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diff --git a/docs/source/about.rst b/docs/source/about.rst index f78de532..6ecbb1bc 100644 --- a/docs/source/about.rst +++ b/docs/source/about.rst @@ -2,27 +2,11 @@ About ############################################################################### -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. - -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 -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 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. - - .. image:: ../images/OSGeo_community.png - :scale: 30 % - :alt: OSGeo Community +.. include:: about_core.rst + +.. image:: ../images/OSGeo_community.png + :scale: 30 % + :alt: OSGeo Community Citation ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- @@ -31,6 +15,8 @@ Citation .. include:: ../../CITATION +.. _license: + License ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- diff --git a/docs/source/about_core.rst b/docs/source/about_core.rst new file mode 100644 index 00000000..5f4238bc --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/source/about_core.rst @@ -0,0 +1,18 @@ +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. PROJ +is released under the :ref:`X/MIT open source license <license>` + +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 +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 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.
\ No newline at end of file diff --git a/docs/source/index.rst b/docs/source/index.rst index 69f483ce..e9590d99 100644 --- a/docs/source/index.rst +++ b/docs/source/index.rst @@ -24,23 +24,7 @@ PROJ .. only:: html - 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. - - 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 - 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 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. + .. include:: about_core.rst You can download the source code for PROJ on the :ref:`download section<download>` and find links to prepackaged executables in the diff --git a/docs/source/usage/projjson.rst b/docs/source/usage/projjson.rst index c7183185..6bcce585 100644 --- a/docs/source/usage/projjson.rst +++ b/docs/source/usage/projjson.rst @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ PROJJSON is a JSON encoding of `WKT2:2019 / ISO-19162:2019 <http://docs.opengeospatial.org/is/18-010r7/18-010r7.html>`_, which itself implements the model of `OGC Topic 2: Referencing by coordinates <http://docs.opengeospatial.org/as/18-005r4/18-005r4.html>`_. -Apart from the difference of encodings, the semantics is intented to be exactly +Apart from the difference of encodings, the semantics is intended to be exactly the same as WKT2:2019. PROJJSON is available as input and output of PROJ since PROJ 6.2. |