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+7.1.0 Release Notes
+-------------------
+
+ Updates
+ -------
+
+  + New projections:
+
+    o Add square conformal projections from libproject:
+      - Adams Hemisphere in a Square
+      - Adams World in a Square I
+      - Adams World in a Square II
+      - Guyou
+      - Pierce Quincuncial
+      (#2148)
+
+    o Adams Square II: map ESRI WKT to PROJ string, and implement iterative
+      inverse method (#2157)
+
+    o Added IGH Oceanic View projection (#2226)
+
+    o Add wink2 inverse by generic inversion of forward method (#2243)
+
+  + Database:
+
+    o Update to EPSG 9.8.12, ESRI 10.8.1 and import scope and remarks for
+      conversion (#2238) (#2267)
+
+    o Map the Behrman projection to cae when converting ESRI CRSes (#1986)
+
+    o Support conversion of Flat_Polar_Quartic projection method (#1987)
+
+    o Register 4 new Austrian height grids (see https://github.com/OSGeo/PROJ-data/pull/13)
+      and handle 'Vertical Offset by Grid Interpolation (BEV AT)' method (#1989)
+
+    o Add ESRI projection method mappings for Mercator_Variant_A, Mercator_Variant_B
+      and Transverse_Cylindrical_Equal_Area and various grid mappings (#2020) (#2195)
+
+    o Map ESRI Transverse_Mercator_Complex to Transverse Mercator (#2040)
+
+    o Register grids for New Caledonia (see https://github.com/OSGeo/PROJ-data/pull/16) (#2051) (#2239)
+
+    o Register NZGD2000 -> ITRF96 transformation for NZGD2000 database (#2248)
+
+    o Register geoid file for UK added
+      (see https://github.com/OSGeo//PROJ-data/pull/25() (#2250)
+
+    o Register Slovakian geoid transformations with needed code changes (#2259)
+
+    o Register Spanish SPED2ETV2 grid for ED50->ETRS89 (#2261)
+
+  + API:
+
+    o Add API function proj_get_units_from_database() (#2065)
+
+    o Add API function proj_get_suggested_operation() (#2068)
+
+    o Add API functions proj_degree_input() and proj_degree_output() (#2144)
+
+    o Moved proj_context_get_url_endpoint & proj_context_get_user_writable_directory
+      from proj_experimental.h to proj.h (#2162)
+
+    o createFromUserInput(): allow compound CRS with the 2 parts given by names,
+      e.g. 'WGS 84 + EGM96 height' (#2126)
+
+    o createOperations(): when converting CompoundCRS<-->Geographic3DCrs, do not
+      use discard change of ellipsoidal height if a Helmert transformation is
+      involved (#2227)
+
+ + Optimizations:
+
+    o tmerc/utm: add a +algo=auto/evenden_snyder/poder_engsager parameter (#2030)
+
+    o Extended tmerc (Poder/Engsager): speed optimizations (#2036)
+
+    o Approximate tmerc (Snyder): speed optimizations (#2039)
+
+    o pj_phi2(): speed-up computation (and thus inverse ellipsoidal Mercator and LCC) (#2052)
+
+    o Inverse cart: speed-up computation by 33% (#2145)
+
+    o Extended tmerc: speed-up forward path by ~5% (#2147)
+
+  + Various:
+
+    o Follow PDAL's CMake RPATH strategy (#2009)
+
+    o WKT import/export: add support for WKT1_ESRI VERTCS synta (#2024)
+
+    o projinfo: add a --hide-ballpark option (#2127)
+
+    o gie: implement a strict mode with <gie-strict> </gie-strict> (#2168)
+
+    o Allow importing WKT1 COMPD_CS with a VERT_DATUM[Ellipsoid,2002] (#2229)
+
+    o Add runtime checking that sqlite3 is >= 3.11 (#2235)
+
+
+ Bug fixes
+ ---------
+
+ o createOperations(): do not remove ballpark transformation if there are only grid
+   based operations, even if they cover the whole area of use (#2155)
+
+ o createFromProjString(): handle default parameters of '+krovak +type=crs', and
+   handle +czech correctly (#2200)
+
+ o ProjectedCRS::identify(): fix identification of EPSG:3059 (#2215)
+
+ o Database: add a 'WGS84' alias for the EPSG:4326 CRS (#2218)
+
+ o Fixes related to CompoundCRS and BoundCRS (#2222)
+
+ o  Avoid 2 warnings about missing database indices (#2223)
+
+ o Make projinfo --3d --boundcrs-to-wgs84 work better (#2224)
+
+ o Many fixes regarding BoundCRS, CompoundCRS, Geographic3D CRS with
+  non-metre units (#2234)
+
+ o  Fix identification of (one of the) ESRI WKT formulations of EPSG:3035 (#2240)
+
+ o Avoid using deprecated and removed Windows API function with Mingw32 (#2246)
+
+ o normalizeForVisualization(): make it switch axis for EPSG:5482
+   (RSRGD2000 / RSPS2000) (#2256)
+
+ o Fix access violation in proj_context_get_database_metadata (#2260)
+
+ THANKS TO
+ ---------
+
+ Martin Raspaud
+ Jeroen Ooms
+ Jeff McKenna
+ Colin Doig
+ Chris Mayo
+ Chatziargyriou Eleftheria
+ Bas Couwenberg
+ B R S Recht
+ 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson
+ Alan D. Snow
+ GitHub user @chrodger
+ Pedro Venancio
+ Olli Räisä
+ John Krasting
+ Andrei Marshalov
+ Javier Jimenez Shaw
+ Martin Dobias
+ Howard Butler
+ Nyall Dawson
+ Mike Taves
+ Kristian Evers
+ Even Rouault
+
 7.0.1 Release Notes
 -------------------
 
@@ -190,10 +345,10 @@ for more info on how to migrate from the old to the new API.
 
  Bug fixes
  ---------
- 
+
  o Horizontal grid shift: fix failures on points slightly outside a
    subgrid (#209)
- 
+
  o Fix ASAN issue with SQLite3VFS class (#1902)
 
  o tests: force use of bash for proj_add_test_script_sh (#1905)