Mapnik 0.7.1

The 0.7.1 is a bugfix release, but also includes some new PNG output features.

Until tagging, source is here (after which this branch will be removed):

svn co http://svn.mapnik.org/branches/0.7.1-dev/

Release page: wiki:Release0.7.1

CHANGELOG: source:tags/release-0.7.1/CHANGELOG

Usage, either via Python or XML stylesheets should be fully compatible with the 0.6.x series.

Plugins

• #500 - postgis: fixing full support for schemas in postgis plugin
• #502 - gdal: bug in gdal scaling when using map buffer leading to poor image scaling
• #504 - shapefile: support for pointz

Python

• No changes

Core

• #508 - image symbolizers: made optional use of width/height/type attributes in LinePatternSymbolizer and PolygonPatternSymbolizer to match PointSymbolizer
• #512 - gamma: preservation of AA across symbolizers if gamma modified on PolygonSymbolizer
• #484 - scons: applied preferential sorting to lib/inc directories to ensure linking first to source compiled libs in /usr/local/lib (like icu and boost) if duplicate libraries are in /usr/lib
• Raster Fixes/Enhancements
  • #522 - fix colors in huge png256 output
  • #475 - fixed small shift in raster output
  • #477 - added new hextree based quantization
  • #477 - new png image compression options