Release Notes

SedonaDB 0.3.0

Highlights

• GPU spatial join library integration
• LAS/LAZ point cloud format support
• Raster function expansion (RS_BandPath, RS_GeoReference, RS_NumBands, RS_ConvexHull, RS_SetSRID, RS_SetCRS)
• Partitioned KNN join for larger-than-memory datasets
• Auto-repartition probe side for balanced spatial join workload
• SedonaFairSpillPool memory pool with CLI memory limit support
• Parameter binding support in Python and R
• GDAL/OGR read and write support via pyogrio
• GeoParquet configuration options via SQL

New Features

• feat(rust/sedona-pointcloud): Initial LAZ format support (#471)
• feat(rust/sedona-pointcloud): Add laz chunk statistics (#604)
• feat(rust/sedona-pointcloud): Add LAS support (#628)
• feat(c/sedona-libgpuspatial): Add Rust Wrapper (#586)
• feat(c/sedona-libgpuspatial): Refactoring GPU Spatial Join Library (#556)
• feat(rust/sedona-functions): Add raster display support to SD_Format (#591)
• feat(rust/sedona-functions): Implement ST_Force2D, ST_Force3D, ST_Force3DM, ST_Force4D (#606, #620)
• feat(rust/sedona-functions): Implement ST_KNN() simplified call (#667)
• feat(rust/sedona-functions): Add sd_simplifystorage utility (#650)
• feat(rust/sedona-functions): Add item SRID support to geometry constructors (#574)
• feat(rust/sedona-raster-functions): Add RS_BandPath (#603)
• feat(rust/sedona-raster-functions): Add RS_GeoReference (#601)
• feat(rust/sedona-raster-functions): Add RS_NumBands (#602)
• feat(rust/sedona-raster-functions): Add RS_SetSRID/RS_SetCRS with batch-local cache refactoring (#630)
• feat(rust/sedona-raster-functions): Add RS_ConvexHull and item-level CRS to RS_Envelope (#597)
• feat(rust/sedona-geoparquet): Ensure GeoParquet configuration options for read and write can be passed via SQL (#607)
• feat(rust/sedona-geoparquet): Support WKB validation in read_parquet() (#578)
• feat(rust/sedona-spatial-join): Support partitioned KNN join to handle larger than memory object side (#573)
• feat(rust/sedona-spatial-join): Auto-repartition probe side for balancing spatial join workload (#610)
• feat(rust/sedona-spatial-join): Automatic query-side filter pushdown for KNN joins (#641)
• feat(rust/sedona): Add SedonaFairSpillPool memory pool and CLI memory limit support (#599)
• feat(rust/sedona): Auto-configure spilled batch in-memory size threshold based on global memory limit (#680)
• feat(rust/sedona-schema): Improve deserialization of authority/code CRSes (#666)
• feat(rust/sedona-geometry): Let CrsTransform handle M coordinate (#619)
• feat(python/sedonadb): Implement parameter binding (#575)
• feat(python/sedonadb): Handle crs-like objects in parameterized queries (#660)
• feat(python/sedonadb): Expose memory pool and runtime configuration in Python bindings (#608)
• feat(python/sedonadb): Write GDAL/OGR via pyogrio (#632)
• feat(python/sedonadb): Add sort by geometry support in to_parquet() (#642)
• feat(r/sedonadb): Implement GDAL read via sf/arrow in R bindings (#670)
• feat(r/sedonadb): Add R bindings for parameterized queries (#662)
• feat(r/sedonadb): Port Python configuration options changes to R (#658)
• feat(r/sedonadb): Improve DataFrame API for R bindings (#651)
• feat(docs): Add PostGIS integration guide with GeoPandas and ADBC examples (#543)

Bug Fixes

• fix(rust/sedona-spatial-join): Wrap probe-side repartition in ProbeShuffleExec to prevent optimizer stripping (#677)
• fix(rust/sedona-spatial-join): Prevent filter pushdown past KNN joins (#611)
• fix(rust/sedona-spatial-join): Reimplement planner for spatial join (#562)
• fix(rust/sedona-geoparquet): Ensure that GeoParquet files are always written with PROJJSON CRSes (#669)
• fix(rust/sedona-functions): Ensure WkbView types can be aggregated using the groups accumulator for ST_Envelope_Agg (#656)
• fix(rust/sedona-functions): Propagate NULL for scalar NULL SRID/CRS in ST_SetSRID/ST_SetCRS (#629)
• fix(rust/sedona): Fix panic when displaying very long content (#565)
• fix(rust/sedona): Fix false feature flag (#618)
• fix(raster): RS_Envelope returns axis-aligned bounding box for skewed rasters (#594)
• fix(c/sedona-geos): Support export of geometries with M values from GEOS (#640)
• fix(python/sedonadb): Add pandas < 3.0 Series entry to SPECIAL_CASED_LITERALS (#609)

Improvements

• docs: Add memory management and spill configuration guide (#679)
• chore(docs/reference/sql): Migrate function documentation defined in Rust into Markdown (#616)
• chore(docs/reference): Migrate sql.md to new functions format (#585)
• chore(rust): Remove documentation field from SedonaScalarUDF and SedonaAggregateUDF (#633)
• refactor(rust/sedona-raster): Pre-downcast band metadata arrays in RasterStructArray (#588)
• refactor(rust/sedona-raster-functions): Extract CachedCrsToSRIDMapping and simplify SRID/CRS logic (#590)

SedonaDB 0.2.0

Highlights

• GeoParquet 1.1 write support
• GDAL/OGR format support via pyogrio in Python
• KNN join refactored with new geo-index trait and lock-free shared geometry cache
• New spatial functions: ST_Reverse, ST_Dump, ST_Translate, ST_Points, ST_NPoints, ST_PointN, ST_StartPoint, ST_EndPoint, ST_GeometryN, ST_Azimuth, ST_IsClosed, ST_IsCollection, ST_ZMFlag, ST_Buffer (full params)
• GEOS-backed functions: ST_IsValid, ST_IsValidReason, ST_IsRing, ST_IsSimple, ST_UnaryUnion, ST_Simplify, ST_SimplifyPreserveTopology, ST_Boundary, ST_Snap, ST_Polygonize, ST_MakeValid, ST_MinimumClearance, ST_MinimumClearanceLine
• Raster functions: RS_Width, RS_Height, RS_Example
• R package with FFI support, Parquet write, and runtime PROJ linking
• Python UDFs support
• Example Rust project
• Spatial predicate pruning with Covers filter for ST_Equals, overlaps, and crosses
• DataSourceExec metrics for spatial predicate pruning
• Ordering framework for geometry/geography types

New Features

• feat(rust/sedona-geoparquet): GeoParquet 1.1 write support (#175)
• feat(rust/sedona-functions): Implement ST_Reverse, ST_Dump, ST_Translate, ST_Points, ST_NPoints, ST_PointN, ST_StartPoint, ST_EndPoint, ST_GeometryN, ST_IsClosed, ST_IsCollection, ST_ZMFlag, ST_Azimuth (#219, #257, #260, #265, #267, #269, #255, #245, #317, #183)
• feat(rust/sedona-functions): Add SRID argument to ST_Point() (#275)
• feat(rust/sedona-functions): Implement ordering framework for geometry/geography (#360)
• feat(rust/sedona-functions): Add ST_GeometryFromText alias for ST_GeomFromWKT (#213)
• feat(rust/sedona-functions): Implement ST_Crosses and ST_Overlaps predicates (#204)
• feat(c/sedona-geos): Implement ST_IsValid, ST_IsValidReason, ST_IsRing, ST_IsSimple, ST_UnaryUnion, ST_Simplify, ST_SimplifyPreserveTopology, ST_Boundary, ST_Snap, ST_Polygonize (scalar and aggregate), ST_MakeValid, ST_MinimumClearance, ST_MinimumClearanceLine, ST_Reverse (#229, #230, #231, #239, #234, #295, #298, #299, #286, #328, #312, #314, #316, #288)
• feat(c/sedona-geos): Plumb remaining parameters for ST_Buffer (#241)
• feat(rust/sedona-raster-functions): Add RS_Width, RS_Height, RS_Example (#268, #302, #307)
• feat(rust/sedona-raster-functions): Add affine transformation parameter functions (#311)
• feat(rust/sedona-expr): Use Covers filter for ST_Equals for more GeoParquet pruning (#216)
• feat(rust/sedona-expr): Implement SpatialFilter for overlaps and crosses for GeoParquet pruning (#217)
• feat(rust/sedona-datasource): Implement generic RecordBatchReader-based format (#251)
• feat(python/sedonadb): Implement GDAL/OGR formats via pyogrio (#283)
• feat(python/sedonadb): Implement Python UDFs (#228)
• feat(python/sedonadb): Implement DataFrame.columns (#226)
• feat(r/sedonadb): Add FFI support for ScalarUDF and TableProvider (#214)
• feat(r/sedonadb): Add sd_write_parquet() to R bindings (#210)
• feat(r/sedonadb): Add support for runtime linking of PROJ (#166)
• feat(examples/sedonadb-rust): Add example Rust project (#320)
• feat: Add metrics in DataSourceExec related to spatial predicate pruning (#173)
• feat: Refactor KNN join with new geo-index trait and lock-free shared geometry cache (#169)

Bug Fixes

• fix(rust/sedona-geoparquet): Don't use ProjectionExec to create GeoParquet 1.1 bounding box columns (#398)
• fix(rust/sedona-expr): Fix GeoParquet pruning when number of final columns is less than the geometry column index (#385)
• fix(rust/sedona-expr): Resolve filter expression bounding box by name and not by index (#384)
• fix(python/sedonadb): Fix GDAL/OGR read on Windows (#371)
• fix(python/sedonadb): Ensure global Parquet options are considered on write (#367)
• fix(python/sedonadb): Fix failing test on MacOS wheel builds (#324)
• fix(rust/sedona-geoparquet): Ensure reading a Parquet file that doesn't exist errors (#366)
• fix(rust/sedona,python/sedonadb): Ensure empty batches are not included in RecordBatchReader output (#207)
• fix: Support projection pushdown for RecordBatchReader provider (#197)
• fix(r/sedonadb): Fix build on Windows for path restriction (#208)
• fix(r/sedonadb): Add -Wno-pedantic to avoid compile error (#181)
• fix(c/sedona-c2geography): Remove outdated feature cxx17 from abseil in vcpkg.json (#235)

Improvements

• perf: Optimize RasterStructArray::get to avoid repeatedly extracting arrays from struct array (#306)
• perf(rust/sedona-geometry,rust/sedona-functions): Optimize st_has(z/m) using WKBBytesExecutor + Implement new WKBHeader (#171)
• chore: Upgrade Datafusion (v50) and Arrow (v56) dependencies (#237)
• chore: Add sedona-geo-traits-ext and sedona-geo-generic-alg to the workspace (#203, #194, #195)
• docs: Add delta lake documentation (#238)
• docs: Add benchmark results and fix typos (#142)

SedonaDB 0.1.0

This is the initial release of SedonaDB, a native Rust implementation of Apache Sedona built on Apache DataFusion and Apache Arrow.

Highlights

• Native Rust spatial query engine built on Apache DataFusion
• GeoParquet read support with spatial predicate pushdown
• Spatial join support (range join, KNN join)
• Core spatial functions (ST_Point, ST_Buffer, ST_Contains, ST_Intersects, ST_Within, ST_DWithin, ST_Distance, and more)
• Python bindings (SedonaContext, DataFrame API)
• R bindings
• S2 geography support
• CRS transformation via PROJ