[FWTools] Dumping to wkt for a .prj file - meter vs. metre

[David Fawcett]

Yep, I understand why it might be spelled that way, I am just curious why
the 9 billion pound gorilla of GIS can't seem to speak something other than
'American'.

I am curious if this was intended or if there is a standard workaround.
ogr2ogr seems to spit out .prj files that use the word 'meter'.

Here is a WKT definition generate by ogr2ogr from the same build.

PROJCS["NAD_1983_UTM_Zone_15N",GEOGCS["GCS_North_American_1983",DATUM["D_North_American_1983",SPHEROID["GRS_1980",6378137,
298.257222101]],PRIMEM["Greenwich",0],UNIT["Degree",0.017453292519943295
]],PROJECTION["Transverse_Mercator"],PARAMETER["latitude_of_origin",0],PARAMETER["central_meridian",-93],PARAMETER["scale_factor",
0.9996
],PARAMETER["false_easting",500000],PARAMETER["false_northing",0],UNIT["Meter",1]]

By the way, OpenEv seems to recognize the units just fine....

David.

On 10/25/06, Greg Nuspel <Greg.Nuspel at telus.net> wrote:
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>  English verses American spelling issues J
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>   If I edit the .prj file and replace 'metre' with 'meter', the units are
> recognized.
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