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under the License.
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+## Sedona 1.8.1
+
+Sedona 1.8.1 is compiled against:
+
+- **Spark**: 3.4, 3.5, 4.0
+- **Flink**: 1.19
+- **Snowflake**: 7+
+
+**Java Requirements:**
+
+- Spark 3.4 & 3.5: Java 11
+- Spark 4.0: Java 17
+
+This is a minor release that includes bug fixes, new features, and
improvements.
+
+### New Contributors
+
+* @andrii-marushchak made their first contribution in
https://github.com/apache/sedona/pull/2296
+* @yunchipang made their first contribution in
https://github.com/apache/sedona/pull/2378
+* @bunnysocks made their first contribution in
https://github.com/apache/sedona/pull/2451
+* @gauravbyte made their first contribution in
https://github.com/apache/sedona/pull/2455
+* @joonaspessi made their first contribution in
https://github.com/apache/sedona/pull/2467
+* @chay0112 made their first contribution in
https://github.com/apache/sedona/pull/2484
+* @aleczoeller made their first contribution in
https://github.com/apache/sedona/pull/2475
+* @alexeyegorov made their first contribution in
https://github.com/apache/sedona/pull/2561
+* @radekaadek made their first contribution in
https://github.com/apache/sedona/pull/2452
+
+### Highlights
+
+* [X] [<a href='https://github.com/apache/sedona/issues/2402'>GH-2402</a>] -
Add Sedona Flink SQL module for enhanced Flink integration
+* [X] [<a href='https://github.com/apache/sedona/issues/2419'>GH-2419</a>] -
Register Sedona functions as built-in functions to support permanent VIEW
creation
+* [X] [<a href='https://github.com/apache/sedona/issues/2522'>GH-2522</a>] -
STAC authentication support for both Python and Scala APIs
+* [X] [<a href='https://github.com/apache/sedona/issues/2367'>GH-2367</a>] -
Add ST_ApproximateMedialAxis and ST_StraightSkeleton functions
+* [X] [<a href='https://github.com/apache/sedona/issues/2545'>GH-2545</a>] -
Add ST_Collect_Agg aggregate function
+* [X] [<a href='https://github.com/apache/sedona/issues/2552'>GH-2552</a>] -
Add ST_OrientedEnvelope function
+* [X] [<a href='https://github.com/apache/sedona/issues/2365'>GH-2365</a>] -
Modernize Sedona Python project by switching to pyproject.toml and uv
+* [X] Multiple GeoPandas API improvements including is_closed,
symmetric_difference, union, convex_hull, and more
+* [X] Enhanced compatibility with Databricks Runtime 17.3 LTS
+* [X] Improved example projects with better documentation
+
+### New Features
+
+#### Core Features
+
+* [<a href='https://github.com/apache/sedona/issues/2367'>GH-2367</a>] - Add
ST_ApproximateMedialAxis and ST_StraightSkeleton UDFs
+* [<a href='https://github.com/apache/sedona/issues/2419'>GH-2419</a>] -
Register Sedona functions as built-in functions to support permanent VIEW
creation
+* [<a href='https://github.com/apache/sedona/issues/2545'>GH-2545</a>] - Add
ST_Collect_Agg aggregate function
+* [<a href='https://github.com/apache/sedona/issues/2552'>GH-2552</a>] - Add
ST_OrientedEnvelope function
+* [<a href='https://github.com/apache/sedona/issues/2547'>GH-2547</a>] -
Support `*_Agg` alias for `*_Aggr` functions
+* [<a href='https://github.com/apache/sedona/issues/2356'>GH-2356</a>] -
Implement barrier udf function
+* [<a href='https://github.com/apache/sedona/issues/2522'>GH-2522</a>] -
Implement STAC authentication for both Python and Scala APIs
+
+#### Flink
+
+* [<a href='https://github.com/apache/sedona/issues/2402'>GH-2402</a>] - Add
Sedona Flink SQL module
+
+#### GeoPandas API
+
+* [<a href='https://github.com/apache/sedona/issues/2377'>GH-2377</a>] -
Implement is_closed
+* [<a href='https://github.com/apache/sedona/issues/2394'>GH-2394</a>] -
Implement symmetric_difference
+* [<a href='https://github.com/apache/sedona/issues/2398'>GH-2398</a>] -
Implement union
+* [<a href='https://github.com/apache/sedona/issues/2476'>GH-2476</a>] -
Implement convex_hull
+* [<a href='https://github.com/apache/sedona/issues/2485'>GH-2485</a>] -
Implement minimum_bounding_circle
+* [<a href='https://github.com/apache/sedona/issues/2482'>GH-2482</a>] -
Implement intersection_all
+* [<a href='https://github.com/apache/sedona/issues/2491'>GH-2491</a>] -
Implement force_2d
+* [<a href='https://github.com/apache/sedona/issues/2489'>GH-2489</a>] -
Implement minimum_bounding_radius
+* [<a href='https://github.com/apache/sedona/issues/2504'>GH-2504</a>] -
Implement force_3d
+* [<a href='https://github.com/apache/sedona/issues/2454'>GH-2454</a>] -
Implement binary predicate relate
+* [<a href='https://github.com/apache/sedona/issues/2389'>GH-2389</a>] -
Replace GeometryType() with ST_GeometryType()
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+#### Core & Spark
+
+* [<a href='https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SEDONA-745'>SEDONA-745</a>]
- Fix OSM parser
+* [<a href='https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SEDONA-746'>SEDONA-746</a>]
- Fix RS_Clip behavior
+* [<a href='https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SEDONA-748'>SEDONA-748</a>]
- Fix issue with no optimization for weighting function
+* [<a href='https://github.com/apache/sedona/issues/2240'>GH-2240</a>] - Fix
write and read nested geometry array using vectorized parquet reader
+* [<a href='https://github.com/apache/sedona/issues/2406'>GH-2406</a>] - Make
ST_Distance return null instead of 0.0 when arg is empty geom
+* [<a href='https://github.com/apache/sedona/issues/2470'>GH-2470</a>] - Fix
ST_Envelope behavior to return input geom for empty geom cases
+* [<a href='https://github.com/apache/sedona/issues/2137'>GH-2137</a>] - Make
ST_LineMerge return merged lines instead of original when there are more than
one
+* [<a href='https://github.com/apache/sedona/issues/2525'>GH-2525</a>] - Make
ST_Force3D return multipolygons even if it's a single polygon inside
+* [<a href='https://github.com/apache/sedona/issues/2506'>GH-2506</a>] - Fix
segmentize array-like input and support lists as 'array-like'
+* [<a href='https://github.com/apache/sedona/issues/2565'>GH-2565</a>] - Fix
NULL handling for various aggregation functions in SedonaSpark
+* [<a href='https://github.com/apache/sedona/issues/2465'>GH-2465</a>] - Fix
Log4j Class Initialization Deadlock in SedonaKryoRegistrator Class
+* [<a href='https://github.com/apache/sedona/issues/2472'>GH-2472</a>] - Fix
compatibility issue with DBR 17.3 LTS
+
+#### STAC
+
+* [<a href='https://github.com/apache/sedona/issues/2348'>GH-2348</a>] - Make
STAC tests resilient to external server failures (Python and Scala)
+
+#### Build & Examples
+
+* [<a href='https://github.com/apache/sedona/issues/2441'>GH-2441</a>] - Fix
failed example project build
+* [<a href='https://github.com/apache/sedona/issues/2496'>GH-2496</a>] - Fix
failed docs build
+
+### Improvements
+
+#### Python
+
+* [<a href='https://github.com/apache/sedona/issues/2365'>GH-2365</a>] -
Modernize Sedona Python project by switching to pyproject.toml and uv
+* [<a href='https://github.com/apache/sedona/issues/2365'>GH-2365</a>] -
Consolidate Python dependency files for building docs to pyproject.toml
+* [<a href='https://github.com/apache/sedona/issues/2566'>GH-2566</a>] -
Temporarily set pyspark < 4.1.0
+
+#### Infrastructure & Build
+
+* [<a href='https://github.com/apache/sedona/issues/2460'>GH-2460</a>] -
Increment graphframes version
+* [<a href='https://github.com/apache/sedona/issues/2422'>GH-2422</a>] - Bump
minio version to 8.6.0 due to CVE-2025-59952
+* [<a href='https://github.com/apache/sedona/issues/2424'>GH-2424</a>] -
Remove gulp-minify from doc build
+* [<a href='https://github.com/apache/sedona/issues/2549'>GH-2549</a>] -
Upgrade Testcontainers to 2.0.2
+* [<a href='https://github.com/apache/sedona/issues/2551'>GH-2551</a>] - Pin
sphinx version to fix the doc build
+
+#### Docker & Examples
+
+* [<a href='https://github.com/apache/sedona/issues/2489'>GH-2489</a>] -
Update the old dependencies in Sedona docker image
+* [<a href='https://github.com/apache/sedona/issues/2489'>GH-2489</a>] -
Improve the docker image build process
+* [<a href='https://github.com/apache/sedona/issues/2509'>GH-2509</a>] -
Refactor the example projects to include better examples
+* [<a href='https://github.com/apache/sedona/issues/2474'>GH-2474</a>] - New
Java Spark Example
+
+#### GeoPandas
+
+* [<a href='https://github.com/apache/sedona/issues/2404'>GH-2404</a>] - Add
empty cases to match test suite + fix edge cases
+* [<a href='https://github.com/apache/sedona/issues/2456'>GH-2456</a>] -
Remove 'IMPLEMENTATION_STATUS' global variables
+* [<a href='https://github.com/apache/sedona/issues/2513'>GH-2513</a>] - Make
'assert_geometry_almost_equal' check for Z and M dimensions too
+* Replace assert_series_equal with check_pd_series_equal in geopandas tests
+
+#### CI & Testing
+
+* [<a href='https://github.com/apache/sedona/issues/2351'>GH-2351</a>] - Fix R
CI flakiness with Spark download from PySpark
+* [<a href='https://github.com/apache/sedona/issues/2524'>GH-2524</a>] - Fix
testthat compatibility issues with version 3.3.0
+* [<a href='https://github.com/apache/sedona/issues/2432'>GH-2432</a>] - Fix
first-interaction workflow by adding permissions
+* Multiple pre-commit hook improvements and additions
+* Dependabot configuration optimizations
+
+### Documentation
+
+* [<a href='https://github.com/apache/sedona/issues/2296'>GH-2296</a>] -
Homepage redesign
+* [<a href='https://github.com/apache/sedona/issues/2355'>GH-2355</a>] - Fix
comment and doc consistency issues in GeoPandas API
+* [<a href='https://github.com/apache/sedona/issues/2519'>GH-2519</a>] -
Restructure navigation
+* [<a href='https://github.com/apache/sedona/issues/2561'>GH-2561</a>] - Add
spatial left join docs solution
+* [<a href='https://github.com/apache/sedona/issues/2572'>GH-2572</a>] - Add
doc example of specifying broadcast hint in SQL
+* [<a href='https://github.com/apache/sedona/issues/2577'>GH-2577</a>] - Bump
Sedona Python, R, and Zeppelin version to 1.8.1
+* Multiple documentation typo fixes and improvements
+* New blog posts: SedonaDB announcement, SpatialBench, and spatial tables in
data lakehouses
+
## Sedona 1.8.0
Sedona 1.8.0 is compiled against:
