[Gdal-dev] ogr2ogr Default Output SRS

[Frank Warmerdam]

Bill Thoen wrote:
> Am I missing something here? When I use ogr2ogr to export a shapefile I
> don't have to specify an output SRS; it seems happy to use the one
> specified in the geometry_columns table. But when I try to export a
> MapInfo tab file I MUST specify either -t_srs or -a_srs or I get a error
> saying it couldn't open the file with any of its drivers.

Bill,

This should not be the case.  Can you submit a bug, including details
on the software version you are running (CVS head I guess) and attaching
a dataset that demonstrates the problem?

Best regards,
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