This release extracts the cleaning functionality of WDB into separate Debian packages (although the code is still maintained in the core repository). It also adds a wci.median function and improves the polygon from raster data retrieval functionality.
This release fixes bugs in the WDB projection library and in the nearest interpolation algorithm. It adds some new ocean data CF parameters to the metadata.
This release marks the official "production version" of WDB. It includes some major changes to the WDB system. WDB has been updated to be compatible with PostgreSQL 8.4. Upgrade functionality has been added to the WDB system (the database can now be upgraded without deleting the data). The parameter data system is now based on CF metadata. Local metadata has been split out into its own package. Major rebuilding of the WCI read module to improve performance for the reading of both fields and point value data.