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authorEven Rouault <even.rouault@spatialys.com>2022-03-17 22:18:22 +0100
committerGitHub <noreply@github.com>2022-03-17 22:18:22 +0100
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Merge pull request #3119 from rouault/compound_to_2D_crs
Transformation: no longer do vertical trasnformation when doing compound CRS to 2D CRS / add --3d to cs2cs
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@@ -300,12 +300,12 @@ The following control parameters can appear in any order:
.. versionadded:: 6.3
- "Promote" the CRS(s) to their 3D version. In the context of researching
- available coordinate transformations, explicitly specifying this option is
- not necessary, because when one of the source or target CRS has a vertical
- component but not the other one, the one that has no vertical component is
- automatically promoted to a 3D version, where its vertical axis is the
+ "Promote" 2D CRS(s) to their 3D version, where the vertical axis is the
ellipsoidal height in metres, using the ellipsoid of the base geodetic CRS.
+ Depending on PROJ versions and the exact nature of the CRS involved,
+ especially before PROJ 9.1, a mix of 2D and 3D CRS could lead to 2D or 3D
+ transformations. Starting with PROJ 9.1, both CRS need to be 3D for vertical
+ transformation to possibly happen.
.. option:: --output-id=AUTH:NAME