[Geotools-gt2-users] GeoTools 34.0 released for Java 17 with Eclipse ImageN processing engine

[Jody G. <jod...@gm...>]

The GeoTools team is pleased to announce the release
<https://geotoolsnews.blogspot.com/2025/10/geotools-340-release.html> of
the latest stable version of GeoTools 34.0
<https://sourceforge.net/projects/geotools/files/GeoTools%2034%20Releases/34.0/>.
This release is available from the repo.osgeo.org and is made in
conjunction with ImageN 0.9.0, ImageIO-Ext 2.0.0, GeoWebCache 1.28.0, and
GeoServer 2.28.0.

This is a major update:

   - The library now requires Java 17, ending support for Java 11
   - Upgrade from Java Advanced Imaging Library 1.1.3 to Eclipse ImageN
   0.9.0.
   - Library now provides a maven bill-of-materials import for both library
   modules and third-party-dependences making it considerably easier for
   downstream projects to synchronize dependences when upgrading GeoTools
   - For more information please see upgrade instructions
   <https://docs.geotools.org/stable/userguide/welcome/upgrade.html> in the
   user manual

Thanks to Jody Garnett (GeoCat) for making this release, Gabriel Roldan
(Camptocamp) for all the build improvements, and Andrea Aime (GeoServer)
for working so hard on the Eclipse ImageN migration.

These major library updates were undertaken as part of the GeoServer 3
activities, and we would like to the crowdfunding sponsors their financial
support.