Non-ascii characters in data files

[Kurt Schwehr]

In 1.11-svn and trunk:

source:trunk/gdal/data/ellipsoid.csv#L9​

7007,Clarke 1858,20926348,9005,,20855233,1,"Clarke's 1858/II solution. Derived parameters: a = 6378293.645m using his 1865 ratio of 0.3047972654 feet per metre; 1/f = 294.26068

And then something that is likely a period.

source:trunk/gdal/data/ellipsoid.csv#L50​

7055,Clarke 1880 (international foot),20926202,9002,,20854895,1,Clark'es 1880 definition in feet assumed for the purposes of metric conversion to be international foot. a = 6378306.370

Then I'm not sure what that is supposed to be.

source:trunk/gdal/data/unit_of_measure.csv#L58​

logarithmic relationship (10^0.48401603 exactly). 1 ft = 0.3048007491

Then junk.

Also, the line right after looks like a bad line break.

9095,British foot (1936),length,9001,0.3048007491,1,For the 1936 [snip]
2. ""The Irish Grid - A Description of the Co-ordinate Reference System"" [snip]

[Even Rouault]

I think all you mention is OK. All the EPSG derived files have valid ASCII or UTF-8 content. The character you mention is a single UTF-8 character whose closest ASCII representations is 3 dots '...' And the line break is OK. The OGR CSV driver can deal with it nicely.

OGRFeature(unit_of_measure):55
  uom_code (String) = 9095
  unit_of_meas_name (String) = British foot (1936)
  unit_of_meas_type (String) = length
  target_uom_code (String) = 9001
  factor_b (String) = 0.3048007491
  factor_c (String) = 1
  remarks (String) = For the 1936 retriangulation OSGB defines the relationship of 10 feet of 1796 to the International metre through the logarithmic relationship (10^0.48401603
 exactly). 1 ft = 0.3048007491…m. Also used for metric conversions in Ireland.
  information_source (String) = 1. "The Retriangulation of Great Britain", Ordnance Survey of Great Britain.
2. "The Irish Grid - A Description of the Co-ordinate Reference System" published by Ordnance Survey of Ireland, Dublin and Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland, Belfast.
  data_source (String) = OGP
  revision_date (String) = 2006/11/27
  change_id (String) = 2002.621 2006.932
  deprecated (String) = 0