[postgis-devel] [PostGIS] #229: shp2pgsql ability to transform from one spatial ref to another

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#229: shp2pgsql ability to transform from one spatial ref to another
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 Reporter:  robe         |       Owner:  pramsey      
     Type:  enhancement  |      Status:  new          
 Priority:  medium       |   Milestone:  postgis 1.5.0
Component:  postgis      |     Version:  trunk        
 Keywords:               |  
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 I'm thinking this is a very simple thing to add to have another switch
 that allows a user to transform from the native spatial ref of the data to
 the desired spatial ref.  (of course if they want this, they would be
 obliged to specify a from and a to similar to ogr2ogr)

 If the -s and whatever switch for to (maybe a -t) is specified, then we
 add an ST_Tranform call to the insert/copy.  Or am I making this sound
 simpler than it is.

 Would save me a bit of hassle, though no one has complained about it.  I'm
 also thinking it might be more important when we have geography --- if you
 get state plane data or something of that sort (that you commonly get on
 state sites), then you'll want to transform it to 4326 before feeding into
 geography.

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