2.2.0 Released!

Author: Paul Ramsey 2015/10/07 in news ( release, 2.2, 2.2.0 )

PostGIS 2.2.0 is released! Over the last two years a number of interesting new features have been added, such as:

True nearest-neighbor searching for all geometry and geography types
New volumetric geometry support, including ST_3DDifference, ST_3DUnion and more
Temporal data model support and functions like ST_ClosestPointOfApproach to support temporal query
Spatial clustering functions ST_ClusterIntersecting and ST_ClusterWithin
Subdividing large geometries with ST_Subdivide
Fast box clipping with ST_ClipByBox2D
In-database raster processing with ST_Retile and ST_CreateOverview.html
New high-speed native code address standardizer
Visvalingam-Whyatt geometry simplification with ST_SimplifyVW
Support for compressed “tiny well-known binary” format with ST_AsTWKB and ST_GeomFromTWKB