[gdal-dev] Update of EPSG database to v8.4

[Even Rouault]

Le vendredi 05 décembre 2014 06:37:34, Yann Chemin a écrit :
> Hi all,
> 
> just want to pick up the status of this, anything new/started somewhere I
> could help with?

Not that I'm aware of.

Looking more closely at 
http://svn.osgeo.org/metacrs/sr.org/srsbrowser/data/IAU2000.wkt, I see that 
each SRS is duplicated. For example 19900 and 19901 have the same WKT, 19910 
and 19911 also, and so on until the end of file. Does anyone know the reason 
for that ?
And the header of the file says "This file derived from the naif ID Codes.txt 
file distributed by  USGS for NASA/IAU/NAIF (http://naif.jpl.nasa.gov/)", so is 
IAU2000.wkt still up-to-date and what is the process/script to regenerate it ?

> 
> Trent, anything happened on your side about planetary proj support?
> 
> I am going to have a nother look about it, once answers/comments reach.
> Cheers,
> Yann
> 
> On 16 May 2014 at 04:46, Etienne Tourigny <etourigny.dev at gmail.com> wrote:
> > You might be able to gzip compress the file
> > GDAL can read gzip files transparently, but I am not sure that the csv
> > 
> >  reading code in GDAL works with compressed files.
> > 
> > On Thu, May 15, 2014 at 9:00 AM, Yann Chemin <ychemin at gmail.com> wrote:
> >> Hi Even,
> >> 
> >> I would be interested to include it. But I see that the 1Mb
> >> uncompressed text is an issue.
> >> 
> >> If it was OK for the additional Mb in the source code,
> >> what would be the place to look into gdal code to create the patch
> >> needed?
> >> 
> >> Thanks,
> >> Yann
> >> 
> >> PS: did not copy other lists as I am not a member, registered to proj
> >> ML today though.
> >> 
> >> On 15/05/2014, Even Rouault <even.rouault at mines-paris.org> wrote:
> >> > Selon Yann Chemin <ychemin at gmail.com>:
> >> >> Hi,
> >> >> 
> >> >> is there planetary datum support in this new version (i.e. Moon 2000,
> >> 
> >> or
> >> 
> >> >> etc.)?
> >> > 
> >> > No, I don't think that the EPSG folks are interested in other planets
> >> 
> >> yet
> >> 
> >> > ;-)
> >> > But Frank mentionned some time ago (
> >> 
> >> http://osgeo-org.1560.x6.nabble.com/IAU-2000-Coordinate-System-Dictionar
> >> y-td3750798.html
> >> 
> >> > ) that he wanted to investigate how to deliver the IAU set of
> >> > planetary coordinate systems , but this hasn't been pursued further
> >> > AFAIK.
> >> > 
> >> > I see there's a version of this file here :
> >> > http://svn.osgeo.org/metacrs/sr.org/srsbrowser/data/IAU2000.wkt
> >> > 
> >> > Even
> >> > 
> >> >> Yann
> >> >> 
> >> >> On 14/05/2014, Even Rouault <even.rouault at mines-paris.org> wrote:
> >> >> > Hi,
> >> >> > 
> >> >> > I've followed the update process of the EPSG SRS database to latest
> >> >> > v8.4,
> >> >> > and
> >> >> > just committed the updated files into libgeotiff, GDAL and PROJ
> >> 
> >> trunk.
> >> 
> >> >> > Also
> >> >> > 
> >> >> > submitted to PostGIS.
> >> >> > 
> >> >> > From what I can see, among many changes and additions, 2 new
> >> 
> >> projection
> >> 
> >> >> > methods have been added:
> >> >> > * 1051,Lambert Conic Conformal (2SP Michigan)
> >> >> > --> looks very close to standard "Lambert Conic Conformal (2SP)",
> >> 
> >> with
> >> 
> >> >> > the
> >> >> > addition of a new parameter K, the ellipsoid scaling factor.
> >> >> > * 1052,Colombia Urban
> >> >> > 
> >> >> > I don't think any of those 2 new methods are currently handled by
> >> 
> >> PROJ,
> >> 
> >> >> > so
> >> >> > the
> >> >> > new PCS based on those projection methods (3 Michigan SRS, and
> >> 
> >> several
> >> 
> >> >> > dozains
> >> >> > of Colombia PCS) will not be handled by GDAL nor PROJ.
> >> >> > 
> >> >> > Regarding GDAL, I've improved the add_esri_column.py script (see
> >> >> > http://trac.osgeo.org/geotiff/changeset/2446), so that we have more
> >> >> > ESRI
> >> >> > DATUM
> >> >> > names. That should make morphing from/to ESRI .prj files a bit
> >> 
> >> better.
> >> 
> >> >> > Regarding PROJ.4 'espg' and PostGIS spatial_ref_sys.sql files, I've
> >> >> > also
> >> >> > added
> >> >> > the list of SRS that are GEOCCS (GeoCentric) and COMPD_CS (Compound
> >> >> > Horizontal
> >> >> > + Vertical).
> >> >> > 
> >> >> > Please let me know if you see issues.
> >> >> > 
> >> >> > libgeotiff:
> >> >> > http://trac.osgeo.org/geotiff/ticket/63
> >> >> > http://trac.osgeo.org/geotiff/changeset/2447
> >> >> > 
> >> >> > GDAL:
> >> >> > http://trac.osgeo.org/gdal/ticket/5462
> >> >> > http://trac.osgeo.org/gdal/changeset/27322
> >> >> > 
> >> >> > PROJ:
> >> >> > http://trac.osgeo.org/proj/ticket/236
> >> >> > http://trac.osgeo.org/proj/changeset/2448
> >> >> > 
> >> >> > Submitted for PostGIS :
> >> >> > http://trac.osgeo.org/postgis/ticket/2737
> >> >> > 
> >> >> > Best regards,
> >> >> > 
> >> >> > Even
> >> >> > 
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