On Mon, Jan 11, 2016 at 6:29 PM, Andy Colson <a...@squeakycode.net> wrote:
> I've had this problem. I have no idea how you'd do it in code, when I've > needed to do it I read the .prj file, find some kind of descriptive text > (for example "iowa north"), then search for it here: > > http://spatialreference.org/ref/epsg/?search=iowa+north&srtext=Search > You can do something similar with prj2epsg. For example, http://prj2epsg.org/search.json?terms="iowa%20north"; > > > I try to match up corresponding numbers (like standard_parallel, > latitude_of_origin, etc). Oh, match feet/meters too. > > It's usually pretty simple to do by hand. Is that an option or do you > need code for this? > I'm looking for code to suggest to QGIS developers to use. Right now QGIS doesn't recognize Washington State Plane North/South. And besides, I'm curious how it's accomplished. Doing it by hand resulted in me picking the wrong match! Clifford -- @osm_seattle osm_seattle.snowandsnow.us OpenStreetMap: Maps with a human touch
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