[gdal-dev] Non documented (nice, uf) behaviour

[Joaquim Luis]

>> I'm not complaining (well on the contrary), but we may need to 
>> document this.
>> Since what version is it possible to provide a Proj4 string in a file 
>> for -a_srs?
> 
> Joaquim,
> 
> Underlying the -a_srs function is the 
> OGRSpatialReference::SetFromUserInput()
> method which does mention that proj.4 strings are accepted from a file.  
> The
> problem is that it is not really practical to describe all coordinate
> system specification methods everywhere they are used.
> 
> I have added a brief note in the introductory material on the utilities 
> pages
> indicating files with several formats are supported.

Frank,

Thanks and sorry for not be clear enough. When I said "we" I was thinking on the
GMT, because if it was a very new thing we could have to warn users to have
"a such" GDAL version.

Joaquim