[QGIS-Developer] Proj 7 auto grid download

[Even Rouault]

On vendredi 20 mars 2020 19:26:03 CET Jeremy Palmer wrote:
> > On Fri, 20. Mar 2020 at 08:12:35 +0100, Andreas Neumann wrote:
> > > Isn't that potentially a quite large amount of data? Most QGIS users
> > 
> > that I
> > 
> > > know mainly work in one country or region and only need one gridshift
> > 
> > file.
> > 
> > > Of course there are exceptions.
> 
> Why not ship with the same grids that come with proj-datumgrid

I'd suggest to reavaluate that. proj-datumgrid grew organically, without a 
particular thinking of which grids were essential, and which were not. Maybe 
looking at the countries where most QGIS users live could be a way of taking 
an informed decision. I guess the UK grid could be relevant for example in a 
base package.

Even

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