[Gdal-dev] processing SRTM-3?

[Thom DeCarlo]

jluis at ualg.pt wrote:
> 
[snip]
> Frank
> I'm afraid that the cases I'm testing cover both situations.
> I have .prj file for the file N37W008.hgt, which has
> GEOGCS["wgs84",
>     DATUM["WGS_1984",
>         SPHEROID["wgs84",6378137,298.257223563],
>         TOWGS84[0.000000,0.000000,0.000000]],
>     PRIMEM["Greenwich",0],
>     UNIT["degree",0.0174532925199433]]
> 
> However, for an other srtm file I don't have the .prj
> In both cases I don't get the GEOGCS[] stuff
> 
> BTW, I was on the way to search what a .prj file must contain.
> Can you point me to a place where I can study it?
> 
> best regars
> 
> Joaquim
> _______________________________________________

Joaquim,
The srtm_generate_hdr.sh file that I downloaded from Markus' website
generated the .prj files for me. If your version doesn't, you might need to
grab an update. 

Thom