[Xastir] Heads up for Ubuntu 8.04 users of libproj

[Lee Bengston]

On 4/23/09, Lee Bengston <lee.bengston at gmail.com> wrote:
>> If someone out there is using 8.10, could you check whether the proj
>> package
>> there has the same error?  I have chosen to stick with 8.04 for its full
>> 3 year support term and not upgrade to a completely new version every 6
>> months.
>
> I didn't have Ubuntu 8.10 handy, but on Mepis 8.0, which is Debian
> Lenny based, the problem is there:
>
>   # cs2cs +proj=latlong +datum=NAD83 +to +proj=latlong +datum=NAD27
>   106d38'17.94"W 35d15'40.14"N
>   106d38'17.94"W  35d15'40.14"N -0.000
>
> So, I expect that Debian 5.0 and most if not all of its relatives have
> the same problem.  That said, I noticed a while back that Mepis 8.0
> grabs Berkeley libdb version 4.6 via Synaptic, which is the same as
> Ubuntu 8.04.  Meanwhile Ubuntu 8.10 grabs version 4.7, so perhaps it
> has a newer proj version in its repositories as well.

Now that I am home - same issue on Xubuntu 8.10

$ cs2cs +proj=latlong +datum=NAD83 +to +proj=latlong +datum=NAD27
106d38'17.94"W 35d15'40.14"N
106d38'17.94"W	35d15'40.14"N -0.000

Lee