ogr2ogr works on Linux, does not on Windows

[Frank Warmerdam]

On 1/9/06, Xin <crazygecko at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi list,
>
> I am trying to convert a shapefile to tabfile whilst reprojecting it to
> LatLong WGS84.  This works great on Linux, but doesn't on Windows.
>
> The command used is:
> ogr2ogr -f "MapInfo File" address.tab address.shp -t_srs "+proj=longlat
> +ellps=WGS84 +datum=WGS84 +no_defs" -s_srs "+proj=longlat +ellps=WGS84
> +datum=WGS84 +no_defs"
>
> I did initially use EPSG codes, but that didn't work on Windows so I thought
> I'd try the actual datum codes.  No luck.
>
> There are no error produced on Windows.  On opening the TAB file it is not
> projected.

Xin,

You have told ogr2ogr that the source and target SRS are both WGS84
so there is no reprojection to do.  If the source is not already in WGS84
degrees then you should either use a different -s_srs or omit this option
and let ogr2ogr pick up the coordinate system from the source file.

Best regards,
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