[GRASS-user] 7.5svn: issue with finding EPSG codes for new locations

[Markus Neteler]

On Thu, Jun 28, 2018 at 9:24 PM, Solano Barajas Ramon <rsolano at ucol.mx> wrote:
> I was struggling with the same problem since some time ago. I’m using a Mac with  MacPorts so currently I have GRASS 7.4.0 installed, but the problem dates from before.
>
> I just solved this problem: it look like the GRASS routine looking for the EPSG data is not expecting the 1st line of the EPSG text file. Original  content  is:
>
> <metadata> +version=9.2.0 +origin=EPSG +lastupdate=2017-12-17
> # HD1909
> <3819> +proj=longlat +ellps=bessel +towgs84=595.48,121.69,515.35,4.115,-2.9383,0.853,-3.408 +no_defs  <>
...

Good catch!

Apparently that <metadata> was introduced at some point:

https://github.com/OSGeo/proj.4/blob/master/nad/epsg

I don't exactly know which parser needs to be fixed now... Please open
a ticket for this.

Markus