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# Release Notes

{% updates %}
{% update date="2025-08-25" %}

## August 25th, 2025 (v1.4.1)

**Module tiler**

New

* Added option `max_categories_limit` that controls the maximum number of categories from string columns included in metadata for every tiler procedure.
  {% endupdate %}

{% update date="2024-09-24" %}

## September 24th, 2024 (v1.4.0)

**Module tiler**

New

* Add `tile_resolution` to all [tileset](/data-and-analysis/analytics-toolbox-for-postgresql/sql-reference/tiler.md) creation options. This new setting allows controlling the size of the tiles when rendered in a map. Higher values produce larger tiles.

Fix

* Support empty properties in [CREATE\_POINT\_AGGREGATION\_TILESET](/data-and-analysis/analytics-toolbox-for-postgresql/sql-reference/tiler.md#create_point_aggregation_tileset) procedures.
* Fix [CREATE\_SIMPLE\_TILESET](/data-and-analysis/analytics-toolbox-for-postgresql/sql-reference/tiler.md#create_simple_tileset) procedure in order to support any geom column name.
  {% endupdate %}

{% update date="2024-01-18" %}

## January 18th, 2024 (v1.3.0)

**Module quadbin**

New

* New [QUADBIN\_DISTANCE](/data-and-analysis/analytics-toolbox-for-postgresql/sql-reference/quadbin.md#quadbin_distance) function that returns the distance (number of cells) between two quadbin cells.

Fix

* Improved precision when calculating cell indexes from latitudes close to the poles (±90º).

**Module tiler**

Fix

* Fixed a problem when parsing quotes inside the input query in [CREATE\_SIMPLE\_TILESET](/data-and-analysis/analytics-toolbox-for-postgresql/sql-reference/tiler.md#create_simple_tileset) and [CREATE\_POINT\_AGGREGATION\_TILESET](/data-and-analysis/analytics-toolbox-for-postgresql/sql-reference/tiler.md#create_point_aggregation_tileset) procedures.
* Improved bounds calculation to get the exact value when using h3 cells in the [CREATE\_SPATIAL\_INDEX\_TILESET](/data-and-analysis/analytics-toolbox-for-postgresql/sql-reference/tiler.md#create_spatial_index_tileset) procedure. This applies when the Analytics Toolbox is installed with the h3 module ([depends on having `plv8` extenstion installed](https://docs.carto.com/data-and-analysis/analytics-toolbox-for-postgresql/getting-access#installing-extensions)).
  {% endupdate %}

{% update date="2023-12-23" %}

## December 23, 2023 (v1.2.2)

**Module tiler**

Fix

* Fix recommended zoom in `__clip_all_tiles` internal function. This corrects some problems with tileset's creation.
  {% endupdate %}

{% update date="2023-09-08" %}

## September 8, 2023 (v1.2.1)

**Module tiler**

Fix

* Fixed wrong parameter formatting in [`CREATE_SPATIAL_INDEX_TILESET`](/data-and-analysis/analytics-toolbox-for-postgresql/sql-reference/tiler.md#create_spatial_index_tileset).
  {% endupdate %}

{% update date="2023-08-07" %}

## August 7, 2023 (v1.2.0)

**Module h3**

Improvement

* We have improved the performance of [H3\_POLYFILL](https://docs.carto.com/data-and-analysis/analytics-toolbox-for-postgresql/sql-reference/h3#h3_polyfill).

New

* We have added to the function [H3\_POLYFILL](https://docs.carto.com/data-and-analysis/analytics-toolbox-for-postgresql/sql-reference/h3#h3_polyfill) different polyfill modes: center, intersects, contains.

**Module quadbin**

Improvement

* We have improved the performance of [QUADBIN\_POLYFILL](https://docs.carto.com/data-and-analysis/analytics-toolbox-for-postgresql/sql-reference/quadbin#quadbin_polyfill).

New

* We have added to the function [QUADBIN\_POLYFILL](https://docs.carto.com/data-and-analysis/analytics-toolbox-for-postgresql/sql-reference/quadbin#quadbin_polyfill) different polyfill modes: center, intersects, contains.
  {% endupdate %}

{% update date="2023-07-14" %}

## July 14, 2023 (v1.1.2)

**Module tiler**

Fix

* We added some changes in order to support capitalized columns when using [CREATE\_SIMPLE\_TILESET](https://docs.carto.com/data-and-analysis/analytics-toolbox-for-postgresql/sql-reference/tiler#create_simple_tileset).

**Module quadbin**

Change

* We have updated the formula used in [QUADBIN\_FROMLONGLAT](https://docs.carto.com/data-and-analysis/analytics-toolbox-for-postgresql/sql-reference/quadbin#quadbin_fromlonglat) so it gets standardized. In addition a new implementation of [QUADBIN\_TOCHILDREN](https://docs.carto.com/data-and-analysis/analytics-toolbox-for-postgresql/sql-reference/quadbin#quadbin_tochildren) has been added in order to increase performance.
  {% endupdate %}

{% update date="2023-06-06" %}

## June 6, 2023 (v1.1.1)

**Module tiler**

Fix

* We added some missing metadata that was negatively affecting the usage of [CREATE\_SIMPLE\_TILESET](https://docs.carto.com/data-and-analysis/analytics-toolbox-for-postgresql/sql-reference/tiler#create_simple_tileset), [CREATE\_POINT\_AGGREGATION\_TILESET](https://docs.carto.com/data-and-analysis/analytics-toolbox-for-postgresql/sql-reference/tiler#create_point_aggregation_tileset) and [CREATE\_SPATIAL\_INDEX\_TILESET](https://docs.carto.com/data-and-analysis/analytics-toolbox-for-postgresql/sql-reference/tiler#create_spatial_index_tileset).
  {% endupdate %}

{% update date="2023-05-05" %}

## May 5, 2023 (v1.1.0)

**Documentation**

Improvement

We have improved the [installation guide](https://docs.carto.com/data-and-analysis/analytics-toolbox-for-postgresql/getting-access), allowing now to use a Python script as installer. \\

**Module h3**

New

We have released a new module in the Analytics Toolbox for PostgreSQL in order to provide native support for operating with the [H3](https://www.uber.com/en-ES/blog/h3/) spatial index.

This new module named “[h3](https://docs.carto.com/data-and-analysis/analytics-toolbox-for-postgresql/sql-reference/h3)” includes the following functions: H3\_BOUNDARY, H3\_CENTER, H3\_COMPACT, H3\_DISTANCE, H3\_FROMGEOGPOINT, H3\_FROMLONGLAT, H3\_HEXRING, H3\_INT\_TOSTRING, H3\_ISPENTAGON, H3\_ISVALID, H3\_KRING, H3\_KRING\_DISTANCES, H3\_POLYFILL, H3\_RESOLUTION, H3\_STRING\_TOINT, H3\_TOCHILDREN, H3\_TOPARENT, H3\_UNCOMPACT
{% endupdate %}

{% update date="2023-03-07" %}

## March 7, 2023 (v1.0.1)

**Module tiler**

Fix

* We have added the creation of an index with the tile and the clustering of the tileset by that index in the [CREATE\_SPATIAL\_INDEX\_TILESET](/data-and-analysis/analytics-toolbox-for-postgresql/sql-reference/tiler.md#create_spatial_index_tileset).
  {% endupdate %}

{% update date="2023-01-31" %}

## January 31, 2023 (v1.0.0)

**Module tiler**

Improvements

* Update default zoom values: geo, quadbin, h3 (12, 12, 6)
* Fix spatial index tiler with empty properties
  {% endupdate %}

{% update date="2022-12-22" %}

## December 22, 2022 <a href="#december-22-2022" id="december-22-2022"></a>

#### **Module quadbin**

New

* Quadbin/quadkey conversion functions have been added to ease the conversion from [quadbin](https://docs.carto.com/sql-reference/quadbin/) to quadkey and from quadkey to quadbin indexes.
  {% endupdate %}

{% update date="2022-11-01" %}

## November 1, 2022 <a href="#november-1-2022" id="november-1-2022"></a>

#### **All modules**

Fix

* Make cartofante the author and comitter of the release

Improvement

* Adapt to Semver

#### **All modules**

Feature

* Create release workflows

#### **All modules**

Feature

* Create release workflows

Improvement

* Adapt to Semver
  {% endupdate %}

{% update date="2022-09-19" %}

## September 19, 2022 <a href="#september-19-2022" id="september-19-2022"></a>

#### **Module tiler**

Improvement

* Set `version` field in tilers metadata compliant with AT version.
  {% endupdate %}

{% update date="2022-08-11" %}

## August 11, 2022 <a href="#august-11-2022" id="august-11-2022"></a>

#### **Module tiler**

Improvement

* Unify `extra_metadata` into `metadata` in tiler metadata.
  {% endupdate %}

{% update date="2022-07-20" %}

## July 20, 2022 <a href="#july-20-2022" id="july-20-2022"></a>

#### **Module tiler**

Fix

* CREATE\_SPATIAL\_INDEX\_TILESET Metadata center is now computed for PostgreSQL as for other providers
* Improved performance for quadbin tilesets in `CREATE_SPATIAL_INDEX_TILESET`.
  {% endupdate %}

{% update date="2022-07-15" %}

## July 15, 2022 <a href="#july-15-2022" id="july-15-2022"></a>

#### **Module tiler**

Feature

* Add `CREATE_SPATIAL_INDEX_TILESET` option.
  {% endupdate %}

{% update date="2022-06-24" %}

## June 24, 2022 <a href="#june-24-2022" id="june-24-2022"></a>

#### **Module quadbin**

Feature

* Add QUADBIN\_BBOX function.
* Add QUADBIN\_BOUNDARY function.
* Add QUADBIN\_CENTER function.
* Add QUADBIN\_FROMGEOGPOINT function.
* Add QUADBIN\_FROMLONGLAT function.
* Add QUADBIN\_FROMZXY function.
* Add QUADBIN\_ISVALID function.
* Add QUADBIN\_KRING function.
* Add QUADBIN\_KRING\_DISTANCES function.
* Add QUADBIN\_POLYFILL function.
* Add QUADBIN\_RESOLUTION function.
* Add QUADBIN\_SIBLING function.
* Add QUADBIN\_TOCHILDREN function.
* Add QUADBIN\_TOPARENT function.
* Add QUADBIN\_TOZXY function.
  {% endupdate %}

{% update date="2022-06-09" %}

## June 9, 2022 <a href="#june-9-2022" id="june-9-2022"></a>

#### **Module tiler**

Fix

* Fix metadata tilestats to include only columns in properties
* Fix numeric metadata tilestats which were treated as categories
  {% endupdate %}

{% update date="2022-04-22" %}

## April 22, 2022 <a href="#april-22-2022" id="april-22-2022"></a>

#### **Module tiler**

Feature

* Add `max_tile_features` option.
* Add output table existence early check.
* Add `throw_error` and `return_null` size strategy.
* Set `tile_feature_order` empty as default.
* Input query without parenthesis allowed.
* Use of MD5 hash for temporary tables naming.
  {% endupdate %}

{% update date="2022-04-07" %}

## April 7, 2022 <a href="#april-7-2022" id="april-7-2022"></a>

#### **Module tiler**

Feature

* Add CREATE\_POINT\_AGGREGATION\_TILESET procedure.
* Add CREATE\_SIMPLE\_TILESET procedure.
  {% endupdate %}
  {% endupdates %}


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