.. _home: PROJ ############################################################################### .. toctree:: :maxdepth: 3 :hidden: about news download install usage/index apps/index operations/index resource_files geodesic development/index community/index faq glossary references .. only:: html PROJ is a standard UNIX filter function which converts geographic longitude and latitude coordinates into cartesian coordinates (and vice versa), and it is a C API for software developers to include coordinate transformation in their own software. PROJ is maintained on `GitHub `_.