[Qgis-developer] QGis AutoGCP Plugin

[Francois Maass]

Hello everyone!

 

I've been struggling with this for quite some time now, but I can't seem to
find the proper solution.  We need to set the projection definition to
provided datasets, and have, up to now, been doing it by using our own
projection dialog. We now want to change our plugin to use the, already
implemented, QGIS projection dialog.

So my question is as follows:  

Is there a way to convert a projection definition such as those returned by
the QGIS projection dialog 
eg:
   +proj=utm +zone=36 +south +a=6378249.144808011 +b=6356514.966204134
+units=m +no_defs

to the extended form such as the following:


   PROJCS["UTM Zone 36, Southern Hemisphere",GEOGCS["Unknown datum based
upon the Clarke 1880 ellipsoid",DATUM["Not specified (based on Clarke 1880
spheroid)",SPHEROID["Clarke
1880",6378249.144808011,293.4663076556303,AUTHORITY["EPSG","7034"]]],PRIMEM[
"Greenwich",0],UNIT["degree",0.0174532925199433]],PROJECTION["Transverse_Mer
cator"],PARAMETER["latitude_of_origin",0],PARAMETER["central_meridian",33],P
ARAMETER["scale_factor",0.9996],PARAMETER["false_easting",500000],PARAMETER[
"false_northing",10000000],UNIT["Meter",1]]

 

The reason for this is that the GDAL functions for setting the projection
definition, only accepts the extended form.  If this is already implemented
in a QGIS or other class that you know of, I would greatly appreciate it.
(I don't think I am qualified enough to attempt doing it myself. J )

Thank you for your time and efforts!
Francois Maass
Foxhat Solutions

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