3.8.5

This bugfix release includes the following fixes and features:

• General

  • Fix bug in utils.build_lookup_from_csv that was allowing key_field to be non unique and overwriting values.
  • Fix bug in utils.build_lookup_from_csv where trailing commas caused returned values to be malformed.
  • Add optional argument column_list to utils.build_lookup_from_csv that takes a list of column names and only returns those in the dictionary.
  • Remove warn_if_missing argument from utils.build_lookup_from_csv and warning by default.

• Urban Flood Risk Mitigation

  • Fixed an issue where the output vector flood_risk_service.shp would only be created when the built infrastructure vector was provided. Now, the flood_risk_service.shp vector is always created, but the fields created differ depending on whether the built infrastructure input is present during the model run.
  • Fixed an issue where the model would crash if an infrastructure geometry were invalid or absent. Such features are now skipped.

• Scenic Quality

  • Fixing an issue in Scenic Quality where the creation of the weighted sum of visibility rasters could cause "Too Many Open Files" errors and/or MemoryError when the model is run with many viewpoints.
  • Progress logging has been added to several loops that may take a longer time when the model is run with thousands of points at a time.
  • A major part of the model's execution was optimized for speed, particularly when the model is run with many, many points.

• SDR:

  • Removed the unused parameter args['target_pixel_size'] from the SDR execute docstring.