Thread: Create spatial_ref_sys entry from srtext ?

Hi list !

I received a bunch of shapefiles with a .prj file.
I can't find the projection in the spatial_ref_sys table (it looks
quite strange, it says "IGNBelg_Lam72").
How can I insert a record for this projection in the
spatial_ref_sys table ?

Here is the .prj file content :
PROJCS["IGNBelg_Lam72",
   GEOGCS["Hayford 1924",
     DATUM["<custom>",
      SPHEROID["International_1924",6378388.0,297.0]
    ],
    PRIMEM["Greenwich",0.0],
    UNIT["Degree",0.0174532925199433]
   ],
   PROJECTION["Lambert_Conformal_Conic"],
   PARAMETER["False_Easting",150000.013],
   PARAMETER["False_Northing",5400088.438],
   PARAMETER["Central_Meridian",4.367486666667],
   PARAMETER["Standard_Parallel_1",49.83333389],
   PARAMETER["Standard_Parallel_2",51.16666729],
   PARAMETER["Scale_Factor",1.0],
   PARAMETER["Latitude_Of_Origin",90.0],
   UNIT["Meter",1.0]
  ]


Thanks a lot !

Regards
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Arnaud

On Fri, Jul 28, 2006 at 11:44:17AM +0200, Arnaud Lesauvage wrote:
> I received a bunch of shapefiles with a .prj file.
> I can't find the projection in the spatial_ref_sys table (it looks
> quite strange, it says "IGNBelg_Lam72").
> How can I insert a record for this projection in the
> spatial_ref_sys table ?

Arnaud has probably already realized that postgis-users would be a
better place to ask this.  Here's the same thread on that list:

http://postgis.refractions.net/pipermail/postgis-users/2006-July/012790.html

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Michael Fuhr

Michael Fuhr a écrit :
> Arnaud has probably already realized that postgis-users would be a
> better place to ask this.  Here's the same thread on that list:
>
> http://postgis.refractions.net/pipermail/postgis-users/2006-July/012790.html


Yes sorry for that, I receive everything in the same folder and I
often forget that there are many separate lists in there !

Thanks for giving the link Markus !

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Arnaud