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| author | Kristian Evers <kristianevers@gmail.com> | 2018-02-19 23:09:40 +0100 |
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| committer | Kristian Evers <kristianevers@gmail.com> | 2018-02-19 23:09:40 +0100 |
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Change most occurences of PROJ.4 to PROJ [skip ci]
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diff --git a/docs/source/usage/transformation.rst b/docs/source/usage/transformation.rst index 98e607a7..2f5ee880 100644 --- a/docs/source/usage/transformation.rst +++ b/docs/source/usage/transformation.rst @@ -4,17 +4,17 @@ Geodetic transformation ================================================================================ -PROJ.4 can do everything from the most simple projection to very complex +PROJ can do everything from the most simple projection to very complex transformations across many reference frames. While originally developed as a -tool for cartographic projections, PROJ.4 has over time evolved into a powerfull +tool for cartographic projections, PROJ has over time evolved into a powerfull generic coordinate transformation engine that makes it possible to do both large scale cartographic projections as well as coordinate transformation at a geodetic high precision level. This chapter delves into the details of how geodetec transformations of varying complexity can be performed. -In PROJ.4, two frameworks for geodetic transformations exists, the *cs2cs* +In PROJ, two frameworks for geodetic transformations exists, the *cs2cs* framework and the *transformation pipelines* framework. The first is the original, -and limited, framework for doing geodetic transforms in PROJ.4 The latter is a +and limited, framework for doing geodetic transforms in PROJ The latter is a newer addition that aims to be a more complete transformation framework. Both are described in the sections below. Large portions of the text are based on [EversKnudsen2017]_. @@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ of 3 steps (geodetic-to-cartesian → Helmert → cartesian-to-geodetic), pipeli The pipeline driver, makes this kind of chained transformations possible. The implementation is compact, consisting of just one pseudo-projection, called ``pipeline``, which takes as its arguments strings of elementary projections -(note: "projection" is the, slightly misleading, PROJ.4 term used for any kind of +(note: "projection" is the, slightly misleading, PROJ term used for any kind of transformation). The pipeline pseudo projection is supplemented by a number of elementary transformations, all in all providing a framework for building high accuracy @@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ solutions for a wide spectrum of geodetic tasks. As a first example, let us take a look at the iconic *geodetic → Cartesian → Helmert → geodetic* case (steps 2 to 4 in the example in -the itroduction). In PROJ.4 it can be implemented as +the itroduction). In PROJ it can be implemented as :: @@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ deprecated system with decimeter level tensions. step proj=utm ellps=GRS80 zone=33 With the pipeline framework spatiotemporal transformation is possible. This is -possible by leveraging the time dimension in PROJ.4 that enables 4D coordinates +possible by leveraging the time dimension in PROJ that enables 4D coordinates (three spatial components and one temporal component) to be passed through a transformation pipeline. In the example below a transformation from ITRF93 to ITRF2000 is defined. The temporal component is given as GPS weeks in the input @@ -209,8 +209,8 @@ such as NAD27 to NAD83. These grid shift files include a shift to be applied at each grid location. Actually grid shifts are normally computed based on an interpolation between the containing four grid points. -PROJ.4 supports use of grid files for shifting between various reference frames. -The grid shift table formats are ctable (the binary format produced by the PROJ.4 +PROJ supports use of grid files for shifting between various reference frames. +The grid shift table formats are ctable (the binary format produced by the PROJ ``nad2bin`` program), NTv1 (the old Canadian format), and NTv2 (``.gsb`` - the new Canadian and Australian format). |
