[Proj] UTM ED50 to ETRS89 datum shift problem

José Alberto Gonçalves jagoncal at fc.up.pt
Mon Dec 4 10:43:44 EST 2006


It seems that your input is not correct. You must input one point per 
line, with x and y separated by space or tab.
I didn't check the command line.

Jose' Gonçalves




karel cech wrote:

> Hi list,
> I have a problem with changing datum with cs2cs using 7 parameter
> shift from ED50/UTM30 to ETRS89. The result differs a lot from
> transformation results made by Carthographic Institute of Valencia
> (they work with ESRI and ERMapper)
> My test point has following coordinates (ED50/UTM30, EPSG:23030)
> 720931.9
> 4376574.85
> What I would like to obtain is aproximatly this (ETRS89, EPSG:25830):
> 720821.51
> 4376365.31
> However, cs2cs gives me
> 720748.93
> 4376357.47
>
> The 7 parameters are defined by spanish institutions.
>
> The debug output from cs2cs (proj 4.4.9.):
>
> cs2cs -v +proj=utm +zone=30 +ellps=intl
> +towgs84=-131.0320,-100.2510,-163.3540,1.2438,0.0195,1.1436,9.3900
> +units=m +to +proj=utm +ellps=GRS80 +zone=30 +units=m -r <<EOF
>
>> 720931.9
>> 4376574.85
>> EOF
>
> pj_open_lib(proj_def.dat): call
> fopen(/usr/local/proj4/share/proj/proj_def.dat) - succeeded
> pj_open_lib(proj_def.dat): call
> fopen(/usr/local/proj4/share/proj/proj_def.dat) - succeeded
> # ---- From Coordinate System ----
> #Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM)
> #       Cyl, Sph
> #       zone= south
> # +proj=utm +zone=30 +ellps=intl
> # +towgs84=-131.0320,-100.2510,-163.3540,1.2438,0.0195,1.1436,9.3900
> # +units=m
> # ---- To Coordinate System ----
> #Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM)
> #       Cyl, Sph
> #       zone= south
> # +proj=utm +ellps=GRS80 +zone=30 +units=m
> -67.69  720748.93 175.19
> -102.91 4376357.47 82.19
>
> I am sure have missed something or misunderstood proj. For, example,
> according to manual, using 7parameters shift provides the option
> +towgs84, but, I don't output to wgs84.. Do you use +towgs84 in 
> similar tasks?
>
> Thank's in advance for any ideas,
> Karel
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