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[udig-users] uDig 1.2-M9 Released

Welcome to the January milestone release of uDig. This release is made in conjuction with GeoTools 2.6.1 featuring several improvements to the jdbc "next generation" database support.

Installation

Installation Notes: Download the package appropriate to your platform:
  • Windows: installer (including ECW support) or zip archive avaiable.
  • Linux
  • Mac
  • SDK: For use with SDK Quickstart instructions.

On windows and linux uDig includes a Java Runtime so you really can unzip and run. On mac uDig is able to check for Java Advanced Imaging and install if needed.

About uDig 1.2 Milestone 9

We have focused on the Software Developers Kit this release and have a new SDK Quickstart available. These instrucitons have been completely updated for Eclipse 3.5.1.

We have accomplished our goals for the uDig 1.2 series and will be issuing a release candidate shortly.

This release features:

Known problems:
  • Mac release unable to support the full range of imageio-ext formats (MRSID, ECW, etc...)
  • Linux64 release is not provided as we wait for a 64 bit release of ImageIO-EXT
  • Some repots of the Layers menu not showing up under the SDK release

About uDig 1.2

The uDig 1.2 series highlights a lot really great ideas the developer community has been playing with. We have upgraded the version of the GeoTools library we use - bringing give years of new developments in standard support, and a host of new raster and vector formats. An exciting addition is the use of the ImageIO-ext project allowing the use of raster formats supported by GDAL.

New and experimental capabilities of uDig 1.2 include:

  • ImageIO-EXT rendering enabling additional raster formats and working with images larger then memory
  • Tiled rendering (as an option in preferences) with a new flicker free panning tool.
  • Support for GeoWebCache and TileServer via WMS-C
  • WFS 1.1.0 support
  • Greatly improved ArcSDE support; multithreaded and faster.

This tech-preview is made available for your testing pleasure; please contribute bug reports and feedback! This milestone is a suitable baseline for your own development efforts.


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