Today we released Cartographica 1.5.2, which is a bug fix and feature enhancement release. This version builds on Cartographica 1.5, released in June and provides some specific bug fixes.

Cartographica 1.5.2 is available to all users with a Cartographica license.

Formal release notes are on macgis.com Release Notes, but here are the highlights:

• Moved PostgreSQL driver internal to the GDAL system to fix a problem in macOS 11/10.16 [CARTOMAC-1918]
• Fixed bug in KDM that could cause a crash when representative samples were too close to the border [CARTOMAC-1920]
• Fixed crash when changing layers in rare cases [CARTOMAC-1917] [CARTOMAC-494]
• Fixed crash when doing an Join in Import database under some conditions [CARTOMAC-1919]
• Fixed bug which resulted in Export Map not producing some Shapefile sidecar files (dbf, shx, prj)
• Fixed bug which resulted in Export Map not adding extensions when exporting a single layer
• Fixed bug which resulted in date sorting not working consistently
• Fixed bug where Duplicating, Cloning, or Mak[ing] Layer from Selection would result in the real column name being incorrect [CARTOMAC-1915]
• Fixed bug preventing Report Bugs… link from working correctly
• Fixed built-in help references in Overlay Operations and Spatial Join
• Fixed crash in Grid Reference interpreter when importing data is imported as non-String value [CARTOMAC-1912]
• Fixed crash when using Legend to select styles with a single feature [CARTOMAC-1911]
• Fixed crash dragging files in while editing is active in a field [CARTOMAC-1910]

OS compatibility

Cartographica 1.5 supports macOS X High Sierra and later (10.13.6+). Going forward, we'll likely move to adopt new Apple technologies sooner and that's likely to not only result in quicker release cycles, but will mean moving the minimum requirements more quickly than we have in the past.

As of last testing (macOS 11 beta 6), Cartographica 1.5.2 is compatible with macOS 11. Prior versions may cause a crash on current test versions of macOS 11, due to a library that was removed by Apple unexpectedly.