[Gdal-dev] Python/OGR SHAPE creation: prj file missing

[Frank Warmerdam]

Markus Neteler wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I was writing a simple Python script to generate a
> SHAPE file following
>  http://www.perrygeo.net/wordpress/?p=4
> (thanks, Perry!).
> 
> The SHAPE related files are created, but the .prj file not.
> How to enable that?

Markus,

There is an optional "srs" argument to ogr.Datasource.CreateLayer()
that should refer to an ogr.SpatialReference object if passed.   This
SRS will be "morphed" to ESRI format and exported as WKT in the .prj file.

Best regards,
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