[PROJ] PROJ 9.4.0RC1 & PROJ-data 1.17RC1

[Kristian Evers]

PSC Members,

Apart from the bonus files from my Mac having found their way into PROJ-data release candidates 1-3 no problems with the release candidates seem to have been reported. With PROJ-data 1.17-RC4 being okay I motion that both the PROJ and PROJ-data release candidates be promoted to final versions. 

I’ll start with my +1

/Kristian

> On 26 Feb 2024, at 17.29, Kristian Evers <kristianevers at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> All,
> 
> in preparation for a new round of PROJ and PROJ-data release I have uploaded release candidates for both packages.
> 
> Download the archives here: 
> 
> https://download.osgeo.org/proj/proj-9.4.0RC1.tar.gz
> https://download.osgeo.org/proj/proj-9.4.0RC1.zip
> 
> https://download.osgeo.org/proj/proj-data-1.17RC1.tar.gz
> https://download.osgeo.org/proj/proj-data-1.17RC1.zip
> 
> The PROJ release includes various updates and bug fixes. See the release notes below.
> 
> The PROJ-data release comes with the following changes:
> 
> * New revisions of chartdatum Norway v2023b
> * Added fr_ign_RAC23.tif grid for France-Corsica NGF-IGN 1978 to RGF93-2b
> * New DVR90 grids added to reflect recent EPSG-changes that now supports all realizations of the Danish height system
> * Added Czech geoid model CR-2005
> * Added Portuguese geoid model GeodPT08
> 
> Please test the release candidates and report any issues you may find with them.
> Either here on the mailing list or on GitHub.
> 
> /Kristian
> 
> —————————————
> 
> 9.4.0 Release Notes
> -------------------
> 
> Updates
> -------
> 
> o Add support for transformations involving coordinate epoch changes
>   (PointMotionOperation), specifically for Canadian NAD83(CSRS)(#3884)
> 
> o SSL_OPTIONS: set SSL options on Curl library (#3936)
> 
> o Add support for unity builds (#3962)
> 
> o Added ability to install *.tif if present in data (#3970)
> 
> o createOperationsCompoundToGeog(): tune selection logic
>   when --grid-check known_available is specified (#3990)
> 
> o Increase CMake minimum version from 3.9 to 3.16 (#3997)
> 
> o CMake: use FetchContent to get googletest-1.12.1 (#4006)
> 
> o CMake: Replace custom FindSqlite3 with FindSQLite3 built-in (#4007)
> 
> o tpeqd: use numerically stable formula for computing the central angle
>   from (phi_1, lam_1) to (phi_2, lam_2) (#4009)
> 
> o Move content of proj_experimental.h to proj.h (#4019)
> 
> o Add +proj=mod_krovak projection method for Modified Krovak that
>   applies to S-JTSK/05 in the Czech Republic (#4021)
> 
> o PROJString formatter optimizer: simplify pipelines doing
>   [Modified]Krovak (South West) <--> [Modified]Krovak (East North)
>   by just doing an axis swap (#4034)
> 
> o +proj=gridshift: enhance to support grids referenced in projected CRS,
>   and with easting_offset/northing_offset corrections (#4038)
> 
> o Tune concatenated operation instanciation, reference CR2005 geoid for
>   Czechia and add (disabled by default) records for Czechia S-JTSK/05 based
>   transformations (#4044)
> 
> o Database: update to EPSG v11.004 (#4062)
> 
> Bug fixes
> ---------
> 
> o Fix missing symbols at link time for Windows target in Visual Studio (#3984)
> 
> o Improve error message in axisswap (#3975)
> 
> o Avoid convergence errors in +proj=gridshift when using biquadratic
>    interpolation (#3985)
>