[SciPy-User] Using geographic coordinates with pyshapelib

[bar tomas]

Thank you very much for your reply.
Would any one have an example of  a .prj file for geographic
coordinates? (I've been hunting on the internet for one but haven't
found one so far.)
Many thanks again

On 9/11/09, Joe Kington <joferkington at gmail.com> wrote:
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> Well, I can't reply to the list from my phone, so see the "forwarded"
> message below. Hope that helps!
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> From: "Joe Kington" <joferkington at gmail.com>
> Date: Sep 11, 2009 9:57 AM
> Subject: Re: [SciPy-User] Using geographic coordinates with pyshapelib
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> Sure. In fact, that's the most common thing to do.
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> Just define the shapefile's coordinate system as geographic in arc or write
> out a .prj file (search for it, its just a txt file naming the projection,
> but you need to know the format).
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> As long as the coordinate system is defined, arc will reproject everything
> on the fly.
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>  > > On Sep 11, 2009 9:35 AM, "bar tomas" <bartomas at gmail.com> wrote: > >
> Hi, > > Can I use lat/long...
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