[R-sig-Geo] WKT coordinate system string (PRJ) to PROJ.4

[Michael Sumner]

> On Tue, 5 Jan 2016 at 21:09 Michael Sumner <mdsumner at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hello, is there any R-level way to convert a WKT/PRJ *coordinate system*
string to
> PROJ.4 used by sp/rgdal?



I see it in ogr_proj.cpp at line 124:


if (hSRS->exportToProj4(&pszProj4) != OGRERR_NONE) {

Roger, Edzer: could we please expose that functionality from rgdal to input
WKT from R?


Is that feasible? I'll have a look at doing it myself . . . I know it's a
distraction from other goals.


Thank you.


Cheers, Mike.



> (Previously I've written out to SHP/PRJ, and read back in with rgdal, but
that's obviously a
> bit naff.)


> (I know you can rgeos::readWKT and wkb::readWKB for *geometry*).



> Cheers, Mike.



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Dr. Michael Sumner
Software and Database Engineer
Australian Antarctic Division
203 Channel Highway
Kingston Tasmania 7050 Australia
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Dr. Michael Sumner
Software and Database Engineer
Australian Antarctic Division
203 Channel Highway
Kingston Tasmania 7050 Australia

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