[Gdal-dev] Shapfiles and Projections

[Frank Warmerdam]

Kent Eschenberg wrote:
> gdrinfo doesn't seem to find a projection in a shapefile describiing 
> roads (from the National Atlas). I was expecting something like what 
> gdalinfo finds in a geotiff file. Could someone point me towards the 
> answer? Thanks!

Kent,

I assume you were using ogrinfo?

It will report coordinate system info if it finds it.  Does your shapefile
dataset include a .prj file?   If not, there is not declared coordinate
system for the file.

Best regards,
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