[Qgis-developer] espg element removed from qgs project file?

[Jürgen E. Fischer]

Hi Richard,

On Wed, 24. Mar 2010 at 16:35:52 +0100, Richard Duivenvoorde wrote:
> - is the removeal of the epsg-element deliberate?

Yes.  It was replaced by the authid, which consists of an authority and an id -
where authority can be EPSG or something else.  The srs database now contains
also a CRS from OSGEO and 267 CRSs from IGNF (french INSTITUT GEOGRAPHIQUE
NATIONAL), which are used in WMS(C) servers.

> - if so, should I use authid-element-value then to get the right value  for
>   ows_srs,

I guess so.

>  and will this always be an EPSG:xxxxx value?

No, as said authority:id.



Jürgen

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