[PROJ] libproj4 archived in a github repo [was Re: "eck_greif" projection, "libproject"?]

Kristian Thy thy at 42.dk
Thu Mar 5 06:32:55 PST 2020


On Thu, Mar 05, Even Rouault wrote:
> > This is likely the libproj4, that was forked from PROJ4 in 2002 by Jerry
> > Evenden when he disagreed with the project directions :
> > http://libproj4.maptools.org/
> > 
> > Particularly the lbp4_050319S.tar.gz source archive. Unfortunately I can't
> > find any mention of eck_greif into it.
> 
> For the sake of historical preservation and easier digging into that code 
> base, I've imported it in an archived github repo at:
> https://github.com/rouault/libproj4

Nice initiative. Might I suggest briefly unarchiving it to add a link
from Gerald's name in the readme to https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q30467686 ?

Cheers,
Kristian Thy


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