[postgis-users] Define spatial reference system for local datum

[Sean Fulton]

Like, I said uDig will load the layer.  Quantum GIS with load and edit it.

Try Quantum GIS http://www.qgis.org/en/download.html

Sean

On 2009-07-05 04:53:54 -0400, tommy408 <tommytomorow at msn.com> said:

> 
> Thank you for your help Sean and Ralf.
> 
> When I load polygon table with srid of -1, Udig keeps saying undefined
> spatial reference...unexpected behavior might occur...etc.   And when I try
> to edit the layer, the layer constantly flashing and Udig crashes.
> 
> 
> 
> Sean Fulton wrote:
>> 
>> I'm not sure why you want to assign it an SRS of EPSG:4326.
>> 
>> uDig will load and Quantum GIS will happily load and edit the layers if
>> you assign an SRID of -1.
>> 
>> 
>> Sean
>> 
>> 
>> On 2009-07-01 16:36:44 -0400, tommy408 <tommytomorow at msn.com> said:
>> 
>>> 
>>> A lot of these tools that connect to postigs db requires a srid.  I was
>>> trying out Udig.  I don't need to use these tools.  I can just work with
>>> shapefile and import it to postgis.
>>> 
>>> But what I'm worry about is if I use a defined srid like EPSG:4326 and my
>>> personal map coordinates will mess up because of the projection.  The
>>> world
>>> I'm mapping is flat and endless, it doesn't wrap around like earth map.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Sean Fulton wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> Can you just set the SRID to -1.  What 'map design tool' are you
>>>> using?
>>>> 
>>>> Sean
>>>> 
>>>> On Jun 30, 3:00 pm, tommy408 <tommytomo... at msn.com> wrote:
>>>>> I'm not mapping anything on earth.  The world I'm doing is flat.  The
>>>>> polygons I'm drawing over is raster image I made.  So I'm trying not to
>>>>> use
>>>>> any ellipsoid projection.
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> Suhr, Ralf wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>>> Do not use a local system. For everything larger than 200meters you
>>>>> need a
>>>>>> srs definition, because you can't messure it exactly.
>>>>> 
>>>>>> Take a projection from your living area und shift your geometrys to
>>>>>> the
>>>>>> right place.
>>>>> 
>>>>>> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
>>>>>> Von: postgis-users-boun... at postgis.refractions.net
>>>>>> [mailto:postgis-users-boun... at postgis.refractions.net] Im Auftrag von
>>>>>> tommy408
>>>>>> Gesendet: Dienstag, 30. Juni 2009 12:26
>>>>>> An: postgis-us... at postgis.refractions.net
>>>>>> Betreff: [postgis-users] Define spatial reference system for local
>>>>> datum
>>>>> 
>>>>>> I don't need special projection.  My map is a flat plane so I'm trying
>>>>> to
>>>>>> use local datum as my srs because a bunch of gis map design tool ask
>>>>> for
>>>>>> it.
>>>>> 
>>>>>> So I'm trying to add a new srs into postgis spatial_ref_sys table with
>>>>> the
>>>>>> following srstext
>>>>> 
>>>>>> LOCAL_CS["Non-Earth (Meter)",LOCAL_DATUM["Local
>>>>>> Datum",0],UNIT["Meter",
>>>>>> 1],AXIS["X",EAST],AXIS["Y",NORTH]]
>>>>> 
>>>>>> What do I put for proj4text?
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