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

[Howard Butler]

+1 Howard

> On Jun 29, 2021, at 9:11 AM, Even Rouault <even.rouault at spatialys.com> wrote:
> 
> +1 Even
> 
> Le 29/06/2021 à 16:10, Kristian Evers a écrit :
>> 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)
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