[Proj] cs2cs vs. proj??
Gerald I. Evenden
geraldi.evenden at gmail.com
Mon Feb 16 11:57:37 EST 2009
On Monday 16 February 2009 11:04:54 am Frank Warmerdam wrote:
> Gerald I. Evenden wrote:
> > A question has arisen in my mind as to what is the difference between the
> > programs cs2cs and proj? What does one do that the other does not?
> >
> > On the surface the names would imply that one deals with transforming
> > data between datum systems, which may include projections as a
> > suboperation, and the other would deal with only cartographic
> > projections.
>
> Gerald,
>
> This is essentially the case, yes. The cs2cs program uses the
> pj_transform() functions which includes support for datum shifts,
> prime meridian shifts and goes from one coordinate system to another.
>
> The proj program on the other hand is largely unchanged from the
> original, uses pj_fwd() and pj_inv() and does not support any
> of the extended capabilities of pj_transform().
>
> > Obviously, as I am painfully aware, this is not the case.
>
> I'm not sure why you think this is not the case.
I suspect that it is because some of the conversations are discussing the
library as proj.
PS: the line in proj-4.4.9/man/man1/proj.1
The geod program provides the ability to compute
geodetic (Great Circle) computations.
should read "geodesic" and not geodetic.
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