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

[Charles Karney]

+1

   --Charles

On 6/29/21 10:10 AM, Kristian Evers wrote:
> 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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-- 
Charles Karney <charles at karney.com>
Princeton, NJ