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Author: Jia Yu <[email protected]>
AuthorDate: Sun Aug 18 21:42:59 2024 -0700

    [DOCS] Add Sedona 1.6.1 release notes and update docs (#1551)
    
    * Update docs
    
    * Add file headers
    
    * Fix lint issues
---
 binder/start                            |  15 +++
 docker/sedona-spark-jupyterlab/start.sh |  15 +++
 docs/api/sql/Raster-loader.md           |   6 +-
 docs/setup/databricks.md                |  32 ++---
 docs/setup/maven-coordinates.md         |   8 +-
 docs/setup/release-notes.md             | 216 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
 mkdocs.yml                              |   8 +-
 7 files changed, 263 insertions(+), 37 deletions(-)

diff --git a/binder/start b/binder/start
index 9862f99ce..a3e191071 100755
--- a/binder/start
+++ b/binder/start
@@ -1,5 +1,20 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
+# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+# contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+# this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+# The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+# (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+# the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
 export SPARK_HOME=$HOME/spark-3.4.2-bin-hadoop3
 export PATH=$SPARK_HOME/bin:$PATH
 export PYTHONPATH=$SPARK_HOME/python:$PYTHONPATH
diff --git a/docker/sedona-spark-jupyterlab/start.sh 
b/docker/sedona-spark-jupyterlab/start.sh
index 840d80c6b..e5de2b70d 100755
--- a/docker/sedona-spark-jupyterlab/start.sh
+++ b/docker/sedona-spark-jupyterlab/start.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,20 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 
+# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+# contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+# this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+# The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+# (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+# the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
 DRIVER_MEM=${DRIVER_MEM:-4g}
 EXECUTOR_MEM=${EXECUTOR_MEM:-4g}
 
diff --git a/docs/api/sql/Raster-loader.md b/docs/api/sql/Raster-loader.md
index 67fd76c02..994e22ad8 100644
--- a/docs/api/sql/Raster-loader.md
+++ b/docs/api/sql/Raster-loader.md
@@ -1,13 +1,11 @@
 !!!note
        Sedona loader are available in Scala, Java and Python and have the same 
APIs.
 
-## Load any raster to Raster format
-
 The raster loader of Sedona leverages Spark built-in binary data source and 
works with several RS constructors to produce Raster type. Each raster is a row 
in the resulting DataFrame and stored in a `Raster` format.
 
 By default, these functions uses lon/lat order since `v1.5.0`. Before, it used 
lat/lon order.
 
-### Load raster to a binary DataFrame
+## Step 1: Load raster to a binary DataFrame
 
 You can load any type of raster data using the code below. Then use the RS 
constructors below to create a Raster DataFrame.
 
@@ -15,6 +13,8 @@ You can load any type of raster data using the code below. 
Then use the RS const
 sedona.read.format("binaryFile").load("/some/path/*.asc")
 ```
 
+## Step 2: Create a raster type column
+
 ### RS_FromArcInfoAsciiGrid
 
 Introduction: Returns a raster geometry from an Arc Info Ascii Grid file.
diff --git a/docs/setup/databricks.md b/docs/setup/databricks.md
index c89848764..431430e82 100644
--- a/docs/setup/databricks.md
+++ b/docs/setup/databricks.md
@@ -1,28 +1,9 @@
+Please pay attention to the Spark version postfix and Scala version postfix on 
our [Maven Coordinate page](../maven-coordinates). Databricks Spark and Apache 
Spark's compatibility can be found here: 
https://docs.databricks.com/en/release-notes/runtime/index.html
+
 ## Community edition (free-tier)
 
 You just need to install the Sedona jars and Sedona Python on Databricks using 
Databricks default web UI. Then everything will work.
 
-## Advanced editions
-
-We recommend Databricks 10.x+.
-
-* Sedona 1.0.1 & 1.1.0 is compiled against Spark 3.1 (~ Databricks DBR 9 LTS, 
DBR 7 is Spark 3.0)
-* Sedona 1.1.1, 1.2.0 are compiled against Spark 3.2 (~ DBR 10 & 11)
-* Sedona 1.2.1, 1.3.1, 1.4.0 are complied against Spark 3.3
-* 1.4.1, 1.5.0 are complied against Spark 3.3, 3.4, 3.5
-
-> In Spark 3.2, `org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.expressions.Generator` class 
added a field `nodePatterns`. Any SQL functions that rely on Generator class 
may have issues if compiled for a runtime with a differing spark version. For 
Sedona, those functions are:
->
-> * ST_MakeValid
-> * ST_SubDivideExplode
-
-!!!note
-       If you are using Spark 3.4+ and Scala 2.12, please use 
`sedona-spark-shaded-3.4_2.12`. Please pay attention to the Spark version 
postfix and Scala version postfix. Sedona is not able to support `Databricks 
photon acceleration`. Sedona requires Spark internal APIs to inject many 
optimization strategies, which is not accessible in `Photon`.
-
-## Install Sedona from the web UI (not recommended)
-
-This method cannot achieve the best performance of Sedona and does not work 
for pure SQL environment.
-
 ### Install libraries
 
 1) From the Libraries tab install from Maven Coordinates
@@ -58,11 +39,14 @@ from sedona.register.geo_registrator import 
SedonaRegistrator
 SedonaRegistrator.registerAll(spark)
 ```
 
-## Install Sedona from the init script
+## Advanced editions
+
+In Databricks advanced editions, you need to install Sedona via [cluster 
init-scripts](https://docs.databricks.com/clusters/init-scripts.html) as 
described below. We recommend Databricks 10.x+. Sedona is not guaranteed to be 
100% compatible with `Databricks photon acceleration`. Sedona requires Spark 
internal APIs to inject many optimization strategies, which sometimes is not 
accessible in `Photon`.
 
-In order to activate the Kryo serializer (this speeds up the serialization and 
deserialization of geometry types) you need to install the libraries via init 
script as described below.
+In Spark 3.2, `org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.expressions.Generator` class 
added a field `nodePatterns`. Any SQL functions that rely on Generator class 
may have issues if compiled for a runtime with a differing spark version. For 
Sedona, those functions are:
 
-In order to use the Sedona `ST_*/RS_*` functions from SQL without having to 
register the Sedona functions from a python/scala cell, you need to install the 
Sedona libraries from the [cluster 
init-scripts](https://docs.databricks.com/clusters/init-scripts.html) as 
follows.
+* ST_MakeValid
+* ST_SubDivideExplode
 
 ### Download Sedona jars
 
diff --git a/docs/setup/maven-coordinates.md b/docs/setup/maven-coordinates.md
index a6b92d295..bbbed9201 100644
--- a/docs/setup/maven-coordinates.md
+++ b/docs/setup/maven-coordinates.md
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ The optional GeoTools library is required if you want to use 
CRS transformation,
                </dependency>
                ```
 
-       === "Spark 3.4+ and Scala 2.12"
+       === "Spark 3.4 and Scala 2.12"
 
                ```xml
                <dependency>
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ The optional GeoTools library is required if you want to use 
CRS transformation,
                </dependency>
                ```
 
-       === "Spark 3.4+ and Scala 2.13"
+       === "Spark 3.4 and Scala 2.13"
 
                ```xml
                <dependency>
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ The optional GeoTools library is required if you want to 
use CRS transformation,
                    <version>{{ sedona.current_geotools }}</version>
                </dependency>
                ```
-       === "Spark 3.4+ and Scala 2.12"
+       === "Spark 3.4 and Scala 2.12"
                ```xml
                <dependency>
                  <groupId>org.apache.sedona</groupId>
@@ -268,7 +268,7 @@ The optional GeoTools library is required if you want to 
use CRS transformation,
                    <version>{{ sedona.current_geotools }}</version>
                </dependency>
                ```
-       === "Spark 3.4+ and Scala 2.13"
+       === "Spark 3.4 and Scala 2.13"
                ```xml
                <dependency>
                  <groupId>org.apache.sedona</groupId>
diff --git a/docs/setup/release-notes.md b/docs/setup/release-notes.md
index f0ecd75d8..98bd8df51 100644
--- a/docs/setup/release-notes.md
+++ b/docs/setup/release-notes.md
@@ -1,13 +1,225 @@
 !!! note
-       Sedona before 1.6.0 only works with Shapely 1.x. If you want to work 
with Shapely 2.x, please use Sedona no earlier than 1.6.0.
+       Sedona before 1.6.0 only works with Shapely 1.x. If you want to work 
with Shapely 2.x, please use Sedona 1.6.0+
 
     If you use Sedona < 1.6.0, please use GeoPandas <= `0.11.1` since 
GeoPandas > 0.11.1 will automatically install Shapely 2.0. If you use Shapely, 
please use <= `1.8.5`.
 
+## Sedona 1.6.1
+
+Sedona 1.6.1 is compiled against Spark 3.3 / Spark 3.4 / Spark 3.5, Flink 
1.19, Snowflake 7+, Java 8.
+
+This release is a maintenance release that includes bug fixes and minor 
improvements.
+
+### New Contributors
+
+* @zhangfengcdt made their first contribution in 
https://github.com/apache/sedona/pull/1431
+* @james-willis made their first contribution in 
https://github.com/apache/sedona/pull/1453
+
+### Highlights
+
+* [X] Add native DataFrame based GeoJSON reader and writer
+* [X] 48 new ST functions added
+* [X] GeoParquet reader and writer supports GeoParquet 1.1.0 covering column
+* [X] Improve the error handling of ST functions so that the error message 
includes the geometry that caused the error
+
+### API breaking changes
+
+* [X] The following raster functions now return struct type outputs instead of 
array types.
+   * RS_Metadata
+   * RS_SummaryStatsAll
+   * RS_ZonalStatsAll
+   * RS_GeoTransform
+
+### Bug
+
+<ul>
+<li>[<a 
href='https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SEDONA-560'>SEDONA-560</a>] -       
  Spatial join involving dataframe containing 0 partition throws exception
+</li>
+<li>[<a 
href='https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SEDONA-561'>SEDONA-561</a>] -       
  Failed to run examples in the core.showcase package
+</li>
+<li>[<a 
href='https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SEDONA-580'>SEDONA-580</a>] -       
  New instances of RasterUDT object is not equal to the RasterUDT case object
+</li>
+<li>[<a 
href='https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SEDONA-581'>SEDONA-581</a>] -       
  SedonaKepler fails to reload if a raster column exists
+</li>
+<li>[<a 
href='https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SEDONA-605'>SEDONA-605</a>] -       
  RS_AsRaster(useGeometryExtent=false) does not work with reference rasters 
with scaleX/Y &lt; 1
+</li>
+<li>[<a 
href='https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SEDONA-608'>SEDONA-608</a>] -       
  Fix ST_IsPolygonCW, ST_IsPolygonCCW, ST_ForcePolygonCW and ST_ForcePolygonCCW
+</li>
+<li>[<a 
href='https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SEDONA-609'>SEDONA-609</a>] -       
  Fix python 3.12 build issue caused by binary compatibility issues with numpy 
2.0.0
+</li>
+<li>[<a 
href='https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SEDONA-611'>SEDONA-611</a>] -       
  Cannot write rasters to S3 on EMR
+</li>
+<li>[<a 
href='https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SEDONA-618'>SEDONA-618</a>] -       
  Maven build failed with javadoc classes and package list files missing
+</li>
+<li>[<a 
href='https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SEDONA-624'>SEDONA-624</a>] -       
  Distance join throws java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException when working 
with aggregation functions
+</li>
+<li>[<a 
href='https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SEDONA-626'>SEDONA-626</a>] -       
  SRID of geometries returned by many ST functions are incorrect
+</li>
+<li>[<a 
href='https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SEDONA-628'>SEDONA-628</a>] -       
  Python DataFrame Functions Cannot Be Imported As Documented
+</li>
+<li>[<a 
href='https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SEDONA-639'>SEDONA-639</a>] -       
  ST_Split may produce inaccurate results when splitting linestrings
+</li>
+</ul>
+
+### New Feature
+
+<ul>
+<li>[<a 
href='https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SEDONA-462'>SEDONA-462</a>] -       
  ST_IsValidDetail
+</li>
+<li>[<a 
href='https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SEDONA-486'>SEDONA-486</a>] -       
  Implement ST_MMin
+</li>
+<li>[<a 
href='https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SEDONA-487'>SEDONA-487</a>] -       
  Implement ST_MMax
+</li>
+<li>[<a 
href='https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SEDONA-562'>SEDONA-562</a>] -       
  Add native DataFrame based GeoJSON reader and writer
+</li>
+<li>[<a 
href='https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SEDONA-563'>SEDONA-563</a>] -       
  Add ST_GeomFromEWKB
+</li>
+<li>[<a 
href='https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SEDONA-564'>SEDONA-564</a>] -       
  Add ST_NumInteriorRing
+</li>
+<li>[<a 
href='https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SEDONA-565'>SEDONA-565</a>] -       
  Add ST_ForceRHR
+</li>
+<li>[<a 
href='https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SEDONA-566'>SEDONA-566</a>] -       
  Add ST_TriangulatePolygon
+</li>
+<li>[<a 
href='https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SEDONA-567'>SEDONA-567</a>] -       
  Add ST_M
+</li>
+<li>[<a 
href='https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SEDONA-569'>SEDONA-569</a>] -       
  Add ST_PointZM
+</li>
+<li>[<a 
href='https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SEDONA-570'>SEDONA-570</a>] -       
  Add ST_PointM
+</li>
+<li>[<a 
href='https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SEDONA-571'>SEDONA-571</a>] -       
  Add ST_MMin
+</li>
+<li>[<a 
href='https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SEDONA-572'>SEDONA-572</a>] -       
  Add ST_PointFromWKB
+</li>
+<li>[<a 
href='https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SEDONA-573'>SEDONA-573</a>] -       
  Add ST_HasM
+</li>
+<li>[<a 
href='https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SEDONA-574'>SEDONA-574</a>] -       
  Add ST_MMax
+</li>
+<li>[<a 
href='https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SEDONA-575'>SEDONA-575</a>] -       
  Add ST_LineFromWKB
+</li>
+<li>[<a 
href='https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SEDONA-576'>SEDONA-576</a>] -       
  Add ST_HasZ
+</li>
+<li>[<a 
href='https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SEDONA-577'>SEDONA-577</a>] -       
  Add ST_GeometryFromText
+</li>
+<li>[<a 
href='https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SEDONA-578'>SEDONA-578</a>] -       
  Add ST_Points
+</li>
+<li>[<a 
href='https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SEDONA-579'>SEDONA-579</a>] -       
  Add ST_AsHEXEWKB
+</li>
+<li>[<a 
href='https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SEDONA-582'>SEDONA-582</a>] -       
  Add ST_PointFromGeoHash
+</li>
+<li>[<a 
href='https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SEDONA-583'>SEDONA-583</a>] -       
  Add ST_Length2D
+</li>
+<li>[<a 
href='https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SEDONA-584'>SEDONA-584</a>] -       
  Add ST_Zmflag
+</li>
+<li>[<a 
href='https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SEDONA-585'>SEDONA-585</a>] -       
  Add ST_ForceCollection
+</li>
+<li>[<a 
href='https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SEDONA-586'>SEDONA-586</a>] -       
  Add ST_Force3DZ
+</li>
+<li>[<a 
href='https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SEDONA-587'>SEDONA-587</a>] -       
  Add ST_Force3DM
+</li>
+<li>[<a 
href='https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SEDONA-588'>SEDONA-588</a>] -       
  Add ST_Force4D
+</li>
+<li>[<a 
href='https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SEDONA-589'>SEDONA-589</a>] -       
  Add ST_LongestLine
+</li>
+<li>[<a 
href='https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SEDONA-590'>SEDONA-590</a>] -       
  Add ST_GeomColFromText
+</li>
+<li>[<a 
href='https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SEDONA-591'>SEDONA-591</a>] -       
  Add ST_MaxDistance
+</li>
+<li>[<a 
href='https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SEDONA-592'>SEDONA-592</a>] -       
  Add ST_MPointFromText
+</li>
+<li>[<a 
href='https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SEDONA-593'>SEDONA-593</a>] -       
  Add ST_Relate
+</li>
+<li>[<a 
href='https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SEDONA-594'>SEDONA-594</a>] -       
  Add ST_RelatedMatch
+</li>
+<li>[<a 
href='https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SEDONA-595'>SEDONA-595</a>] -       
  Add ST_LineStringFromWKB
+</li>
+<li>[<a 
href='https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SEDONA-596'>SEDONA-596</a>] -       
  Add ST_SimplifyVW
+</li>
+<li>[<a 
href='https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SEDONA-597'>SEDONA-597</a>] -       
  Add ST_SimplifyPolygonHull
+</li>
+<li>[<a 
href='https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SEDONA-598'>SEDONA-598</a>] -       
  Add ST_UnaryUnion
+</li>
+<li>[<a 
href='https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SEDONA-599'>SEDONA-599</a>] -       
  Add ST_MinimumClearance
+</li>
+<li>[<a 
href='https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SEDONA-600'>SEDONA-600</a>] -       
  Add ST_MinimumClearanceLine
+</li>
+<li>[<a 
href='https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SEDONA-601'>SEDONA-601</a>] -       
  Add ST_DelaunyTriangles
+</li>
+<li>[<a 
href='https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SEDONA-602'>SEDONA-602</a>] -       
  Add ST_LocateAlong
+</li>
+<li>[<a 
href='https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SEDONA-603'>SEDONA-603</a>] -       
  Add ST_MakePointM
+</li>
+<li>[<a 
href='https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SEDONA-604'>SEDONA-604</a>] -       
  Add ST_AddMeasure
+</li>
+<li>[<a 
href='https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SEDONA-606'>SEDONA-606</a>] -       
  Add ST_IsValidDetail
+</li>
+<li>[<a 
href='https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SEDONA-607'>SEDONA-607</a>] -       
  Include Geometry in ST Function Exceptions
+</li>
+<li>[<a 
href='https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SEDONA-610'>SEDONA-610</a>] -       
  Add ST_IsValidTrajectory
+</li>
+<li>[<a 
href='https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SEDONA-615'>SEDONA-615</a>] -       
  Add ST_MaximumInscribedCircle
+</li>
+<li>[<a 
href='https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SEDONA-617'>SEDONA-617</a>] -       
  Add ST_Rotate
+</li>
+<li>[<a 
href='https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SEDONA-625'>SEDONA-625</a>] -       
  Add ST_GeneratePoints
+</li>
+<li>[<a 
href='https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SEDONA-627'>SEDONA-627</a>] -       
  Writing covering column metadata to GeoParquet files
+</li>
+<li>[<a 
href='https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SEDONA-631'>SEDONA-631</a>] -       
  Add ST_Expand
+</li>
+<li>[<a 
href='https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SEDONA-643'>SEDONA-643</a>] -       
  Fix Flink constructor functions signatures
+</li>
+</ul>
+
+### Improvement
+
+<ul>
+<li>[<a 
href='https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SEDONA-558'>SEDONA-558</a>] -       
  Fix and improve SedonaPyDeck behavior
+</li>
+<li>[<a 
href='https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SEDONA-559'>SEDONA-559</a>] -       
  Make the flink example work
+</li>
+<li>[<a 
href='https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SEDONA-568'>SEDONA-568</a>] -       
  Refactor TestBaseScala to use method instead of a class-level variable for 
sparkSession
+</li>
+<li>[<a 
href='https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SEDONA-616'>SEDONA-616</a>] -       
  Apply spotless to snowflake module
+</li>
+<li>[<a 
href='https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SEDONA-620'>SEDONA-620</a>] -       
  Simplify Java if statements
+</li>
+<li>[<a 
href='https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SEDONA-621'>SEDONA-621</a>] -       
  Remove redundant call to `toString()`
+</li>
+<li>[<a 
href='https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SEDONA-622'>SEDONA-622</a>] -       
  Improve SedonaPyDeck behavior
+</li>
+<li>[<a 
href='https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SEDONA-623'>SEDONA-623</a>] -       
  Simplify Java `if` statements
+</li>
+<li>[<a 
href='https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SEDONA-629'>SEDONA-629</a>] -       
  Return Structs for RS_ Functions
+</li>
+<li>[<a 
href='https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SEDONA-632'>SEDONA-632</a>] -       
  Don&#39;t use a conventional output committer when writing raster files using 
df.write.format(&quot;raster&quot;)
+</li>
+<li>[<a 
href='https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SEDONA-633'>SEDONA-633</a>] -       
  Add tileWidth and tileHeight fields to the result of RS_Metadata
+</li>
+<li>[<a 
href='https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SEDONA-634'>SEDONA-634</a>] -       
  Support omitting tileWidth and tileHeight parameters when calling RS_Tile or 
RS_TileExplode on rasters with decent tiling scheme
+</li>
+<li>[<a 
href='https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SEDONA-635'>SEDONA-635</a>] -       
  Allow feature and feature collection format in ST_AsGeoJSON
+</li>
+<li>[<a 
href='https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SEDONA-637'>SEDONA-637</a>] -       
  Show spatial filters pushed to GeoParquet scans in the query plan
+</li>
+<li>[<a 
href='https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SEDONA-638'>SEDONA-638</a>] -       
  Send telemetry data asynchronously to avoid blocking the initialization of 
SedonaContext
+</li>
+</ul>
+
+### Task
+
+<ul>
+<li>[<a 
href='https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SEDONA-101'>SEDONA-101</a>] -       
  Add Scala Formatter to MVN
+</li>
+<li>[<a 
href='https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SEDONA-102'>SEDONA-102</a>] -       
  Java Code Formatting using formatter plugin
+</li>
+<li>[<a 
href='https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SEDONA-553'>SEDONA-553</a>] -       
  Update Sedona docker to use newer GeoPandas
+</li>
+</ul>
+
 ## Sedona 1.6.0
 
 Sedona 1.6.0 is compiled against Spark 3.3 / Spark 3.4 / Spark 3.5, Flink 
1.19, Snowflake 7+, Java 8.
 
-## New Contributors
+### New Contributors
 
 * @mpetazzoni made their first contribution in 
https://github.com/apache/sedona/pull/1216
 * @sebdiem made their first contribution in 
https://github.com/apache/sedona/pull/1217
diff --git a/mkdocs.yml b/mkdocs.yml
index e8cf0d24e..7fcfd5413 100644
--- a/mkdocs.yml
+++ b/mkdocs.yml
@@ -162,11 +162,11 @@ extra:
     current_version: 1.6.0
     current_geotools: 1.6.0-28.2
   sedona_create_release:
-    current_version: 1.6.0
-    current_git_tag: sedona-1.6.0-rc3
-    current_rc: 1.6.0-rc3
+    current_version: 1.6.1
+    current_git_tag: sedona-1.6.1-rc1
+    current_rc: 1.6.1-rc1
     current_snapshot: 1.6.1-SNAPSHOT
-    next_version: 1.6.0
+    next_version: 1.7.0
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