[QGIS-trac] Re: [Quantum GIS] #1176: Transverse mercator south orientated projections not supported

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#1176: Transverse mercator south orientated projections not supported
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        Reporter:  halfhaggis                       |         Owner:  nobody       
            Type:  bug                              |        Status:  reopened     
        Priority:  minor: annoyance or enhancement  |     Milestone:  Version 1.0.1
       Component:  Projection Support               |       Version:  HEAD         
      Resolution:                                   |      Keywords:               
Platform_version:                                   |      Platform:  Debian       
        Must_fix:  No                               |   Status_info:  0            
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Changes (by timlinux):

  * milestone:  Version 1.0.0 => Version 1.0.1

Comment:

 Hi

 Thanks for the update. I see on http://spatialreference.org/ref/epsg/2053/
 that even there your CRS is not supported:


 {{{
 Input Coordinates: 29, -27.55
 Output Coordinates: An error occurred.
 }}}

 The problem lies in proj4 and you should take it up with them. Short of
 rewriting our whole on the fly projection subsystem, I don't have any
 ready answers for on on how we might deal with this.

 One thing I wanted to mention is that proj also lets you describe a datum
 using your own ellipsoid etc settings rather than using a named datum.
 Have you tried this approach?

 Regards

 Tim

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