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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#000000 size=2>Switzerland dropped the Rosenmund Oblique in favor of the Hotine Oblique RSO?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT size=2>Since when?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT size=2>C. Mugnier</FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr><FONT size=2>LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY</FONT></DIV></DIV>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> proj-bounces@lists.maptools.org on behalf of Markus Neteler<BR><B>Sent:</B> Fri 10-Jul-09 07:59<BR><B>To:</B> PROJ.4 and general Projections Discussions<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Proj] Swiss CORINE: Bessel 1841 Hotine Oblique MercatorAzimuth Natural Origin?<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
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<P><FONT size=2>Dear list members,<BR><BR>I was earlier sending this message to the gdal-dev list without<BR>answer. trying here now:<BR><BR>On Mon, Jun 8, 2009 at 5:24 PM, Markus Neteler<neteler@osgeo.org> wrote:<BR>> hi,<BR>><BR>> I am trying to reproject the Swiss CORINE data CLC90 [1] into LAEA.<BR>> The .prj file is attached. Unfortunately the transformation fails:<BR>><BR>> ogr2ogr -t_srs eu_etrs89_laea.prj /tmp/clc90_eu_laea.shp /geodata/clcbn85p.shp<BR>> ERROR 6: Failed to initialize PROJ.4 with `+proj=omerc<BR>> +lat_0=46.95240555555556 +lonc=7.439583333333333 +alpha=90 +k=1<BR>> +x_0=-9419820.590700001 +y_0=200000 +ellps=bessel +units=m +no_defs '.<BR>> lat_0 = 0 or 90 or alpha = 90<BR>> Failed to create coordinate transformation between the<BR>> following coordinate systems. This may be because they<BR>> are not transformable, or because projection services<BR>> (PROJ.4 DLL/.so) could not be loaded.<BR>> Source:<BR>> PROJCS["Bessel_1841_Hotine_Oblique_Mercator_Azimuth_Natural_Origin",<BR>> GEOGCS["GCS_Bessel_1841",<BR>> DATUM["Not_specified_based_on_Bessel_1841_ellipsoid",<BR>> SPHEROID["Bessel_1841",6377397.155,299.1528128]],<BR>> PRIMEM["Greenwich",0.0],<BR>> UNIT["Degree",0.0174532925199433]],<BR>> PROJECTION["Hotine_Oblique_Mercator"],<BR>> PARAMETER["False_Easting",-9419820.5907],<BR>> PARAMETER["False_Northing",200000.0],<BR>> PARAMETER["Scale_Factor",1.0],<BR>> PARAMETER["Azimuth",90.0],<BR>> PARAMETER["Longitude_Of_Center",7.439583333333333],<BR>> PARAMETER["Latitude_Of_Center",46.95240555555556],<BR>> UNIT["Meter",1.0]]<BR>> Target:<BR>> PROJCS["ETRS89 / ETRS-LAEA",<BR>> GEOGCS["ETRS89",<BR>> DATUM["European_Terrestrial_Reference_System_1989",<BR>> SPHEROID["GRS 1980",6378137,298.2572221010042,<BR>> AUTHORITY["EPSG","7019"]],<BR>> AUTHORITY["EPSG","6258"]],<BR>> PRIMEM["Greenwich",0],<BR>> UNIT["degree",0.0174532925199433],<BR>> AUTHORITY["EPSG","4258"]],<BR>> UNIT["metre",1,<BR>> AUTHORITY["EPSG","9001"]],<BR>> AUTHORITY["EPSG","3035"]]<BR>><BR>> Suggestions welcome to reproject this data set...<BR>><BR>> thanks<BR>> Markus<BR>><BR>> [1] <A href="http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/de/index/dienstleistungen/geostat/datenbeschreibung/corine_land_cover.html">http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/de/index/dienstleistungen/geostat/datenbeschreibung/corine_land_cover.html</A><BR>> Data: -> GIS-Daten CORINE Land Cover Schweiz 1990 (ZIP file)<BR>><BR><BR>Is there a way to enable PROJ4 to support this projection?<BR><BR>thank in advance,<BR>Markus<BR>_______________________________________________<BR>Proj mailing list<BR>Proj@lists.maptools.org<BR><A href="http://lists.maptools.org/mailman/listinfo/proj">http://lists.maptools.org/mailman/listinfo/proj</A><BR></FONT></P></DIV></BODY></HTML>