Ticket #1649 (closed defect: fixed)

Opened 1 year ago

Last modified 1 year ago

Old style ESRI .prj TRANSVERSE Parameters Wrong

Reported by: warmerdam Assigned to: warmerdam
Priority: normal Milestone: 1.4.2
Component: OGR_SRS Version: 1.4.0
Severity: normal Keywords: prj transverse
Cc:

Description

The following .prj file (old style arc/info projections) is interpreted improperly, with the central meridian and origin latitude switched. 

Projection    TRANSVERSE
Datum         NAD27
Spheroid      CLARKE1866
Units         METERS
Zunits        NO
Xshift        0.0
Yshift        0.0
Parameters   
1.0 /* scale factor at central meridian
-106 56  5.149215 /* longitude of central meridian
  39 33 45.40326 /* latitude of origin
0.0 /* false easting (meters)
0.0 /* false northing (meters)

Change History

05/22/07 12:01:10 changed by warmerdam

  • status changed from new to closed.
  • resolution set to fixed.

Bug fixed in trunk, 1.4 branch, and also a test added in trunk to autotest/osr/osr_esri.py.

Thanks!