Old Versions

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List of versions in reverse chronological order together with a brief list of changes.

• 2009-03 (current)
  • Add Geographic::Geodesic and the Geod utility.
  • Declare when no exceptions are thrown by functions.
  • Minor changes to GeographicLib::DMS class.
  • Use invf = 0 to mean a sphere in constructors to some classes.
  • The makefile creates a library and includes an install target.
  • Rename Geographic::ECEF to Geographic::Geocentric, ECEFConvert to CartConvert.
  • Use inline functions to define constant doubles in Constants.hpp.

• 2009-02
  • Fix documentation of constructors (flattening -> inverse flattening).
  • Use std versions of math functions.
  • Add GeographicLib::ECEF and GeographicLib::LocalCartesian classes and the ECEFConvert utility.
  • Gather the documentation on the utility programs onto one page.

• 2009-01
  • First proper release of library
  • More robust GeographicLib::TransverseMercatorExact
    • Introduce extendp version of constructor
    • Test against extended test data
    • Optimize starting positions for Newton's method
    • Fix behavior near all singularities
    • Fix order dependence in C++ start-up code
  • Documentation on transverse Mercator projection
    • Improved method of computing scale and convergence
  • Add GeographicLib::MGRS, GeographicLib::UTMUPS, etc.

• 2008-09
  • Ad hoc posting of information on the transverse Mercator projection

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