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authorEven Rouault <even.rouault@mines-paris.org>2019-04-23 21:54:29 +0200
committerGitHub <noreply@github.com>2019-04-23 21:54:29 +0200
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Merge pull request #1441 from rouault/support_compound_crs_urn
proj_create(): add support for compoundCRS and concatenatedOperation named from their components
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@@ -29,9 +29,17 @@ paragraph for more details.
.. c:function:: PJ* proj_create(PJ_CONTEXT *ctx, const char *definition)
- Create a transformation object, or a CRS object, from a proj-string,
- a WKT string, or object code (like "EPSG:4326", "urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::4326",
- "urn:ogc:def:coordinateOperation:EPSG::1671").
+ Create a transformation object, or a CRS object, from:
+
+ - a proj-string,
+ - a WKT string,
+ - an object code (like "EPSG:4326", "urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::4326",
+ "urn:ogc:def:coordinateOperation:EPSG::1671"),
+ - a OGC URN combining references for compound coordinate reference systems
+ (e.g "urn:ogc:def:crs,crs:EPSG::2393,crs:EPSG::5717" or custom abbreviated
+ syntax "EPSG:2393+5717"),
+ - a OGC URN combining references for concatenated operations
+ (e.g. "urn:ogc:def:coordinateOperation,coordinateOperation:EPSG::3895,coordinateOperation:EPSG::1618")
Example call:
@@ -110,7 +118,8 @@ paragraph for more details.
- the name of a CRS as found in the PROJ database, e.g "WGS84", "NAD27", etc.
- - more generally any string accepted by :c:func:`proj_create`
+ - more generally any string accepted by :c:func:`proj_create` representing
+ a CRS
An "area of use" can be specified in area. When it is supplied, the more
accurate transformation between two given systems can be chosen.