[GRASS-user] How to find shortest distances from the

[Markus Neteler]

Dear Yasuo Shimada,

On Sat, May 9, 2009 at 10:07 AM,  <SGW00412 at nifty.com> wrote:
> Dear Markus and all
>
> Thank you advice...it gradually becomes difficult....
>
>> Which projection are you using? Please tell us the
>> output of
>>
>> g.proj -w
>
> ---
> GEOGCS["unnamed",
>    DATUM["unknown",
>        SPHEROID["unnamed",6378137,298.2572235630001]],
>    PRIMEM["Greenwich",0],
>    UNIT["degree",0.0174532925199433]]
> ---

I *think* that you picked the wrong EPSG code. If you want
LatLong-WGS84, then use EPSG 4326.

See also:
http://spatialreference.org/ref/epsg/4326

best
Markus