--- title: Release 1.14 date: 2022-03-18 14:00 category: news authors: wradlib tags: releases, github, python3 --- # Release 1.14 We have now released version 1.14 of wradlib. Now, these are the most important changes: **New features** * zonalstats enhancements, new VectorSource class, geopandas connector and more For an example have a look here in the [docs](https://docs.wradlib.org/en/1.14.0/notebooks/zonalstats/wradlib_zonalstats_quickstart.html) **Maintenance - Code** * refactor deprecated xarray functionality * use f-strings where appropriate * remove unnecessary object-inheritance * replace distutils.version.LooseVersion with packaging.version.Version * use dict-literals **Maintenance - Build/CI** * cancel previous CV builds * use provision-with-micromamba action **Bugfixes** * remove zero padding of bits in rainbow format (truncate excess bits from flagmap) * raise ValueError if projection cannot be determined from source dataset * output full timeslice when calling to_netcdf with no timestep * handle variable number of gates in CfRadial1 backend * use radar site altitude in bin_altitude calculation * take precision into account for RADOLAN WN product * correct elevation for negative angles in iris/sigmet RAW data * fix AttributeError: 'str' object has no attribute 'item' * use start date/time if end date/time is missing for ODIM reader **New Contributors** * [@binomaiheu](https://github.com/binomaiheu) made their first contribution in [#550](https://github.com/wradlib/wradlib/pull/550) We like to thank all our contributors and all community members who ask questions and provide feedback on the various channels. Your contributions are very much appreciated. For a complete list of changes refer to the full **Changelog** [1.13.0...1.14.0](https://github.com/wradlib/wradlib/compare/1.13.0...1.14.0) or the [release notes](https://docs.wradlib.org/en/1.14.0/release_notes.html). As all new enhancements and additions might introduce regressions, please report any issues you experience.