[PROJ] Strange axes in LV03

[Even Rouault]

I don't think that's a mistake. The choice of abbreviations is indeed 
somewhat random, or might depend on local usages. Using the direction 
will be more robust.

Le 08/10/2021 à 12:29, Javier Jimenez Shaw a écrit :
> Hi
>
> Reading the axes of EPSG:21781 
> https://epsg.org/crs_21781/CH1903-LV03.html 
> <https://epsg.org/crs_21781/CH1903-LV03.html> (Switzerland) I found 
> something strange:
>     CS[Cartesian,2],
>         AXIS["easting (Y)",east,
>             ORDER[1],
>             LENGTHUNIT["metre",1]],
>         AXIS["northing (X)",north,
>             ORDER[2],
>             LENGTHUNIT["metre",1]],
>
> The first axis is east... however the abbreviation is "Y". Is there 
> any reason for that? Is it just a mistake in EPSG data? I have the 
> impression that I should ignore that abbreviation, and relay only on 
> the direction. But it is getting hard ;)
>
> Thanks.
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