Improved Column Reader API, First Cut of Geospatial Support: Hardwood 1.0.0.CR1 Is Available

Table of Contents Reworked ColumnReader API Geospatial Support Documentation Overhaul Further Fixes and Improvements I am happy to announce the release of Hardwood 1.0.0.CR1! This first candidate release of Hardwood 1.0 brings a substantially improved API for columnar access to Apache Parquet files, initial support for Parquet’s GEOMETRY/GEOGRAPHY column types, and many other improvements to the core library as well as the Hardwood CLI.