[PROJ] spatialreference.org updated!

[Howard Butler]

All I did was flip the DNS. Javier and Even did all the real work, but I wanted to make sure to get the word out. 

It was getting a slight bit embarrassing that the most complete index was an alternative ad-supported site. The authority PROJ brings spatialreference.org <http://spatialreference.org/> will continue to inspire confidence in what's published and give people the ability to step forward and conveniently contribute if they desire. 

> On Jan 8, 2024, at 8:46 AM, Michael Smith <michael.smith.erdc at gmail.com> wrote:
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> Nice work Javier and Howard. A fantastic resource!
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> Mike
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> Michael Smith 
> Remote Sensing/GIS Center 
> US Army Corps of Engineers 
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> On 1/8/24, 9:34 AM, "PROJ on behalf of Howard Butler via PROJ" <proj-bounces at lists.osgeo.org <mailto:proj-bounces at lists.osgeo.org><mailto:proj-bounces at lists.osgeo.org> on behalf of proj at lists.osgeo.org <mailto:proj at lists.osgeo.org><mailto:proj at lists.osgeo.org>> wrote:
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> All,
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> I would like to congratulate Javier Jimenez for his work to completely refactor https://spatialreference.org <https://spatialreference.org/> <https://spatialreference.org <https://spatialreference.org/>> <https://spatialreference.org/> <https://spatialreference.org/>>. First released in 2007, spatialreference.org <http://spatialreference.org/><http://spatialreference.org/> <http://spatialreference.org/>> was the first website to provide a canonical home for coordinate systems at fixed URL locations that could be referred to by other web infrastructure. Javier took the crusty Django site and completely refactored it to make it work better, be easy to update, and preserved its canonical URL history. Some highlights include:
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> * Like https://crs-explorer.proj.org <https://crs-explorer.proj.org/> <https://crs-explorer.proj.org <https://crs-explorer.proj.org/>> <https://crs-explorer.proj.org/> <https://crs-explorer.proj.org/>>, spatialreference.org <http://spatialreference.org/> <http://spatialreference.org/> <http://spatialreference.org/>> is now a statically generated site 
> * It is fast :)
> * It is produced using PROJ. 
> * It is open source https://github.com/OSGeo/spatialreference.org/<https://github.com/OSGeo/spatialreference.org/> If you want to host your own internal mirrors, you can run the scripts and build your own deployment
> * It will be refreshed at least at the cadence of major PROJ releases (previously had been updated only once or twice in its entire 15+ year history)
> * It supports CORS (thanks GitHub Pages) for pulling in PROJJSON or WKT into your web applications
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> I hope Javier has more to add about the effort, but I would like to thank him profusely for taking this on and completing it. It is a wonderful update to a widely used community resource.
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> Thanks!
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> Howard
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