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| author | Mike Toews <mwtoews@gmail.com> | 2018-03-06 12:18:18 +1300 |
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| committer | Mike Toews <mwtoews@gmail.com> | 2018-03-06 12:18:18 +1300 |
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fix a few typos (again)
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| -rw-r--r-- | docs/source/usage/apps/cct.rst | 6 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | docs/source/usage/environmentvars.rst | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | docs/source/usage/projections.rst | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | docs/source/usage/quickstart.rst | 8 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | docs/source/usage/transformation.rst | 16 |
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diff --git a/docs/source/usage/apps/cct.rst b/docs/source/usage/apps/cct.rst index e6f94526..014e7732 100644 --- a/docs/source/usage/apps/cct.rst +++ b/docs/source/usage/apps/cct.rst @@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ program, performs transformation coordinate systems on a set of input points. The coordinate system transformation can include translation between projected and geographic coordinates as well as the application of datum shifts. -cct is an acromyn meaning *Coordinate Conversion and Transformation*. +cct is an acronym meaning *Coordinate Conversion and Transformation*. The acronym refers to definitions given in the OGC 08-015r2/ISO-19111 standard "Geographical Information -- Spatial Referencing by Coordinates", @@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ professor of Geodesy at the University of Copenhagen, mentor and advisor for a generation of Danish geodesists, colleague and collaborator for two generations of global geodesists, Secretary General for the International Association of Geodesy, IAG (1995--2007), fellow of the -Amercan Geophysical Union (1991), recipient of the IAG Levallois Medal +American Geophysical Union (1991), recipient of the IAG Levallois Medal (2007), the European Geosciences Union Vening Meinesz Medal (2008), and of numerous other honours. @@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ the development of geodesy -- both through his scientific contributions, comprising more than 250 publications, and by his mentoring and teaching of the next generations of geodesists. -As Christian was an avid Fortran programmer, and a keen Unix connoiseur, +As Christian was an avid Fortran programmer, and a keen Unix connoisseur, he would have enjoyed to know that his initials would be used to name a modest Unix style transformation filter, hinting at the tireless aspect of his personality, which was certainly one of the reasons he accomplished diff --git a/docs/source/usage/environmentvars.rst b/docs/source/usage/environmentvars.rst index e1d63543..24954158 100644 --- a/docs/source/usage/environmentvars.rst +++ b/docs/source/usage/environmentvars.rst @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ Environment variables ================================================================================ -PROJ can be crontrolled by setting environment variables. Most users will +PROJ can be controlled by setting environment variables. Most users will have a use for the :envvar:`PROJ_LIB`. On UNIX systems environment variables can be set for a shell-session with:: diff --git a/docs/source/usage/projections.rst b/docs/source/usage/projections.rst index 871bc161..f5f46f46 100644 --- a/docs/source/usage/projections.rst +++ b/docs/source/usage/projections.rst @@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ Prime Meridian A prime meridian may be declared indicating the offset between the prime meridian of the declared coordinate system and that of greenwich. A prime -meridian is clared using the "pm" parameter, and may be assigned a symbolic +meridian is declared using the "pm" parameter, and may be assigned a symbolic name, or the longitude of the alternative prime meridian relative to greenwich. Currently prime meridian declarations are only utilized by the diff --git a/docs/source/usage/quickstart.rst b/docs/source/usage/quickstart.rst index 077e970c..89ac2172 100644 --- a/docs/source/usage/quickstart.rst +++ b/docs/source/usage/quickstart.rst @@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ utility ``proj`` we can convert the geodetic coordinates to projected space: $ proj +proj=merc +lat_ts=56.5 +ellps=GRS80 If called as above ``proj`` will be in interactive mode, letting you type the -input data manually and getting a responce presented on screen. ``proj`` +input data manually and getting a response presented on screen. ``proj`` works as any UNIX filter though, which means that you can also pipe data to the utility, for instance by using the ``echo`` command: @@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ the utility, for instance by using the ``echo`` command: PROJ also comes bundled with the ``cs2cs`` utility which is used to transform -from onecoordinate reference system to another. Say we want to convert +from one coordinate reference system to another. Say we want to convert the above Mercator coordinates to UTM, we can do that with ``cs2cs``: :: @@ -52,10 +52,10 @@ the above Mercator coordinates to UTM, we can do that with ``cs2cs``: $ echo 3399483.80 752085.60 | cs2cs +proj=merc +lat_ts=56.5 +ellps=GRS80 +to +proj=utm +zone=32 6103992.36 1924052.47 0.00 -Notice the ``+to`` parameter that seperates the source and destination +Notice the ``+to`` parameter that separates the source and destination projection definitions. -If you happen to know the EPSG identifiers for the two cordinates reference +If you happen to know the EPSG identifiers for the two coordinates reference systems you are transforming between you can use those with ``cs2cs``: :: diff --git a/docs/source/usage/transformation.rst b/docs/source/usage/transformation.rst index fd1f2f94..bd32bcd9 100644 --- a/docs/source/usage/transformation.rst +++ b/docs/source/usage/transformation.rst @@ -6,11 +6,11 @@ Geodetic transformation 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 has over time evolved into a powerfull +tool for cartographic projections, PROJ has over time evolved into a powerful 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. +geodetic transformations of varying complexity can be performed. In PROJ, two frameworks for geodetic transformations exists, the *cs2cs* framework and the *transformation pipelines* framework. The first is the original, @@ -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 it can be implemented as +the introduction). In PROJ it can be implemented as :: @@ -161,11 +161,11 @@ specified in the input proj-string. The most common is ``+towgs84``, which is us define a 3- or 7-parameter Helmert shift from the input reference frame to WGS84. Exactly which realization of WGS84 is not specified, hence a fair amount of uncertainty is introduced in this step of the transformation. With the +nadgrids -parameter a non-lineaer planar correction derived from interpolation in a +parameter a non-linear planar correction derived from interpolation in a correction grid can be applied. Originally this was implemented as a means to -transform coordinates between the american datums NAD27 and NAD83, but corrections -can be applied for any datum for which a correction grid exists. The inverse -transform for the horizontal grid shift is "dumb", in the sense that the +transform coordinates between the North American datums NAD27 and NAD83, but +corrections can be applied for any datum for which a correction grid exists. The +inverse transform for the horizontal grid shift is "dumb", in the sense that the correction grid is applied verbatim without taking into account that the inverse operation is non-linear. Similar to the horizontal grid correction, ``+geoidgrids`` can be used to perform grid corrections in the vertical component. @@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ using an approximated 7 parameter transformation. Grid Based Datum Adjustments +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ -In many places (notably North America and Austrialia) national geodetic +In many places (notably North America and Australia) national geodetic organizations provide grid shift files for converting between different datums, 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 |
