[GRASS-user] db.out.ogr issues [RESOLVED]

[Rich Shepard]

On Fri, 10 Aug 2018, Micha Silver wrote:

> I was trying to point out that, regardless if the units are meters or
> feet, when you transform to a different CRS, you change all three values
> of the location, x,y and z. For example:

> micha at TP480:~$ echo "35.3 30.8 -180" | cs2cs +init=epsg:4326 +to +init=epsg:2039
> 228595.08    523262.05 -200.28 

> In the EPSG 2039 CRS my elevation has "dropped" by 20 meters (!) compared to WGS84

Micha,

   Global warming? :-)

   With my data set the original and converted data for one station have the
same elevation (in meters):

Rhododendron 3.8 NW,45.3596,-121.9742,399.9
Rhododendron 3.8 NW,2384511.31243653,189175.421986476,399.9

Best regards,

Rich