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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#000000 size=2>NGS no longer presents a "competitive" presence in software. The NGS is an agency of NOAA, and now considers its software as public domain. Everything is open and free to the public. NGS only deals with civilian applications of geodesy and they do nothing of a classified nature. NGS is not a secret organization like NGA must be for the U.S. Military.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT size=2>The same goes for the Australian government. NGS stuff is "open." If they have something you need, ask and they will provide.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT size=2>Cliff Mugnier</FONT></DIV>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> proj-bounces@lists.maptools.org on behalf of Gerald I. Evenden<BR><B>Sent:</B> Wed 12-Nov-08 21:07<BR><B>To:</B> Christopher Barker<BR><B>Cc:</B> PROJ.4 and general Projections Discussions<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Proj] Any access to geodetic[sic] functions ??<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
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<P><FONT size=2>Just a minor point<BR><BR>On Wednesday 12 November 2008 3:12:56 pm Christopher Barker wrote:<BR><BR>> Gerald I. Evenden wrote:<BR><BR> ... referring to the web site:<BR><A href="http://www.ngs.noaa.gov/PC_PROD/Inv_Fwd/">http://www.ngs.noaa.gov/PC_PROD/Inv_Fwd/</A><BR><BR>> From the web site, I only saw binaries of programs, no source code, and<BR>> nothing that I would call a library.<BR><BR>Just after the reference to PC executables a few lines down the page:<BR><BR>"View/Download the FORTRAN source code<BR> INVERSE, FORWARD, INVERS3D, FORWRD3D"<BR><BR>brings the text down.<BR><BR>There is also a zip for the whole ball of wax a few more lines down.<BR><BR>--<BR>The whole religious complexion of the modern world is due<BR>to the absence from Jerusalem of a lunatic asylum.<BR>-- Havelock Ellis (1859-1939) British psychologist<BR>_______________________________________________<BR>Proj mailing list<BR>Proj@lists.maptools.org<BR><A href="http://lists.maptools.org/mailman/listinfo/proj">http://lists.maptools.org/mailman/listinfo/proj</A><BR></FONT></P></DIV></BODY></HTML>