[Liblas-devel] Re: libLAS 1.0.0b3 Released

[Howard Butler]

Just a notice to let you know that libLAS is now available via OSGeo4W  
for windows folks looking to test it out without fuss.

http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/OSGeo_Win32_Installer

Howard

> All,
>
> 9/26/2008
>
> I am pleased to announce the release of libLAS 1.0.0b3.  Again, a  
> number of issues have been identified and resolved in this release,  
> and I would like to thank the folks who've helped with the beta  
> process.  If nothing significant is found in the next two weeks, we  
> will issue 1.0.0 final.
>
> Here is a list of items that have been fixed since 1.0.0b2:
>
> - Python bindings DLL name confusion http://liblas.org/ticket/74
> - Added a few missing methods in the C API http://liblas.org/ticket/67
> - Points with negative elevations were not working http://liblas.org/ticket/76
> - Fix the leap year fix in the Python bindings again http://liblas.org/ticket/71
> - More precision in the output of scale factors in the command line  
> utilities http://liblas.org/ticket/75
> - Allow summary operations to output text to a generic stream http://liblas.org/ticket/77
>
> Additionally, 1.0.0b3 will be the first significant release of  
> libLAS targeted at OSGeo4W.  The standard libLAS win32 package will  
> still be made for a while (probably including 1.0.0 final), but the  
> preferred way will be to obtain libLAS for win32 using OSGeo4W.
>
> Windows Release
> -----------------------
>
> - http://liblas.org/raw-attachment/wiki/1.0.0b3/liblas-1.0.0-b3-win32.zip
> - http://liblas.org/raw-attachment/wiki/1.0.0b3/liblas-1.0.0-b3-win32.zip.md5
>
> Source Release
> ---------------------
>
> - http://liblas.org/raw-attachment/wiki/1.0.0b3/las-1.0.0b3.tar.bz2
> - http://liblas.org/raw-attachment/wiki/1.0.0b3/ 
> las-1.0.0b3.tar.bz2.md5
>
> http://liblas.org/wiki/1.0.0b3
>
> Howard