How to overrule GeoPDF coordinatesytems

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The next screenshot is reading a corrupt geospatialPDF.

Result: It gets the page points, at the well known zero-island. The extent shows the points (~pixels if you like) of the original pdf. 595x842pt

Capture I know the coordinate system. LL84. Therefore I could overrule the coordinate system. But what happens is that the reader thinks there is no coordinate system. Therefore everything is considered page-points(595x842) And these coordinates are treated as lat,lngs. Projecting this geometry all over the ("edges" of the) world

Capture The settings of the reader:

The behavior of the first option would be in my mind.

Geospatial (if possible or over ruled).

Capture Is this a known limit and is there a way to read such document anyways with the right coordinates?

debbiatsafe · Answer

Hi @meijer​Unfortunately, the documentation notes that:For content objects within a geospatial map frame, the reader will produce features with geospatial coordinates and coordinate system. If no map frames exists, or if a content object is not within any map frame, then features will be produced with coordinate in page points.It seems like the features were not written within a map frame if you are getting features in page points when read in FME. You could try using a CoordinateSystemSetter, then offsetting/scaling if you know the area where the features are located but your coordinates will very likely not be in the correct location.

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