proj.Projection()

class proj.Projection(id)
Arguments

  • id – String Coordinate reference system identifier or well-known text for the projection.

Create a new projection object.

Example Use

Sample code to create a new projection object:

>> var Projection = require("geoscript/proj").Projection;
>> var wgs84 = Projection("EPSG:4326")
>> wgs84
<Projection EPSG:4326>

>> wgs84.wkt
GEOGCS["WGS 84",
  DATUM["World Geodetic System 1984",
    SPHEROID["WGS 84", 6378137.0, 298.257223563, AUTHORITY["EPSG","7030"]],
    AUTHORITY["EPSG","6326"]],
  PRIMEM["Greenwich", 0.0, AUTHORITY["EPSG","8901"]],
  UNIT["degree", 0.017453292519943295],
  AXIS["Geodetic longitude", EAST],
  AXIS["Geodetic latitude", NORTH],
  AUTHORITY["EPSG","4326"]]

Properties

Projection.id

String The coordinate reference system identifier.

Projection.wkt

String The well-known text representation of the coordinate reference system.

Methods

Projection.equals()
Arguments
Returns

Boolean The two projections are equivalent.

Determine if this projection is equivalent to the given projection.