[Gdal-dev] OGR2OGR GML coordinate reversal

[Frank Warmerdam]

Jesse Cleary wrote:
> Hi folks
> 
> I'm trying to convert a GML file (3.1 I think) to a shapefile using 
> ogr2ogr (GDAL 1.3.2.0).  The conversion works and the attributes 
> translate nicely, but the destination file's point coordinates are 
> reversed from the source file.  The source GML file uses the following 
> nomenclature:
> 
>                <gml:Point>
>                    <gml:pos>lat lon</gml:pos>
>                </gml:Point>
> 
> OGR seems to expect the order to be lon then lat.  Is there any way to 
> tell ogr2ogr how to reverse the expected order of coordinates inside 
> these tags?  Or maybe my source file doesn't meet the GML spec and 
> should be changed to lon then lat?  Thanks...

Jesse,

Unfortunately, there is no easy way to fix this problem.  There are
legitimate ways of declaring coordinate order in GML but OGR ignores them.

Best regards,
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