Hermann, > > > On 05/09/2011 16:03, Schmitz, Uwe wrote: > > > > I wonder, if anyone else has experienced this or > > similar behaviour. And how can I achieve that > > ESRI- *and* gdal-Tools can identify the correct > > reference system. > > > > What I asked on this list some weeks ago: > > --- snip --- > From experience, I know that ESRI users have trouble with some > projection and parameter names generated by GDAL and vice versa. Is it > possible to convince GDAL to store coordinate system information in a > way that would be "ESRI-friendly" and "GDAL-friendly" at the > same time? > > http://osgeo-org.1803224.n2.nabble.com/gdal-dev-gdal-translate > -eats-projection-parameter-values-td6680528.html#d1313170021000-317 > > --- snip --- > > My understanding of Frank's answer is that this is basically > not possible. > thanks for the link. It clarifies the problem but is unsatisfactory. I must have missed this thread beforehand, maybe due to the subject ;-)
So if I conclude: ESRI and GDAL have different WKT formats. It is not possible to write GeoTIFF files which are fully ESRI *and* GDAL compatible. A workaround may be to use ArcGIS's GDAL support for GeoTIFF. So I will give this hint to our ESRI users. Thanks for the aswers and your time Uwe _______________________________________________ gdal-dev mailing list gdal-dev@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/gdal-dev