Release Notes

New Features

Add a new argument to both get_bygeom and get_bycoords functions called validate_filesize. When set to True, the function checks the file size of the previously cached files and will re-download if the local filesize does not match that of the remote. Defaults to False. Setting this to False can be useful when you are sure that the cached files are not corrupted and just want to get the combined dataset more quickly. This is faster because it avoids web requests that are necessary for getting the file sizes.

Use [TinyRetriever](https://github.com/cheginit/tiny-retriever) for all server requests. It offers the same functionalities as the previous _streaming module and has the same dependencies. It has a more robust handling of async threads and is more efficient.