[Proj4j] Submit Proj4J as a joint LocationTech project?

[Rob Emanuele]

Hey Martin,

GeoTrellis uses proj4j, but we actually took the code [1] and made some
edits in our copied codebase because there was no maven central version. We
copied it because we needed to make a bunch of things Serializable, and it
seemed like the path of least resistance. It hurt my open-source feelings,
though, to work on a forked copy and not work off of the main version, so
I'm really happy that proj4j could move to GitHub and be a join
OSGeo/LocationTech project so that collaboration is easier and the binaries
can be published through LocationTech's process. I'd be happy to help out
submitting the project, moving it to GitHub, and all the other legwork that
it would take to get this done.

Best,
Rob

[1]
https://github.com/geotrellis/geotrellis/tree/35a81992cd574270f64f2337623125ad8d3380eb/proj4/src/main/java/org/osgeo/proj4j

On Wed, Jan 27, 2016 at 2:11 PM, Martin Davis <mtnclimb at gmail.com> wrote:

> I'm in the process of moving JTS to LocationTech [1], to benefit from the
> wider exposure (and funding!) that may bring.  It''s also moving to GitHub,
> for all the usual reasons.
>
> it seems like Proj4J is also a great candidate to move to GitHub, be
> mavenized, and ultimately be submitted to LocationTech as a joint.  (The LT
> move does not affect its status as an OSGeo project!)
>
> I think this will give it a lot more exposure and dev love, and will make
> it easier for projects to use it.
>
> What do people think about this?
>
> Martin
>
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