[GRASS-user] Re: strange ETRS89 settings and v.out.ogr

[Tim Michelsen]

> This datum name is very unusual and I'm not sure where it could have
> come 
> from. What version of GRASS? What is the exact commandline you used?
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> 
> Can you try the following commands and post output?
> g.proj -w
 g.proj -w
PROJCS["Lambert Azimuthal Equal Area",
    GEOGCS["grs80",
        DATUM["European_Terrestrial_Reference_System_1989",
   


> g.proj -we
 g.proj -we
PROJCS["Lambert Azimuthal Equal Area",
    GEOGCS["grs80",
        DATUM["D_ETRF_1989",
 
> g.proj -w epsg=3035
 g.proj -w epsg=3035
PROJCS["Lambert Azimuthal Equal Area",
    GEOGCS["grs80",
        DATUM["European_Terrestrial_Reference_System_1989",
 
> > If I load this into ArcGIS it does complain about wrong projection
information.
> 
> How exactly does it complain?
a message telling that data source projection and data frame projection
do not concord.
> 
> > Here is the project file when reprojecting the data set to 3035 with
ogr2ogr:
> > Layer SRS WKT:
> > PROJCS["ETRS89 / ETRS-LAEA",
> >    GEOGCS["ETRS89",
> >        DATUM["European_Terrestrial_Reference_System_1989",
> 
> This is the datum name I would expect to see from GRASS too.
> 
> >            SPHEROID["GRS_1980",6378137,298.257222101]],
> >        PRIMEM["Greenwich",0],
> >        UNIT["Degree",0.017453292519943295]],
> >    PROJECTION["Lambert_Azimuthal_Equal_Area"],
> >    PARAMETER["latitude_of_center",52],
> >    PARAMETER["longitude_of_center",10],
> >    PARAMETER["false_easting",4321000],
> >    PARAMETER["false_northing",3210000],
> >    UNIT["Meter",1]]
> > cat: Real (11.0)
> > a_cat: Real (11.0)
> > a_CODE_00: String (80.0)
> > b_cat: Real (11.0)
> > b_cat_: Real (24.15)
> > b_na2: String (80.0)

This is very strange.

A helping tip is appreciated.