[Gdal-dev] DGN format and projection support

[Frank Warmerdam]

On 10/18/05, Jeff L. <nf10 at hotmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I downloaded GDAL source code and tried out the DGN as an output format but
> it seems that the DGN ogr driver does not support coordinate system. Is this
> correct ? if yes, I'm wondering if there is any work around this to generate
> DGN with coordinate system ? (scenario: convert mapInfo files to dgn)

Jeff,

Your analysis is correct.  I don't know how Microstation stores
coordinate system information in DGNs, and I suspect that in
most geographic maps they don't even bother.

Best regards,
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