RE: [gdal-dev] Call to users and devs - ESRI .prj files needed for testing

2011-12-02 Thread Martin Daly
> I'm not sure I understand. " one of these standard ones" refers to the > WKT definitions by ESRI? In that case, we could compare the given WKT > (in .prj file), and lookup the associated ESRI code, matching it to > EPSG code. Correct. > Are you suggesting that we could use the GDAL definition

Re: [gdal-dev] Call to users and devs - ESRI .prj files needed for testing

2011-12-02 Thread Etienne Tourigny
On Fri, Dec 2, 2011 at 2:00 PM, Martin Daly wrote: >> Martin, thanks for this reference! >> >> It seems that the dattrans.htm file contains datum transformations used >> by ESRI, with a number of methods. >> >> Would it make any sense to use that information (using a new derived >> .csv file) to a

RE: [gdal-dev] Call to users and devs - ESRI .prj files needed for testing

2011-12-02 Thread Martin Daly
> Martin, thanks for this reference! > > It seems that the dattrans.htm file contains datum transformations used > by ESRI, with a number of methods. > > Would it make any sense to use that information (using a new derived > .csv file) to add TOWGS84 parameters to ESRI WKT definitions, instead >

Re: [gdal-dev] Call to users and devs - ESRI .prj files needed for testing

2011-12-02 Thread Etienne Tourigny
Martin, thanks for this reference! It seems that the dattrans.htm file contains datum transformations used by ESRI, with a number of methods. Would it make any sense to use that information (using a new derived .csv file) to add TOWGS84 parameters to ESRI WKT definitions, instead of using the one

Re: [gdal-dev] Call to users and devs - ESRI .prj files needed for testing

2011-12-02 Thread Etienne Tourigny
iginal Message- >> From: gdal-dev-boun...@lists.osgeo.org [mailto:gdal-dev- >> boun...@lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf Of Etienne Tourigny >> Sent: Thursday, December 01, 2011 7:48 PM >> To: gdal-dev >> Subject: [gdal-dev] Call to users and devs - ESRI .prj files needed for

RE: [gdal-dev] Call to users and devs - ESRI .prj files needed for testing

2011-12-02 Thread Konstantin Baumann
Tourigny > Sent: Thursday, December 01, 2011 7:48 PM > To: gdal-dev > Subject: [gdal-dev] Call to users and devs - ESRI .prj files needed for > testing > > Hi all, > > As an ongoing effort to improve ESRI .prj file compatibility, I am > respectfully > calling all

RE: [gdal-dev] Call to users and devs - ESRI .prj files needed for testing

2011-12-01 Thread Martin Daly
> As an ongoing effort to improve ESRI .prj file compatibility, I am > respectfully > calling all users and devs to help in providing or pointing to existing .prj > files > (in ESRI WKT format). http://help.arcgis.com/en/arcims/10.0/mainhelp/mergedProjects/ArcXMLGuide/elements/gcs.htm http://hel

Re: [gdal-dev] Call to users and devs - ESRI .prj files needed for testing

2011-12-01 Thread Andy Colson
On 12/1/2011 12:48 PM, Etienne Tourigny wrote: Hi all, As an ongoing effort to improve ESRI .prj file compatibility, I am respectfully calling all users and devs to help in providing or pointing to existing .prj files (in ESRI WKT format). I have 2,400 .prj files, but most of them are probably

Re: [gdal-dev] Call to users and devs - ESRI .prj files needed for testing

2011-12-01 Thread Etienne Tourigny
Andy (and all), no problem for dups, I'll quickly go through them all. Yes please send me a zip file. Etienne On Thu, Dec 1, 2011 at 4:58 PM, Andy Colson wrote: > On 12/1/2011 12:48 PM, Etienne Tourigny wrote: >> >> Hi all, >> >> As an ongoing effort to improve ESRI .prj file compatibility, I

[gdal-dev] Call to users and devs - ESRI .prj files needed for testing

2011-12-01 Thread Etienne Tourigny
Hi all, As an ongoing effort to improve ESRI .prj file compatibility, I am respectfully calling all users and devs to help in providing or pointing to existing .prj files (in ESRI WKT format). Specifically, I am working on improving support for TOWGS84 parameter which is absent from ESRI .prj fil