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diff --git a/docs/source/usage/quickstart.rst b/docs/source/usage/quickstart.rst index 89ac2172..85e7aa95 100644 --- a/docs/source/usage/quickstart.rst +++ b/docs/source/usage/quickstart.rst @@ -26,16 +26,16 @@ projection in PROJ is identified by a shorthand such as ``merc`` in the above example. By using the above projection definition as parameters for the command line -utility ``proj`` we can convert the geodetic coordinates to projected space: +utility :program:`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 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: +If called as above :program:`proj` will be in interactive mode, letting you +type the input data manually and getting a response presented on screen. +:program:`proj` works as any UNIX filter though, which means that you can also +pipe data to the utility, for instance by using the :program:`echo` command: :: @@ -43,9 +43,10 @@ the utility, for instance by using the ``echo`` command: 3399483.80 752085.60 -PROJ also comes bundled with the ``cs2cs`` utility which is used to transform -from one coordinate reference system to another. Say we want to convert -the above Mercator coordinates to UTM, we can do that with ``cs2cs``: +PROJ also comes bundled with the :program:`cs2cs` utility which is used to +transform from one coordinate reference system to another. Say we want to +convert the above Mercator coordinates to UTM, we can do that with +:program:`cs2cs`: :: @@ -56,7 +57,7 @@ Notice the ``+to`` parameter that separates the source and destination projection definitions. If you happen to know the EPSG identifiers for the two coordinates reference -systems you are transforming between you can use those with ``cs2cs``: +systems you are transforming between you can use those with :program:`cs2cs`: :: |