v2024.10.0

This release brings a number of enhancements and bugfixes:

• 🌎 Plotting refactor using hvPlot, which brings improved performance and projection support
• ❎ Constant latitude cross sections
• 💻 Improved Dask support for Grid variables
• 💠 Support for reading Shapefiles and other geometry files
• 👷 Arbitrary Dual Mesh construction
• 📔 Documentation cleanup, including updated API reference

What's Changed

• Bump actions/setup-python from 5.1.1 to 5.2.0 by @dependabot in #929
• Bump pypa/gh-action-pypi-publish from 1.9.0 to 1.10.0 by @dependabot in #928
• Fix vdim Error in Plotting Routines by @philipc2 in #926
• Dask Array Support & Chunking for Grid by @philipc2 in #915
• take ICON edge node connectivity from grid file by @florianziemen in #927
• Bump pypa/gh-action-pypi-publish from 1.10.0 to 1.10.1 by @dependabot in #943
• Fix Typo in Grid Formats User Guide by @philipc2 in #944
• Check Grid for Partial Spherical Coverage by @aaronzedwick in #899
• Deprecate Remapping Without Accessor by @aaronzedwick in #940
• Parse Face Areas from MPAS Grids by @philipc2 in #953
• Zonal mean helpers Fix by @hongyuchen1030 in #955
• Template Benchmarks by @philipc2 in #957
• Revert pfyma pin to forked version in asv config by @philipc2 in #960
• Use fma_disabled=True by @philipc2 in #961
• Remove leftover local ASV benchmark by @philipc2 in #967
• Normalization of Parsed Cartesian Coordinates by @philipc2 in #878
• Include Grid File Format as Attribute by @rytam2 in #968
• Implement Grid.open_file method support non xarray formats including Shapefile/Geojson by @rajeeja in #808
• Bump pypa/gh-action-pypi-publish from 1.10.1 to 1.10.2 by @dependabot in #971
• Add Code of Conduct by @erogluorhan in #973
• Remove Light & Dark mode logo selection by @philipc2 in #975
• Use Miniforge after Mambaforge sunset by @philipc2 in #982
• Use hvPlot in Plotting API, Add Polygon Projection Support by @philipc2 in #922
• Remapping Code Coverage, Modularize Reused Code, and Documentation Updates by @aaronzedwick in #974
• Bump codecov/codecov-action from 4.5.0 to 4.6.0 by @dependabot in #997
• Bump pypa/gh-action-pypi-publish from 1.10.2 to 1.10.3 by @dependabot in #996
• Bump mamba-org/setup-micromamba from 1 to 2 by @dependabot in #995
• Compute Grid Centerpoint using Welzl's algorithm by @rajeeja in #811
• Use pre-commit CI, fix failing pre-commit by @philipc2 in #999
• Comment out https test that causes CI to fail randomly by @philipc2 in #1000
• Add .codecov.yml by @philipc2 in #1001
• Doc Cleanup by @philipc2 in #977
• Dual Mesh Construction by @aaronzedwick in #859
• Fast Constant Latitude Cross Sections by @philipc2 in #989
• Selection for GeoDataFrame engine in plotting routines by @philipc2 in #987

New Contributors

• @florianziemen made their first contribution in #927

Full Changelog: v2024.08.2...v2024.10.0