PDAL/PDAL: 2.6.0

Changes of Note

• chamfer, delta, density, eval, ground, hausdorff, and random kernels are deprecated. These can now be implemented in Python. See https://github.com/PDAL/PDAL/pull/4209 for deprecation schedule.
• readers.las and readers.copc now support srs_vlr_order, which allows users to explicitly control which CRS definition is used https://github.com/PDAL/PDAL/pull/4205
• GDAL 3.4+ is now required by @hobu in https://github.com/PDAL/PDAL/pull/3997
• Alternative GeoJSON and object pdal::Bounds spellings by @hobu in https://github.com/PDAL/PDAL/issues/4042
• Implement -DSTANDALONE=ON plugin building for common plugins by @hobu in https://github.com/PDAL/PDAL/pull/4103
• Implement Gnuinstalldirs support by @hobu in https://github.com/PDAL/PDAL/pull/4052
• Add optional WKTv2 VLRs to LAS by @jjimenezshaw in https://github.com/PDAL/PDAL/pull/3998
• CMake 3.13 is now the minimum supported CMake version by @hobu in https://github.com/PDAL/PDAL/pull/4137
• pdal_util into pdalcpp are no longer separately installed libraries. Just use pdalcpp.{dylib|so|dll} by @hobu in https://github.com/PDAL/PDAL/pull/4139
• Split out ClassFlags into its bitfields for readers.las, readers.copc, writers.las and writers.copc by @connormanning in https://github.com/PDAL/PDAL/pull/4186

• filters.georeference filter by @gui2dev in https://github.com/PDAL/PDAL/pull/4109
• filters.straighten filter by @gui2dev in https://github.com/PDAL/PDAL/pull/4108
• writers.arrow for GeoParquet and Arrow IPC write support by @hobu in https://github.com/PDAL/PDAL/pull/4115
• readers.arrow for GeoParquet and Arrow IPC read support by @hobu in https://github.com/PDAL/PDAL/pull/4115

• Add optional debug argument to filters.csf by @n4z4m3 in https://github.com/PDAL/PDAL/pull/3952
• add allow_empty option to writers.gdal to support writing empty GDAL output by @hobu in https://github.com/PDAL/PDAL/pull/3984
• readers.stac now streamable by @hobu in https://github.com/PDAL/PDAL/pull/3989
• readers.tindex now streamable by @hobu in https://github.com/PDAL/PDAL/pull/3992
• readers.gdal performance enhancements by @hobu in https://github.com/PDAL/PDAL/pull/3991
• pdal info now outputs PROJJSON as actual JSON for pdal info by @hobu in https://github.com/PDAL/PDAL/pull/4003
• Add spherical coordinates support to readers.e57 readers by @Faroito in https://github.com/PDAL/PDAL/pull/4032
• Implement in and out coordinate epoch support in SRS transformations by @hobu in https://github.com/PDAL/PDAL/pull/4049
• Add Roll and Pitch to readers.rxp by @hobu in https://github.com/PDAL/PDAL/pull/4067
• remote readers.bpf and writers.bpf stage-n-push support by @hobu in https://github.com/PDAL/PDAL/pull/4066
• Support remote files for readers.nitf #4025 by @hobu in https://github.com/PDAL/PDAL/pull/4062
• Update TileDB compression filter support by @jp-dark in https://github.com/PDAL/PDAL/pull/4056
• Update S3 driver for IMDSv2 instance profile flow by @connormanning in https://github.com/PDAL/PDAL/pull/4063
• add .vpc to recognized extensions for readers.stac and QGIS #4072 by @hobu in https://github.com/PDAL/PDAL/pull/4073
• add filters.stats.commonsrs to allow user to override the default coordinate system for bounds computation by @hobu in https://github.com/PDAL/PDAL/pull/4150
• add 'normal x', 'normal y', 'normal z', and 'height above ground' as dimension name aliases @hobu in https://github.com/PDAL/PDAL/pull/4188
• Add tolerance in barycentric interpolation by @leavauchier in https://github.com/PDAL/PDAL/pull/4155
• readers.i3s and readers.slpk are now always-on readers by @hobu in https://github.com/PDAL/PDAL/pull/4145
• Update arbiter bundle by @connormanning in https://github.com/PDAL/PDAL/pull/4089
• readers.tindex.reader_args by @hobu in https://github.com/PDAL/PDAL/pull/4098
• Enhancements/fixes related to coordinate system epochs by @rouault in https://github.com/PDAL/PDAL/pull/4154
• Support GeoJSON with 'srs' override as 'polygon' parameters in pipelines by @hobu in https://github.com/PDAL/PDAL/pull/4101

• Fix building with MinGW by @mmuetzel in https://github.com/PDAL/PDAL/pull/3957
• Fix case where endpoint lies exactly on a grid intersection. by @abellgithub in https://github.com/PDAL/PDAL/pull/3959
• Fix S3 HEAD requests by @connormanning in https://github.com/PDAL/PDAL/pull/3961
• Remove redundant header include in EsriReader.hpp by @andre-schulz in https://github.com/PDAL/PDAL/pull/3987
• Fix UB when casting negative doubles by in filters.voxelcentroidnearestneighbor @pierotofy in https://github.com/PDAL/PDAL/pull/4015
• Fix MinGW builds by @dg0yt in https://github.com/PDAL/PDAL/pull/4044
• Don't use const_cast by @dg0yt in https://github.com/PDAL/PDAL/pull/4043
• Don't open readers.nitf stream multiple times if already open by @hobu in https://github.com/PDAL/PDAL/pull/4017
• Check that the userId of the first VLR is 'copc' by @hobu in https://github.com/PDAL/PDAL/pull/4006
• rethrow arbiter::ArbiterError in situations where we can't open a file by @hobu in https://github.com/PDAL/PDAL/pull/4033
• Include <cstdint> to fix GCC 13 compatibility by @cbrl in https://github.com/PDAL/PDAL/pull/4039
• Update TileDB array timestamp handling by @jp-dark in https://github.com/PDAL/PDAL/pull/4038
• TileDB deprecated function clean-up by @jp-dark in https://github.com/PDAL/PDAL/pull/4037
• Allows mixing user set and auto-generate domains for the TileDB writer by @jp-dark in https://github.com/PDAL/PDAL/pull/4040
• Fix handling of string readers.las header items containing spaces by @abellgithub in https://github.com/PDAL/PDAL/pull/3967
• Handle 0 points in filters.greedyprojection by @hobu in https://github.com/PDAL/PDAL/pull/4022
• prevent invalid conversion from const compile error by @jgrocha in https://github.com/PDAL/PDAL/pull/4030
• Point view sorting not working on newer OSX compilers by @connormanning in https://github.com/PDAL/PDAL/pull/4058
• Make EPT reader origin query more robust by @connormanning in https://github.com/PDAL/PDAL/pull/4075
• Write las header bounding box using the converted coordinates by @fq in https://github.com/PDAL/PDAL/pull/4088
• Fix legacy return count in writers.las by @leavauchier in https://github.com/PDAL/PDAL/pull/4133
• COPC/LAS: properly set legacy return counts for LAS1.4/PDRF>=6 by @rcoup in https://github.com/PDAL/PDAL/pull/4183
• fix crashing for non-sql OGR filters in readers.ept and readers.copc by @hobu in https://github.com/PDAL/PDAL/pull/4181
• Terminate when input is smaller than requested output size or radius has grown too small in filters.relaxationdartthrowing by @chambbj in https://github.com/PDAL/PDAL/pull/4184
• Fix edge cases in EPT origin query by @connormanning in https://github.com/PDAL/PDAL/pull/4141
• Fix readers.pcd reading of 64bit values by @hobu in https://github.com/PDAL/PDAL/pull/4158
• Fix OB1 error in pdal tile by @abellgithub in https://github.com/PDAL/PDAL/pull/4122
• writers.copc: round X/Y/Z values to match writers.las by @rcoup in https://github.com/PDAL/PDAL/pull/4180
• Always read COPC file VLRs and add to metadata by @hobu in https://github.com/PDAL/PDAL/pull/4136

• Fix FindTileDB.cmake to check version by @jp-dark in https://github.com/PDAL/PDAL/pull/4077
• Refactor internal TileDB plugin by @jp-dark in https://github.com/PDAL/PDAL/pull/4082
• Fix TileDBWriter argument types by @jp-dark in https://github.com/PDAL/PDAL/pull/4100
• Create updated filter profiles for TileDB writer by @jp-dark in https://github.com/PDAL/PDAL/pull/4107
• Add bit field packing to TileDB reader/writer by @jp-dark in https://github.com/PDAL/PDAL/pull/4134
• Set default chunk_size to be larger than capacity by @jp-dark in https://github.com/PDAL/PDAL/pull/4135

• PDAL Workshop updated to use COPC by @GannonGuess @ibell13 @TomTheTonk in https://github.com/PDAL/PDAL/pull/4054
• Update docs for TileDB stages by @jp-dark in https://github.com/PDAL/PDAL/pull/4079
• Additional example for filter.assign by @kannes in https://github.com/PDAL/PDAL/pull/4087
• Update filters.chipper.rst by @lukekas in https://github.com/PDAL/PDAL/pull/4152
• Add workshop instructions for offline/USB install + small fixes by @j9ac9k in https://github.com/PDAL/PDAL/pull/4167

• @n4z4m3 made their first contribution in https://github.com/PDAL/PDAL/pull/3952
• @mmuetzel made their first contribution in https://github.com/PDAL/PDAL/pull/3957
• @jshrake made their first contribution in https://github.com/PDAL/PDAL/pull/3958
• @andre-schulz made their first contribution in https://github.com/PDAL/PDAL/pull/3987
• @jp-dark made their first contribution in https://github.com/PDAL/PDAL/pull/4021
• @jgrocha made their first contribution in https://github.com/PDAL/PDAL/pull/4030
• @Faroito made their first contribution in https://github.com/PDAL/PDAL/pull/4032
• @cbrl made their first contribution in https://github.com/PDAL/PDAL/pull/4039
• @dg0yt made their first contribution in https://github.com/PDAL/PDAL/pull/4044
• @GannonGuess made their first contribution in https://github.com/PDAL/PDAL/pull/4054
• @kannes made their first contribution in https://github.com/PDAL/PDAL/pull/4087
• @fq made their first contribution in https://github.com/PDAL/PDAL/pull/4088
• @ibell13 made their first contribution in https://github.com/PDAL/PDAL/pull/4096
• @zdila made their first contribution in https://github.com/PDAL/PDAL/pull/4114
• @leavauchier made their first contribution in https://github.com/PDAL/PDAL/pull/4133
• @lukekas made their first contribution in https://github.com/PDAL/PDAL/pull/4152
• @dependabot made their first contribution in https://github.com/PDAL/PDAL/pull/4164
• @nilason made their first contribution in https://github.com/PDAL/PDAL/pull/4198

Full Changelog: https://github.com/PDAL/PDAL/compare/2.5.0...2.6.0