[gdal-dev] EPSG code with vertical datum

[Even Rouault]

On mercredi 29 mai 2019 20:38:02 CEST Andrew Bell wrote:
> In earlier GDAL versions I could call
> 
> SetFromUserInput("EPSG:4326+4326");
> 
> without error.  I now get the following error:
> 
> (Error) GDAL failure (1) SetCompoundCS() fails, vertical component is not
> VERT_CS.
> 
> Was this a failure to detect a problem in older GDAL versions

Yes. EPSG:4326+4326 doesn't make any sense from a geodesic point of view. If 
you need WGS84 as a Geographic 3D CRS, you need to use EPSG:4979

Even

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