[PROJ] PROJ 9.7.0RC1 & PROJ-data 1.23RC1

[Javier Jimenez Shaw]

+1 Javier

On Fri, 12 Sept 2025 at 12:19, Kristian Evers via PROJ <proj at lists.osgeo.org>
wrote:

>
> PSC members,
>
> I have not received any reports of problems with the two release
> candidates and therefore put it to you to approve that they are promoted to
> final releases.
>
> I'll start with my +1.
>
> /Kristian
>
>
> On Monday, September 8th, 2025 at 21:23, Kristian Evers via PROJ <
> proj at lists.osgeo.org> wrote:
>
> > All,
> >
> > in preparation for a new round of PROJ and PROJ-data release I have
> uploaded release candidates for both packages.
> >
> > Download the archives here:
> >
> > https://download.osgeo.org/proj/proj-9.7.0RC1.tar.gz
> > https://download.osgeo.org/proj/proj-9.7.0RC1.zip
> >
> > https://download.osgeo.org/proj/proj-data-1.23RC1.tar.gz
> > https://download.osgeo.org/proj/proj-data-1.23RC1.zip
> >
> > The PROJ release includes both updates and bug fixes. See the release
> notes below.
> >
> > The PROJ-data release comes with the following additions:
> >
> > * Slovenian height conversion grid, SVS2000 to SVS2010
> > * Norwegian ETRS89 transformation grid covering Svalbard
> >
> > Please test the release candidates and report any issues you may find
> with them.
> > Either here on the mailing list or on GitHub.
> >
> > /Kristian
> >
> >
> > ————————————————————————————————
> >
> >
> > # PROJ Release Notes
> >
> > ## 9.7.0
> >
> > ### Updates
> >
> > * Implement 'exact' authalic latitude->geographic latitude and use it in
> `+proj=aea/cea/laea/eqearth/healpix/rhealpix` (#4441)
> >
> >
> > * Implement uniform conversions between auxiliary latitudes (#4446)
> >
> > * WKT2 parser: recognize `DEFININGTRANSFORMATION` (but ignore it) (#4484)
> >
> > * Database: add values from `alias_name` table that were removed in
> older EPSG releases, to improve
> > recognizing old WKT strings (#4490)
> >
> > * `proj_trans_bounds()`: sample points within the source grid to avoid
> missing extent such as world-wide
> > coverage from EPSG:4326 to ESRI:54099 (Spilhaus) (#4513)
> >
> > * Enable `-Wimplicit-fallthrough`, `-Wdeprecated-copy-dtor`,
> `-Wweak-vtables`,
> > `-Wdocumentation-unknown-command` when possible (#4516)
> >
> > * Geostationary projection: speed up inverse spherical and ellipsoidal
> computation (#4523)
> >
> > * WKT importer: better error message when `BBOX` is invalid (e.g
> south_lat > north_lat) (#4525)
> >
> >
> > * Added `proj_geod_direct` for PJ trasformation object (#4532)
> >
> > * Support exporting Mercator (Spherical) on a sphere as `Mercator_1SP`
> in WKT1 (#4555)
> >
> > * Database: update to EPSG v12.022 (#4562)
> >
> >
> > ### Bug Fixes
> >
> > * `proj_trans_bounds()`: avoid erroring out, in some cases, when PJ*
> object is directly constructed
> > from a PROJ pipeline (#4512)
> >
> > * Fix issue related to `D_Unknown_based_on_WGS_84_ellipsoid` datum name
> (#4515)
> >
> > * `proj_trans_bounds()`: fix 9.6.2 regression when going from long/lat
> crossing antimeridian to
> > projected (#4526)
> >
> > * opt_parse: avoid potential heap-buffer-overflow when parsing non-ASCII
> characters (affect
> > `cct` and `gie`) (#4530)
> >
> > * `gie`: fix memory leak on non existing input file (#4531)
> >
> > * Database: referene `nl_nsgi_nllat2018.tif` and
> `nl_nsgi_bongeo2004.tif` grids (#4534)
> >
> > * Fixes related to WKT import/export of `DerivedGeodetic/GeographicCRS`
> (#4536)
> >
> > * Fix `tolower()`/`toupper()` implementation to not lead to undefined
> behavior (#4539)
> >
> > * IAU2015 CRS: fix wrong code for coordinate system of North Polar and
> South Polar CRSs (#4545)
> >
> > * `createOperations()`: fix a case involving 2 CompoundCRS, one with
> TOWGS84, and the 2
> > verticalCRS differing by units (#4552)
> >
> > * On SQLite query error, show first the error msg than the sql query
> (#4553)
> >
> > * Allow geodesic inverse for meridional points on prolate ellipsoid
> (#4560)
> >
> >
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