[gdal-dev] The "Bertin 1953" projection

[Nikos Alexandris]

* Even Rouault <even.rouault at spatialys.com> [2018-11-07 12:10:19 +0100]:

>> ```
>> echo 12 55 0 0 | proj "+proj=bertin1953 +wktext"
>> Rel. 6.0.0, March 1st, 2019
>> <proj>:
>> projection initialization failure
>> cause: unknown projection id
>> program abnormally terminated
>> ```
>
>'proj' syntax is without quoting. And you only need +wktext for GDAL, not for
>PROJ utilities
>
>>
>> or using the following map
>> ```
>> file TM_WORLD_BORDERS_SIMPL-0.3.shp
>> TM_WORLD_BORDERS_SIMPL-0.3.shp: ESRI Shapefile version 1000 length 224094
>> type Polygon ```
>> `ogr2ogr` segfaults:
>> ```
>> ogr2ogr -t_srs "+proj=bertin1953 +wktext"
>> TM_WORLD_BORDERS_SIMPL-0.3_Bertin1953.shp TM_WORLD_BORDERS_SIMPL-0.3.shp
>> ERROR 6: Failed to initialize PROJ.4 with `+proj=bertin1953 +wktext'.
>> Segmentation fault
>> ```
>>
>
>It is likely you have an issue with GDAL linking also against your system
>PROJ. Has it been compiled --with-static-proj / --with-proj or not ? Check
>with ldd which libproj libgdal links against. You may need to adjust your
>LD_LIBRARY_PATH and potentially create a symbolic link from the new
>libproj.so.xxxx to the name of the old libproj.so.yyyyy so that GDAL sees one
>and one single libproj.

By the way, are there any notes on LD_LIBRARY_PATH?  I mean, with respect to
GDAL/OGR and Proj4.

Nikos