Update docs for 9.7.0 release

Author: kbevers

docs/source/download.rst

@@ -26,8 +26,8 @@ Download
 Current Release
 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-* **2025-06-06** `proj-9.6.2.tar.gz`_ (`md5`_)
-* **2025-06-02** `proj-data-1.22.tar.gz`_
+* **2025-09-15** `proj-9.7.0.tar.gz`_ (`md5`_)
+* **2025-09-15** `proj-data-1.23.tar.gz`_
 
 .. note::
 
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ Current Release
 Past Releases
 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
+* **2025-06-06** `proj-9.6.2.tar.gz`_
 * **2025-06-02** `proj-9.6.1.tar.gz`_
 * **2025-03-15** `proj-9.6.0.tar.gz`_
 * **2024-12-01** `proj-9.5.1.tar.gz`_
@@ -82,6 +83,7 @@ Past Releases
 * **2015-09-13** `proj-4.9.2.tar.gz`_
 * **2015-03-04** `proj-4.9.1.tar.gz`_
 
+* **2025-06-02** `proj-data-1.22.tar.gz`_
 * **2025-03-15** `proj-data-1.21.tar.gz`_
 * **2024-12-01** `proj-data-1.20.tar.gz`_
 * **2024-09-15** `proj-data-1.19.tar.gz`_
@@ -125,7 +127,8 @@ Past Releases
 * **2018-03-01** `proj-datumgrid-oceania-1.1.zip`_
 * **2018-03-01** `proj-datumgrid-oceania-1.0.zip`_
 
-.. _`md5`: https://download.osgeo.org/proj/proj-9.6.2.tar.gz.md5
+.. _`md5`: https://download.osgeo.org/proj/proj-9.7.0.tar.gz.md5
+.. _`proj-9.7.0.tar.gz`: https://download.osgeo.org/proj/proj-9.7.0.tar.gz
 .. _`proj-9.6.2.tar.gz`: https://download.osgeo.org/proj/proj-9.6.2.tar.gz
 .. _`proj-9.6.1.tar.gz`: https://download.osgeo.org/proj/proj-9.6.1.tar.gz
 .. _`proj-9.6.0.tar.gz`: https://download.osgeo.org/proj/proj-9.6.0.tar.gz
@@ -170,6 +173,7 @@ Past Releases
 .. _`proj-4.9.2.tar.gz`: https://download.osgeo.org/proj/proj-4.9.2.tar.gz
 .. _`proj-4.9.3.tar.gz`: https://download.osgeo.org/proj/proj-4.9.3.tar.gz
 
+.. _`proj-data-1.23.tar.gz`: https://download.osgeo.org/proj/proj-data-1.23.tar.gz
 .. _`proj-data-1.22.tar.gz`: https://download.osgeo.org/proj/proj-data-1.22.tar.gz
 .. _`proj-data-1.21.tar.gz`: https://download.osgeo.org/proj/proj-data-1.21.tar.gz
 .. _`proj-data-1.20.tar.gz`: https://download.osgeo.org/proj/proj-data-1.20.tar.gz

docs/source/news.rst

@@ -3,6 +3,61 @@
 News
 ###############################################################################
 
+9.7.0
+++++++++++++++++++++
+*September 15th 2025*
+
+Updates
+-------
+
+* Implement "exact" authalic latitude to geographic latitude and use it in `+proj=aea/cea/laea/eqearth/healpix/rhealpix` (`#4441 <https://github.com/OSGeo/PROJ/issues/4441>`_)
+
+* Implement uniform conversions between auxiliary latitudes (`#4446 <https://github.com/OSGeo/PROJ/issues/4446>`_)
+
+* WKT2 parser: recognize ``DEFININGTRANSFORMATION`` (but ignore it) (`#4484 <https://github.com/OSGeo/PROJ/issues/4484>`_)
+
+* Database: add values from ``alias_name`` table that were removed in older EPSG releases, to improve recognizing old WKT strings (`#4490 <https://github.com/OSGeo/PROJ/issues/4490>`_)
+
+* Enable ``-Wimplicit-fallthrough``, ``-Wdeprecated-copy-dtor``, ``-Wweak-vtables``, ``-Wdocumentation-unknown-command`` when possible (`#4516 <https://github.com/OSGeo/PROJ/issues/4516>`_)
+
+* Geostationary projection: speed up inverse spherical and ellipsoidal computation (`#4523 <https://github.com/OSGeo/PROJ/issues/4523>`_)
+
+* WKT importer: better error message when ``BBOX`` is invalid (e.g south_lat > north_lat) (`#4525 <https://github.com/OSGeo/PROJ/issues/4525>`_)
+
+* Added :c:func:`proj_geod_direct` for PJ trasformation object (`#4532 <https://github.com/OSGeo/PROJ/issues/4532>`_)
+
+* Support exporting Mercator (Spherical) on a sphere as ``Mercator_1SP`` in WKT1 (`#4555 <https://github.com/OSGeo/PROJ/issues/4555>`_)
+
+* Database: update to EPSG v12.022 (`#4562 <https://github.com/OSGeo/PROJ/issues/4562>`_)
+
+
+Bug Fixes
+---------
+
+* Fix issue related to `D_Unknown_based_on_WGS_84_ellipsoid` datum name (`#4515 <https://github.com/OSGeo/PROJ/issues/4515>`_)
+
+* :c:func:`proj_trans_bounds()`: fix 9.6.2 regression when going from long/lat crossing antimeridian to projected (`#4526 <https://github.com/OSGeo/PROJ/issues/4526>`_)
+
+* opt_parse: avoid potential heap-buffer-overflow when parsing non-ASCII characters (affect :program:`cct`` and :program:`gie`) (`#4530 <https://github.com/OSGeo/PROJ/issues/4530>`_)
+
+* :program:`gie`: fix memory leak on non existing input file (`#4531 <https://github.com/OSGeo/PROJ/issues/4531>`_)
+
+* Database: referene ``nl_nsgi_nllat2018.tif`` and ``nl_nsgi_bongeo2004.tif`` grids (`#4534 <https://github.com/OSGeo/PROJ/issues/4534>`_)
+
+* Fixes related to WKT import/export of ``DerivedGeodetic/GeographicCRS`` (`#4536 <https://github.com/OSGeo/PROJ/issues/4536>`_)
+
+* Fix :c:func:`tolower()`/:c:func:`toupper()` implementation to not lead to undefined behavior (`#4539 <https://github.com/OSGeo/PROJ/issues/4539>`_)
+
+* IAU2015 CRS: fix wrong code for coordinate system of North Polar and South Polar CRSs (`#4545 <https://github.com/OSGeo/PROJ/issues/4545>`_)
+
+* :cpp:func:`createOperations()`: fix a case involving 2 CompoundCRS, one with TOWGS84, and the 2
+  verticalCRS differing by units (`#4552 <https://github.com/OSGeo/PROJ/issues/4552>`_)
+
+* On SQLite query error, show first the error msg than the sql query (`#4553 <https://github.com/OSGeo/PROJ/issues/4553>`_)
+
+* Allow geodesic inverse for meridional points on prolate ellipsoid (`#4560 <https://github.com/OSGeo/PROJ/issues/4560>`_)
+
+
 9.6.2
 ++++++++++++++++++++
 *June 6th 2025*