We already have plans to integrate the shared test data file into Proj4J, so the library will be compared to the results of other projection libraries in MetaCRS via the test file.
Landon On Wed, Feb 3, 2010 at 2:50 PM, Jody Garnett <jody.garn...@gmail.com> wrote: > That metaCRS project is all about these projects having shared testing > expectations ... not sure how successful that is but that was the goal of the > meta projection. > > So I would hope that martin is checking the results against the other > projects. > > Jody > On 03/02/2010, at 9:23 PM, Andrea Aime wrote: > >> Jody Garnett ha scritto: >>> Same martin as from JTS >>> - http://lin-ear-th-inking.blogspot.com/2010/01/announcing-proj4j.html >> >> Interesting indeed. I think it would be nice to leverage that library >> for projection code support, as it provides support for more projections >> that we already do. >> >> I'm however worried by the lack of unit testing. GeoTools projections >> are each covered by one or more tests that assesses the projection >> correctness against projected values obtained by using either ArcGis >> or libproj (cs2cs in particular). >> That makes the projections trustworthy. >> >> In order to switch gt2 to proj4j (only for projections) we'd have >> to do quite a bit of work in terms of integration on our side (as >> we'd have to keep all the work on datum/parameter/projection name >> aliases to still read ESRI wkt) and to be confident we'd also have >> to provide testing work. Ugh. >> >> Long story short, I definitely have interest, but the undertaking >> to start leveraging their work would be quite substantial... >> >> Cheers >> Andrea >> >> -- >> Andrea Aime >> OpenGeo - http://opengeo.org >> Expert service straight from the developers. > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > The Planet: dedicated and managed hosting, cloud storage, colocation > Stay online with enterprise data centers and the best network in the business > Choose flexible plans and management services without long-term contracts > Personal 24x7 support from experience hosting pros just a phone call away. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/theplanet-com > _______________________________________________ > Geotools-devel mailing list > Geotools-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/geotools-devel > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The Planet: dedicated and managed hosting, cloud storage, colocation Stay online with enterprise data centers and the best network in the business Choose flexible plans and management services without long-term contracts Personal 24x7 support from experience hosting pros just a phone call away. http://p.sf.net/sfu/theplanet-com _______________________________________________ Geotools-devel mailing list Geotools-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/geotools-devel
