Release notes for 6.1.0

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+6.1.0 Release Notes
+-------------------
+
+ Updates
+ -------
+
+ o Include custom ellipsoid definitions from QGIS (#1337)
+
+ o Add "-k ellipsoid" option to projinfo (#1338)
+
+ o Make cs2cs support 4D coordinates (#1355)
+
+ o WKT2 parser: update to OGC 18-010r6 (#1360 #1366)
+
+ o Update internal version of googletest to v1.8.1 (#1361)
+
+ o Database update: EPSG v9.6.1, IGNF v3.0.3, ESRI 10.7.0
+   and add operation_version column (#1368)
+
+ o Add proj_normalize_for_visualization() that attempts to apply axis
+   ordering as used by most GIS applications and PROJ <6 (#1387)
+
+ o Added noop operation (#1391)
+
+ o Paths set by user take priority over PROJ_LIB for search paths (#1398)
+
+ o Reduced database size (#1438)
+
+ o add support for compoundCRS and concatenatedOperation named from
+   their components (#1441)
+
+ Bug fixes
+ ---------
+
+ o Have gie return non-zero code when file can't be opened (#1312)
+
+ o CMake cross-compilation fix (#1316)
+
+ o Use 1st eccentricity instead of 2nd eccentricity in Molodensky (#1324)
+
+ o Make sure to include grids when doing Geocentric to CompoundCRS with
+   nadgrids+geoidgrids transformations (#1326)
+
+ o Handle coordinates outside of bbox better (#1333)
+
+ o Enable system error messages in command line automatically in builds (#1336)
+
+ o Make sure to install projinfo man page with CMake (#1347)
+
+ o Add data dir to pkg-config file proj.pc (#1348)
+
+ o Fix GCC 9 warning about useless std::move() (#1352)
+
+ o Grid related fixes (#1369)
+
+ o Make sure that ISO19111 C++ code sets pj_errno on errors (#1405)
+
+ o vgridshift: handle longitude wrap-around for grids with 360deg
+   longitude extent (#1429)
+
+ o proj/cs2cs: validate value of -f parameter to avoid potential crashes (#1434)
+
+ o Many division by zero and similar bug fixes found by OSS Fuzz.
+
+ THANKS TO
+ ------------
+
+ Version 6.1.0 is made possible by the following contributors:
+
+ Andrew Hardin
+ Sean Warren
+ Dan Baston
+ Howard Butler
+ Joris Van den Bossche
+ Elliott Sales de Andrade
+ Alan D. Snow
+ Nyall Dawson
+ Chris Mayo
+ Mike Taves
+ Kristian Evers
+ Even Rouault
+
+
 6.0.0 Release Notes
 -------------------