gdalraster 1.12.0

Features / enhancements

• add inspectDataset(): obtain information about a GDAL raster or vector dataset (#552)
• add identifyDriver(): identify the driver that can open a given filename, connection string, etc. (#553)
• transform_xy() and inv_project(): accept the SRS arguments in any format supported by srs_to_wkt()
• vsi_read_dir(): add the recursive argument (#426); omit "." and ".." from the output directory listing; add the all_files argument, TRUE to include hidden files; sort the directory listing alphabetically

Bug fixes

• fix the mode name for "color-relief" in DEFAULT_DEM_PROC (#430)
• fix a unit test for class VSIFile: create file with "w+" access for read/write (#546)
• ogr_def_geom_field(): fix input validation for the srs argument (#507)
• createCopy(): check the driver for GDAL_DCAP_CREATE capability as well as GDAL_DCAP_CREATECOPY (#479)
• plot_raster(): default to no stretch when the input is an RGB Byte raster (#435)

Documentation

• fix an example for class VSIFile that needs "w+" access instead of "w"
• fix missing double quote in transform_xy() examples
• document the fillRaster() method in class GDALRaster