[postgis-users] server crash on st_transform, st_buffer and a few questions concerning projections

[Jan Hartmann]

erik wrote:
>
> The projection of the original dataset is 32767. The destination proj 
> is 32768. As a general rule I'm having trouble working with this last 
> with open source software (uDig, postgis, ogr - all of these don't 
> transform from this proj correctly) and Google doesn't give much help. 
> This is the standard EU projection. Anybody have experience with this?
>
> Entries in spatial_ref_sys:
> 32767;"";;"PROJCS["Belge_Lambert_1972",GEOGCS["GCS_Belge_1972",DATUM["Reseau_National_Belge_1972",SPHEROID["International_1924",6378388.0,297.0]],PRIMEM["Greenwich",0.0],UNIT["Degree",0.0174532925199433]],PROJECTION["Lambert_Conformal_Conic_2SP"],PARAMETER["False_Easting",150000.01256],PARAMETER["False_Northing",5400088.4378],PARAMETER["Central_Meridian",4.367486666666666],PARAMETER["Standard_Parallel_1",49.8333339],PARAMETER["Standard_Parallel_2",51.16666733333333],PARAMETER["Latitude_Of_Origin",90.0],UNIT["Meter",1.0]]";"+proj=lcc 
> +lat_1=49.8333339 +lat_2=51.16666733333333 +lat_0=90 
> +lon_0=4.367486666666666 +x_0=150000.01256 +y_0=5400088.4378 
> +ellps=intl +units=m +no_defs "
>
Hah, is the standard EU projection *Belge*? Can anyone explain that?

Jan