[Gdal-dev] Failed to load NAD27-83 correction file

[Craig Aumann]

Thanks!

I just need to go from UTM NAD27 to NAD 83.  Both are zone 12.  I
believe the NAD83 is GRS 80 as well. The area is NE Alberta. 

Cheers!
Craig




On Thu, 2006-02-09 at 17:05 -0500, Ed McNierney wrote:
> Craig -
> 
> That error generally means that the required correction file can't be
> found.  This is because either (a) the NAD grid shift files are not
> installed properly, or (b) you are requesting a conversion for an area
> outside the valid(installed) grid shift domains.
> 
> Those extents don't make sense as EPSG:4267 input values.  A part of the
> conversion being attempted is to do a NAD datum shift with a longitude
> of 373369 and a latitude of 6127595.  I believe the logic in PROJ will
> permit those to be loaded (they may be clipped to "sane" values, I'm not
> sure) and then PROJ will find that there is no valid grid shift file
> available for that "location".
> 
> What is the correct input and desired output projection, and what is the
> desired output extent in units of the output projection?
> 
> 	- Ed
> 
> Ed McNierney
> President and Chief Mapmaker
> TopoZone.com / Maps a la carte, Inc.
> 73 Princeton Street, Suite 305
> North Chelmsford, MA  01863
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> Fax: +1 (978) 251-1396
> ed at topozone.com
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: gdal-dev-bounces at lists.maptools.org
> [mailto:gdal-dev-bounces at lists.maptools.org] On Behalf Of Craig Aumann
> Sent: Thursday, February 09, 2006 4:37 PM
> To: gdal-dev at lists.maptools.org
> Subject: [Gdal-dev] Failed to load NAD27-83 correction file
> 
> Trying to re-project in gdalwarp.  What is required to get around this
> error?  
> 
> gdalwarp -s_srs EPSG:4267 -t_srs EPSG:4269 -te 373369 6127595 374393
> 6128619  -tr 1 1 -ts 1024 1024 -rb $TEMPDIR/$FILE.temp.tif
> $TEMPDIR/extract.tif ERROR 1: failed to load NAD27-83 correction file
> ERROR 1: GDALSuggestedWarpOutput() failed because the passed transformer
> failed.
> 
> I'm running Linux with:
> 
> > rpm -q gdal
> gdal-1.3.0-2
> > rpm -q proj
> proj-4.4.9-1.fc4
> 
> Cheers!
> Craig
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