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[AWIPS #HRM-616770]: Adding shapefiles to AWIPS

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  • Subject: [AWIPS #HRM-616770]: Adding shapefiles to AWIPS
  • Date: Tue, 27 Feb 2024 16:28:54 -0700
Hi there,

> That was in ArcGIS Pro.
> Here is a text doc version of the .prj file.
>
> PROJCS["WGS_1984_Web_Mercator_Auxiliary_Sphere",GEOGCS["GCS_WGS_1984",DATUM["D_WGS_1984",SPHEROID["WGS_1984",6378137.0,298.257223563]],
> PRIMEM["Greenwich",0.0],UNIT["Degree",0.0174532925199433]],PROJECTION["Mercator_Auxiliary_Sphere"],PARAMETER["False_Easting",0.0],
> PARAMETER["False_Northing",0.0],PARAMETER["Central_Meridian",0.0],PARAMETER["Standard_Parallel_1",0.0],
> PARAMETER["Auxiliary_Sphere_Type",0.0],UNIT["Meter",1.0]]
>
> I think it's only pulling in the Projected Coordinate System and not the 
> Geographic Coordinate System. And when I do the reprojection
> it sees the Geographic Coordinate System.
> .prj file after the reprojection in text:
>
> GEOGCS["GCS_WGS_1984",DATUM["D_WGS_1984",SPHEROID["WGS_1984",6378137.0,298.257223563]],PRIMEM["Greenwich",0.0],
> UNIT["Degree",0.0174532925199433]]
>
> Strange. I appreciate your feedback and having me open the text file. That 
> tells more of the story for sure.

Yes, I think it must be getting confused with that... although that seems like 
a pretty standard thing (to have a PROJCS as well as the
GEOGCS).  I hope it's not too much trouble to do the reprojections to be able 
to view them in CAVE.

We're currently working on a major upgrade from v20 to v23 because of the End 
of Life of CentOS7 later this year, so we don't have much
time at the moment to dig into any specific issues, but I can put this on a 
list and come back to it later if we have the time.

--Shay Carter

She/Her/Hers
AWIPS Software Engineer
NSF Unidata

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Ticket Details
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Ticket ID: HRM-616770
Department: Support AWIPS
Priority: Normal
Status: Open
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