[postgis-users] Crash with PostGIS transform()

[uli mueller]

Installing the newest proj.4.5 solved the problem.

Uli

uli mueller wrote:
> Hi all
> 
> My PostGIS crashes when calling transform() for two different datums.
> 
> The following runs fine:
> select transform(geometryfromtext('POINT(9 47)',4326),32632); (32632 is 
> UTM Zone 32 with WGS 84)
> 
> This one (and other srids) crashes:  select 
> transform(geometryfromtext('POINT(9 47)',4326),31462);
> 
> SRID=31462 has the following definition in our spatial_ref_sys:
> 31462 | EPSG      |     31462 | PROJCS["DHDN / 3-degree Gauss zone 
> 2",GEOGCS["DHDN",DATUM["Deutsches_Hauptdreiecksnetz",SPHEROID["Bessel 
> 1841",6377397.155,299.1528128,AUTHORITY["EPSG","7004"]],AUTHORITY["EPSG","6314"]],PRIMEM["Greenwich",0,AUTHORITY["EPSG","8901"]],UNIT["degree",0.01745329251994328,AUTHORITY["EPSG","9122"]],AUTHORITY["EPSG","4314"]],PROJECTION["Transverse_Mercator"],PARAMETER["latitude_of_origin",0],PARAMETER["central_meridian",6],PARAMETER["scale_factor",1],PARAMETER["false_easting",2500000],PARAMETER["false_northing",0],UNIT["metre",1,AUTHORITY["EPSG","9001"]],AUTHORITY["EPSG","31462"]] 
> | +proj=tmerc +lat_0=0 +lon_0=6 +k=1.000000 +x_0=2500000 +y_0=0 
> +ellps=bessel +datum=potsdam +units=m +no_defs
> 
> 
> I also tried upgrading from Postgis 1.1.3 to 1.1.7 but the crash happens 
> with both versions.
> 
> The system is 64bit Suse 9.1. I have more or less the same 
> PostGIS/GEOS/Proj-installation on a 32bit Suse 10.1 where I do not have 
> any problems. The contents of spatial_ref_sys are identical on both 
> systems.
> 
> Any help greatly appreciated!
> 
> Uli
> 


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