[QGIS-trac] Re: [Quantum GIS] #1537: Units unknown in GRASS mapset creation for EPSG 26745

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#1537: Units unknown in GRASS mapset creation for EPSG 26745
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        Reporter:  jctull                            |         Owner:  nobody                                            
            Type:  bug                               |        Status:  new                                               
        Priority:  major: does not work as expected  |     Milestone:  Version 1.0.2                                     
       Component:  GRASS                             |       Version:  1.0.0                                             
      Resolution:                                    |      Keywords:  ogr grass mapset creation epsg:26745 units unknown
Platform_version:                                    |      Platform:  All                                               
        Must_fix:  No                                |   Status_info:  0                                                 
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Changes (by neteler):

  * keywords:  grass mapset creation epsg:26745 units unknown => ogr grass
               mapset creation epsg:26745 units unknown

Comment:

 Running attached WKT file through "testepsg" returns the same problem
 ("Foot_US" only recognised in the ESRified part):

 {{{
 testepsg wkt_with_units_undetected.prj
 Validate Succeeds.
 WKT[wkt_with_units_undetected.prj] =
 PROJCS["unnamed",
     GEOGCS["NAD27",
         DATUM["North_American_Datum_1927",
             SPHEROID["Clarke 1866",6378206.4,294.978698213898,
                 AUTHORITY["EPSG","7008"]],
             TOWGS84[-3,142,183,0,0,0,0],
             AUTHORITY["EPSG","6267"]],
         PRIMEM["Greenwich",0,
             AUTHORITY["EPSG","8901"]],
         UNIT["degree",0.0174532925199433,
             AUTHORITY["EPSG","9108"]],
         AUTHORITY["EPSG","4267"]],
     PROJECTION["Lambert_Conformal_Conic_2SP"],
     PARAMETER["standard_parallel_1",35.46666666666667],
     PARAMETER["standard_parallel_2",34.03333333333333],
     PARAMETER["latitude_of_origin",33.5],
     PARAMETER["central_meridian",-118],
     PARAMETER["false_easting",2000000],
     PARAMETER["false_northing",0],
     UNIT["unknown",0.3048006096012192]]

 Simplified WKT[wkt_with_units_undetected.prj] =
 PROJCS["unnamed",
     GEOGCS["NAD27",
         DATUM["North_American_Datum_1927",
             SPHEROID["Clarke 1866",6378206.4,294.978698213898],
             TOWGS84[-3,142,183,0,0,0,0]],
         PRIMEM["Greenwich",0],
         UNIT["degree",0.0174532925199433]],
     PROJECTION["Lambert_Conformal_Conic_2SP"],
     PARAMETER["standard_parallel_1",35.46666666666667],
     PARAMETER["standard_parallel_2",34.03333333333333],
     PARAMETER["latitude_of_origin",33.5],
     PARAMETER["central_meridian",-118],
     PARAMETER["false_easting",2000000],
     PARAMETER["false_northing",0],
     UNIT["unknown",0.3048006096012192]]

 Old Style WKT[wkt_with_units_undetected.prj] =
 PROJCS["unnamed",GEOGCS["NAD27",DATUM["North_American_Datum_1927",SPHEROID["Clarke
 1866",6378206.4,294.978698213898]],PRIMEM["Greenwich",0],UNIT["degree",0.0174532925199433]],PROJECTION["Lambert_Conformal_Conic_2SP"],PARAMETER["standard_parallel_1",35.46666666666667],PARAMETER["standard_parallel_2",34.03333333333333],PARAMETER["latitude_of_origin",33.5],PARAMETER["central_meridian",-118],PARAMETER["false_easting",2000000],PARAMETER["false_northing",0],UNIT["unknown",0.3048006096012192]]
 ESRI'ified WKT[wkt_with_units_undetected.prj] =
 PROJCS["Lambert_Conformal_Conic",
     GEOGCS["GCS_North_American_1927",
         DATUM["D_North_American_1927",
             SPHEROID["Clarke_1866",6378206.4,294.9786982]],
         PRIMEM["Greenwich",0],
         UNIT["Degree",0.017453292519943295]],
     PROJECTION["Lambert_Conformal_Conic"],
     PARAMETER["standard_parallel_1",35.46666666666667],
     PARAMETER["standard_parallel_2",34.03333333333333],
     PARAMETER["latitude_of_origin",33.5],
     PARAMETER["central_meridian",-118],
     PARAMETER["false_easting",2000000],
     PARAMETER["false_northing",0],
     UNIT["Foot_US",0.30480060960121924],
     PARAMETER["scale_factor",1.0]]
 PROJ.4 rendering of [wkt_with_units_undetected.prj] = +proj=lcc
 +lat_1=35.46666666666667 +lat_2=34.03333333333333 +lat_0=33.5 +lon_0=-118
 +x_0=609601.2192024384 +y_0=0 +ellps=clrk66 +datum=NAD27
 +to_meter=0.3048006096012192 +no_defs
 }}}

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