[OSGeo Africa] EPSG 205x

[Andrew de Klerk]

Thanks jeff - I will do just that!

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From: africa-bounces at lists.osgeo.org [mailto:africa-bounces at lists.osgeo.org]
On Behalf Of Jeff McKenna
Sent: 21 July 2009 06:07 PM
To: Africa local chapter discussions
Subject: Re: [OSGeo Africa] EPSG 205x

Andrew de Klerk wrote:
> So the long and the short of it is we cannot use the FOSS tools to their
> full potential until the proj library has been updated to accommodate our
> projection systems. Is that correct?
>

Andrew,

I have personally assisted 2 different groups in Canada that were 
complaining of the same issue.  The good news is that all it takes is 
someone to 'champion' this: by filing a request to have your projection 
added (or modified) in the EPSG standard: 
http://www.epsg.org/Comms/Comment.asp

That's all it takes.  So please feel free to take on that role for your 
problem projection, and your work will be helpful to other users in your 
country.

-jeff


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Jeff McKenna
FOSS4G Consulting and Training Services
http://www.gatewaygeomatics.com/



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