[Qgis-psc] svn access for Richard Duivenvoorde

[Otto Dassau]

On Wed, 9 Apr 2008 18:57:48 +0200
Marco Hugentobler <marco.hugentobler at karto.baug.ethz.ch> wrote:

> Hi Gary, Otto, Paolo, Tim
> 
> Richard is an active community member, in the release team and now as 
> maintainer of the srs database (srs.db). I therefore like to ask your opinion 
> about giving him svn write access.
> 
> My opinion is +1

+1

regards,
 Otto

> Regards,
> Marco
> 
> 
> ----------  Weitergeleitete Nachricht  ----------
> 
> Betreff: Re: AW: AW: [Qgis-user] why is EPSG:2180 not recognised?
> Datum: Mittwoch 09 April 2008
> Von: Richard Duivenvoorde <rdmailings at duif.net>
> An: Hugentobler Marco <marco.hugentobler at karto.baug.ethz.ch>
> 
> Hi Marco,
> ack.
> I will sent you a new srs.db in the upcoming days. Or is it possible for 
> me to get an svn-account (usefull for dutch translation also)? I'm 
> comfortable with svn already....
> Thanks,
> Richard Duivenvoorde
> 
> Hugentobler Marco wrote:
> > Hi Richard,
> > 
> > Thanks for offering your help. Afaik (projection gurus, please correct me 
> where I'm wrong) your understanding is right and it's all about updating the 
> srs.db with sqliteadmin. I think updating is not necessary before a release, 
> it can be done whenever you hear about epsg updates or people tell you about 
> a bug.
> > 
> > So I'm going to add you as maintainer of srs.db to the wiki and will direct 
> people with projection updates to you. I'm not an expert concerning 
> projection specific questions (only one common coordinate system in 
> Switzerland :-) ). If you have any questions, just send a mail to the user 
> and developer list. I think there are a lot of people in the QGIS community 
> with profound knowledge of projections and spatial reference systems.
> > 
> > cheers,
> > Marco 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> > Von: Richard Duivenvoorde [mailto:rdmailings at duif.net]
> > Gesendet: Mo 07.04.2008 20:49
> > An: Hugentobler  Marco
> > Cc: Jean-Claude Repetto; qgis-user at lists.osgeo.org; tutey at o2.pl; 
> tim at linfiniti.com
> > Betreff: Re: AW: [Qgis-user] why is EPSG:2180 not recognised?
> >  
> > Hi,
> > I've got sqliteadmin (http://sqliteadmin.orbmu2k.de/) here, and it seems 
> > pretty trivial to update the database srs.db with that tool...
> > 
> > Though it might not be that trivial?
> > Looking at a freshly downloaded epsg file of the proj lib, I see
> > 	# WGS 72
> > 	<4322> +proj=longlat +ellps=WGS72 +no_defs  <>
> > The same holds true for 4322, 4622 and 4625
> > 
> > Can somebody explain to me then why it should be jean-claude's version? 
> > Or in other words, if the latest proj doesn't have it, what/who should 
> > be the authorative source in this case then?
> > The srs.db. is nothing more then the parameters used by proj isn't it? 
> > Or am I missing something here?
> > 
> > 3328 - 3335 are indeed available in latest proj (and not in srs.db), so 
> > it should be easy to add them.
> > same for 3120
> > same for 3066
> > 
> > If I can count on some help with projection-specific questions, I can 
> > make it a part of my 'release-team' work? I will add it to the 
> > release-checklist in wiki then.
> > 
> > Is it ok to update it for every release, or for every 'bug' people find 
> > in it?
> > 
> > Regards,
> > 
> > Richard Duivenvoorde
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > Hugentobler Marco wrote:
> >> Hi Maciej, Jean-Claude
> >>
> >>> Please don't tell me that I can send a patch with updates for the CS 
> >>> database. That would fix only my problem, while EPSG database has lots 
> >>> of fixes and additions in each new version, which get included in new 
> >>> releases of PROJ, GDAL, GRASS but not in QGIS.
> >> It is of course also possible that you update the other entries in the 
> sqlite database of qgis.
> >>
> >> Ideal would be a volunteer that acts as a maintainer of srs.db and updates 
> it in regular periods.
> >>
> >> Regards,
> >> Marco 
> >>
> >>
> >> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> >> Von: qgis-user-bounces at lists.osgeo.org im Auftrag von Jean-Claude Repetto
> >> Gesendet: Mo 07.04.2008 10:09
> >> An: qgis-user at lists.osgeo.org
> >> Betreff: Re: [Qgis-user] why is EPSG:2180 not recognised?
> >>  
> >> Maciej Sieczka wrote :
> >>
> >>> QGIS CS database is severly outdated.
> >> Hello,
> >>
> >> I agree.
> >> Other examples :
> >>
> >> WGS72 (EPSG 4322)
> >> ----------------
> >> The QGIS database contains :
> >> +proj=longlat +ellps=WGS72 +no_defs
> >>
> >> It should be :
> >> +proj=longlat +ellps=WGS72 +towgs84=0,0,4.5,0,0,0.554,0.219 +no_defs
> >> (look at <http://proj.maptools.org/gen_parms.html#towgs84>)
> >>
> >>
> >> Guadeloupe 1948 (EPSG 4622)
> >> ---------------------------
> >> The QGIS database contains :
> >> +proj=longlat +ellps=intl +no_defs
> >> It should be :
> >> +proj=longlat +ellps=intl 
> >> +towgs84=-472.29,-5.63,-304.12,0.4362,-0.8374,0.2563,1.8984 +no_defs
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Martinique 1938 (EPSG 4625)
> >> ---------------------------
> >> The QGIS database contains :
> >> +proj=longlat +ellps=intl +no_defs  <>
> >> It should be :
> >> +proj=longlat +ellps=intl 
> >> +towgs84=126.93,547.94,130.41,-2.7867,5.1612,-0.8584,13.8227 +no_defs
> >>
> >>
> >> Conclusion : Don't trust the EPSG database, allways check the parameters.
> >>
> >> Jean-Claude
> >>
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