Yeah, that was it. Thanks for your help and quick response.
James Card wrote: > > On Thu, 12 Feb 2009 09:33:51 -0800, Steve G > <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I've looked into the scribblemethodsmgr.cs file and see where the target >> coordinate system is being defined: >> >> public static string FL83_EF = >> "PROJCS[\"FL83-EF\",GEOGCS[\"LL83\",DATUM[\"NAD83\",SPHEROID[\"GRS1980\",6378137.000,298.25722210]],PRIMEM[\"Greenwich\",0],UNIT[\"Degree\",0.017453292519943295]],PROJECTION[\"Transverse_Mercator\"],PARAMETER[\"false_easting\",656166.667],PARAMETER[\"false_northing\",0.000],PARAMETER[\"scale_factor\",0.999941176471],PARAMETER[\"central_meridian\",-81.00000000000000],PARAMETER[\"latitude_of_origin\",24.33333333333333],UNIT[\"Foot_US\",0.30480060960122]]"; >> >> So I tried to copy the WKT for California State Plane Zone 3 ft and >> replace FL83_EF, but when I used the tool, it gave me an error. I >> noticed that the WKT didn't have the "\" symbols as above. I would only >> imagine that typical WKT doesn't go here? Can someone help me? Sorry >> for my ignorance... > > The "\" is necessary so the software doesn't think that the quoted text > string that began with '"PROJCS[' ends at the first '"' (double-quote) it > encounters; the '\"' tells the program that this quote character is part > of the data, not the end of the data. > > -- > James Card > California CAD Solutions, Inc. > 209-578-5580 - Voice > 209-521-6493 - FAX > > > _______________________________________________ > mapguide-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/mapguide-users > > -- View this message in context: http://n2.nabble.com/Scribble-Coordinate-System-tp2316275p2316775.html Sent from the MapGuide Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ mapguide-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/mapguide-users
