proj.h adoption status

This page tracks the PROJ API status of downstream projects. With projects.h removed from PROJ in version 6 and proj_api.h scheduled for removal in version 7 it is important to have an overview of projects that are still depending on deprecated APIs. Because packaging systems and most users use releases, but fixes are made in the development version, cells contain two values. The first is for the most recent formal release, and the second for the tip of master/trunk.

Project name	projects.h	proj_api.h	proj.h	Comments
Cartopy	Unused	Removed	Adopted	Upstream issue about PROJ 5.0.0 support PR: SciTools/cartopy#1808
CDO	Removed	Still used	Adopted	Upstream issue about PROJ 6.0.0 support CDO 1.9.8 supports proj.h
GDAL	Unused	Removed	Adopted	PROJ 5 support in GDAL 2.4. PROJ 6 API use for GDAL 3.0 (May 2019)
Geo::Proj4	Still used	Still used	Not yet	Upstream issue about PROJ 5.0.0 support
gpx2shp	Still used	Not yet	Not yet	Last upstream release on 2014-03-02
gnudatalanguage	Unused	Still used	Not yet	Upstream issue about PROJ 8.0.0 support
GRASS GIS	Unused	Used only with PROJ 4	Adopted	PROJ 5 support in GRASS 7.6, PROJ 6 API use for GRASS 7.8+
IFrIT	Still used	Still used	Not yet	Uses PROJ via VTK
LAMMPS	Still used	Still used	Not yet	Uses PROJ via VTK
libgeotiff	Unused	Removed	Adopted	1.5.0 first version to use proj.h
libosmium	Unused	Still used	Not yet	Upstream issue about PROJ 6.0.0
libspatialite	Unused	Still used	Adopted	Last upstream release on 2015-09-07 Upstream issue about PROJ 6.0.0 support 5.0.0-rc1 has support for proj.h
Magics	Unused	Unused (was < 4.3)	Used (since 4.3)	Upstream issue about PROJ 6.0.0 support
Mapnik	Unused	Still used	Not yet	Upstream issue about PROJ 6.0.0 support
MapServer	Unused	Still used	Adopted	Upstream issue about PROJ 6.0.0 support 7.6.0 supports proj.h
Merkaartor	Unused	Still used	Not yet	Upstream issue about PROJ 6.0.0 support 0.19.0 will have support for proj.h.
Metview	Unused	Unused (was < 5.8)	Used (since 5.8)	Upstream issue about PROJ 6.0.0 support
MS4W	Unused	Still used	Not yet	Upstream issue about PROJ 6.0.0 support
NCL	Unused	Still used	Not yet	Upstream issue about PROJ 6.0.0 support
node-mapnik	Unused	Still used	Not yet	Uses PROJ via Mapnik
octproj	Unused	Unused	Adopted	GNU Octave package Upstream issue about PROJ 6.0.0 support 2.0.0 supports proj.h
OGDI	Removed	Unused	N/A	PROJ dependency removed in OGDI 4.0.0
OpenOrienteering Mapper	Unused	Still used	Adopted	v0.9.0 supports proj.h Upstream issue about PROJ 6.0.0 support PR #1218 - Use PROJ 5.1 API
osm2pgsql	Unused	Still used	Adopted	Uses PROJ via libosmium Upstream issue about PROJ 6.0.0 support (adopted through PR 1331)
PDL	Still used	Still used	Not yet	Upstream issue about PROJ 5.0.0 support
PostGIS	Removed	Still used	Adopted	2.5.2 is using proj_api.h 3.0.0 supports proj.h in addition to proj_api.h
pyproj	Unused	Removed	Adopted	Version 2.0.0 supports & requires PROJ 6
pyspatialite	Unused	Still used	Not yet	Uses PROJ via libspatialite
python-mapnik	Unused	Still used	Not yet	Uses PROJ via Mapnik
QGIS	Unused	Removed	Adopted	3.4.x partially supports proj.h 3.8.x fully supports proj.h
QMapShack	Unused	Unused	Adopted	Upstream issue about PROJ 6.0.0 support Upstream issue about PROJ 8.0.0 support 1.16.0 has support for proj.h
R: lwgeom	Unused	Still used	Adopted	Upstream issue about PROJ 6.0.0 support Fixed on GitHub, not yet on CRAN 0.2-0 is now on CRAN, which uses proj.h when found, and no longer needs the proj_api.h compatibility flag.
R: rgdal	Removed (parts copied)	Still used	Adopted	On CRAN for 1.5-*, source and CRAN Windows and MacOS binaries; @edzer, @rsbivand
R: sf	Removed (parts copied)	Still used	Adopted	0.7-4 supports proj.h
SAGA	Still used	Not yet	Adopted	Upstream issue about PROJ 6.0.0 support 7.3.0 supports PROJ 6
shapelib	Unused	Removed	N/A	PROJ dependency removed in shapelib 1.5.0
sosi2osm	Unused	Stil used	Not yet	Upstream issue about PROJ 6.0.0 support
spatialite_gui	Unused	Still used	Adopted	Upstream issue about PROJ 6.0.0 support 5.0.0-beta1 has support for proj.h
spatialite-tools	Unused	Still used	Adopted	Uses PROJ via libspatialite
SUMO	Unused	Still used / Unused	Not yet / Adopted	Upstream issue about PROJ 6.0.0 support
survex	Unused	Still used	Not yet	Upstream issue about PROJ 6.0.0 support
Therion	Unused	Still used	Adopted	5.4.4 supports proj.h for PROJ >= 5 & proj_api.h for PROJ < 5 Upstream issue about PROJ 6.0.0 support
Thuban	Still used	Still used	Not yet	Last upstream release on 2009-09-21
VTK	Still used	Still used	Adopted	Upstream issue about PROJ 6.0.0 support. It seems a different solution, supporting both 4,5 & 6, has been merged now Upstream issue about PROJ 8.0.0 support
Xastir	Removed	Removed	N/A	Upstream issue about PROJ 6.0.0 support
XyGrib	Unused	Still used	Not yet	Upstream issue about PROJ 6.0.0 support