Merge pull request #2 from mapcode-foundation/dev-1.50

Move from dev-1.50 to master

Author: rijnb

NOTICE

@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
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-MAPCODE JAVA LIBRARY
+MAPCODE JAVASCRIPT LIBRARY
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 Original C library created by Pieter Geelen. Work on Java version
-of the Mapcode library by Rijn Buve and Matthew Lowden.
+of the Mapcode library by Rijn Buve (original port by Matthew Lowden).
 
-Copyright (C) 2014 Stichting Mapcode Foundation (http://www.mapcode.com)
+Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Stichting Mapcode Foundation (http://www.mapcode.com)

README.md

@@ -6,6 +6,17 @@ Copyright (C) 2014 Stichting Mapcode Foundation (http://www.mapcode.com)
 
 **Online documentation can be found at: http://mapcode-foundation.github.io/mapcode-js/**
 
+If you plan to use mapcodes in HTML/Javascript extensively, you may be interested in
+looking at running an instance of a Mapcode REST API server in your applications 
+landscape. 
+
+This reduces the payload the HTML/Javascript tremendously, as the mapcode tables will 
+not need to be transported to the client.
+
+You can find the Mapcode REST API sources, ready to be deployed on any JVM server,
+like Tomcat or Jetty, on: **https://github.com/mapcode-foundation/mapcode-rest-service**
+
+
 ## License
 
 Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
@@ -26,38 +37,71 @@ of the Mapcode library by Rijn Buve and Matthew Lowden.
 ## Javascript Files for Mapcode Support
 
     mapcode.js  - Key routines for mapcode support
-    ndata.js	- Data table for mapcode support
+    ndata.js    - Data table for mapcode support
 
-    sample.html	- Sample code to interpret / generate mapcodes
-    ctrynams.js	- Optional js array with the names of territories (in English)
+    sample.html - Sample code to interpret / generate mapcodes
+    ctrynams.js - Optional js array with the names of territories (in English)
 
 ## Version History
 
+* May 2015
+
+    * 1.50 
+    
+    Major release. This version is not backwards compatible with mapcode 1.4x: is has dropped support for
+    Antartica AT0-8 codes and has a changed (improved) way of dealing with the Greek alphabet.
+
+    Added 22-chararcter post-processing of all-digit mapcodes for the Greek alphabet.
+
+    Retired legacy aliases EAZ and SKM, AU-QL, AU-TS, AU-NI and AU-JB.
+
+    Retired legacy Antarctica claims AT0 through AT8.
+
 * January 2015
 
-	* 1.41 - Added the India state Telangana (IN-TG), until 2014 a region in Adhra Pradesh.
+    * 1.41 
+    
+    Added the India state Telangana (IN-TG), until 2014 a region in Adhra Pradesh.
 
 * August 2014
 
-	* 1.33 - Normalise results when longitude below -180 degrees.
+    * 1.33 
+    
+    Normalise results when longitude below -180 degrees.
 
-	* 1.32 - Prevent FIJI failing to decode at exactly 180 degrees; prevent invalid filtering near the territory bounding rectangle.
+    * 1.32 
+    
+    Prevent FIJI failing to decode at exactly 180 degrees; prevent invalid filtering near the territory bounding rectangle.
 
 * April 2014
 
-	* 1.31 - Make iso2ccode() even more forgiving by allowing a state alias to be recognized in context.
+    * 1.31 
+    
+    Make iso2ccode() even more forgiving by allowing a state alias to be recognized in context.
 
-	* 1.3 - Disable 7-char state codes for large states in India, and instead generate country mapcodes for states.
+    * 1.3 
+    
+    Disable 7-char state codes for large states in India, and instead generate country mapcodes for states.
 
-	* 1.28 - Fix for starpipe "zoning" error, causing the last 2 mapcode characters to be ignored in certain areas.
+    * 1.28 
+    
+    Fix for starpipe "zoning" error, causing the last 2 mapcode characters to be ignored in certain areas.
 
-	* 1.27 - Support undefined ranges in data array (useful for partial JavaScript builds).
+    * 1.27 
+    
+    Support undefined ranges in data array (useful for partial JavaScript builds).
 
 * May 2013
 
-	* 1.26 - Added alias OD for India, and 2.3 code for Daman and Diu.
+    * 1.26 
+    
+    Added alias OD for India, and 2.3 code for Daman and Diu.
 
-	* 1.25 - Ccode2iso(c,2) support added.
+    * 1.25 
+    
+    Ccode2iso(c,2) support added.
 
-	* 1.24 - Public domain release.
+    * 1.24 
+    
+    Public domain release.