[postgis-users] NAD conversion problem

[Dylan Beaudette]

On Thursday 18 December 2008, Dane Springmeyer wrote:
> Dylan,
>
> On Dec 17, 2008, at 2:19 PM, Dylan Beaudette wrote:
> > On Wed, Dec 17, 2008 at 11:37 AM, Richard Greenwood
> >
> > <richard.greenwood at gmail.com> wrote:
> >> On Wed, Dec 17, 2008 at 10:54 AM, Frank Warmerdam <warmerdam at pobox.com
> >>
> >> > wrote:
> >> >
> >>>> However, I am troubled that the Ubuntu proj distribution does not
> >>>> seem
> >>>> to include the grid ship files.
> >>>
> >>> I have learned that the DebianGIS packagers are unwilling to
> >>> distribute the
> >>> grid shift component until there is a licensing statement
> >>> available for the
> >>> grid shift file .zip file.   I am following up with them. In time
> >>> I hope
> >>> Debian and Ubuntu will include grid shift files (possibly as an
> >>> optional
> >>> package).
> >
> > Thanks for following-up on this. I imagine that quite a number of
> > mailing list posts regarding datum shifts can be traced back to this
> > very issue!
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > Dylan
>
> Yes, yes I can confirm there have been challenges in the GeoDjango
> community for new users. A very common setup is a new user on ubuntu
> that installs from packages and hits a wall as the 'Hello World'
> application I wrote [1] depends on the 'null' grid for google mercator
> transformations and we don't currently have a clean way to check for
> these missing files [2].
>
> [1] http://code.google.com/p/geodjango-basic-apps/  and
> http://code.google.com/p/geodjango-basic-apps/wiki/GeographicAdminQuickStar
>t
>
> [2] http://code.djangoproject.com/ticket/9295
>
>
> Dane
>


Ack. I would ask Frank W. on the GDAL or Proj mailing lists about that.

Cheers,

Dylan

-- 
Dylan Beaudette
Soil Resource Laboratory
http://casoilresource.lawr.ucdavis.edu/
University of California at Davis
530.754.7341