[DebianGIS-dev] Bug#458369: proj: Build with NADUS datum-shifting support

[Stephan Holl]

Hello Peter,

Peter S Galbraith <psg at debian.org>, [20071230-13:04:52]:

> Package: proj
> Version: 4.6.0-1
> Severity: wishlist
> 
> Stephan Holl <stephan.holl at intevation.de> wrote:
> 
> > Hallo Peter,
> > 
> > I have seen that you have already build a new proj4-4.6.0-package
> > for sid. Sadly I miss the NAD27-datumgridshift files[1] you had
> > included for the version of proj in sarge and etch.
> > 
> > Are you willing to update the package again to use the files also in
> > the new lenny-package?
> > 
> > Thanks for your comments.
> > 
> > 
> > Best regards and a happy new year!
> > 
> > 
> > 	Stephan
> > 
> > [1] ftp://ftp.remotesensing.org/proj/proj-datumgrid-1.3.zip
> > 
> > -- 
> > Stephan Holl <stephan.holl at intevation.de>,
> > http://intevation.de/~stephan Tel: +49 (0)541-33 50 8 32 |
> > Intevation GmbH | AG Osnabrück - HR B 18998 Geschäftsführer:  Frank
> > Koormann, Bernhard Reiter, Dr. Jan-Oliver Wagner
> 
> Hi Stephan,
> 
> Sorry... I hadn't even noticed that this got dropped along the way.  I
> don't use datum shifting myself.

No problem. I just built a new GIS-chain including a proj-4.6.0-etch
backport and my application did not find the needed parameters.
 
> As a reminder, here's what README.NADUS says:
> 
> : To build, and install proj with US NAD83/NAD27 datum shifting
> support, it : is necessary to place these in the proj/nad directory
> before configuring, : building, and installing proj.
> : 
> : These files should work with pretty much any version of PROJ.4, but
> are : known to work with PROJ 4.3.x and PROJ 4.4.x.
> 
> So we should add these to the alioth archive and rebuild a package.

I am not quite sure what you mean with this. Do you mean the
DebianGIS-repo?

Best regards

	Stephan

-- 
Stephan Holl <stephan.holl at intevation.de>, http://intevation.de/~stephan
Tel: +49 (0)541-33 50 8 32 | Intevation GmbH | AG Osnabrück - HR B 18998
Geschäftsführer:  Frank Koormann, Bernhard Reiter, Dr. Jan-Oliver Wagner