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+8.0.0 Release Notes
+-------------------
+
+With the release of PROJ 8 the proj_api.h API is finally removed. See
+https://proj.org/development/migration.html for more info on how to migrate
+from the old to the proj.h API.
+
+With the removal of proj_api.h it has been possible to simplify error codes
+and messages given by the software. The error codes are exposed in the API.
+
+Several improvements has been made to the command line utilities as well as
+tweaks in the underlying API.
+
+ Updates
+ -------
+
+ o Public header file proj_api.h removed (#837)
+
+ o Improved accuracy of the Mercator projection (#2397)
+
+ o Copyright statement wording updated (#2417)
+
+ o Allow cct to instantiate operations via object codes or names (#2419)
+
+ o Allow @filename syntax in cct (#2420)
+
+ o Added geocentric->topocentric conversion (+proj=topocentric) (#2444)
+
+ o Update GeographicLib to version 1.51 (#2445)
+
+ o Added option to allow export of Geographic/Projected 3D CRS
+   in WKT1_GDAL (#2450)
+
+ o Added --area and --bbox options in cs2cs to restrict candidate
+   coordinate operations (#2466)
+
+ o Added build time option to make PROJ_LIB env var tested last (#2476)
+
+ o Added --authority switch in cs2cs to control where coordinate operations
+   are looked for. C API function proj_create_crs_to_crs_from_pj() updated
+   accordingly (#2477)
+
+ o Error codes revised and exposed in the public API (#2487)
+
+ o Added --accuracy options to projinfo. C API function
+   proj_create_crs_to_crs_from_pj() updated accordingly (#2488)
+
+ o Added proj_crs_is_derived() function to C API (#2496)
+
+ o Enabled linking against static cURL on Windows (#2514)
+
+ o Updated ESRI CRS database to 12.7 (10.8.1/2.6) (#2519)
+
+ o Allow a WKT BoundCRS to use a PROJ string transformation (#2521)
+
+ o Update to EPSG v10.015 (#2539)
+
+ o Default log level set to PJ_LOG_ERROR (#2542)
+
+ Bug fixes
+ ---------
+
+ o Do not restrict longitude to [-90;90] range in spherical transver Mercator
+   forward projection (#2471)
+
+ o createOperations(): fix Compound to Geog3D/Projected3D CRS with non-metre ellipsoidal height (#2500)
+
+ o Avoid error messages to be emitted log level is set to PJ_LOG_NONE (#2527)
+
+ o Close database connection when autoclose set to True (#2532)
+
+ THANKS TO
+ ---------
+
+
+ Zac Miller
+ Juan Hernando
+ Thomas Knudsen
+ Sveinung Himle
+ Olli Raisa
+ Nomit Rawat
+ Modern Slave
+ J.H. van de Water
+ Guillaume Lostis
+ Martin Steinisch
+ Javier Jimenez Shaw
+ Mateusz Łoskot
+ Martijn Visser
+ Alan D. Snow
+ Mike Taves
+ Nyall Dawson
+ Charles Karney
+ Kristian Evers
+ Even Rouault
+
+
 7.2.1 Release Notes
 -------------------