[GRASSLIST:10417] Re: importing projection info with v.in.ogr

[Chris Fonnesbeck]

On 2/19/06, Maciek Sieczka <werchowyna at epf.pl> wrote:
> > Right. This is what is missing, however. v.in.ogr does not create
> > PROJ_INFO in the newly-created location.
>
> v.in.ogr will not modify PROJ_INFO for current location. However, if
> used with option "location" it will create a *new* location with
> appropriate PROJ_INFO (if the input shapefile has valid prj file), and
> import the data subsequently into it.

This is what I did: I imported the layer using the location option:

v.in.ogr dsn=./ layer=cntbnd location=florida output=counties

However, the PROJ_INFO file was not created, despite the fact that the
shapefile included a prj file.

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