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

[Kristian Evers]

With +1’s from 

Kristian
Even
Howard
Charles
Thomas

the motion is passed. I will announce the release shortly. This is a tad early but I will be too busy to take care of it tomorrow.

/Kristian

> On 29 Jun 2021, at 19:16, Thomas Knudsen <knudsen.thomas at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> +1 /thomas
> 
> Den tir. 29. jun. 2021 kl. 16.10 skrev Kristian Evers <kristianevers at gmail.com <mailto:kristianevers at gmail.com>>:
> 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 <mailto: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.tar.gz>
> > http://download.osgeo.org/proj/proj-8.1.0RC1.zip <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.tar.gz>
> > http://download.osgeo.org/proj/proj-data-1.7RC1.zip <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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