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    <p>Steve,</p>
    <p>Fix in PROJ queued in <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://github.com/OSGeo/PROJ/pull/3123">https://github.com/OSGeo/PROJ/pull/3123</a></p>
    <p>The complexity of dealing with legacy features TOWGS84[] and
      PROJ4_GRIDS is highly stressing PROJ pipeline computation engine.</p>
    <p>Using the plain EPSG codes  EPSG:4955 -> EPSG:4617+5713 would
      be much preferable here</p>
    <p>Even<br>
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    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">Le 18/03/2022 à 21:14, Steve Riddell a
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        <p class="MsoNormal">Hi,<o:p></o:p></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal">I’m getting an error (below) using GDAL
          trying to set up a transformation between NAD83(CSRS)
          geodetic, w/ ellipsoidal heights, and NAD83(CSRS) geodetic,
          CGVD28 heights. Similar transformations work fine on some
          datums,  but fail on others.  Hope someone can offer some
          insight.  Note the if I don't use the PROJ4_GRIDS extension, I
          don't get the error, but I don't get the geoid adjustment
          either.<o:p></o:p></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal">COMPD_CS["NAD83(CSRS) + Ellipsoid
          (Meters)",<o:p></o:p></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal">    GEOGCS["NAD83(CSRS)",<o:p></o:p></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal">       
          DATUM["NAD83_Canadian_Spatial_Reference_System",<o:p></o:p></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal">            SPHEROID["GRS
          1980",6378137,298.257222101,<o:p></o:p></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal">                AUTHORITY["EPSG","7019"]],<o:p></o:p></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal">            TOWGS84[0,0,0,0,0,0,0],<o:p></o:p></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal">            AUTHORITY["EPSG","6140"]],<o:p></o:p></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal">        PRIMEM["Greenwich",0,<o:p></o:p></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal">            AUTHORITY["EPSG","8901"]],<o:p></o:p></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal">        UNIT["degree",0.0174532925199433,<o:p></o:p></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal">            AUTHORITY["EPSG","9122"]],<o:p></o:p></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal">        AUTHORITY["EPSG","4617"]],<o:p></o:p></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal">    VERT_CS["Ellipsoid (Meters)",<o:p></o:p></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal">        VERT_DATUM["Ellipsoid",2002],<o:p></o:p></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal">        UNIT["metre",1,<o:p></o:p></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal">            AUTHORITY["EPSG","9001"]],<o:p></o:p></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal">        AXIS["ellipsoidal height",UP]]]<o:p></o:p></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal">                                <o:p></o:p></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal">COMPD_CS["NAD83(CSRS) + CGVD28 height -
          HT2_0",<o:p></o:p></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal">    GEOGCS["NAD83(CSRS)",<o:p></o:p></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal">       
          DATUM["NAD83_Canadian_Spatial_Reference_System",<o:p></o:p></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal">            SPHEROID["GRS
          1980",6378137,298.257222101,<o:p></o:p></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal">                AUTHORITY["EPSG","7019"]],<o:p></o:p></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal">            TOWGS84[0,0,0,0,0,0,0],<o:p></o:p></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal">            AUTHORITY["EPSG","6140"]],<o:p></o:p></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal">        PRIMEM["Greenwich",0,<o:p></o:p></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal">            AUTHORITY["EPSG","8901"]],<o:p></o:p></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal">        UNIT["degree",0.0174532925199433,<o:p></o:p></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal">            AUTHORITY["EPSG","9122"]],<o:p></o:p></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal">        AUTHORITY["EPSG","4617"]],<o:p></o:p></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal">    VERT_CS["CGVD28 height - HT2_0",<o:p></o:p></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal">        VERT_DATUM["Canadian Geodetic
          Vertical Datum of 1928",2005,<o:p></o:p></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal">           
          EXTENSION["PROJ4_GRIDS","HT2_0.gtx"],<o:p></o:p></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal">            AUTHORITY["EPSG","5114"]],<o:p></o:p></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal">        UNIT["metre",1,<o:p></o:p></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal">            AUTHORITY["EPSG","9001"]],<o:p></o:p></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal">        AXIS["Gravity-related height",UP],<o:p></o:p></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal">        AUTHORITY["EPSG","5713"]]]<o:p></o:p></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal">                                <o:p></o:p></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal">ERROR 6: Cannot find coordinate operations
          from `EPSG:4955' to `COMPOUNDCRS["NAD83(CSRS) + CGVD28 height
          - HT2_0",BOUNDCRS[SOURCECRS[GEOGCRS["NAD83(CSRS)",DATUM["NAD83
          Canadian Spatial Reference System",ELLIPSOID["GRS
1980",6378137,298.257222101,LENGTHUNIT["metre",1]]],PRIMEM["Greenwich",0,ANGLEUNIT["degree",0.0174532925199433]],CS[ellipsoidal,2],AXIS["geodetic
          latitude
(Lat)",north,ORDER[1],ANGLEUNIT["degree",0.0174532925199433]],AXIS["geodetic
          longitude
(Lon)",east,ORDER[2],ANGLEUNIT["degree",0.0174532925199433]],ID["EPSG",4617]]],TARGETCRS[GEOGCRS["WGS
          84",DATUM["World Geodetic System 1984",ELLIPSOID["WGS
84",6378137,298.257223563,LENGTHUNIT["metre",1]]],PRIMEM["Greenwich",0,ANGLEUNIT["degree",0.0174532925199433]],CS[ellipsoidal,2],AXIS["latitude",north,ORDER[1],ANGLEUNIT["degree",0.0174532925199433]],AXIS["longitude",east,ORDER[2],ANGLEUNIT["degree",0.0174532925199433]],ID["EPSG",4326]]],ABRIDGEDTRANSFORMATION["Transformation
          from NAD83(CSRS) to WGS84",METHOD["Position Vector
          transformation (geog2D
          domain)",ID["EPSG",9606]],PARAMETER["X-axis
          translation",0,ID["EPSG",8605]],PARAMETER["Y-axis
          translation",0,ID["EPSG",8606]],PARAMETER["Z-axis
          translation",0,ID["EPSG",8607]],PARAMETER["X-axis
          rotation",0,ID["EPSG",8608]],PARAMETER["Y-axis
          rotation",0,ID["EPSG",8609]],PARAMETER["Z-axis
          rotation",0,ID["EPSG",8610]],PARAMETER["Scale
          difference",1,ID["EPSG",8611]]]],BOUNDCRS[SOURCECRS[VERTCRS["CGVD28
          height - HT2_0",VDATUM["Canadian Geodetic Vertical Datum of
          1928"],CS[vertical,1],AXIS["gravity-related
height",up,LENGTHUNIT["metre",1]],ID["EPSG",5713]]],TARGETCRS[GEOGCRS["WGS
          84",DATUM["World Geodetic System 1984",ELLIPSOID["WGS
84",6378137,298.257223563,LENGTHUNIT["metre",1]]],PRIMEM["Greenwich",0,ANGLEUNIT["degree",0.0174532925199433]],CS[ellipsoidal,3],AXIS["latitude",north,ORDER[1],ANGLEUNIT["degree",0.0174532925199433]],AXIS["longitude",east,ORDER[2],ANGLEUNIT["degree",0.0174532925199433]],AXIS["ellipsoidal
height",up,ORDER[3],LENGTHUNIT["metre",1]],ID["EPSG",4979]]],ABRIDGEDTRANSFORMATION["CGVD28
          height - HT2_0 to WGS84 ellipsoidal
          height",METHOD["GravityRelatedHeight to
          Geographic3D"],PARAMETERFILE["Geoid (height correction) model
          file","HT2_0.gtx",ID["EPSG",8666]]]]]'<o:p></o:p></p>
        <pre><o:p> </o:p></pre>
        <pre><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Thanks in advance for any assistance!
Best regards,<o:p></o:p></span></pre>
        <pre><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Steve<o:p></o:p></span></pre>
        <pre><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></pre>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
            style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif">Steve
            Riddell<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
            style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif">Software
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        <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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