Merge commit '4a8c8bf2baecd56605305e4c5879e22346df3243'
diff --git a/README b/README
index 7b8178d..e50a471 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -8,6 +8,17 @@
 You can however also encode Geohashes down to the full available precision of a long i.e. 64 bits.
 
 
+Getting the library
+-------------------
+
+As of today, new releases are made available via maven Central.
+Thus you can use the artifacts in various build systems like maven, ivy, gradle, sbt and mayn more.
+
+Find the current versions here:
+
+    http://search.maven.org/#search|ga|1|g%3A%22ch.hsr%22%20AND%20a%3A%22geohash%22
+
+
 Building/Testing the code
 -------------------------
 
@@ -37,6 +48,11 @@
 Last important changes
 ----------------------
 
+Version 1.0.10
+--------------
+
+Finally realeased to maven central.
+
 Version 1.0.9
 -------------
 
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index c5a79d5..aa88de0 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -1,34 +1,80 @@
-<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-	xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
-	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
-	<groupId>ch.hsr</groupId>
-	<artifactId>geohash</artifactId>
-	<packaging>jar</packaging>
-	<version>1.0.9</version>
-	<name>geohash-java</name>
-    <properties>
-        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-        <project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
-    </properties>
-	<dependencies>
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>junit</groupId>
-			<artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-			<version>4.8.1</version>
-			<scope>test</scope>
-		</dependency>
-	</dependencies>
-	<build>
-		<plugins>
-			<plugin>
-				<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-				<artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>3.0</version>
-				<configuration>
-					<source>1.6</source>
-					<target>1.6</target>
-				</configuration>
-			</plugin>
-		</plugins>
-	</build>
-</project>
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <packaging>jar</packaging>
+  <groupId>ch.hsr</groupId>
+  <artifactId>geohash</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0.11-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <name>geohash-java</name>
+  <description>
+    An implementation of Geohashes in pure Java.
+  </description>
+  <url>https://github.com/kungfoo/geohash-java</url>
+  <licenses>
+    <license>
+      <name>LGPL 3.0</name>
+      <url>https://raw.github.com/kungfoo/geohash-java/master/LICENSE</url>
+      <distribution>repo</distribution>
+    </license>
+  </licenses>
+   <scm>
+    <connection>scm:git:git@github.com:kungfoo/geohash-java.git</connection>
+    <developerConnection>scm:git:git@github.com:kungfoo/geohash-java.git</developerConnection>
+    <url>git@github.com:kungfoo/geohash-java.git</url>
+    <tag>HEAD</tag>
+  </scm>
+   <parent>
+     <groupId>org.sonatype.oss</groupId>
+     <artifactId>oss-parent</artifactId>
+     <version>7</version>
+   </parent>
+   <developers>
+     <developer>
+       <id>kungfoo</id>
+     </developer>
+   </developers>
+   <properties>
+     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
+     <project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
+   </properties>
+   <dependencies>
+     <dependency>
+       <groupId>junit</groupId>
+       <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
+       <version>4.8.1</version>
+       <scope>test</scope>
+     </dependency>
+   </dependencies>
+   <build>
+     <plugins>
+
+      <plugin>
+        <artifactId>maven-release-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>2.4.2</version>
+
+        <configuration>
+          <tagNameFormat>@{project.version}</tagNameFormat>
+          <pushChanges>false</pushChanges>
+          <localCheckout>true</localCheckout>
+        </configuration>
+        
+        <dependencies>
+          <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.maven.scm</groupId>
+            <artifactId>maven-scm-provider-gitexe</artifactId>
+            <version>1.8.1</version>
+          </dependency>
+        </dependencies>
+      </plugin>
+
+       <plugin>
+         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+         <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
+         <version>3.0</version>
+         <configuration>
+           <source>1.6</source>
+           <target>1.6</target>
+         </configuration>
+       </plugin>
+     </plugins>
+   </build>
+ </project>