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+6.3.0 Release Notes
+-------------------
+
+ Updates
+ -------
+
+ o Database: tune accuracy of Canadian NTv1 file w.r.t NTv2 (#1812)
+
+ o Modify verbosity level of some debug/trace messages (#1811)
+
+ o projinfo: no longer call createBoundCRSToWGS84IfPossible() for WKT1:GDAL
+   (#1810)
+
+ o proj_trans: add retry logic to select other transformation if the best one
+   fails. (#1809)
+
+ o BoundCRS::identify(): improvements to discard CRS that aren't relevant
+   (#1802)
+
+ o Database: update to IGNF v3.1.0 (#1785)
+
+ o Build: Only export symbols if building DLL (#1773)
+
+ o Database: update ESRI entries with ArcGIS Desktop version 10.8.0 database
+   (#1762)
+
+ o createOperations(): chain operations whose middle CRSs are not identical but
+   have the same datum (#1734)
+
+ o import/export PROJJSON: support a interpolation_crs key to geoid_model
+   (#1732)
+
+ o Database: update to EPSG v9.8.4 (#1725)
+
+ o Add support for GEOIDMODEL (#1710)
+
+ o Better filtering based on extent and performance improvements (#1709)
+
+
+ Bug fixes
+ ---------
+
+ o Horizontal grid shift: fix issue on iterative inverse computation when
+   switching between (sub)grids (#1797)
+
+ o createOperations(): make filtering out of 'uninteresting' operations less
+   aggressive (#1788)
+
+ o Make EPSG:102100 resolve to ESRI:102100 (#1786)
+
+ o ob_tran: restore traditional handling of +to_meter with pj_transform() and
+   proj utility (#1783)
+
+ o CRS identification: use case insensitive comparison for authority name
+   (#1780)
+
+ o normalizeForVisualization() and other methods applying on a ProjectedCRS: do
+   not mess the derivingConversion object of the original object (#1746)
+
+ o createOperations(): fix transformation computation from/to a CRS with
+   +geoidgrids and +vunits != m (#1731)
+
+ o Fix proj_assign_context()/pj_set_ctx() with pipelines and alternative coord
+   operations (#1726)
+
+ o Database: add an auxiliary concatenated_operation_step table to allow
+   arbitrary number of steps (#1696)
+
+ o Fix errors running gie-based tests in Debug mode on Windows (#1688)
+
+ THANKS TO
+ ---------
+
+ Pedro Venancio
+ Owen Rudge
+ Nyall Dawson
+ Mateusz Łoskot
+ Markus Neteler
+ Juergen E. Fischer
+ Joaquim Luis
+ Jeff McKenna
+ Jakob Egger
+ Guillaume Lostis
+ GitHub user @yonarw
+ Asa Packer
+ Joe Mann
+ Stephan Hügel
+ Simon Schneegans
+ R. Schmunk
+ Alan D. Snow
+ Chris Crook
+ Howard Butler
+ Fabrice Fontaine
+ Kai Pastor
+ Martin Desruisseaux
+ Dalia Prizginiene
+ Mike Taves
+ Charles Karney
+ Kristian Evers
+ Even Rouault
+
 6.2.1 Release Notes
 -------------------