[Gdal-dev] Coord ordering for given coord ref system?

[Frank Warmerdam]

Baumann, Konstantin wrote:
> Hi all!
> 
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> 
> It seems that there could be different axes ordering schemes based on 
> the used coord ref system. For example, EPSG:31466 specifies a 
> northing/easting ordering, whereas EPSG:31462 uses an easting/northing 
> ordering (see for example 
> http://www.bezreg-koeln.nrw.de/extra/33alkis/dokumente/2007-05-30_Revisionsliste_fuer_1-1.pdf, 
> page 3, bottom right, in german).
> 
>  
> 
> Could this ordering information be retrieved from OGRSpatialReference? 
> How does GDAL/OGR handle such cases during vector data import?

Konstantin,

Currently OGR is "axis unaware" which does cause a number of problems.  It
is something I would like to see fixed, but is a substantial effort and I
don't know when I will get to it. If someone else is willing to make a
substantial effort on this task, I would appreciate input into the approach
taken.

Best regards,
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