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Backport #1386 on 6.0: Doc: document --identify switch of projinfo (fixes #1332) #1389

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10 changes: 10 additions & 0 deletions docs/source/apps/projinfo.rst
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Expand Up @@ -193,6 +193,16 @@ The following control parameters can appear in any order:
and their entries can refer to entries of the main database.
The option may be repeated to specify several auxiliary databases.

.. option:: --identify

When used with an object definition, this queries the PROJ database to find
known objects, typically CRS, that are close or identical to the object.
Each candidate object is associated with an approximate likelihood percentage.
This is useful when used with a WKT string that lacks a EPSG identifier,
such as ESRI WKT1. This might also be used with PROJ strings.
For example, `+proj=utm +zone=31 +datum=WGS84 +type=crs` will be identified
with a likelihood of 70% to EPSG:32631

.. option:: --c-ify

For developers only. Modify the string output of the utility so that it
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