[gdal-dev] Bug in coordinate system library? unknown elliptical parameter for BNG coordinate system

[Frank Warmerdam]

Andreas Joisten wrote:
> Hi Jean-Claude,
> 
> many thanks for your answer.
> 
> As you can see I did not specifiy the ellipsoid parameter:
> 
> gdalwarp -s_srs EPSG:27700 -t_srs EPSG:4326 input_geotiff_in_BNG.tiff  output_geotiff.tiff
> 
> 
> the gdal error message was:
> ERROR 6: Failed to initialize PROJ.4 with `+proj=tmerc +lat_0=49 +lon_0=-2 +k=0.
> 9996012717 +x_0=400000 +y_0=-100000 +ellps=airy +datum=OSGB36 +units=m +no_defs'.
> unknown elliptical parameter name
> 
> 
> Is that a bug in GDAL?

Andreas,

Yes, I would say it is. Could you please file a ticket on this?

Best regards,
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