[Gdal-dev] [OT] determining EPSG codes

[Matthew Perry]

Thom,

  Concept Systems has an excellent web resource for searching the epsg
database (http://ocean.csl.co.uk/). Hope this helps.

matt

On 1/20/06, Thom DeCarlo <t.r.decarlo at larc.nasa.gov> wrote:
> Hi,
> I'm trying to figure out how to load shapefiles into a PostGIS database.
> (I'm also learning about PostGIS.) The next thing on my list of things to
> learn is how to determine the map projection EPSG code for my data files. I
> went to the EPSG.org website and downloaded lots of documentation and a
> pretty nice little Access database containing all the codes and their
> descriptions. However, I haven't found any simple way to determine, given a
> Projection+Datum+Ellipsoid, how to find the EPSG code.
>
> Can anyone provide a little guidance here?
>
> Thanks,
> Thom
>
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