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Last modified 7 days ago

#386 new task

add how to define custom projections (with recent PROJ) into README

Reported by: Jeff McKenna Owned by: Jeff McKenna
Priority: major Milestone: future
Component: MS4W - Documentation Version: 4.0.5
Keywords: Cc: TC Haddad
Blocked By: Blocking:

Description (last modified by Jeff McKenna)

Change History (6)

comment:1 by Jeff McKenna, 16 months ago

Milestone: 5.0.0 release5.0.1 release

comment:2 by Jeff McKenna, 8 months ago

Milestone: 5.0.1 release5.2.0 release

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comment:3 by Jeff McKenna, 8 days ago

Description: modified (diff)

comment:4 by Jeff McKenna, 8 days ago

Description: modified (diff)

comment:5 by Jeff McKenna, 7 days ago

@tchaddad I experimented with trying to add a custom projection into proj.db (or a separate file of proj-custom.db)....yikes. Not easy (and the structure of the PROJ sqlite database tables seems to change often). I am hesitant to write detailed steps in the MS4W readme.

For now, I've added a "Warning" into the existing section of the readme "Using Custom EPSG Projections" :

"The following custom projection steps are for MS4W versions 4.0.5 and older. For more recent MS4W versions, if you do plan to try to add a custom projection, it is recommended to not modify the shared proj.db but instead use a separate file such as proj-custom.db, and implement the PROJ_AUX_DB environment variable."

comment:6 by Jeff McKenna, 7 days ago

Milestone: 5.2.0 releasefuture
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