This is 1.9.0.
Deprecations
- The precision keyword argument of fiona.transform.transform_geom is deprecated and will be removed in version 2.0.
- The fiona.drivers() function has been deprecated and will be removed in version 2.0. It should be replaced by fiona.Env().
- The new fiona.meta module will be renamed to fiona.drivers in version 2.0.
New features
The major new features are:
- A new CRS class identical to Rasterio's.
- New Feature and Geometry classes. These are returned instead of dicts but are compatible with version 1.8's dicts.
- Access to format driver metadata.
Please see the change log entries for 1.9 pre-releases to see a complete list of new features and bug fixes.
PyPI wheels
The binary wheels on PyPI include GDAL 3.5.3, GEOS 3.11.1, and PROJ 9.0.1.
GDAL and Python versions
Fiona 1.9.0 requires GDAL 3.1 and Python 3.7 or newer.
1.8.x status
1.8.22 was the final release from the maint-1.8 branch.