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<P> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Just tried gdal 1.4.0 and a problem arise when using OGR_L_GetSpatialRef to get the spatial reference of a previously opened shapefile datasource. It returns NULL whathever</FONT></P>
<P> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">the shapefile. It does work for other file type like mid/mif.</FONT>
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<P> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Used to work with gdal 1.3.2</FONT>
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<P> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Any Idea ?</FONT>
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<BR><SPAN LANG="fr-ca"><B><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Jean-Philippe Gauthier Bilodeau </FONT><FONT COLOR="#999999" SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Direction des opérations</FONT></B></SPAN>
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