[Proj] Using pj_transform API to convert WGS84 to OSGB
Keith Sharp
kms at passback.co.uk
Fri Jan 20 08:01:31 EST 2006
On Fri, 2006-01-20 at 08:42 -0400, John Smart wrote:
> > double x = 55.863157, y = -4.432298, z = 0;
>
> I could be missing something here but haven't you got your x and y mixed up?
> Your command line test had x=-4 and y=55 (4w and 55n).
>
> If I do your command line test with the mixed up values I get:
> 55.863157 -4.432298
> 8256101.80 -6437819.18 599.248
>
> (I was supposing maybe I'd get the same message as you).
>
> maybe there's some sanity checking going on in the code, since a Transverse
> Mercator projection generally isn't useful so far away from its origin.
I may well have my X and Y mixed up, but switching them gives the same
error with my code:
[kms at animal test]$ ./test
Converting from WGS84 to OSGB
X: -4.432298e+00 Y: 5.586316e+01 Z: 0.000000e+00
Transform failed: latitude or longitude exceeded limits
Thanks,
Keith.
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