This release includes major contributions from jonmmease (raqgged array extension, SpatialPointsFrame, row-oriented line storage, dask trimesh support), jsignell (maintenance, website), and jbednar (Panel-based dashboard).
New features:
- Simplified [Panel](http://panel.pyviz.org)-based [dashboard](http://datashader.org/dashboard.html) using new Param features; now only 48 lines with fewer new concepts (707)
- Added pandas ExtensionArray and Dask support for storing homogeneous ragged arrays (687)
- Added SpatialPointsFrame and updated census, osm-1billion, and osm examples to use it (702, 706, 708)
- Expanded 8_Geography.ipynb to document other geo-related functions
- Added Dask support for trimesh rendering, though computing the mesh initially still requires vertices and simplicies to fit into memory (696)
- Add zero-copy rendering of row-oriented line coordinates, using a new axis argument (694)
Bugfixes and compatibility:
- Added lnglat_to_meters to geo module; new code should import it from there (708)