[pdal] import pdal: proj_create: Error -5 (unknown projection id)

[Howard Butler]

Presumably whatever made your container didn't keep the PROJ_DATA environment variable linkages. Set PROJ_DEBUG=ON in your environment and maybe it will complain with some clues.

This is not a PDAL problem.

Howard

> On Feb 20, 2025, at 4:55 PM, Dom Jaskierniak via pdal <pdal at lists.osgeo.org> wrote:
> 
> Hi pdal users.  <>
>  
> I recently built a singularity file (i.e. container using CI/CD in gitlab) using a definition file (def file) that install all dependencies for my project.   I clone the PDAL repository and build it from source using cmake and installed the Python binding for PDAL. The container finished building but when I import pdal within the container I get:
> 
> >>> import pdal
> proj_create: Error -5 (unknown projection id)
> 
> I am assuming the error related to PROJ, and when PDAL creating a projection, but it can't recognize the specified projection ID.
>  
> I can provide the def file to show how I installed pdal if that helps? I have tried many things and help to solve would be appreciated?
>  
> Dom
>  
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