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  • May 16, 2014
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Hi, I have a custom coordinate system that I was confused how to translate it to the MyCoordSysDefs.fme for use in Safe Desktop. Here's how it is represented in the prj file. 

 

 

PROJCS["Lumos_Projection_Foot",

 

GEOGCS["GCS_North_American_1983",

 

DATUM["D_North_American_1983",

 

SPHEROID["Geodetic_Reference_System_of_1980",6378137,298.2572221008916]],

 

PRIMEM["Greenwich",0],

 

UNIT["Degree",0.017453292519943295]],

 

PROJECTION["Transverse_Mercator"],

 

PARAMETER["latitude_of_origin",0],

 

PARAMETER["central_meridian",-80],

 

PARAMETER["scale_factor",0.9996],

 

PARAMETER["false_easting",4921259.843],

 

PARAMETER["false_northing",0],

 

UNIT["Foot_US",0.30480060960121924]]

 

 

I read over the help for FME DEsktop, but the I did not know how to translate it because it had two units and so many Parameters.

 

I appricate any help. Thanks

Best answer by takashi

Hi,

 

 

additionally, I would recommend you to have a look at properties of some similar coordinate systems.

 

Open Coordinate System Gallery (Menu: Tools > Browse Coordinate Systems), select a coordinate system (e.g. NY83-EF), and click Properties button to show Coordinate System Properties. You can see how "OGC WKT Description" should be mapped into "Coordinate System Properties" for FME.

 

 

Takashi
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david_r
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  • May 19, 2014
Hi,

 

 

did you read this page (http://docs.safe.com/fme/html/FME_Workbench/Default.htm#adding_a_custom_coordinate_system.htm)?

 

 

David
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  • May 19, 2014
Hi,

 

 

additionally, I would recommend you to have a look at properties of some similar coordinate systems.

 

Open Coordinate System Gallery (Menu: Tools > Browse Coordinate Systems), select a coordinate system (e.g. NY83-EF), and click Properties button to show Coordinate System Properties. You can see how "OGC WKT Description" should be mapped into "Coordinate System Properties" for FME.

 

 

Takashi
Why not inspect features with Visual/Data Preview and Feature/Record Information before writing them into a destination dataset?
david_r
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  • May 19, 2014
Hi,

 

 

maybe a bit outside what you were asking, but there are a lot of interesting resources and coordinate system template to look at here (http://spatialreference.org/).

 

 

David

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