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* Removed deprecated gdal backports (compatibility module).
* Added minimal version of gdal.
* Cleaned up some unused code.

Signed-off-by: Daniel Scheffler <danschef@gfz-potsdam.de>

Signed-off-by: Daniel Scheffler <danschef@gfz-potsdam.de>

Signed-off-by: Daniel Scheffler <danschef@gfz-potsdam.de>

- updated __version__ and __versionalias__

geo.raster.reproject:
- warp_ndarray(): added type hint

geo.coord_grid:
- is_point_on_grid(): fixed broken type hint

geo.coord_trafo:
- reproject_shapelyPoly():  fixed broken type hint

io.raster.GeoArrray.GeoArray:
- bandnames.getter: added assertion
- geotransform: bugfix in assertion
- revised __getitem__():
    - strings are now handled properly
    - bugfix: a requested 3rd dimension from 2D-Array is now only ignored if bands=1
- __setitem__(): self._arr_cache is now set here
- dump(): bugfix for wrong wite mode
- get_mapPos(): added type hint and revised docstring
- _clip_array_at_mapPos(): added type hint
- get_array_at_mapPos(): added type hint

- updated __version__

geo,vector.topology:
- fill_holes_within_poly(): bugfix for not checking if polygon has holes in case input poly geom_type=='Polygon'

geo.coord_trafo:
- mapXY2imXY(): now also accepts 2D coordinate pair arrays
- imXY2mapXY(): now also accepts 2D coordinate pair arrays

io.raster.GeoArray.GeoArray:
- added function read_pointData(): allows vectorizes point-wise read processes
- __getitem__(): bugfix for wrong return value in case the elements of 'given' contain lists -> allows vectorizes point-wise read processes

- added new package 'compatibility'  that ensures that the code also works with older versions of Python and GDAL
- added __init__.py to package level

geo.raster.reproject:
- warp_ndarray(): some modifications to ensure compatibility

geo.coord_trafo:
- lonlat_to_pixel(): fixed a Python 2.7 incompatibility

io.raster.gdal:
get_GDAL_ds_inmem(): some modifications to ensure compatibility

io.raster.GeoArray:
- fixed some Python 2.7 incompatibilies

io.temp_io: added new module temp_io for managing temporary files

processing.shell:
- subcall_with_output(): added verbose mode

ptds.__init__:
- added validation of GDAL version

geo.coord_trafo:
- transform_any_prj(): bugfix for wring function name -> renamed from 'c' to 'transform_any_prj'

geo.raster.reproject:
- warp_ndarray:  added documentation for some keywords

geo.raster.reproject:
- warp_ndarray():
    - added keywords polynomialOrder,  transformerOptions, warpOptions

geo.vector.geometry:
- boxObj:
    - added get_coordArray_MapXY(): a function to quickly get a geolocation array

geo.coord_trafo:
- transform_any_prj(): added docstring
- added transform_coordArray()
- added reproject_shapelyGeometry()
- reproject_shapelyPoly() is now deprecated

geo.projection:
- get_proj4info() now also accepts EPSG codes

io.raster.GeoArray:
- GeoArray:
    - revised default values of geotransform and projection properties
    - added some validation to geotransform.setter
    - added property epsg
    - revised __getattr__
    - added _get_plottable_image()
    - revised show(): much faster, better colormap
    - added show_map(): a function for quickly showing a map of the GeoArray
    - added show_map_utm() - not yet working

geo.coord_trafo:
- added functions lonlat_to_pixel(), reproject_shapelyPoly()

geo.projection:
- added function get_prjLonLat()

io.raster.GeoArray:
- GeoArray.get_mapPos(): bugfix for returning the wrong target pixel size
- get_array_at_mapPos():  bugfix for returning the wrong target pixel size

- added a new version of warp_ndarray and renamed the old one to warp_ndarray_OLD: much faster than the old version and no issues when warping 3D arrays
- some modifications to warp_ndarray_OLD
- added get_GDAL_ds_inmem()
- added get_GeoArray_from_GDAL_ds()
- added warp_GeoArray(): a function to warp GeoArray objects

geo.vector.coord_trafo:
- added transform_GCPlist()

 geo.vector.projection:
 - WKT2EPSG() now returns an integer instead of a string

io.raster.GeoArray:
- GeoArray:
    - added whitespace assertion to __init__()
    - added properties 'rows', 'cols', 'bands', 'xgsd', 'ygsd', 'box'
    - dtype: bugfix for error when dtype is requested from in_mem-GeoArray
    - __getitem__(): bugfix for returning the wrong array subset when 'given' slice has length 1
    - show(): added interpolation and cmap keywords
    - get_mapPos(): revision
- _clip_array_at_mapPos:
    - Memory errors due to wrong target dimensions are now catched
- get_array_at_mapPos(): major revision

numeric.array:
- added get_outFillZeroSaturated()