[Qgis-user] MERIS projection

[Andre Joost]

Am 27.09.2013 07:28, schrieb Paolo Cavallini:
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> Il 27/09/2013 00:05, Giacomo Fontanelli ha scritto:
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>> I've found the correct proj4 projection in the site
>> http://spatialreference.org/ref/sr-org/modis-sinusoidal/
>> I uploaded the new projection in QGis by using "custom SR".
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>> Everything work fine, but I would like to set also the correct name to this
>> projection that is EPSG:4862.
>> By now QGIS recognizes the uploaded MERIS projection as USER:10002.
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> Why it is not in standard EPSG database, as incorporated into QGIS?

The code is SR-ORG:6842; EPSG:4862 is something completly different.

Proj offers a lot of projections which are not used by any surveying 
Authorithy, and therefore not in the official EPSG database.

Take igh (interrupted goode homolosine), ortho, aeqd and miller as examples.

Greetings,
André Joost