[geos-devel] GEOS 3.1.0

[Mateusz Loskot]

Paul Ramsey wrote:
> The GEOS team is pleased to announce that GEOS 3.1.0 has been pushed
> out the door, cold, wet, trembling and looking for love.
> 
> http://download.osgeo.org/geos/geos-3.1.0.tar.bz2
> 
> Version 3.1.0 includes a number of improvements over the 3.0 version:
> 
> - PreparedGeometry operations for very fast predicate testing.
>   - Intersects()
>   - Covers()
>   - CoveredBy()
>   - ContainsProperly()
> - Easier builds under MSVC and OpenSolaris
> - Thread-safe CAPI option
> - IsValidReason added to CAPI
> - CascadedUnion operation for fast unions of geometry sets
> - Single-sided buffering operation added
> - Numerous bug fixes.
>   http://trac.osgeo.org/geos/query?status=closed&milestone=3.1.0&order=priority
> 
> Users of the upcoming PostGIS 1.4 will find that compiling against
> GEOS 3.1 provides them access to some substantial performance
> improvements and some extra functions.

Quoting Hobu: "best announce ever" :-)

Thanks Paul and everyone involved!

Best regards,
-- 
Mateusz Loskot, http://mateusz.loskot.net
Charter Member of OSGeo, http://osgeo.org