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P On Thu, Oct 11, 2012 at 4:38 PM, Jeff Lake <j...@michiganwxsystem.com> wrote: > I obtained a shape file from Environment Canada, > imported it into a postGIS enabled database with shp2pgsql with no problem. > > queried the table and noticed the SRID was -1, reset it with > UpdateGeometrySRID to 4326 > > now when query the table I get the following > (had the same results before updating the SRID) > > SELECT ST_AsText(the_geom) FROM canada WHERE name LIKE 'Caledon' > MULTIPOLYGON(((7185795.71819089 960058.015757074,7186925.78661135 > 958323.504835823,7187144.84742271 >>>>>>>> continues on > > I was expecting Lat/Long > I *think* this is meter's ?? > > anybody care to guess ?? > and if what needs to be adjusted and where > > -- > Jeff Lake > MichiganWxSystem > AllisonHouse > GRLevelXStuff > > _______________________________________________ > postgis-users mailing list > postgis-users@postgis.refractions.net > http://postgis.refractions.net/mailman/listinfo/postgis-users > _______________________________________________ postgis-users mailing list postgis-users@postgis.refractions.net http://postgis.refractions.net/mailman/listinfo/postgis-users
