I wonder if it is a degree symbol that has gotten lost in translation?

Jody Garnett


On Wed, Jul 2, 2014 at 11:49 AM, Emily Gouge <ego...@refractions.net> wrote:

> When I parse a WKT Projection with units specified as DMS, the units of
> the returned Coordinate Reference System are not DMS but something else
> (I am not sure what """ represents).
>
> Example (using gt-epsg-hsql):
>
> CoordinateReferenceSystem dms = CRS.decode("EPSG:63266411");
> System.out.println(dms.toWKT());
>
> // prints:
> // GEOGCS["WGS 84 (DMS)",
> //   DATUM["World Geodetic System 1984",
> //     SPHEROID["WGS 84", 6378137.0, 298.257223563,
> // AUTHORITY["EPSG","7030"]],
> //     AUTHORITY["EPSG","6326"]],
> //   PRIMEM["Greenwich", 0.0, AUTHORITY["EPSG","8901"]],
> //   UNIT["DMS", 0.00000484813681109536],
> //   AXIS["Geodetic latitude", NORTH],
> //   AXIS["Geodetic longitude", EAST],
> //   AUTHORITY["EPSG","63266411"]]
>
>
> CoordinateReferenceSystem dest = CRS.parseWKT(dms.toWKT());
> System.out.println(dest.toWKT());
>
> //prints:
> //GEOGCS["WGS 84 (DMS)",
> //DATUM["World Geodetic System 1984",
> //    SPHEROID["WGS 84", 6378137.0, 298.257223563,
> //AUTHORITY["EPSG","7030"]],
> //    AUTHORITY["EPSG","6326"]],
> //  PRIMEM["Greenwich", 0.0, AUTHORITY["EPSG","8901"]],
> //  UNIT[""", 0.00000484813681109536],
> //  AXIS["Geodetic latitude", NORTH],
> //  AXIS["Geodetic longitude", EAST],
> //  AUTHORITY["EPSG","63266411"]]
>
> Is there some setting or hints I need to supply to get the parser to
> respect the DMS units?
>
> Thanks,
> Emily
>
>
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