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new 21473cb57 docs: Add release notes for SedonaDB 0.1.0, 0.2.0, and 0.3.0 (#771)
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commit 21473cb579cc3f00e8ba33a816220f6ebac50a0c
Author: Jia Yu <ji...@wherobots.com>
AuthorDate: Tue Apr 21 02:21:34 2026 +0800
docs: Add release notes for SedonaDB 0.1.0, 0.2.0, and 0.3.0 (#771)
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rendered from the [docs/blog/posts](https://github.com/apache/sedona/tree/master/docs/blog/posts)
subdirectory of the apache/sedona repository.
+Also update `docs/release-notes.md` in this repository with a new entry
+summarizing the release highlights, so the published documentation tracks
+the history of each release.
+
Before the release branch is created, the GitHub milestone should also be updated.
Items that should be included in the milestone are:
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+
+# 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
diff --git a/mkdocs.yml b/mkdocs.yml
index 63a307cea..a7737d4a1 100644
--- a/mkdocs.yml
+++ b/mkdocs.yml
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ nav:
- Working with Parquet Files: working-with-parquet-files.md
- Working with SQL in SedonaDB: working-with-sql-sedonadb.md
- Contributors Guide: contributors-guide.md
+ - Release notes: release-notes.md
- SedonaSpark: https://sedona.apache.org/latest/sedonaspark/
- SedonaFlink: https://sedona.apache.org/latest/sedonaflink/
- SedonaSnow: https://sedona.apache.org/latest/sedonasnow/