[gdal-dev] GDAL 3.4.0 RC1 available

[Edzer Pebesma]

Confirming the workaround for PROJ 8.2.0 - thanks for the quick fix!

On 03/11/2021 11:09, Even Rouault wrote:
> Edzer,
> 
> This was indeed a PROJ 8.2.0 bug that I've fixed per 
> https://github.com/OSGeo/PROJ/pull/2917
> 
> I've also committed a workaround in GDAL itself that will go into 3.4.0 RC2
> 
> Even
> 
> Le 02/11/2021 à 23:02, Edzer Pebesma a écrit :
>> This may have nothing to do with this RC but more with PROJ, but I 
>> found it while doing checks with R spatial packages against this RC.
>>
>> With a CRS shown below, calling OGRSpatialReference->GetName() 
>> resulted with PROJ 8.0.1 in "UTM Zone 25, Southern Hemisphere" ; with 
>> PROJ 8.1.1 or 8.2.0 it results in "SOURCECRS". Is this intended, or is 
>> there a problem with the WKT, or an issue somewhere else?
>>
>> BOUNDCRS[
>>     SOURCECRS[
>>         PROJCRS["UTM Zone 25, Southern Hemisphere",
>>             BASEGEOGCRS["GRS 1980(IUGG, 1980)",
>>                 DATUM["unknown",
>>                     ELLIPSOID["GRS80",6378137,298.257222101,
>>                         LENGTHUNIT["metre",1,
>>                             ID["EPSG",9001]]]],
>>                 PRIMEM["Greenwich",0,
>>                     ANGLEUNIT["degree",0.0174532925199433,
>>                         ID["EPSG",9122]]]],
>>             CONVERSION["Transverse Mercator",
>>                 METHOD["Transverse Mercator",
>>                     ID["EPSG",9807]],
>>                 PARAMETER["Latitude of natural origin",0,
>>                     ANGLEUNIT["degree",0.0174532925199433],
>>                     ID["EPSG",8801]],
>>                 PARAMETER["Longitude of natural origin",-33,
>>                     ANGLEUNIT["degree",0.0174532925199433],
>>                     ID["EPSG",8802]],
>>                 PARAMETER["Scale factor at natural origin",0.9996,
>>                     SCALEUNIT["unity",1],
>>                     ID["EPSG",8805]],
>>                 PARAMETER["False easting",500000,
>>                     LENGTHUNIT["metre",1],
>>                     ID["EPSG",8806]],
>>                 PARAMETER["False northing",10000000,
>>                     LENGTHUNIT["metre",1],
>>                     ID["EPSG",8807]]],
>>             CS[Cartesian,2],
>>                 AXIS["easting",east,
>>                     ORDER[1],
>>                     LENGTHUNIT["metre",1,
>>                         ID["EPSG",9001]]],
>>                 AXIS["northing",north,
>>                     ORDER[2],
>>                     LENGTHUNIT["metre",1,
>>                         ID["EPSG",9001]]]]],
>>     TARGETCRS[
>>         GEOGCRS["WGS 84",
>>             DATUM["World Geodetic System 1984",
>>                 ELLIPSOID["WGS 84",6378137,298.257223563,
>>                     LENGTHUNIT["metre",1]]],
>>             PRIMEM["Greenwich",0,
>>                 ANGLEUNIT["degree",0.0174532925199433]],
>>             CS[ellipsoidal,2],
>>                 AXIS["geodetic latitude (Lat)",north,
>>                     ORDER[1],
>>                     ANGLEUNIT["degree",0.0174532925199433]],
>>                 AXIS["geodetic longitude (Lon)",east,
>>                     ORDER[2],
>>                     ANGLEUNIT["degree",0.0174532925199433]],
>>             USAGE[
>>                 SCOPE["Horizontal component of 3D system."],
>>                 AREA["World."],
>>                 BBOX[-90,-180,90,180]],
>>             ID["EPSG",4326]]],
>>     ABRIDGEDTRANSFORMATION["Transformation to WGS84",
>>         METHOD["Position Vector transformation (geog2D domain)",
>>             ID["EPSG",9606]],
>>         PARAMETER["X-axis translation",0,
>>             ID["EPSG",8605]],
>>         PARAMETER["Y-axis translation",0,
>>             ID["EPSG",8606]],
>>         PARAMETER["Z-axis translation",0,
>>             ID["EPSG",8607]],
>>         PARAMETER["X-axis rotation",0,
>>             ID["EPSG",8608]],
>>         PARAMETER["Y-axis rotation",0,
>>             ID["EPSG",8609]],
>>         PARAMETER["Z-axis rotation",0,
>>             ID["EPSG",8610]],
>>         PARAMETER["Scale difference",1,
>>             ID["EPSG",8611]]]]
>>
>>
>> On 01/11/2021 17:27, Even Rouault wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I have prepared a GDAL/OGR 3.4.0 release candidate.
>>>
>>> Pick up an archive among the following ones (by ascending size):
>>>
>>>    https://download.osgeo.org/gdal/3.4.0/gdal-3.4.0rc1.tar.xz
>>>    https://download.osgeo.org/gdal/3.4.0/gdal-3.4.0rc1.tar.gz
>>>    https://download.osgeo.org/gdal/3.4.0/gdal340rc1.zip
>>>
>>> A snapshot of the gdalautotest suite is also available :
>>>
>>> https://download.osgeo.org/gdal/3.4.0/gdalautotest-3.4.0rc1.tar.gz
>>> https://download.osgeo.org/gdal/3.4.0/gdalautotest-3.4.0rc1.zip
>>>
>>> A snapshot of the documentation is at:
>>>
>>>    https://download.osgeo.org/gdal/3.4.0/gdal340doc.zip
>>>
>>> GDAL-GRASS plugin:
>>>
>>>    https://download.osgeo.org/gdal/3.4.0/gdal-grass-3.4.0.tar.gz
>>>
>>> NEWS at:
>>>
>>>    https://github.com/OSGeo/gdal/blob/v3.4.0RC1/gdal/NEWS.md
>>>
>>> I'll call for a vote promoting it to final later this week if no
>>> serious problems are reported before.
>>>
>>> Best regards,
>>>
>>> Even
>>>
>>

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Edzer Pebesma
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