[GRASS-dev] way to create PROJ_INFO and PROJ_UNITS

[andrea antonello]

>  > However the internal format used in GRASS is different (it predates both
>  > Shapefiles and Java, AFAIK), thus you need to use GRASS functions to
>  > convert it into a format that your software understands. I still don't see
>  > why we need to change or add to the internal files GRASS uses for the
>  > co-ordinate system,
>
>  We don't need to. As you have already pointed out, they are *internal*
>  formats. GRASS' internal formats exist for GRASS, not for anything
>  else.
>
>  Any change will result in incompatibility between different versions
>  of GRASS. Although that isn't the end of the world, it's a much more
>  important issue than any incompatibility with third-party software.

Why incompatibility? I can understand that an extra file in the
PERMANENT mapset is not so stylish, but it would make things much
easier for 3rd parties. And it would certainly not break things.


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> Glynn Clements <glynn at gclements.plus.com>
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