This release includes major contributions from @jonmmease (raqgged array extension, SpatialPointsFrame, row-oriented line storage, dask trimesh support), @jsignell (maintenance, website), and @jbednar (Panel-based dashboard).
New features:
- Simplified Panel-based dashboard using new Param features; now only 48 lines with fewer new concepts (#707)
- Added pandas ExtensionArray and Dask support for storing homogeneous ragged arrays (#687)
- Added SpatialPointsFrame and updated census, osm-1billion, and osm examples to use it (#702, #706, #708)
- Expanded 8_Geography.ipynb to document other geo-related functions
- Added Dask support for trimesh rendering, though computing the mesh initially still requires vertices and simplicies to fit into memory (#696)
- Add zero-copy rendering of row-oriented line coordinates, using a new axis argument (#694)
Bugfixes and compatibility:
- Added lnglat_to_meters to geo module; new code should import it from there (#708)