GeoMesa 5.1.0 Release Notes

Owned by Emilio Lahr-Vivaz
Last updated: Oct 11, 2024

GeoMesa 5.1.0 is a new minor release. This release includes 42 new features and bug fixes. Users should read the Upgrade Guide for additional information. Install bundles for LocationTech GeoMesa can be downloaded from GitHub or individual artifacts are available on Maven central.  GeoMesa-NiFi nars are available on GitHub or Maven central.

Notable New Features

  • Dependency and security upgrades, including to the latest GeoServer version
  • Support for JSON-path filter operators in queries
  • Bulk schema copy operation for Accumulo stores
  • Improved audit logging in Accumulo stores
  • Confluent Schema Registry support in NiFi

Notable Bug Fixes

  • Fix Arrow encoding for WFS versions 1.1.0 and 2.0.0
  • Authorization fix for attribute-level visibilities in Accumulo stores
  • Configuration fixes for Kafka without Zookeeper


See JIRA for a full list of features and bug fixes in this release.

Versions and Compatibility

GeoMesa follows Semantic Versioning (starting with version 2.0.0). It provides data compatibility with versions back to 1.2.0. GeoMesa 5.1.0 offers public API compatibility with versions 5.x. It offers binary compatibility with versions 5.1.x.

Note that the GeoMesa public API is not currently well defined. Users with deep code integration with GeoMesa may need to update some calls.

Upgrading

GeoMesa 5.1.0 supports upgrade in place from previous versions of 2.x, 3.x, 4.x or 5.x, by updating the GeoMesa JAR versions. Ensure that JARs are updated in all clients and servers. See the upgrade guide for information on changes that may affect you after the update.

Contributors

Thanks to all the people who have contributed to this release!

  • Andrew McDonald
  • Elie Pyatkevich
  • Emilio Lahr-Vivaz
  • Forrest Feaser
  • Michael Linsinbigler