Doc of CRS::identify(): make it clear that this is a best-effort attempt only

2 files changed, 24 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/src/iso19111/c_api.cpp b/src/iso19111/c_api.cpp
index 7d4f5eba..9f73f8e9 100644
--- a/src/iso19111/c_api.cpp
+++ b/src/iso19111/c_api.cpp
@@ -2192,6 +2192,10 @@ PJ *proj_get_target_crs(PJ_CONTEXT *ctx, const PJ *obj) {
  * The candidate CRSs are either hard-coded, or looked in the database when
  * it is available.
  *
+ * Note that the implementation uses a set of heuristics to have a good
+ * compromise of successful identifications over execution time. It might miss
+ * legitimate matches in some circumstances.
+ *
  * The method returns a list of matching reference CRS, and the percentage
  * (0-100) of confidence in the match. The list is sorted by decreasing
  * confidence.
diff --git a/src/iso19111/crs.cpp b/src/iso19111/crs.cpp
index cf90c388..a24508d4 100644
--- a/src/iso19111/crs.cpp
+++ b/src/iso19111/crs.cpp
@@ -730,6 +730,10 @@ CRSNNPtr CRS::normalizeForVisualization() const {
  * The candidate CRSs are either hard-coded, or looked in the database when
  * authorityFactory is not null.
  *
+ * Note that the implementation uses a set of heuristics to have a good
+ * compromise of successful identifications over execution time. It might miss
+ * legitimate matches in some circumstances.
+ *
  * The method returns a list of matching reference CRS, and the percentage
  * (0-100) of confidence in the match. The list is sorted by decreasing
  * confidence.
@@ -1648,6 +1652,10 @@ static bool hasCodeCompatibleOfAuthorityFactory(
  * The candidate CRSs are either hard-coded, or looked in the database when
  * authorityFactory is not null.
  *
+ * Note that the implementation uses a set of heuristics to have a good
+ * compromise of successful identifications over execution time. It might miss
+ * legitimate matches in some circumstances.
+ *
  * The method returns a list of matching reference CRS, and the percentage
  * (0-100) of confidence in the match:
  * <ul>
@@ -2746,6 +2754,10 @@ bool VerticalCRS::_isEquivalentTo(
  * The candidate CRSs are looked in the database when
  * authorityFactory is not null.
  *
+ * Note that the implementation uses a set of heuristics to have a good
+ * compromise of successful identifications over execution time. It might miss
+ * legitimate matches in some circumstances.
+ *
  * The method returns a list of matching reference CRS, and the percentage
  * (0-100) of confidence in the match.
  * 100% means that the name of the reference entry
@@ -3529,6 +3541,10 @@ void ProjectedCRS::addUnitConvertAndAxisSwap(io::PROJStringFormatter *formatter,
  * The candidate CRSs are either hard-coded, or looked in the database when
  * authorityFactory is not null.
  *
+ * Note that the implementation uses a set of heuristics to have a good
+ * compromise of successful identifications over execution time. It might miss
+ * legitimate matches in some circumstances.
+ *
  * The method returns a list of matching reference CRS, and the percentage
  * (0-100) of confidence in the match. The list is sorted by decreasing
  * confidence.
@@ -4050,6 +4066,10 @@ bool CompoundCRS::_isEquivalentTo(
  * The candidate CRSs are looked in the database when
  * authorityFactory is not null.
  *
+ * Note that the implementation uses a set of heuristics to have a good
+ * compromise of successful identifications over execution time. It might miss
+ * legitimate matches in some circumstances.
+ *
  * The method returns a list of matching reference CRS, and the percentage
  * (0-100) of confidence in the match. The list is sorted by decreasing
  * confidence.