v0.21.0

Installation Updates

• Pyproj now handles all the transformations and therefore the PROJ header files are no longer explicitly required by Cartopy.
• Shapely 2.0 is not compatible with this release of Cartopy, and thus Shapely must be pinned <2 during installation.

What's Changed

• Loosen OSGB tests if grids are unavailable by @QuLogic in #1884
• Remove use of distutils by @QuLogic in #1883
• Regenerate all tick test images by @QuLogic in #1882
• Use UTF8 degree symbol directly by @QuLogic in #1885
• Various test improvements by @QuLogic in #1887
• DOC: Adding an environment file for development by @greglucas in #1890
• added missing shapefile group to download script by @georgemccabe in #1894
• Switch to pytest-mpl for image testing by @QuLogic in #1891
• MNT: Update matplotlib.axes calls to super() by @greglucas in #1896
• Update streamplot test for Matplotlib 3.5.0rc1 by @QuLogic in #1899
• Parametrize inline gridliner tests by @QuLogic in #1900
• Use Gridliner transform for inline labels also by @QuLogic in #1903
• Remove deprecations by @greglucas in #1897
• FIX: pcolor shading with nearest by @greglucas in #1892
• fix imshow when image is RGBA by @ludwigVonKoopa in #1906
• address shapely 2.0 deprecations by @akrherz in #1914
• Added support for 2-dimensional coord in add_cyclic_point. by @mcuntz in #1753
• MNT: Add a cache to the Transformer creation in transform_points by @greglucas in #1918
• FIX: Remove edgecolor from filled features by @greglucas in #1933
• DOC: Add instructions for contributing to Cartopy by @greglucas in #1939
• [doc] Provide install instructions for Ubuntu/Debian by @gpotter2 in #1941
• TST: Update test tolerances for MPL 3.5 by @greglucas in #1938
• MNT: Remove requests and flufl installations by @greglucas in #1949
• DEPR: implement API changes that were scheduled for cartopy>0.18 by @neutrinoceros in #1957
• MNT: Update the natural earth test by @greglucas in #1962
• CI: Fix min dependency build by switching to Linux by @greglucas in #1963
• Parametrize projection test images by @QuLogic in #1964
• FIX: Calculate bbox for pcolormesh by @greglucas in #1958
• CI: Avoid newer openssl version due to WMTS tests by @greglucas in #1977
• Rename master branch to main by @QuLogic in #1976
• fix title of projections.rst by @mathause in #1983
• FIX: Add clip limits to Nightshade floating point calculations by @greglucas in #1989
• TST: Increase dtype of sample data calculations by @greglucas in #1994
• ENH: Allow a single geometry in add_geometries by @greglucas in #1999
• Minimum Python 3.8 by @greglucas in #1990
• Flake8 updating by @greglucas in #1991
• MNT: Remove convert_path from setup script by @greglucas in #2027
• API: GH #2013 make regrid arguments, docstring consistent by @ellequelle in #2014
• TST: Removing unnecessary cleanup decorator by @greglucas in #2023
• TST: Force an orientation in the lakes shapereader test by @greglucas in #2028
• Revert "CI: Avoid newer openssl version due to WMTS tests" by @greglucas in #2038
• examples: define 'sample_data' for all examples by @phil-blain in #2044
• Explicitly calling numpy asanyarray over the inputs. by @axnsantana in #2050
• FIX: setup.py should output "... 8.0.0 or later" if proj is missing or too old by @weatherfrog in #1992
• Remove use of setuptools_scm_git_archive by @dopplershift in #2057
• TST: Change testing method for tolerances by @greglucas in #2056
• Fix image tests by @dopplershift in #2058
• Replace _autoscaleX_on with get_autoscalex_on() in GeoAxes by @holzschu in #2054
• docs: fix simple typo, noticable -> noticeable by @timgates42 in #2061
• Additional support for LINZ Maps Tiles by @aluthfian in #2048
• Use contextlib.ExitStack in more places by @QuLogic in #2070
• MNT: Change map_projection to projection for Axes creation by @greglucas in #1980
• Pyproj geodesic trace by @greglucas in #2069
• Fix Axes clearing with Matplotlib 3.6+ by @QuLogic in #2071
• FIX: change deprecated map_projection in test suite by @greglucas in #2073
• TST: Update test path search and pytest deprecations by @greglucas in #2075
• Add functionality for correct transforms in ax.annotate by @abrammer in #2065
• Calculate vertical coord, even if not explicitely requested by @guziy in #2077
• FIX: Allow values less than -180 to be wrapped too by @greglucas in #1998
• DOC: What's new for v0.21 release by @greglucas in #2074

New Contributors

• @georgemccabe made their first contribution in #1894
• @ludwigVonKoopa made their first contribution in #1906
• @mcuntz made their first contribution in #1753
• @gpotter2 made their first contribution in #1941
• @neutrinoceros made their first contribution in #1957
• @mathause made their first contribution in #1983
• @ellequelle made their first contribution in #2014
• @phil-blain made their first contribution in #2044
• @axnsantana made their first contribution in #2050
• @weatherfrog made their first contribution in #1992
• @holzschu made their first contribution in #2054
• @aluthfian made their first contribution in #2048
• @abrammer made their first contribution in #2065
• @guziy made their first contribution in #2077

Full Changelog: v0.20.0...v0.21.0