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diff --git a/docs/source/about.rst b/docs/source/about.rst index 5e625288..3486f23f 100644 --- a/docs/source/about.rst +++ b/docs/source/about.rst @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ About ############################################################################### -PROJ is a generic coordinate transformation software, that transforms geospatial +PROJ is a generic coordinate transformation software that transforms geospatial coordinates from one coordinate reference system (CRS) to another. This includes cartographic projections as well as geodetic transformations. @@ -10,35 +10,22 @@ PROJ includes :ref:`command line applications<apps>` for easy conversion of coordinates from text files or directly from user input. In addition to the command line utilities PROJ also exposes an :ref:`application programming interface<reference>`, or API in short. The API -let developers use the functionality of PROJ in their own software without having +lets developers use the functionality of PROJ in their own software without having to implement similar functionality themselves. PROJ started purely as a cartography application letting users convert geodetic coordinates into projected coordinates using a number of different cartographic projections. Over the years, as the need has become apparent, support for datum -shifts has slowly worked it's way into PROJ as well. Today PROJ support more +shifts has slowly worked its way into PROJ as well. Today PROJ supports more than a hundred different map projections and can transform coordinates between datums using all but the most obscure geodetic techniques. Citation ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -To cite PROJ in publications use: - PROJ contributors (2018). PROJ coordinate transformation software - library. Open Source Geospatial Foundation. URL https://proj4.org/. +.. include:: ../../CITATION -A BibTeX entry for LaTeX users is - -.. code-block:: latex - - @Manual{, - title = {{PROJ} coordinate transformation software library}, - author = {{PROJ contributors}}, - organization = {Open Source Geospatial Foundation}, - year = {2018}, - url = {https://proj4.org/}, - } License ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |