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authorEven Rouault <even.rouault@spatialys.com>2020-04-16 19:57:52 +0200
committerGitHub <noreply@github.com>2020-04-16 19:57:52 +0200
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Merge pull request #2030 from rouault/auto_sel_of_tmerc_alg
tmerc/utm: add a +algo=auto/evenden_snyder/poder_engsager parameter
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diff --git a/docs/source/operations/projections/tmerc.rst b/docs/source/operations/projections/tmerc.rst
index 2866517b..cf428cff 100644
--- a/docs/source/operations/projections/tmerc.rst
+++ b/docs/source/operations/projections/tmerc.rst
@@ -83,6 +83,21 @@ Parameters
It is faster than the default algorithm, but also diverges faster
as the distance from the central meridian increases.
+.. option:: +algo=auto/evenden_snyder/poder_engsager
+
+ .. versionadded:: 7.1
+
+ Selects the algorithm to use. The hardcoded value and the one defined in
+ :ref:`proj-ini` default to ``poder_engsager``, that is the most precise
+ one.
+
+ When using auto, a heuristics based on the input coordinate to transform
+ is used to determine if the faster Evenden-Snyder method can be used, for
+ faster computation, without causing an error greater than 0.1 mm (for an
+ ellipsoid of the size of Earth)
+
+ Note that :option:`+approx` and :option:`+algo` are mutually exclusive.
+
.. include:: ../options/lon_0.rst
.. include:: ../options/lat_0.rst
diff --git a/docs/source/operations/projections/utm.rst b/docs/source/operations/projections/utm.rst
index b45dafc1..82715a02 100644
--- a/docs/source/operations/projections/utm.rst
+++ b/docs/source/operations/projections/utm.rst
@@ -76,6 +76,21 @@ Optional
Use faster, less accurate algorithm for the Transverse Mercator.
+.. option:: +algo=auto/evenden_snyder/poder_engsager
+
+ .. versionadded:: 7.1
+
+ Selects the algorithm to use. The hardcoded value and the one defined in
+ :ref:`proj-ini` default to ``poder_engsager``, that is the most precise
+ one.
+
+ When using auto, a heuristics based on the input coordinate to transform
+ is used to determine if the faster Evenden-Snyder method can be used, for
+ faster computation, without causing an error greater than 0.1 mm (for an
+ ellipsoid of the size of Earth)
+
+ Note that :option:`+approx` and :option:`+algo` are mutually exclusive.
+
.. include:: ../options/ellps.rst
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