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diff --git a/docs/source/news.rst b/docs/source/news.rst index 4f95d954..8ec69dcf 100644 --- a/docs/source/news.rst +++ b/docs/source/news.rst @@ -3,6 +3,137 @@ News ############################################################################### +6.0.0 Release Notes +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ +*March 1st 2019* + + +PROJ 6 has undergone extensive changes to increase its functional scope from a +cartographic projection engine with so-called "early-binding" geodetic datum +transformation capabilities to a more complete library supporting coordinate +transformations and coordinate reference systems. + +As a foundation for other enhancements, PROJ now includes a C++ implementation +of the modelisation propopsed by the ISO-19111:2019 standard / OGC Abstract +Specification Topic 2: "Referencing By Coordinates", for geodetic reference +frames (datums), coordinate reference systems and coordinate operations. +Construction and query of those geodetic objects is available through a new C++ +API, and also accessible for the most part from bindings in the C API. + +Those geodetic objects can be imported and exported from and into the OGC +Well-Known Text format (WKT) in its different variants: ESRI WKT, GDAL WKT 1, +WKT2:2015 (ISO 19162:2015) and WKT2:2018 (ISO 19162:2018). Import and export of +CRS objects from and into PROJ strings is also supported. This functionality +was previously available in the GDAL software library (except WKT2 support +which is a new feature), and is now an integral part of PROJ. + +A unified database of geodetic objects, coordinate reference systems and their +metadata, and coordinate operations between those CRS is now available in a +SQLite3 database file, proj.db. This includes definitions imported from the +IOGP EPSG dataset (v9.6.0 release), the IGNF (French national mapping agency) +geodetic registry and the ESRI projection engine database. PROJ is now the +reference software in the "OSGeo C stack" for this CRS and coordinate operation +database, whereas previously this functionality was spread over PROJ, GDAL and +libgeotiff, and used CSV or other adhoc text-based formats. + +Late-binding coordinate operation capabilities, that takes metadata such as +area of use and accuracy into account, has been added. This can avoid in a +number of situations the past requirement of using WGS84 as a pivot system, +which could cause unneeded accuracy loss, or was not doable at all sometimes +when transformation to WGS84 was not available. Those late-binding capabilities +are now used by the proj_create_crs_to_crs() function and the cs2cs utility. + +A new command line utility, projinfo, has been added to query information about +a geodetic object of the database, import and export geodetic objects from/into +WKT and PROJ strings, and display coordinate operations available between two +CRSs. + +UPDATES +------- + +* Removed projects.h as a public interface (`#835 <https://github.com/OSGeo/proj.4/issues/835>`_) + +* Deprecated the proj_api.h interface. The header file is still available + but will be removed with the next major version release of PROJ. It is + now required to define :c:macro:`ACCEPT_USE_OF_DEPRECATED_PROJ_API_H` + before the interface can be used (`#836 <https://github.com/OSGeo/proj.4/issues/836>`_) + +* Removed support for the nmake build system (`#838 <https://github.com/OSGeo/proj.4/issues/838>`_) + +* Removed support for the ``proj_def.dat`` defaults file (`#201 <https://github.com/OSGeo/proj.4/issues/201>`_) + +* C++11 required for building PROJ (`#1203 <https://github.com/OSGeo/proj.4/issues/1203>`_) + +* Added build dependency on SQLite 3.7 (`#1175 <https://github.com/OSGeo/proj.4/issues/1175>`_) + +* Added :program:`projinfo` command line application (`#1189 <https://github.com/OSGeo/proj.4/issues/1189>`_) + +* Added many functions to ``proj.h`` for handling ISO19111 functionality (`#1175 <https://github.com/OSGeo/proj.4/issues/1175>`_) + +* Added C++ API exposing ISO19111 functionality (`#1175 <https://github.com/OSGeo/proj.4/issues/1175>`_) + +* Updated :program:`cs2cs` to use late-binding features (`#1182 <https://github.com/OSGeo/proj.4/issues/1182>`_) + +* Removed the ``nad2bin`` application. Now available in the + `proj-datumgrid <https://github.com/OSGeo/proj-datumgrid>`_ + git repository (`#1236 <https://github.com/OSGeo/proj.4/issues/1236>`_) + +* Removed support for Chebyshev polynomials in :program:`proj` + (`#1226 <https://github.com/OSGeo/proj.4/issues/1226>`_) + +* Removed :c:func:`proj_geocentric_latitude` from `proj.h` API + (`#1170 <https://github.com/OSGeo/proj.4/issues/1170>`_) + +* Changed behaviour of :program:`proj`: Now only allow initialization of + projections (`#1162 <https://github.com/OSGeo/proj.4/issues/1162>`_) + +* Changed behaviour of :ref:`tmerc <tmerc>`: Now defaults to the Extended + Transverse Mercator algorithm (``etmerc``). Old implementation available + by adding ``+approx`` + (`#404 <https://github.com/OSGeo/proj.4/issues/404>`_) + +* Chaged behaviour: Default ellipsoid now set to GRS80 (was WGS84) (`#1210 <https://github.com/OSGeo/proj.4/issues/1210>`_) + +* Allow multiple directories in :envvar:`PROJ_LIB` environment variable (`#1281 <https://github.com/OSGeo/proj.4/issues/1281>`_) + +* Added :ref:`Lambert Conic Conformal (2SP Michigan) <lcc>` projection (`#1142 <https://github.com/OSGeo/proj.4/issues/1142>`_) + +* Added :ref:`Bertin1953 <bertin1953>` projection (`#1133 <https://github.com/OSGeo/proj.4/issues/1133>`_) + +* Added :ref:`Tobler-Mercator <tobmerc>` projection (`#1153 <https://github.com/OSGeo/proj.4/issues/1153>`_) + +* Added :ref:`Molodensky-Badekas <molobadekas>` transform (`#1160 <https://github.com/OSGeo/proj.4/issues/1160>`_) + +* Added :ref:`push <push>` and :ref:`pop <pop>` coordinate operations (`#1250 <https://github.com/OSGeo/proj.4/issues/1250>`_) + +* Removed ``+t_obs`` parameter from helmert and deformation (`#1264 <https://github.com/OSGeo/proj.4/issues/1264>`_) + +* Added :option:`+dt` parameter to deformation as replacement for + removed ``+t_obs`` (`#1264 <https://github.com/OSGeo/proj.4/issues/1264>`_) + +BUG FIXES +--------- + +* Read :option:`+towgs84` values correctly on locales not using dot as comma separator (`#1136 <https://github.com/OSGeo/proj.4/issues/1136>`_) + +* Fixed file offset for reading of shift values in NTv1 files (`#1144 <https://github.com/OSGeo/proj.4/issues/1144>`_) + +* Avoid problems with :c:macro:`PTHREAD_MUTEX_RECURSIVE` when using CMake (`#1158 <https://github.com/OSGeo/proj.4/issues/1158>`_) + +* Avoid raising errors when setting ellipsoid flattening to zero (`#1191 <https://github.com/OSGeo/proj.4/issues/1191>`_) + +* Fixed lower square calculations in :ref:`rHealpix <rhealpix>` projection (`#1206 <https://github.com/OSGeo/proj.4/issues/1206>`_) + +* Allow :ref:`Molodensky <molodensky>` transform parameters to be zero (`#1194 <https://github.com/OSGeo/proj.4/issues/1194>`_) + +* Fixed wrong parameter in ``ITRF2000`` init file (`#1240 <https://github.com/OSGeo/proj.4/issues/1240>`_) + +* Fixed use of grid paths including spaces (`#1152 <https://github.com/OSGeo/proj.4/issues/1152>`_) + +* :ref:`Robinson <robin>`: fix wrong values for forward path for latitudes >= 87.5, + and fix inaccurate inverse method (`#1172 <https://github.com/OSGeo/proj.4/issues/1172>`_) + + PROJ 5.2.0 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ *September 15th 2018* |