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

&#xA; Table of Contents &#xA; &#xA; Reworked ColumnReader API &#xA; Geospatial Support &#xA; Documentation Overhaul &#xA; Further Fixes and Improvements &#xA; &#xA; &#xA; &#xA; I am happy to announce the release of Hardwood 1.0.0.CR1 ! &#xA; &#xA; &#xA; This first candidate release of Hardwood 1.0 brings a substantially improved API for columnar access to Apache Parquet files,&#xA;initial support…