[mapserver-users] How to define this projection?

Stephen Woodbridge woodbri at swoodbridge.com
Wed Aug 24 22:20:33 EDT 2011


On 8/24/2011 9:48 PM, jjwang wrote:
> This the summary of my shapefile.
> Layer name: tas101sb
> Geometry: Polygon
> Feature Count: 971
> Extent: (143.833316, -43.742980) - (148.498760, -39.437430)
> Layer SRS WKT:
> GEOGCS["GCS_WGS_1984",
>      DATUM["WGS_1984",
>          SPHEROID["WGS_1984",6378137.0,298.257223563]],
>      PRIMEM["Greenwich",0.0],
>      *UNIT["Degree",0.0174532925199433]]*
> AREA: Real (20.5)
> PERIMETER: Real (20.5)
> TAS101SB_: Real (11.0)
> TAS101SB_I: Real (11.0)
> SUBURB: String (46.0)
> SOURCE: String (16.0)
> UFI: Integer (10.0)
>
> I'm assuming that 'Layers SRS WKT' defines the projection of the layer.
> Is this projection same as EPSG:4326?

Yes that is correct. epsg:4326

> If not, can some one give me the Proj4 statement that defines this
> projection.
>
> JJ
>
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