[GRASS-user] Unable to read .prj file

[Helmut Kudrnovsky]

>> Trying to create a new location using a shapefile .prj. GRASS tells me it
>> cannot read the file using gdal.
>
>I also find that a bit annoying. Indeed, you need to specify the .shp
>file and not the .prj file (which doesn't make much sense). 

just tried it here with winGRASS 7.6 and winGRASS 7.7.svn, defining and
creating a new location with Rich's prj-file works here.

(Sat Feb 09 11:12:03 2019)                                                      
g.proj -j                                                                       
+proj=utm
+no_defs
+zone=11
+a=6378137
+rf=298.257222101
+towgs84=0.000,0.000,0.000 
+to_meter=1
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(Sat Feb 09 11:12:22 2019)                                                      
g.proj -w                                                                       
PROJCS["UTM Zone 11, Northern Hemisphere",
    GEOGCS["grs80",
        DATUM["North_American_Datum_1983",
           
SPHEROID["Geodetic_Reference_System_1980",6378137,298.257222101]],
        PRIMEM["Greenwich",0],
        UNIT["degree",0.0174532925199433]],
    PROJECTION["Transverse_Mercator"],
    PARAMETER["latitude_of_origin",0],
    PARAMETER["central_meridian",-117],
    PARAMETER["scale_factor",0.9996],
    PARAMETER["false_easting",500000],
    PARAMETER["false_northing",0],
    UNIT["Meter",1]]





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best regards
Helmut
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