Thanks for the response Jody. I'm sure I'll have questions for Martin as I work through the ESPG documentation and the previous e-mail threads on this topic. I hope he won't get too annoyed with me.
Landon On Nov 21, 2007 11:36 AM, Jody Garnett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This one is all about Martin (I echo your thanks for all his hard work). > > Adrian Custer is gradually teaching me about CRS and Projections so > hopefully the uDig support in this area will make > more sense (and be more friendly) in the future. > > I was a little puzzled as to why GeoTools was using the EPSG database > > for reprojection when I first looked at the Javadoc. However, after > > some research online I realized that the EPSG really has the most > > comprehensive collection of information about spatial reference > > systems that is readily available. The decision made by the GeoTools > > developers to use EPSG now makes a lot of sense. > > > We actually support any CRS you can come up with; we ship with a number > of OGC defined authority factories; and you can > make your own objects by hand if needed. But on a pragmatic side the > EPSG definitions are the best game in town. > > Good work guys. I'll know be using UDig for all my reprojection, at > > least until I can get your code plugged into OpenJUMP! :] > > > :-) Collaboration and Competition I like it. Remember for OpenJump you > can get away with just a subset of the geotools library if all you want > is the referencing support. The geoapi, metadata, referencing, and > espg-hsql should do it as far as I know. > > I apologize for my somewhat hasty judgement of the GeoTools SRS code > > that I made a few weeks ago. > > > No worries it is already forgotten. > Jody > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2005. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ Geotools-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/geotools-devel
