[Live-demo] [Proj] Fwd: [OSGeo-Live] Proj4 documentation

[Even Rouault]

On vendredi 2 juin 2017 06:36:33 CEST Cameron Shorter wrote:
> Hi Even,
> 
> I agree with you assessment. So the question now is would you like to:
> 
> Write a project overview and quickstart from proj4?

I let other volunteers step in :-)

> 
> How to write it is described here:
> 
> https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Live_GIS_Add_Project#Documentation
> 
> (The wiki text is a bit old, it references svn instead of git. Feel free
> to correct)
> 
> Do ask questions if you have any.
> 
> Warm regards, Cameron
> 
> On 1/6/17 5:45 am, Even Rouault wrote:
> > On jeudi 1 juin 2017 05:57:38 CEST Cameron Shorter wrote:
> > > Hi Evan,
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > Yes, MetaCRS was a project gathering all the Proj4 projects together.
> > > 
> > > However, it appears that proj4 is the only project in that grouping
> > > 
> > > which is active?
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > Hence my thoughts are that "MetaCRS" should be dropped from OSGeo-Live
> > > 
> > > as a concept and "Proj4" be used instead. It would be ok to say "Proj4
> > > 
> > > has been translated into other languages, including proj4js, ..."
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > Your thoughts are welcome.
> > 
> > Regarding what is listed currently in metacrs :
> > 
> > - proj4js: no opinion
> > 
> > - cs-map: no-opinion
> > 
> > - geotiff/libgeotiff: heavily used underneath by GDAL in particular,
> > mostly in maintaince mode, but can be treated as a technical
> > dependency that doesn't require to be visible from users.
> > 
> > - proj4j: no opinion
> > 
> > - spatialreference.org: not maintained in years. http://epsg.io/ would
> > be a possible replacement
> > 
> > Agreed that metacrs is probably a bit too ... meta for folks exploring
> > OSGeo-Live content, so it could make sense exposing proj.4 as a
> > standalone project.
> > 
> > 
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> > 
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