[postgis-users] Re: Table Spatial Extent

[Brian Hamlin]

> using http://spatialreference.org I found the INSERT line ready-made 
> for epsg 4326
> I inserted into my DB spatial_ref_sys.. however, ogrinfo still does 
> not pick it up...
> pointers welcome...
>
>
hmm, a little more research... following the general instructions for 
data import, I had been left with geometry_columns with an entry per 
table, but a spatial_ref_sys that was empty. After using the INSERT 
found on spatialreference.org, I could see better how this setup 
relates, how the SRID is arbitrary, and serves to link the two 
tables... however, my results are still not consistent..  It does seem 
difficult to get this right starting cold...