id summary reporter owner description type status priority milestone component version severity resolution keywords cc 3191 [PATCH] Lambert_Conformal_Conic_2SP: Central_Parallel vs. latitude_of_origin peifer Kyle Shannon "I have a shapefile with the following SRS: {{{ Layer SRS WKT: PROJCS[""Custom"", GEOGCS[""GCS_WGS_1984"", DATUM[""WGS_1984"", SPHEROID[""WGS_1984"",6378137.0,298.257223563]], PRIMEM[""Greenwich"",0.0], UNIT[""Degree"",0.017453292519943295]], PROJECTION[""Lambert_Conformal_Conic_2SP""], PARAMETER[""False_Easting"",0.0], PARAMETER[""False_Northing"",0.0], PARAMETER[""Central_Meridian"",10.5], PARAMETER[""Standard_Parallel_1"",48.66666666666666], PARAMETER[""Standard_Parallel_2"",53.66666666666666], PARAMETER[""Central_Parallel"",51.0], UNIT[""Meter"",1.0]] }}} It looks like GDAL/OGR does not understand PARAMETER[""Central_Parallel"",51.0] and subsequently, the features fall into Africa, about 5700 km South of their actual location. Changing the parameter name in the prj file to PARAMETER[""latitude_of_origin"",51.0] solves the issue. I guess there could be an alias Central_Parallel <-> latitude_of_origin ? " defect closed normal 1.10.1 OGR_SRS 1.10.0 normal fixed ogrspatialreference Kyle Shannon