1.9.0

[sgillies]

This is 1.9.0.

Deprecations

• The precision keyword argument of fiona.transform.transform_geom is deprecated and will be removed in version 2.0.
• The fiona.drivers() function has been deprecated and will be removed in version 2.0. It should be replaced by fiona.Env().
• The new fiona.meta module will be renamed to fiona.drivers in version 2.0.

New features

The major new features are:

• A new CRS class identical to Rasterio's.
• New Feature and Geometry classes. These are returned instead of dicts but are compatible with version 1.8's dicts.
• Access to format driver metadata.

Please see the change log entries for 1.9 pre-releases to see a complete list of new features and bug fixes.

PyPI wheels

The binary wheels on PyPI include GDAL 3.5.3, GEOS 3.11.1, and PROJ 9.0.1.

GDAL and Python versions

Fiona 1.9.0 requires GDAL 3.1 and Python 3.7 or newer.

1.8.x status

1.8.22 was the final release from the maint-1.8 branch.

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This discussion was created from the release 1.9.0.

[sgillies]

Update: we've got macosx_11_0_arm64 wheels on PyPI now for Pythons 3.8-3.11. Their tests passed on a Cirrus CI M1 Monterey runner (macos 12). Please report if they don't work on your computer.