Version 1.4.5 (2026): Fixed the 10 "Try, Except, Pass"/"Try, Except,
Continue" findings (Bandit B110/B112) that were blocking the QGIS
Plugin Repository's automated security scan. Every bare `except
Exception: pass`/`continue` across basemap_io.py, dialog.py,
raster_io.py, and vector_io.py — all guarding genuinely
optional/non-fatal fallback paths (older PyQGIS API without a given
setter, a rendering-speed optimisation that can't be applied, a single
feature that fails to reproject, etc.) — now logs the caught exception
via QgsMessageLog instead of silently discarding it, so failures are
visible in the QGIS log panel without changing any runtime behaviour.
Version 1.4.4 (2026): Fixed a basemap/overlay misalignment (basemap
looked "shifted" a little compared to the raster/vector layers on top
of it, or compared to the same layer in QGIS's own canvas).
basemap_io.py's render told matplotlib the basemap image covered the
raw requested extent, but QgsMapSettings actually renders a slightly
different, aspect-corrected extent (QgsMapSettings.visibleExtent())
whenever the output pixel size's aspect ratio doesn't exactly match
the requested extent's aspect ratio — which is almost always the case.
The basemap now uses that actually-rendered extent for imshow(), so it
lines up exactly with the raster/vector data drawn on top, matching
QGIS's own canvas.
Version 1.4.3 (2026): The right-hand panel
(Data/Layers/Display/Basemap/Title & Font/Geometry/Colorbar tabs) had
a hard `setMaximumWidth(300)` that stopped the splitter handle from
being dragged wider — removed that cap, so the panel can now be
resized to whatever width the user wants. Note: individual fields
inside the panel (combo boxes, line edits, spin boxes) are still
capped at 185px wide by design so they don't stretch oddly; dragging
the panel wider just gives them more breathing room, it doesn't
stretch the fields themselves.
Version 1.4.2 (2026): Performance — the per-pixel no-data mask loop in
raster_io.py's block decoder now checks the block's own `hasNoData()`
flag first and skips the O(width x height) Python loop entirely when
the block has no no-data pixels at all (the common case for most
rendered previews), instead of always looping over every pixel. This
is a CPU-side fix, not GPU/OpenCL: RasterViz's pixel reading,
stretching, and rendering are plain NumPy/QGIS-native/Matplotlib and
were never on a code path QGIS's own OpenCL acceleration setting (used
only by a handful of Processing algorithms like
Hillshade/Slope/Viewshed) would touch.
Version 1.4.1 (2026): UI overhaul — every control panel (Data Source,
Vector Symbology, Display, Title & Font, Geometry, Colorbar) is now
organised into clearly labelled group boxes by function (e.g. "North
Arrow", "Scale Bar", "Map Frame", "Legend — Position & Size") instead
of one long mixed list per tab. Removed every in-app UI icon
(toolbar/tab/list-item icons and the icons.py glyph module); buttons,
tabs, and the layers list now use plain text/labels only, with a
"[Raster]"/"[Vector]" text tag replacing the old layer-type icon.
Standardised control heights/padding across combo boxes, spin boxes,
line edits, and buttons for a more comfortable, consistent click/tap
target size.
Version 1.4.0 (2026): Replaced the contextily-based web basemap engine
with a 100% QGIS-native one — basemaps are now fetched, stitched, and
reprojected by QGIS itself via a native QgsRasterLayer XYZ connection
(the same URI scheme QuickMapServices uses) rendered through
QgsMapRendererCustomPainterJob, instead of the contextily pip package.
RasterViz now has ZERO third-party Python dependencies; the "Install
Dependencies" button/dialog and one-time first-run notice have been
removed since there is nothing left to install. All basemaps from
1.3.1 are still available with the same names, and the per-(provider,
CRS, view) basemap cache still works the same way.
Version 1.3.1 (2026): Fixed a layout bug that left a large empty gap
above "Legend Layout Settings" in the Colorbar tab (Qt was sizing that
area to its tallest sub-tab even while the shorter one was showing);
narrowed the right-hand settings panel further. The "Install
Dependencies" dialog now falls back automatically to installing into
the plugin's own folder when a Python build has user site-packages
disabled (previously failed outright with "User site-packages are
disabled for this Python"). Basemap tiles are now cached per
(provider, CRS, view) so re-rendering after an unrelated control
change (title, font, decimals, ...) reuses the
already-fetched/stitched/warped basemap image instead of re-fetching
it from the network every time.
Version 1.3.0 (2026): Raster and vector engines are now 100%
QGIS-native — rasterio, geopandas, and fiona are no longer needed at
all (raster via QgsRasterLayer/dataProvider().block(), vector via
QgsVectorLayer/OGR). Vector rendering now goes through QGIS's own
QgsFeatureRequest pipeline (destination-CRS reprojection, view-extent
spatial filtering, and on-the-fly simplification), fixing slow/heavy
redraws with large nationwide vector files. Added a working in-app
"Install Dependencies" dialog (Plugins > RasterViz > Install
Dependencies, plus a header button and a one-time first-run notice)
that installs contextily directly into QGIS's own Python with a
background worker thread, progress bar, and clear error messages — no
terminal/OSGeo4W Shell needed. Removed the qtawesome dependency
entirely, replaced by a small built-in SVG icon set. Removed the
custom dark-mode toggle and forced font/stylesheet; the UI now follows
QGIS's own active theme and font. Narrowed the right-hand vertical tab
strip (Display / Title & Font / Geometry / Colorbar) to fit its
icon+label instead of the style's default wide padding.
Version 1.2.0 (2026): Rebuilt on the multi-layer engine from the
standalone RasterViz edition. Adds a unified raster+vector layer
panel, vector overlay support (Shapefile, GeoPackage, GeoJSON,
KML/KMZ) with single/categorized symbology, web basemap layer (Esri,
OSM, CartoDB, OpenTopoMap, NASA GIBS, and more) via contextily, an
expanded colormap library, north arrow and scale bar, and a raster
backend switched to rasterio for consistent multi-format reading
(GeoTIFF, IMG, VRT, NetCDF, HDF). Optional dependencies (rasterio,
geopandas, fiona, contextily, qtawesome) degrade gracefully with an
in-app notice if missing.
Version 1.1.0 (2026): Initial public release. Includes single-band
continuous rendering, discrete/classified rendering, RGB composite,
customizable pointed colorbar, coordinate tick formatting (DMS, DM,
DD, UTM), and live preview via cached NumPy array. Export to PNG, SVG,
TIFF, PDF supported.

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