[gdal-dev] Confused about coordinate transformations

[Chaitanya kumar CH]

Marc,

proj4 usually comes with the gdal library. Instead of coding your own
program, first try the ogr2ogr utility[1] that comes with the gdal library.

[1]: http://www.gdal.org/ogr2ogr.html

On Tue, Oct 18, 2011 at 1:36 PM, <dev4cx4m9z at snkmail.com> wrote:

> I have a GIS database with all coordinates stored in WGS84 datum. I am
> trying to translate the coordinates of the database to the datum of my map.
> I am creating two OGRSpatialReference, one for WGS84 and one for the current
> map. I am then creating an OGRCoordinateTransformation. When I do so I get a
> PROJ.4 error – “No PROJ.4 translation for destination SRS, coordinate
> transformation initialisation has failed”****
>
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> Question – Do I HAVE to use PROJ.4 to do the translation? Can I not just
> load the SRS with a WKT? I wish to avoid PROJ.4 as I’m unsure how to build
> it.****
>
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