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diff --git a/gis/proj/README b/gis/proj/README index 373aeed2c4..7af2be3c54 100644 --- a/gis/proj/README +++ b/gis/proj/README @@ -1,3 +1,6 @@ -proj is a standard UNIX filter function which converts geographic -longitude and latitude coordinates into cartesian coordinates by means -of a wide variety of cartographic projection functions. +PROJ is a generic coordinate transformation software, that transforms +coordinates from one coordinate reference system (CRS) to another. This +includes cartographic projections as well as geodetic transformations. + +This SlackBuild also includes the datum grid files for PROJ (excluding the +regional resource packages). |