<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div>Hi there,</div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>I have a SPOT image for some part of Switzerland. The metadata are a bit vague, it's saying:</div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;"><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;"><div><Coordinate_Reference_System></div><div><GEO_TABLES version='5.2'>EPSG</GEO_TABLES></div><div><Horizontal_CS></div><div><HORIZONTAL_CS_CODE>epsg:4326</HORIZONTAL_CS_CODE></div><div><HORIZONTAL_CS_TYPE>GEOGRAPHIC</HORIZONTAL_CS_TYPE></div><div><HORIZONTAL_CS_NAME>WGS 84</HORIZONTAL_CS_NAME></div><div></Horizontal_CS></div><div></Coordinate_Reference_System></div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div></span></font></div><div>The GDALINFO gives me this:</div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;"><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px; ">gridmac7:~ schwarzer$ /Library/Frameworks/GDAL.framework/Versions/1.4/Programs/gdalinfo /Volumes/couvagl/data/source\ data/SPOT/tif/SITL-Spot-5m-RGB.tif</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px; ">Driver: GTiff/GeoTIFFSize is 13000, 12000</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px; ">Coordinate System is:</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px; ">PROJCS["OM D514",</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px; "> GEOGCS["unnamed",</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px; "> DATUM["unknown",</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px; "> SPHEROID["unretrievable - using WGS84",6378137,298.257223563]],</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px; "> PRIMEM["Greenwich",0],</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px; "> UNIT["degree",0.0174532925199433]],</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px; "> PROJECTION["Hotine_Oblique_Mercator"],</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px; "> PARAMETER["latitude_of_center",46.95240555555556],</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px; "> PARAMETER["longitude_of_center",7.439583333333333],</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px; "> PARAMETER["azimuth",90],</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px; "> PARAMETER["rectified_grid_angle",90],</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px; "> PARAMETER["scale_factor",1],</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px; "> PARAMETER["false_easting",600000],</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px; "> PARAMETER["false_northing",200000],</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px; "> UNIT["metre",1,</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px; "> AUTHORITY["EPSG","9001"]]]</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px; ">Origin = (465000.000000000000000,155000.000000000000000)</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px; ">Pixel Size = (5.000000000000000,-5.000000000000000)</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px; ">Metadata:</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px; "> AREA_OR_POINT=Area</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px; ">Corner Coordinates:</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px; ">Upper Left ( 465000.000, 155000.000) ( 5d40'46.98"E, 46d32'2.32"N)</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px; ">Lower Left ( 465000.000, 95000.000) ( 5d41'49.55"E, 45d59'39.74"N)</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px; ">Upper Right ( 530000.000, 155000.000) ( 6d31'37.01"E, 46d32'38.20"N)</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px; ">Lower Right ( 530000.000, 95000.000) ( 6d32'9.47"E, 46d 0'15.27"N)</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px; ">Center ( 497500.000, 125000.000) ( 6d 6'35.73"E, 46d16'11.71"N)</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px; ">Band 1 Block=13000x1 Type=Byte, ColorInterp=Red</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px; ">Band 2 Block=13000x1 Type=Byte, ColorInterp=Green</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px; ">Band 3 Block=13000x1 Type=Byte, ColorInterp=Blue</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;"><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></span></font></div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>But what kind of projection is this? </div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>Normally I would have said it's in the national system, which is CH1903 has the same Projection parameters. But I am confused due to</div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>1. PROJCS["OM D514"</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>2. GEOGCS["unnamed"</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>3. DATUM["unknown",</div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>also, the metadata are talkingabout WGS84....</div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>Can some one clear the picture for me please?</div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>Thanks a lot,</div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>Stef</div><div><br></div><div apple-content-edited="true"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; 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