariance matrix between bands of a dataset using GDALDatasetGetInterBandCovarianceMatrix() in GDAL 3.13
• add northness() and eastness(): convenience functions for transforming aspect degrees

Geometry API

• add g_invalid_reason(): interface to OGR_G_GetInvalidityReason() in GDAL >= 3.13 (Geom: add g_invalid_reason(), interface to OGR_G_GetInvalidityReason() in GDAL >=3.13 #957)
• add g_segmentize(): interface to OGR_G_Segmentize() (Geom API: add g_segmentize(), interface to OGR_G_Segmentize() #966)

Terminal UI

• configure the default progress bar to show elapsed time upon completion (progress_r: configure the default progress bar to show elapsed time upon completion #935, calc(): configure the progress bar #936)
• format various console messages using cli functions
• redirect /vsistdout/ to the compliant output stream to allow using GDAL standard output streaming in the R terminal (Redirect /vsistdout/ to the compliant R output stream via Rcpp #963)
• add lib_versions(): return a named list of library version information for GDAL and its major dependencies in a consistent format, as alternative to the separate version info functions
• suppress warning messages in the show() method for GDALRaster and GDALVector (e.g., if no spatial reference is defined)
• add progress_bar_clear(): terminate/reset any active cli progress bars (Progress bar improvements and format console messages with {cli} #939)

Fixes

• use the CLI_SHOULD_TICK macro in the C++ progress bar to avoid unnecessary updates on screen for small performance improvement in certain cases (Progress bar improvements and format console messages with {cli} #939)
• GDALAlg::setArg(): more robust handling of algorithm arguments with object input
• class GDALVector: lint/cleanup class constructors also addressing Rcpp 1471 issue comment

Documentation

• move Vector API Overview from web article to vignette
• add new examples for GDAL CLI pipelines and gdal_run_piped() in web article Using gdal CLI algorithms from R
• update (primarily documentation) for the "UInt8" pixel data type in GDAL >= 3.13 (Update (primarily documentation) for the UInt8 pixel data type in GDAL >= 3.13 #933)
• add links to the new GDAL documentation on geometry validity and repair (Doc: add links to the new GDAL documentation on geometry validity and repair #932)
• g_make_valid(): update documentation to describe the new behavior of MakeValid() in GDAL 3.13(Geom API: condition tests for changes to MakeValid() in GDAL 3.13 and update the documentation for g_make_valid() #934)

Internal

• g_make_valid(): condition tests for changes to MakeValid() in GDAL 3.13
• calc(): use a unique temp name when the output dataset is MEM and a specific name is not given (calc(): use a unique temp name when the output dataset is MEM and a specific name is not given #954)
• add undocumented .rasterize_polygon() for internal use, currently only for FIESTA support (Add .rasterize_polygon() for internal use #955)
• has_space_char_(): use std::any_of to avoid cppcheck style warning

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This discussion was created from the release gdalraster 2.6.0.