[GRASS5] Changes between 5.0.1 release and current CVS head

[Glynn Clements]

Markus Neteler wrote:

> > > > > src/libes/gis/ellipse.table
> > > > > 	Enable "sphere"
> > > >
> > > > Yes.
> > >
> > > Note that "sphere" doesn't seem to work (will have to retry).
> > >
> > 
> > What do you mean in particular? I could keep this in mind while I'm
> > looking over the projection functions, not promising anything though :-)
> 
> I tried to find a difference when projecting to WGS84 and sphere, there
> was none. Maybe I made a mistake, but I didn't try your latest changes
> on this problem.

This sounds as if the ellipsoid is simply being ignored, rather than a
problem specific to "sphere".

The most likely problem with a sphere is a division by zero if
something tries to divide by either the eccentricity or flattening.

-- 
Glynn Clements <glynn.clements at virgin.net>