[Proj] grass problem with shp

Sat Aug 4 09:32:31 EDT 2007

The parameters correspond to UTM zone 2, northern hemisphere. The 
ellipsoid is Clarke1866 ellipsoid, so probably the data is in the North 
American Datum 1927.
I hope this helps.

Jose' Gonçalves

riad mazloum wrote:

> Hi,
> I'm using grass6.0 in a project an I have ESRI data,
>
> I have the projection info:
>
> PROJCS["PCS_Transverse_Mercator",
> GEOGCS["GCS_Clarke_1866",
> DATUM["D_Clarke_1866",
> SPHEROID["Clarke_1866",6378206.4,294.9786982]],
> PRIMEM["Greenwich",0],UNIT["Degree",0.017453292519943295]],
> PROJECTION["Transverse_Mercator"],
> PARAMETER["False_Easting",500000],
> PARAMETER["False_Northing",0],
> PARAMETER["Central_Meridian",-171],
> PARAMETER["Scale_Factor",0.9996],
> PARAMETER["Latitude_Of_Origin",0],UNIT["Meter",1]]
>
> and i don't know how to create a location for this data
>
> Please help me, I'm running out of time in my project!
>
> Thanks
>
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