***Note from Migration:***
Original Title was: Add option to Data Inspector to set (/alter?) coordinate system of dataset if initially unknown (or wrong)
Sometimes I get shapeFiles from users/clients that don't contain the .prj subfile specifying the coordinate system. In this case by default FME seems to assume that the coordinate system is equal to 'SPHERICAL MERCATOR'. However, in most of my usecases this is not correct. In this case a warning 'some features may not align with the background map' is displayed in the data inspector.
However, there doesn't seem to be the option in FME data inspector to set/correct the unknown (or maybe in some usecases wrong) coordinate system. It would be nice if this could be added.
Another less preferable option could be if the default coordinate system that is used in the data inspector could be altered in the settings.
N.b. a quick search about this on the forum only provided this result , which seems to ask for a sort of similar implementation to be added to the data inspector (only more from a 'stability viewpoint').