[postgis-users] Error in some reference systems in the table SPATIAL_REF_SYS

[Frank Warmerdam]

strk wrote:
> Latest SPATIAL_REF_SYS (1.7) *has* prime meridian specifications (at least
> for Gauss-Boaga...) while revision 1.5 *did not* have them.
> 
> Prime meridians have been introduced on 2003-02-03.
> Should they be removed again to work against proj 4.4.8 ?

Strk,

Does the SPATIAL_REF_SYS definition (in PROJ.4 format) match the one in the
epsg file distributed with proj 4.4.8?  There were previous releases that
included the +pm option but that didn't work properly in a couple different
ways.  In particular, there were issues with the central meridian in the
translated file in combination with some issue with the +pm flag.  In
combination the bugs cancelled themselves out in some early versions of
PROJ.4 with +pm support but to use PROJ.4 you have to ensure you get the
new PROJ 4.4.8 definition of the coordinate system.

Best regards,
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