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diff --git a/misc/proj/pkg/DESCR b/misc/proj/pkg/DESCR index e0756250898..4bfdfa1a188 100644 --- a/misc/proj/pkg/DESCR +++ b/misc/proj/pkg/DESCR @@ -1,15 +1,4 @@ -PROJ is a collection of three programs and a library for performing +PROJ is a collection of programs and a library for performing cartographic projections. The programs are designed as a standard UNIX filters to be used with other programs in the generation of maps and -charts, and as map digitizing applications. `proj' performs forward -and inverse transformation of cartographic data to or from Cartesian -coordinates with a wide range of available projection mapping -functions; `geod' performs geodesic computations for determining the -latitude, longitude and back azimuth of a terminus point given an -initial point latitude, longitude, azimuth and distance (direct) or -the forward and back azimuths and the distance between the initial and -terminus point latitudes and longitudes (inverse); `nad2nad' is a -North American Datum conversion filter to convert between the Datum of -1927 (NAD27) and that of 1983 (and which can also process State Plane -Coordinate System (SPCS) and Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM) grid -data as well as geographic data for both input and output). +charts, and as map digitizing applications. |