[Proj] PSG Dataset ver 9.0 released on 15th December 2016

[Kristian Evers]

+1 on creating a Grand Unified Geodetic Database. That would be a hell of a lot better than what we have now and with the new and improved geodetic capabilities in Proj.4 the timing couldn't be better!

After FOSS4G in Bonn there were some discussion about a similar effort on the OSGeo Disscusion list. It wasn't very focused and I am not sure anything came out of it but at least it underlines that there is an interest in this sort of thing.

It is not very likely for me to attend the code sprint either. I also think that this mailing list is a good place for the initial discussions. If it gets some traction and actual work is done at the code sprint I will do my best to participate remotely.


/Kristian

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> Fra: proj-bounces at lists.maptools.org [mailto:proj-
> bounces at lists.maptools.org] På vegne af Howard Butler
> Sendt: 19. december 2016 17:40
> Til: PROJ.4 and general Projections Discussions
> Emne: Re: [Proj] PSG Dataset ver 9.0 released on 15th December 2016
> 
> 
> > On Dec 18, 2016, at 11:24 PM, Martin Desruisseaux
> <martin.desruisseaux at geomatys.com> wrote:
> >
> > I realize that it may not be a short term goal, but if Proj.4 wants to upgrade
> someday from an "early-binding" implementation to a "late-binding" one, it
> may be useful to keep in mind which information from the SQL scripts are
> discarded in the CSV files.
> 
> This has been a desire of mine as well. The first step is to get the libraries on a
> common yet extensible database. I proposed SQLite [1], which is
> everywhere nowadays. The EPSG db isn't provided in SQLite, but the CRS
> software constellation has many more dictionaries than just EPSG to worry
> about.
> 
> I'd love to talk about this topic at the Daytona Code Sprint [2]. Come join me
> to focus on Proj.4 and open source CRS issues. The http://proj4.org website
> and infrastructure was an outcome of the Paris Code Sprint [3] last year, for
> example.
> 
> Howard
> 
> [1] https://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/metacrs/2015-August/000846.html
> [2]
> https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Daytona_Beach_Code_Sprint_2017#Participants
> [3] https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Paris_Code_Sprint_2016
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