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commit 231ee1cf9e1e1b4b61b89ce4ba18f61accdba5c2 Author: Bas Couwenberg <sebas...@xs4all.nl> Date: Thu Jun 18 23:35:13 2015 +0200 Add README.Debian documenting the origin of the GSHHG data. --- debian/README.Debian | 40 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ debian/changelog | 6 ++++++ 2 files changed, 46 insertions(+) diff --git a/debian/README.Debian b/debian/README.Debian new file mode 100644 index 0000000..c1062d2 --- /dev/null +++ b/debian/README.Debian @@ -0,0 +1,40 @@ +GSHHG for Debian +---------------- + +The GSHHG data set is composed of three different datasets, and it's +distributed in NetCDF 4 format, ESRI shapefile and native binary files. + +The gmt-gshhg Debian package includes the GSHHG data set in NetCDF 4 format +for use with GMT 5. It succeeds the gmt-gshhs package, the upstream project +was renamed starting with version 2.2.1. + +Regarding the composition of the GSHHG data set, the projects homepage [1] +documents the following: + +" + We present a high-resolution geography data set amalgamated from three + data bases in the public domain: + + 1. World Vector Shorelines (WVS). + http://shoreline.noaa.gov/data/datasheets/wvs.html + 2. CIA World Data Bank II (WDBII). + http://www.evl.uic.edu/pape/data/WDB + 3. Atlas of the Cryosphere (AC). + http://nsidc.org/data/atlas/ + + The WVS is our basis for shorelines except for Antarctica while the + WDBII is the basis for lakes, although there are instances where + differences in coastline representations necessitated adding WDBII + islands to GSHHG. The WDBII source also provides all political borders + and rivers. The addition of AC since 2.3.0 allows us to offer two + choices for Antarctica coastlines: Ice-front or Grounding line. These + are encoded as levels 5 and 6, respectively and users of GSHHG can + choose which set to use. GSHHG data have undergone extensive + processing and should be free of internal inconsistencies such as + erratic points and crossing segments. The shorelines are constructed + entirely from hierarchically arranged closed polygons. +" + +[1] http://www.soest.hawaii.edu/pwessel/gshhg/index.html + + -- Bas Couwenberg <sebas...@debian.org> Thu, 18 Jun 2015 23:14:11 +0200 diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog index c65df47..c0920f4 100644 --- a/debian/changelog +++ b/debian/changelog @@ -1,3 +1,9 @@ +gmt-gshhg (2.3.4-2) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium + + * Add README.Debian documenting the origin of the GSHHG data. + + -- Bas Couwenberg <sebas...@debian.org> Thu, 18 Jun 2015 23:34:46 +0200 + gmt-gshhg (2.3.4-1) unstable; urgency=medium * Initial release. (Closes: #787994) -- Alioth's /usr/local/bin/git-commit-notice on /srv/git.debian.org/git/pkg-grass/gmt-gshhg.git _______________________________________________ Pkg-grass-devel mailing list Pkg-grass-devel@lists.alioth.debian.org http://lists.alioth.debian.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pkg-grass-devel