[Qgis-user] EPSG of data from Manifold?

[Andre Joost]

Am 19.07.2016 um 21:05 schrieb Bernd Vogelgesang:
> Hi,
> we just received some shapes accompanied by an xml and no prj.
> So far I was out of luck finding the proper projection for this, but I'm
> guessing that this stuff is from Manifold (my first contact with that)
>
> Can anyone tell me from the xml what would be the related EPSG code for
> this data?
>
> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
> <data>
>      <coordinateSystem>
>          <name>Orthographic</name>
>          <datum>World Geodetic 1984 (WGS84)</datum>
>          <system>Orthographic</system>

I have not much experience with Manifold, but I guess it should be an 
orthographic projection. In that case, looking in the EPSG database may 
be useless. You would have to create a custom CRS for it.

HTH,
André Joost