[gdal-dev] GDAL 3.13.0 beta1 available

[Even Rouault]

Hi,

I've prepared a beta1 of GDAL 3.13.0 (code name not decided yet) to get 
feedback
from early testers, for the following next 2 weeks before the release 
candidate.

The NEWS file is here:

   https://github.com/OSGeo/gdal/blob/v3.13.0beta1/NEWS.md

and the gist at the end of this email ([1])

Please file tickets at https://github.com/OSGeo/gdal/issues for issues 
you'd find
(or pull requests to fix them)

I have *not* branched off yet master for release/3.14, so be careful with
material that goes into master until that's done.

Source snapshots at:

- https://download.osgeo.org/gdal/3.13.0/gdal-3.13.0beta1.tar.gz
- https://download.osgeo.org/gdal/3.13.0/gdal-3.13.0beta1.tar.gz.md5
- https://download.osgeo.org/gdal/3.13.0/gdal-3.13.0beta1.tar.gz.sig
- https://download.osgeo.org/gdal/3.13.0/gdal-3.13.0beta1.tar.xz
- https://download.osgeo.org/gdal/3.13.0/gdal-3.13.0beta1.tar.xz.md5
- https://download.osgeo.org/gdal/3.13.0/gdal-3.13.0beta1.tar.xz.sig
- https://download.osgeo.org/gdal/3.13.0/gdal3130beta1.zip
- https://download.osgeo.org/gdal/3.13.0/gdal3130beta1.zip.md5
- https://download.osgeo.org/gdal/3.13.0/gdal3130beta1.zip.sig

Autotest snapshots:

- https://download.osgeo.org/gdal/3.13.0/gdalautotest-3.13.0beta1.zip

Docker images are available:
- ghcr.io/osgeo/gdal:alpine-small-3.13.0beta1
- ghcr.io/osgeo/gdal:alpine-normal-3.13.0beta1
- ghcr.io/osgeo/gdal:ubuntu-small-3.13.0beta1
- ghcr.io/osgeo/gdal:ubuntu-full-3.13.0beta1

The ubuntu images are still based on 24.04. I hope we will be able to switch
to 26.04 at release time, but this is pending availabilies of arrow/Parquet
packages.

Even

[1] In a nutshell...


* New 'gdal' command line interface capabilities:
   - [gdal vector 
combine](https://gdal.org/en/latest/programs/gdal_vector_combine.html) 
(#13895)
   - [gdal vector 
concave-hull](https://gdal.org/en/latest/programs/gdal_vector_concave_hull.html)
   - [gdal vector 
convex-hull](https://gdal.org/en/latest/programs/gdal_vector_convex_hull.html)
   - [gdal vector 
create](https://gdal.org/en/latest/programs/gdal_vector_create.html) 
(#14210)
   - [gdal vector 
dissolve](https://gdal.org/en/latest/programs/gdal_vector_dissolve.html) 
(#13985)
   - [gdal vector 
export-schema](https://gdal.org/en/latest/programs/gdal_vector_export_schema.html) 
(#14156)
   - [gdal vector 
update](https://gdal.org/en/latest/programs/gdal_vector_update.html)
   - [gdal vector 
rename-layer](https://gdal.org/en/latest/programs/gdal_vector_rename_layer.html) 
(#14132)
   - [gdal vector 
sort](https://gdal.org/en/latest/programs/gdal_vector_sort.html) (#13351)
   - [gdal dataset 
check](https://gdal.org/en/latest/programs/gdal_dataset_check.html)
   - [gdal driver cog 
validate](https://gdal.org/en/latest/programs/gdal_driver_cog_validate.html) 
(uses validate_cloud_optimized_geotiff.py
     underneath)
   - [gdal driver gpkg 
validate](https://gdal.org/en/latest/programs/gdal_driver_gpkg_validate.html) 
(uses validate_gpkg.py underneath)
   - gdal pipeline: add a 
[external](https://gdal.org/en/latest/programs/gdal_external.html) step 
to run an external command
* Zarr: various improvements in Zarr V3 support (sharding), support for
   multiscales, spatial and proj extensions for EOPF Visualization products.
* COG driver: implement GDALDriver::Create() for random write creation
* Add [E57](https://gdal.org/en/latest/drivers/raster/e57.html) 
read-only raster driver to read 2D images from ASTM E2807 (E57) files
* Add [SAR Compensated Phase History Data 
(CPHD)](https://gdal.org/en/latest/drivers/raster/cphd.html) 
multi-dimensional read-only
   driver (#14310)
* MiraMonRaster: add creation support (#13960)
* [JP2GROK](https://gdal.org/en/latest/drivers/raster/jp2grok.html): 
read/write driver for JPEG-2000 using Grok JPEG 2000 toolkit
   (the toolkit is AGPL v3 licensed)
* S102/S104/S111 driver: add write support
* NITF driver: add support for [CADRG 
writing](https://gdal.org/en/latest/drivers/raster/nitf.html#cadrg-compressed-arc-digitized-raster-graphics-write-support)
* Various code linting, static code analyzer fixes, etc.
* Make cloud users aware of commercial cloud providers that don't 
sponsor the
   project and whose cloud storage protocol may be removed in the future 
(#14313)
* Revert removal of OGR Tiger and UK. NTF drivers (but still to be 
considered
   as living on borrowed time)
* Bump of shared lib major version

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