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| author | Jeff McKenna <jeffmckenna@gmail.com> | 2019-11-30 17:49:12 -0400 |
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| committer | Even Rouault <even.rouault@spatialys.com> | 2019-11-30 22:49:12 +0100 |
| commit | ebe67de5dfdd793c293bf663c03bb5a9ce5a4e03 (patch) | |
| tree | 9a25d645765d7544925baca795d627d67c0b630b /docs/source/resource_files.rst | |
| parent | 89bfd5d12e06685be8206d5f5d88d77846bb10e2 (diff) | |
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[Docs] Minor changes regarding datumgrid pages (#1751) (#1760)
Update README, install.rst and resource_files.rst
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diff --git a/docs/source/resource_files.rst b/docs/source/resource_files.rst index d40f683a..40eb9731 100644 --- a/docs/source/resource_files.rst +++ b/docs/source/resource_files.rst @@ -6,11 +6,11 @@ Resource files A number of files containing preconfigured transformations and default parameters for certain projections are bundled with the PROJ distribution. Init files -contains preconfigured proj-strings for various coordinate reference systems -and the defaults file contains default values for parameters of select +contain preconfigured proj-strings for various coordinate reference systems +and the `defaults` file contains default values for parameters of select projections. -In addition to the bundled init-files the PROJ.4 project also distribute a number +In addition to the bundled init-files the PROJ project also distributes a number of packages containing transformation grids and additional init-files not included in the main PROJ package. @@ -33,6 +33,8 @@ the GTX file format for vertical corrections. Details about the formats can be found in the `GDAL documentation <http://gdal.org/>`_. GDAL reads and writes all formats. Using GDAL for construction of new grids is recommended. +.. _datumgrid: + External resources and packaged grids ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- @@ -71,7 +73,8 @@ we will create new regional packages. Click the links to jump to the relevant README files for each package. Details on the content of the packages maintained there. -Links to the resource packages can be found in the :ref:`download section <download>`. +.. tip:: + To download the various datumgrid packages head to the :ref:`download section <download>`. World package +++++++++++++ @@ -83,7 +86,7 @@ includes grids that have global extent, e.g. the global geoid model EGM08. ++++++++++++++++ All packages above come in different versions, e.g proj-datumgrid-1.8 or -proj-datumgrid-europe-1.4. The -latest packages are symbolic links to the +proj-datumgrid-europe-1.4. The `-latest` packages are symbolic links to the latest version of a given packages. That means that the link https://download.osgeo.org/proj/proj-datumgrid-north-america-latest.zip is equivalent to https://download.osgeo.org/proj/proj-datumgrid-north-america-1.2.zip @@ -94,13 +97,13 @@ equivalent to https://download.osgeo.org/proj/proj-datumgrid-north-america-1.2.z Other transformation grids ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Below is a given a list of grid resources for various countries which are not +Below is a list of grid resources for various countries which are not included in the grid distributions mentioned above. Free grids +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ -Below is a list of grids distributed under a free and open license. +The following is a list of grids distributed under a free and open license. Hungary ................................................................................ @@ -151,7 +154,7 @@ Spain HTDP +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ -This page documents use of the `crs2crs2grid.py` script and the HTDP +This section describes the use of the `crs2crs2grid.py` script and the HTDP (Horizontal Time Dependent Positioning) grid shift modelling program from NGS/NOAA to produce PROJ compatible grid shift files for fine grade conversions between various NAD83 epochs and WGS84. Traditionally PROJ has @@ -187,7 +190,8 @@ Getting crs2crs2grid.py The `crs2crs2grid.py` script can be found at https://github.com/OSGeo/gdal/tree/trunk/gdal/swig/python/samples/crs2crs2grid.py -It depends on having the GDAL Python bindings operational. If they are not +The script depends on having the GDAL Python bindings operational; if they are not you +will get an error such as: :: @@ -286,7 +290,7 @@ Init files Init files are used for preconfiguring proj-strings for often used transformations, such as those found in the EPSG database. Most init files contain transformations from a given coordinate reference system to WGS84. This makes -it easy to transformations between any two coordinate reference systems with +it easy to transform between any two coordinate reference systems with ``cs2cs``. Init files can however contain any proj-string and don't necessarily have to follow the *cs2cs* paradigm where WGS84 is used as a pivot datum. The ITRF init file is a good example of that. @@ -295,7 +299,7 @@ A number of init files come pre-bundled with PROJ but it is also possible to add your own custom init files. PROJ looks for the init files in the directory listed in the ``PROJ_LIB`` environment variable. -The format of init files made up of a identifier in angled brackets and a +The format of init files is an identifier in angled brackets and a proj-string: :: |
