[postgis-users] AddToPROJ4SRSCache: couldn't parse proj4 string - major axis or radius = 0 or not given

[Paul Ramsey]

I think the proj parser might dislike the line breaks you've embedded
in your row. Try to get rid of them. Also if you've set your +ellps
and +datum  you don't need an +a parameter.

P.

On Wed, May 23, 2012 at 7:00 PM, David Wu <d.wu at delcan.com> wrote:
> Hi there,
>
>
>
> I need to add a projection to support an imported shapefiles dataset with
> the following projection:
>
> PROJCS [              "Business Analyst Projection",
>
>                                 GEOGCS[
>
>                                                 "GCS_WGS_1984",
>
>                                                 DATUM[
> "D_WGS_1984",SPHEROID["WGS_1984",6378137.0,298.257223563]],
>
>                                                 PRIMEM["Greenwich",0.0],
>
>
> UNIT["Degree",0.0174532925199433]],
>
>                                 PROJECTION["Equidistant_Conic"],
>
>                                 PARAMETER["False_Easting",0.0],
>
>                                 PARAMETER["False_Northing",0.0],
>
>
> PARAMETER["Central_Meridian",-88.02657853618898],
>
>
> PARAMETER["Standard_Parallel_1",41.82305904132364],
>
>
> PARAMETER["Standard_Parallel_2",41.82305804132364],
>
>                                 PARAMETER["Latitude_Of_Origin",0.0],
>
>                                 UNIT["Meter",1.0]          ]
>
>
>
> I used the following SQL to add the projection to the spatial_ref_sys table:
>
>
>
> INSERT INTO spatial_ref_sys (srid, auth_name, auth_srid, srtext, proj4text)
> VALUES (9998, 'EPSG', 9998,
>
>                 'PROJCS["Business Analyst Projection",
>
>                                 GEOGCS["GCS_WGS_1984",
>
>
> DATUM["D_WGS_1984",SPHEROID["WGS_1984",6378137.0,298.257223563]],
>
>                                                 PRIMEM["Greenwich",0.0],
>
>
> UNIT["Degree",0.0174532925199433]],
>
>                                 PROJECTION["Equidistant_Conic"],
>
>                                 PARAMETER["False_Easting",0.0],
>
>                                 PARAMETER["False_Northing",0.0],
>
>
> PARAMETER["Central_Meridian",-88.02657853618898],
>
>
> PARAMETER["Standard_Parallel_1",41.82305904132364],
>
>
> PARAMETER["Standard_Parallel_2",41.82305804132364],
>
>                                 PARAMETER["Latitude_Of_Origin",0.0],
>
>                                 UNIT["Meter",1.0]]',
>
>
>
>                 '+proj=eqdc +lat_0=41.82305904132364
>
>                                 +lon_0=-88.02657853618898
>
>                                 +lon_1=-88.02657853618898
>
>                                 +lon_2=-88.02657853618898
>
>                                 +x_0=0
>
>                                 +y_0=0
>
>                                 +a=6378137.0
>
>                                 +ellps=WGS84
>
>                                 +datum=WGS84
>
>                                 +units=m
>
>                                 +no_defs');
>
>
>
> When I tried to do a transform test [ update major set geom=transform(geom,
> 4326) ], I go the following error:
>
> ERROR:  AddToPROJ4SRSCache: couldn't parse proj4 string: '+proj=eqdc
>
>
>                                 +lat_0=41.82305904132364
>
>                                 +lon_0=-88.02657853618898
>
>                                 +lon_1=-88.02657853618898
>
>                                 +lon_2=-88.02657853618898
>
>                                 +x_0=0
>
>                                 +y_0=0
>
>                                 +a=6378137.0
>
>                                 +ellps=WGS84
>
>                                 +datum=WGS84
>
>                                 +units=m
>
>                                 +no_defs': major axis or radius = 0 or not
> given
>
>
>
> BTW, I found no documentation that provides a complete listing of parameters
> I need to set for eqdc projection.
>
> Thanks for any hint.
>
> DWW
>
>
>
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