libproj4

This site is the primary source for the cartographic projection library libproj4.  This library supports over 170 projections including many used in national grid systems.  Many more projections are available by selection of appropriate values for control parameters of current base projections.

Circa 2002 the libproj4 system is an outgrowth of the author's PROJ.4 system and corrected inconsistencies of the old system and  improved overall operation.  It also ensured that identifier namespace became restricted to PJ_*/pj_*.  The old PROJ.4 system is still available at some web sites such as Remote Sensing Organization site.  The web sites associated with PROJ.4 may have performed their own modification to the PROJ.4 library so there is no guarantee of the same collection of projections nor functional equivalence.

Distribution Files
File name
 Size (kb)
  Description
 Date
sterea.pdf
 66
 Documentation of alternate Oblique Stereographic projection
 03/03/6
lbp4_050319R.tar.gz
 97 libproj4 library and test prog. source distribution
in RCS wrappers
 05/03/19
lbp4_050319S.tar.gz

 87 libproj4 library, etc, w/o RCS wrappers
 05/03/19
manual.pdf
 1,974 libproj4 manual---Under development
 05/03/19
lbp4-3_060124R.tar.gz
 86 Release 3, prelim. 06/1/24

Notes on Installation of libproj4 system

Because of the extrodinarily extreme complexities of the manuals for making the typical "configure" procedure and the fact that libproj4 is an easy system to install it is left to the installer to do necessary "tweeks" to the Makefile.  In most circumstances, simply
make libproj4
make lproj
make install
is sufficient.  But be sure to check the Makefile to make sure the destination directories are suitable for your system.  Also check the README file for any additional caveats and suggestions.

The manual is slowly evolving.  Information provided describes usage of the library and many internal functions but complete documentation of the projections is incomplete.  Use the older manuals at the sites listed at the top of this page for material on
projections not described in the manual.pdf.

For a list of library modules and individual update dates click here.

libproj4 Support

In all cases, undivided attention will be given to reports of failure of the software to give correct results.  However if problems are related to the nature of the host operating system, I can only give assistance to Linux class system.

Click here for questions or problems.