Changelog entry for 1.2.0 (#197)

Create a changelog entry and update the authors file to include
@santisoler

Author: leouieda

AUTHORS.md

@@ -6,4 +6,5 @@ are considered "The Verde Developers":
 
 * [David Hoese](https://github.com/djhoese)
 * [Jesse Pisel](https://github.com/jessepisel)
+* [Santiago R. Soler](https://github.com/santisoler)
 * [Leonardo Uieda](https://github.com/leouieda)

README.rst

@@ -163,6 +163,7 @@ Documentation for other versions
 * `Development <http://www.fatiando.org/verde/dev>`__ (reflects the *master* branch on
   Github)
 * `Latest release <http://www.fatiando.org/verde/latest>`__
+* `v1.2.0 <http://www.fatiando.org/verde/v1.2.0>`__
 * `v1.1.0 <http://www.fatiando.org/verde/v1.1.0>`__
 * `v1.0.1 <http://www.fatiando.org/verde/v1.0.1>`__
 * `v1.0.0 <http://www.fatiando.org/verde/v1.0.0>`__

doc/changes.rst

@@ -4,6 +4,83 @@ Changelog
 =========
 
 
+Version 1.2.0
+-------------
+
+*Released on: 2019/07/23*
+
+.. image:: https://zenodo.org/badge/DOI/10.5281/zenodo.3347076.svg
+   :target: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3347076
+
+Bug fixes:
+
+* Return the correct coordinates when passing ``pixel_register=True`` and ``shape`` to
+  ``verde.grid_coordinates``. The returned coordinates had 1 too few elements in each
+  dimension (and the wrong values). This is because we generate grid-line registered
+  points first and then shift them to the center of the pixels and drop the last point.
+  This only works when specifying ``spacing`` because it will generate the right amount
+  of points. When ``shape`` is given, we need to first convert it to "grid-line" shape
+  (with 1 extra point per dimension) before generating coordinates.
+  (`#183 <https://github.com/fatiando/verde/pull/183>`__)
+* Reset force coordinates when refitting splines. Previously, the splines set the force
+  coordinates from the data coordinates only the first time ``fit`` was called. This
+  means that when fitting on different data, the spline would still use the old
+  coordinates leading to a poor prediction score. Now, the spline will use the
+  coordinates of the current data passed to ``fit``. This only affects cases where
+  ``force_coords=None``. It's a slight change and only affects some of the scores for
+  cross-validation. (`#191 <https://github.com/fatiando/verde/pull/191>`__)
+
+New functions/classes:
+
+* New class ``verde.SplineCV``: a cross-validated version of ``Spline`` . that performs
+  grid search cross-validation to automatically tune the parameters of a ``Spline``.
+  (`#185 <https://github.com/fatiando/verde/pull/185>`__)
+* New function ``verde.longitude_continuity`` to format longitudes to a continuous
+  range so that they can be indexed with ``verde.inside``
+  (`#181 <https://github.com/fatiando/verde/pull/181>`__)
+* New function ``verde.load_surfer`` to load grid data from a Surfer ASCII file (a
+  contouring, griding and surface mapping software from GoldenSoftware).
+  (`#169 <https://github.com/fatiando/verde/pull/169>`__)
+* New function ``verde.median_distance`` that calculates the median near neighbor
+  distance between each point in the given dataset.
+  (`#163 <https://github.com/fatiando/verde/pull/163>`__)
+
+Improvements:
+
+* Allow ``verde.block_split`` and ``verde.BlockReduce`` to take a ``shape`` argument
+  instead of ``spacing``. Useful when the size of the block is less meaningful than the
+  number of blocks.
+  (`#184 <https://github.com/fatiando/verde/pull/184>`__)
+* Allow zero degree polynomials in ``verde.Trend``, which represents a mean value.
+  (`#162 <https://github.com/fatiando/verde/pull/162>`__)
+* Function ``verde.cross_val_score`` returns a numpy array instead of a list for easier
+  computations on the results. (`#160 <https://github.com/fatiando/verde/pull/160>`__)
+* Function ``verde.maxabs`` now handles inputs with NaNs automatically.
+  (`#158 <https://github.com/fatiando/verde/pull/158>`__)
+
+Documentation:
+
+* New tutorial to explain the intricacies of grid coordinates generation, adjusting
+  spacing vs region, pixel registration, etc.
+  (`#192 <https://github.com/fatiando/verde/pull/192>`__)
+
+Maintenance:
+
+* Drop support for Python 3.5. (`#178 <https://github.com/fatiando/verde/pull/178>`__)
+* Add support for Python 3.7. (`#150 <https://github.com/fatiando/verde/pull/150>`__)
+* More functions are now part of the base API: ``n_1d_arrays``, ``check_fit_input`` and
+  ``least_squares`` are now included in ``verde.base``.
+  (`#156 <https://github.com/fatiando/verde/pull/156>`__)
+
+This release contains contributions from:
+
+* Goto15
+* Lindsey Heagy
+* Jesse Pisel
+* Santiago Soler
+* Leonardo Uieda
+
+
 Version 1.1.0
 -------------