Changes between Version 36 and Version 37 of WikiStart

Timestamp:

Jun 19, 2011, 10:16:16 AM (13 years ago)

Author:

mdavis

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-== History ==
+== Project History ==
 
-The Proj4J codebase is based on a partial port of PROJ.4
-carried out by
+The Proj4J codebase is based on the Java Map Projections Library.
+This is a partial port of PROJ.4
+carried out by Jerry Huxtable at 
 [http://www.jhlabs.com/java/maps/proj/index.html JHLabs],
 circa 2006.  The JHLabs port provided a large number of the
 PROJ.4 projections, via a simple API.  
 
-The Proj4J project was initiated with the following goals:
+The Proj4J project was initiated in 2009 by Martin Davis with the following goals:
 
  * move the JHLabs codebase into an open, supported environment
+ * minimize duplication of effort by tracking PROJ.4 as closely as reasonable
+ * support further PROJ.4 features such as datum transformation
  * improve the error handling and reporting
  * improve the parsing and modeling of projection parameters
  * improve the API to make it more flexible, expressive and descriptive
  * add some missing projections
- * support further PROJ.4 features such as datum transformation
+ * fix outstanding bugs in the projection algorithms
  * add a unit test framework (following the MetaCRS Unit Test design), with a comprehensive set of unit tests
  * add further tools to support using the library (such as a GUI interface)
 
+Since the launch of the project, the API has been substantially refactored and extended,
+to make the library more flexible, powerful, and extensible.
+