[PROJ] PROJ 8.1.0RC1 & PROJ-data 1.7RC1

[Kristian Evers]

PSC Members,

No issues with the two release candidates have been reported so I hereby motion that
PROJ 8.1.0RC1 and PROJ-data 1.7RC1 be promoted to their final versions.

I’ll start with my +1.

/Kristian

> On 25 Jun 2021, at 18:31, Kristian Evers <kristianevers at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> All,
> 
> I have prepared release candidates for PROJ 8.1.0 and PROJ-data 1.7. Download them here:
> 
> http://download.osgeo.org/proj/proj-8.1.0RC1.tar.gz
> http://download.osgeo.org/proj/proj-8.1.0RC1.zip
> 
> http://download.osgeo.org/proj/proj-data-1.7RC1.tar.gz
> http://download.osgeo.org/proj/proj-data-1.7RC1.zip
> 
> See the PROJ release notes below. The PROJ-data release includes two new grids:
> fr_ign_RAF18b.tif and au_ga_AGQG_20201120.tif. In addition the predecessor for the
> latter grid, au_ga_AGQG_20191107.tif, has been removed.
> 
> Please test the two release candidates and report back your findings either to the
> mailing list or in a GitHub issue.
> 
> /Kristian
> 
> ——————
> 
> 8.1.0 Release Notes
> -------------------
> 
> Updates
> -------
> 
> + Database
> 
>   o Update to EPSG v10.027 (#2751)
> 
>   o Decrease DB size by using WITHOUT ROWID tables (#2730) (#2647)
> 
>   o Add a ANALYZE step during proj.db creation allowing for
>     faster lookups (#2729)
> 
>   o Added a PROJ.VERSION metadata entry (#2646)
> 
>   o Added NGO48 (EPSG:4273) to ETRS89 (EPSG:4258) triangulation-based
>     transformation (#2554)
> 
>   o Additions to the norwegian NKG2020 transformation (#2548)
> 
>   o ESRI projection database updated to version 12.8 (#2717)
> 
> + API additions
> 
>   o Added proj_get_geoid_models_from_database() function that returns a list of
>     geoid models available for a given CRS (#2681)
> 
>   o Added proj_get_celestial_body_list_from_database that returns a list
>     of celestial bodies in the PROJ database (#2667)
> 
>   o Added proj_get_celestial_body_name() (#2662)
> 
> + Various improvements
> 
>   o proj_trans/cs2cs: If two operations have the same accuracy,
>     use the one that is contained within a larger one (#2750)
> 
>   o Share SQLite database handle among all contexts (#2738)
> 
>   o Add proj/internal/mutex.hpp as compat layer for mingw32 for std::mutex (#2736)
> 
>   o projsync: make it filter out files not intended for the current version (#2725)
> 
>   o Improvements related to DerivedVerticalCRS using Change Unit and
>     Height/Depth reversal methods (#2696)
> 
>   o Update internal nlohmann/json to 3.9.1, and add a CMake option to
>     be able to use external nlohmann/json (#2686)
> 
>   o createFromUserInput(): change name of CRS built from URN combined references to match the convention of EPSG projected CRS (#2677)
> 
>   o Parse compound id with two authorities, like ESRI:103668+EPSG:5703 (#2669)
> 
>   o Added projinfo option --list-crs (supports --area) (#2663)
> 
>   o Added support for hyperbolic Cassini-Soldner (#2637)
> 
>   o Added capability to get SQL statements to add custom CRS in the database (#2577)
> 
> Bug fixes
> ---------
> 
> o Fix 'Please include winsock2.h before windows.h' warning with msys (#2692)
> 
> o Minor changes to address lint in geodesic.c (#2752)
> 
> o BoundCRS::identify(): avoid incompatible transformation for
>   WKT1 / TOWGS84 export (#2747)
> 
> o proj_create(): do not open proj.db if string is a PROJ string,
>   even if proj_context_set_autoclose_database() has been set (#2735)
> 
> o Fix export of transformation to PROJ string in a particular situation
>   where CompoundCRS are involved (#2721)