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<P><SPAN LANG="de-at"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Dear List,</FONT></SPAN>
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<P><SPAN LANG="de-at"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">With the source coordinate system</FONT> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman">"MGI-AT.AUT-West / GK" (MGI / Austria GK West Zone) (srid = 31254)</FONT></SPAN>
<BR><SPAN LANG="de-at"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">in prj-File of the shapefile a wrong transformation is executed even when the option "Ignore Coordinate System Error" is checked.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN LANG="de-at"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Workaround is to overwrite the original</FONT> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman">"MGI-AT.AUT-West / GK" (MGI / Austria GK West Zone)"</FONT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> of the FDO-Connected Source with "Arbitrary X-Y Coordinates (Meters)" and to check the option</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN LANG="de-at"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">"Ignore Coordinate System Error".</FONT></SPAN>
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<P><SPAN LANG="de-at"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Karl</FONT></SPAN>
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