v1.0.1

V1.0.1

Small release.

• Add overwrite option to the Python API
• Minor code fixes

v1.0.0

Baloon v1.0.0

Summary of core capabilities.

Highlights

• CLI and Python API for fast geospatial vector format conversion
• Single-file and recursive directory conversion
• Auto-detect formats by extension; override with --input-format/--output-format
• Extensible format registry; progress and clear error messages

Supported formats

• Surfer BLN (.bln)
• ESRI Shapefile (.shp)
• GeoJSON (.geojson/.json)
• KML (.kml/.kmz)
• GeoPackage (.gpkg)
• SVG (write-only)

CLI

• File: baloon input.ext output.ext
• Directory (recursive): baloon --output-format geojson ./data ./out

Python API

• convert(input_path, output_path)
• convert_dir(input_path, output_format, output_dir=None)
• read_bln(path), list_formats()

Notes & limits

• SVG export supports Polygon/MultiPolygon
• KML parsing/writing via fastkml (Placemark geometries)
• BLN parser validates lon/lat and skips non-numeric header lines