[general]
name=Discovery
qgisMinimumVersion=3.0
qgisMaximumVersion=3.99
description=Provides search / gazetteer functionality in QGIS using PostGIS, MSSQL and Geopackage databases
version=2.5.10
author=Lutra Consulting
email=info@lutraconsulting.co.uk
homepage=http://www.lutraconsulting.co.uk/products/discovery/
tracker=https://github.com/lutraconsulting/qgis-discovery-plugin/issues
repository=https://github.com/lutraconsulting/qgis-discovery-plugin
icon=discovery_logo.png
about=The Discovery plugin adds search capability to QGIS. Its key features are:
 - Connects directly to PostgreSQL / PostGIS / Geopackage / MSSQL (no reliance on web services)
 - Auto-completion of results
 - Flexible expression-based support for scales
 - Can use multiple fields to display result context
 - Simple GUI-based configuration

changelog=2.5.10
 - allow searching for numbers in PostgreSQL dbs by casting searched column to text
 <p>2.5.9
 - fix for Qt deprecation warnings
 - fix for result geometry transformation
 <p>2.5.8
 - fix marker creation error when loading the plugin
 - handle PostgreSQL db connection timeouts
 <p>2.5.7
 - Made highlight marker colour configurable at the config-level
 <p>2.5.6
 - Limit for search results is now per config parameter, i.e. users can set different limits for their configs
 <p>2.5.5
 - Configurable limit of fetched results number for all providers
 <p>2.5.4
 - Escaping special characters (i.e. backslash) is now optional - by default there is NO escaping.
 - Tidied-up strings in config dialog
 <p>2.5.3
 - Limited number of results returned by SQL Server provider to 1000
 <p>2.5.2
 - Fixed issue with backslashes in search string safe for postgres
 <p>2.5.1 - Minor bug fix
 - Fixed issue with global settings
 <p>2.5.0 - New features
 - Add postgresql service support
 - Added optional bar info about selected search result
 <p>2.4.3 - Minor bugfixes
 - Fixed issue with plain text username and password
 - Fixed issue with missing dsn
 - Fixed issue with switching connection types
 - Fixed empty connections combo
 <p>2.4.2 - Minor bugfixes
 - Fixed QGIS authentication configuration what username/password is in environment variables
 - Fixed empty connections combo
 <p>2.4.1 - Minor bugfixes
 - Fixed MS SQL query when there are just one or zero display columns
 <p>2.4.0 - New features
 - Added support for using MSSQL and Geopackage databases
 <p>2.3.0 - New features 
 - Added support for using QGIS authentication configurations
 <p>2.2.1 - Minor bugfixes
 - Use semi-transparent rubber band for polygons
 <p>2.2.0 - New features
 - Support for linestring and polygon geometries (#34)
 - Support for materialized views (#29)
 <p>2.1.2 - Minor bugfixes
 - #27 and #28
 <p>2.1.1 - Minor bugfixes
 - Fixed missing import (#26)
 <p>2.1 - New features
 - finished port to QGIS 3 and ported #18
 <p>2.0 - New features
 - initial port to QGIS 3
 <p>1.4.0 - New features
 - Support for multiple search configurations (#18)
 <p>1.3.0 - New features
 - Configurable time for map marker display
 - Option to keep marker always visible
 <p>1.2.3 - Minor bugfixes
 - Fixed regression from 1.2.2 with Python error if BBOX expression was not used
 <p>1.2.2 - Minor bugfixes
 - Fixed issue (incorrect map location) seen when using BBOX expression with OTF projection
 <p>1.2.1 - Minor bugfixes
 <p>1.2.0 - Added configuration entries for additional display columns
 - Increased max results to 1000 (scrollbar now activates)
 - Increased width to 768px
 <p>1.1.0 - Inclusion of search column in results now optional
 <p>1.0.2 - Replaced icon with a new one
 <p>1.0.1 - Fixed error with hardcoded geometry column (#1)
 <p>1.0 - Initial release

tags=PostGIS, search, gazetteer
