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

[Etienne Tourigny]

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-Dictionary-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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