[GRASS-dev] nasty gotcha in alternate ogr2ogr solution comment

Patton, Eric epatton at nrcan.gc.ca
Wed Nov 5 09:39:07 EST 2008


>> AFAICT `g.proj -wf` doesn't include grid file, while `g.proj -jf` does.
>> So I think my "best use `g.proj -wf` in that case" might be wrong as it
>> drops the grid file, so really best to use:
>>
>> IN_PROJ="`g.proj -jf` +wktext"
>>
>> http://trac.osgeo.org/gdal/ticket/2638#comment:6
>> http://trac.osgeo.org/gdal/changeset/15681

>Mhh, that's fairly bad. Perhaps we need a note on
>the g.proj and g.region manual pages?
>
>However. I feel that 'g.proj -jf' is a poor representation
>compared to 'g.proj -wf', at least it doesn't help to
>maintain metadata in a reasonable way.
>
>Markus

Just so I understand the problem: g.proj fails to report nadgrids information
with the -wf whereas -jf does? Should I go ahead and update the page, or is this
a relatively simple fix in the code?


~ Eric.


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