| PROJINFO(1) | PROJ | PROJINFO(1) |
NAME¶
projinfo - Geodetic object and coordinate operation queries
SYNOPSIS¶
projinfo
[-o formats] [-k crs|operation|datum|ensemble|ellipsoid] [--summary] [-q] [[--area name_or_code] | [--bbox west_long,south_lat,east_long,north_lat]] [--spatial-test contains|intersects] [--crs-extent-use none|both|intersection|smallest] [--grid-check none|discard_missing|sort|known_available] [--pivot-crs always|if_no_direct_transformation|never|{auth:code[,auth:code]*}] [--show-superseded] [--hide-ballpark] [--accuracy {accuracy}] [--allow-ellipsoidal-height-as-vertical-crs] [--boundcrs-to-wgs84] [--authority name] [--main-db-path path] [--aux-db-path path]* [--dump-db-structure] [--identify] [--3d] [--output-id AUTH:CODE] [--c-ify] [--single-line] --searchpaths | --remote-data | --list-crs [list-crs-filter] | --dump-db-structure [{object_definition} | {object_reference}] | {object_definition} | {object_reference} | [--s_epoch {epoch}] -t {srs_def} [--t_epoch {epoch}])
where {object_definition} or {srs_def} is one of the possibilities accepted by proj_create()
- a proj-string,
- a WKT string,
- an object code (like "EPSG:4326", "urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::4326", "urn:ogc:def:coordinateOperation:EPSG::1671"),
- an Object name. e.g "WGS 84", "WGS 84 / UTM zone 31N". In that case as uniqueness is not guaranteed, heuristics are applied to determine the appropriate best match.
- a CRS name and a coordinate epoch, separated with '@'. For example "ITRF2014@2025.0". (added in 9.2)
- a OGC URN combining references for compound coordinate reference systems (e.g "urn:ogc:def:crs,crs:EPSG::2393,crs:EPSG::5717" or custom abbreviated syntax "EPSG:2393+5717"),
- a OGC URN combining references for references for projected or derived CRSs e.g. for Projected 3D CRS "UTM zone 31N / WGS 84 (3D)": "urn:ogc:def:crs,crs:EPSG::4979,cs:PROJ::ENh,coordinateOperation:EPSG::16031" (added in 6.2)
- Extension of OGC URN for CoordinateMetadata. e.g. "urn:ogc:def:CoordinateMetadata:NRCAN::NAD83_CSRS_1997_MTM11_HT2_1997"
- a OGC URN combining references for concatenated operations (e.g. "urn:ogc:def:coordinateOperation,coordinateOperation:EPSG::3895,coordinateOperation:EPSG::1618")
- a PROJJSON string. The jsonschema is at https://proj.org/schemas/v0.4/projjson.schema.json (added in 6.2)
- a compound CRS made from two object names separated with " + ". e.g. "WGS 84 + EGM96 height" (added in 7.1)
{object_reference} is a filename preceded by the '@' character. The file referenced by the {object_reference} must contain a valid {object_definition}.
DESCRIPTION¶
projinfo is a program that can query information on a geodetic object, coordinate reference system (CRS) or coordinate operation, when the -s and -t options are specified, and display it under different formats (PROJ string, WKT string or PROJJSON string).
It can also be used to query coordinate operations available between two CRS.
The program is named with some reference to the GDAL gdalsrsinfo utility that offers partly similar services.
The following control parameters can appear in any order:
- -o formats
- formats is a comma separated combination of: all, default,
PROJ, WKT_ALL, WKT2:2015, WKT2:2019,
WKT1:GDAL, WKT1:ESRI, PROJJSON, SQL.
Except all and default, other formats can be preceded by - to disable them.
NOTE:
WKT2_2019 was previously called WKT2_2018.
NOTE:
Before PROJ 6.3.0, WKT1:GDAL was implicitly calling
--boundcrs-to-wgs84. This is no longer the case.
NOTE:
When SQL is specified, --output-id must be
specified.
- -k crs|operation|datum|ensemble|ellipsoid
- When used to query a single object with a AUTHORITY:CODE, determines the (k)ind of the object in case there are CRS, coordinate operations or ellipsoids with the same CODE. The default is crs.
- --summary
- When listing coordinate operations available between 2 CRS, return the
result in a summary format, mentioning only the name of the coordinate
operation, its accuracy and its area of use.
NOTE:
only used for coordinate operation computation
- -q
- Turn on quiet mode. Quiet mode is only available for queries on single objects, and only one output format is selected. In that mode, only the PROJ, WKT or PROJJSON string is displayed, without other introduction output. The output is then potentially compatible of being piped in other utilities.
- --area name_or_code
- Specify an area of interest to restrict the results when researching
coordinate operations between 2 CRS. The area of interest can be specified
either as a name (e.g "Denmark - onshore") or a AUTHORITY:CODE
(EPSG:3237) This option is exclusive of --bbox.
NOTE:
only used for coordinate operation computation
- --bbox west_long,south_lat,east_long,north_lat
- Specify an area of interest to restrict the results when researching
coordinate operations between 2 CRS. The area of interest is specified as
a bounding box with geographic coordinates, expressed in degrees in a
unspecified geographic CRS. west_long and east_long should
be in the [-180,180] range, and south_lat and north_lat in
the [-90,90]. west_long is generally lower than east_long,
except in the case where the area of interest crosses the antimeridian.
NOTE:
only used for coordinate operation computation
- --spatial-test contains|intersects
- Specify how the area of use of coordinate operations found in the database
are compared to the area of use specified explicitly with --area or
--bbox, or derived implicitly from the area of use of the source
and target CRS. By default, projinfo will only keep coordinate
operations whose are of use is strictly within the area of interest
(contains strategy). If using the intersects strategy, the
spatial test is relaxed, and any coordinate operation whose area of use at
least partly intersects the area of interest is listed.
NOTE:
only used for coordinate operation computation
- --crs-extent-use none|both|intersection|smallest
- Specify which area of interest to consider when no explicit one is
specified with --area or --bbox options. By default
(smallest strategy), the area of use of the source or target CRS
will be looked, and the one that is the smallest one in terms of area will
be used as the area of interest. If using none, no area of interest
is used. If using both, only coordinate operations that relate
(contain or intersect depending of the --spatial-test strategy) to
the area of use of both CRS are selected. If using intersection,
the area of interest is the intersection of the bounding box of the area
of use of the source and target CRS
NOTE:
only used for coordinate operation computation
- --grid-check none|discard_missing|sort|known_available
- Specify how the presence or absence of a horizontal or vertical shift grid
required for a coordinate operation affects the results returned when
researching coordinate operations between 2 CRS. The default strategy is
sort (if PROJ_NETWORK is not defined). In that case, all
candidate operations are returned, but the actual availability of the
grids is used to determine the sorting order. That is, if a coordinate
operation involves using a grid that is not available in the PROJ resource
directories (determined by the PROJ_DATA environment variable), it
will be listed in the bottom of the results. The none strategy
completely disables the checks of presence of grids and this returns the
results as if all the grids where available. The discard_missing
strategy discards results that involve grids not present in the PROJ
resource directories. The known_available strategy discards results
that involve grids not present in the PROJ resource directories and that
are not known of the CDN. This is the default strategy is
PROJ_NETWORK is set to ON.
NOTE:
only used for coordinate operation computation
- --pivot-crs always|if_no_direct_transformation|never|{auth:code[,auth:code]*}
- Determine if intermediate (pivot) CRS can be used when researching
coordinate operation between 2 CRS. A typical example is the WGS84 pivot.
By default, projinfo will consider any potential pivot if there is
no direct transformation ( if_no_direct_transformation). If using
the never strategy, only direct transformations between the source
and target CRS will be used. If using the always strategy,
intermediate CRS will be considered even if there are direct
transformations. It is also possible to restrict the pivot CRS to consider
by specifying one or several CRS by their AUTHORITY:CODE.
NOTE:
only used for coordinate operation computation
- --show-superseded
- When enabled, coordinate operations that are superseded by others will be
listed. Note that supersession is not equivalent to deprecation:
superseded operations are still considered valid although they have a
better equivalent, whereas deprecated operations have been determined to
be erroneous and are not considered at all.
NOTE:
only used for coordinate operation computation
- --hide-ballpark
- New in version 7.1.
Hides any coordinate operation that is, or contains, a Ballpark transformation
NOTE:
only used for coordinate operation computation
- --accuracy {accuracy}
- New in version 8.0.
Sets the minimum desired accuracy for returned coordinate operations.
NOTE:
only used for coordinate operation computation
- --allow-ellipsoidal-height-as-vertical-crs
- New in version 8.0.
Allows exporting a geographic or projected 3D CRS as a compound CRS whose vertical CRS represents the ellipsoidal height.
NOTE:
only used for CRS, and with WKT1:GDAL output format
- --boundcrs-to-wgs84
- When specified, this option researches a coordinate operation from the base geographic CRS of the single CRS, source or target CRS to the WGS84 geographic CRS, and if found, wraps those CRS into a BoundCRS object. This is mostly to be used for early-binding approaches.
- Specify the name of the authority into which to restrict looks up for
objects, when specifying an object by name or when coordinate operations
are computed. The default is to allow all authorities.
When used with SQL output, this restricts the authorities to which intermediate objects can belong to (the default is EPSG and PROJ). Note that the authority of the --output-id option will also be implicitly added.
- --main-db-path path
- Specify the name and path of the database to be used by projinfo. The default is proj.db in the PROJ resource directories.
- --aux-db-path path
- Specify the name and path of auxiliary databases, that are to be combined with the main database. Those auxiliary databases must have a table structure that is identical to the main database, but can be partly filled and their entries can refer to entries of the main database. The option may be repeated to specify several auxiliary databases.
- --identify
- When used with an object definition, this queries the PROJ database to find known objects, typically CRS, that are close or identical to the object. Each candidate object is associated with an approximate likelihood percentage. This is useful when used with a WKT string that lacks a EPSG identifier, such as ESRI WKT1. This might also be used with PROJ strings. For example, +proj=utm +zone=31 +datum=WGS84 +type=crs will be identified with a likelihood of 70% to EPSG:32631
- --dump-db-structure
- New in version 8.1.
Outputs the sequence of SQL statements to create a new empty valid auxiliary database. This option can be specified as the only switch of the utility. If also specifying a CRS object and the --output-id option, the definition of the object as SQL statements will be appended.
- --list-crs [list-crs-filter]
- New in version 8.1.
Outputs a list (authority name:code and CRS name) of the filtered CRSs from the database. If no filter is provided all authority names and types of non deprecated CRSs are dumped. list-crs-filter is a comma separated combination of: allow_deprecated,geodetic,geocentric, geographic,geographic_2d,geographic_3d,vertical,projected,compound. Affected by options --authority, --area, --bbox and --spatial-test
A visual alternative is the webpage CRS Explorer .
- --3d
- New in version 6.3.
"Promote" 2D CRS(s) to their 3D version, where the vertical axis is the ellipsoidal height in metres, using the ellipsoid of the base geodetic CRS. Depending on PROJ versions and the exact nature of the CRS involved, especially before PROJ 9.1, a mix of 2D and 3D CRS could lead to 2D or 3D transformations. Starting with PROJ 9.1, both CRS need to be 3D for vertical transformation to possibly happen.
- --output-id=AUTH:NAME
- New in version 8.1.
Identifier to assign to the object (for SQL output).
It is strongly recommended that new objects should not be added in common registries, such as EPSG, ESRI, IAU, etc. Users should use a custom authority name instead. If a new object should be added to the official EPSG registry, users are invited to follow the procedure explained at https://epsg.org/dataset-change-requests.html.
Combined with --dump-db-structure, users can create auxiliary databases, instead of directly modifying the main proj.db database. See the example how to export to an auxiliary database.
Those auxiliary databases can be specified through proj_context_set_database_path() or the PROJ_AUX_DB environment variable.
- --c-ify
- For developers only. Modify the string output of the utility so that it is easy to put those strings in C/C++ code
- --single-line
- Output PROJ, WKT or PROJJSON strings on a single line, instead of multiple indented lines by default.
- --searchpaths
- New in version 7.0.
Output the directories into which PROJ resources will be looked for (if not using C API such as proj_context_set_search_paths() that will override them.
- --remote-data
- New in version 7.0.
Display information regarding if Network capabilities is enabled, and the related URL.
- --s_epoch
- New in version 9.4.
Epoch of coordinates in the source CRS, as decimal year. Only applies to a dynamic CRS.
- --t_epoch
- New in version 9.4.
Epoch of coordinates in the target CRS, as decimal year. Only applies to a dynamic CRS.
EXAMPLES¶
- 1.
- Query the CRS object corresponding to EPSG:4326
projinfo EPSG:4326
Output:
PROJ.4 string: +proj=longlat +datum=WGS84 +no_defs +type=crs WKT2:2019 string: GEOGCRS["WGS 84",
DATUM["World Geodetic System 1984",
ELLIPSOID["WGS 84",6378137,298.257223563,
LENGTHUNIT["metre",1]]],
PRIMEM["Greenwich",0,
ANGLEUNIT["degree",0.0174532925199433]],
CS[ellipsoidal,2],
AXIS["geodetic latitude (Lat)",north,
ORDER[1],
ANGLEUNIT["degree",0.0174532925199433]],
AXIS["geodetic longitude (Lon)",east,
ORDER[2],
ANGLEUNIT["degree",0.0174532925199433]],
USAGE[
SCOPE["unknown"],
AREA["World"],
BBOX[-90,-180,90,180]],
ID["EPSG",4326]]
- 2.
- List the coordinate operations between NAD27 (designed with its CRS name) and NAD83 (designed with its EPSG code 4269) within an area of interest
projinfo -s NAD27 -t EPSG:4269 --area "USA - Missouri"
Output:
DERIVED_FROM(EPSG):1241, NAD27 to NAD83 (1), 0.15 m, USA - CONUS including EEZ PROJ string: +proj=pipeline +step +proj=axisswap +order=2,1 +step +proj=unitconvert \ +xy_in=deg +xy_out=rad +step +proj=hgridshift +grids=conus \ +step +proj=unitconvert +xy_in=rad +xy_out=deg +step +proj=axisswap +order=2,1 WKT2:2019 string: COORDINATEOPERATION["NAD27 to NAD83 (1)",
SOURCECRS[
GEOGCRS["NAD27",
DATUM["North American Datum 1927",
ELLIPSOID["Clarke 1866",6378206.4,294.978698213898,
LENGTHUNIT["metre",1]]],
PRIMEM["Greenwich",0,
ANGLEUNIT["degree",0.0174532925199433]],
CS[ellipsoidal,2],
AXIS["geodetic latitude (Lat)",north,
ORDER[1],
ANGLEUNIT["degree",0.0174532925199433]],
AXIS["geodetic longitude (Lon)",east,
ORDER[2],
ANGLEUNIT["degree",0.0174532925199433]]]],
TARGETCRS[
GEOGCRS["NAD83",
DATUM["North American Datum 1983",
ELLIPSOID["GRS 1980",6378137,298.257222101,
LENGTHUNIT["metre",1]]],
PRIMEM["Greenwich",0,
ANGLEUNIT["degree",0.0174532925199433]],
CS[ellipsoidal,2],
AXIS["geodetic latitude (Lat)",north,
ORDER[1],
ANGLEUNIT["degree",0.0174532925199433]],
AXIS["geodetic longitude (Lon)",east,
ORDER[2],
ANGLEUNIT["degree",0.0174532925199433]]]],
METHOD["CTABLE2"],
PARAMETERFILE["Latitude and longitude difference file","conus"],
OPERATIONACCURACY[0.15],
USAGE[
SCOPE["unknown"],
AREA["USA - CONUS including EEZ"],
BBOX[23.81,-129.17,49.38,-65.69]],
ID["DERIVED_FROM(EPSG)",1241]]
- 3.
- Export an object as a PROJJSON string
projinfo GDA94 -o PROJJSON -q
Output:
{
"type": "GeographicCRS",
"name": "GDA94",
"datum": {
"type": "GeodeticReferenceFrame",
"name": "Geocentric Datum of Australia 1994",
"ellipsoid": {
"name": "GRS 1980",
"semi_major_axis": 6378137,
"inverse_flattening": 298.257222101
}
},
"coordinate_system": {
"subtype": "ellipsoidal",
"axis": [
{
"name": "Geodetic latitude",
"abbreviation": "Lat",
"direction": "north",
"unit": "degree"
},
{
"name": "Geodetic longitude",
"abbreviation": "Lon",
"direction": "east",
"unit": "degree"
}
]
},
"area": "Australia - GDA",
"bbox": {
"south_latitude": -60.56,
"west_longitude": 93.41,
"north_latitude": -8.47,
"east_longitude": 173.35
},
"id": {
"authority": "EPSG",
"code": 4283
}
}
- 4.
- Exporting the SQL statements to insert a new CRS in an auxiliary database.
# Get the SQL statements for a custom CRS projinfo "+proj=merc +lat_ts=5 +datum=WGS84 +type=crs +title=my_crs" --output-id HOBU:MY_CRS -o SQL -q > my_crs.sql cat my_crs.sql # Initialize an auxiliary database with the schema of the reference database echo ".schema" | sqlite3 /path/to/proj.db | sqlite3 aux.db # Append the content of the definition of HOBU:MY_CRS sqlite3 aux.db < my_crs.db # Check that everything works OK projinfo --aux-db-path aux.db HOBU:MY_CRS
or more simply:
# Create an auxiliary database with the definition of a custom CRS. projinfo "+proj=merc +lat_ts=5 +datum=WGS84 +type=crs +title=my_crs" --output-id HOBU:MY_CRS --dump-db-structure | sqlite3 aux.db # Check that everything works OK projinfo --aux-db-path aux.db HOBU:MY_CRS
Output:
INSERT INTO geodetic_crs VALUES('HOBU','GEODETIC_CRS_MY_CRS','unknown','','geographic 2D','EPSG','6424','EPSG','6326',NULL,0);
INSERT INTO usage VALUES('HOBU','USAGE_GEODETIC_CRS_MY_CRS','geodetic_crs','HOBU','GEODETIC_CRS_MY_CRS','PROJ','EXTENT_UNKNOWN','PROJ','SCOPE_UNKNOWN');
INSERT INTO conversion VALUES('HOBU','CONVERSION_MY_CRS','unknown','','EPSG','9805','Mercator (variant B)','EPSG','8823','Latitude of 1st standard parallel',5,'EPSG','9122','EPSG','8802','Longitude of natural origin',0,'EPSG','9122','EPSG','8806','False easting',0,'EPSG','9001','EPSG','8807','False northing',0,'EPSG','9001',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,0);
INSERT INTO usage VALUES('HOBU','USAGE_CONVERSION_MY_CRS','conversion','HOBU','CONVERSION_MY_CRS','PROJ','EXTENT_UNKNOWN','PROJ','SCOPE_UNKNOWN');
INSERT INTO projected_crs VALUES('HOBU','MY_CRS','my_crs','','EPSG','4400','HOBU','GEODETIC_CRS_MY_CRS','HOBU','CONVERSION_MY_CRS',NULL,0);
INSERT INTO usage VALUES('HOBU','USAGE_PROJECTED_CRS_MY_CRS','projected_crs','HOBU','MY_CRS','PROJ','EXTENT_UNKNOWN','PROJ','SCOPE_UNKNOWN');
PROJ.4 string: +proj=merc +lat_ts=5 +lon_0=0 +x_0=0 +y_0=0 +datum=WGS84 +units=m +no_defs +type=crs WKT2:2019 string: PROJCRS["my_crs",
BASEGEOGCRS["unknown",
ENSEMBLE["World Geodetic System 1984 ensemble",
MEMBER["World Geodetic System 1984 (Transit)"],
MEMBER["World Geodetic System 1984 (G730)"],
MEMBER["World Geodetic System 1984 (G873)"],
MEMBER["World Geodetic System 1984 (G1150)"],
MEMBER["World Geodetic System 1984 (G1674)"],
MEMBER["World Geodetic System 1984 (G1762)"],
ELLIPSOID["WGS 84",6378137,298.257223563,
LENGTHUNIT["metre",1]],
ENSEMBLEACCURACY[2.0]],
PRIMEM["Greenwich",0,
ANGLEUNIT["degree",0.0174532925199433]],
ID["HOBU","GEODETIC_CRS_MY_CRS"]],
CONVERSION["unknown",
METHOD["Mercator (variant B)",
ID["EPSG",9805]],
PARAMETER["Latitude of 1st standard parallel",5,
ANGLEUNIT["degree",0.0174532925199433],
ID["EPSG",8823]],
PARAMETER["Longitude of natural origin",0,
ANGLEUNIT["degree",0.0174532925199433],
ID["EPSG",8802]],
PARAMETER["False easting",0,
LENGTHUNIT["metre",1],
ID["EPSG",8806]],
PARAMETER["False northing",0,
LENGTHUNIT["metre",1],
ID["EPSG",8807]]],
CS[Cartesian,2],
AXIS["(E)",east,
ORDER[1],
LENGTHUNIT["metre",1]],
AXIS["(N)",north,
ORDER[2],
LENGTHUNIT["metre",1]],
ID["HOBU","MY_CRS"]]
- 5.
- Get the WKT representation of EPSG:25832 in the WKT1:GDAL output format and on a single line
projinfo -o WKT1:GDAL --single-line EPSG:25832
Output:
WKT1:GDAL string: PROJCS["ETRS89 / UTM zone 32N",GEOGCS["ETRS89",DATUM["European_Terrestrial_Reference_System_1989",SPHEROID["GRS 1980",6378137,298.257222101,AUTHORITY["EPSG","7019"]],AUTHORITY["EPSG","6258"]],PRIMEM["Greenwich",0,AUTHORITY["EPSG","8901"]],UNIT["degree",0.0174532925199433,AUTHORITY["EPSG","9122"]],AUTHORITY["EPSG","4258"]],PROJECTION["Transverse_Mercator"],PARAMETER["latitude_of_origin",0],PARAMETER["central_meridian",9],PARAMETER["scale_factor",0.9996],PARAMETER["false_easting",500000],PARAMETER["false_northing",0],UNIT["metre",1,AUTHORITY["EPSG","9001"]],AXIS["Easting",EAST],AXIS["Northing",NORTH],AUTHORITY["EPSG","25832"]]
SEE ALSO¶
BUGS¶
A list of known bugs can be found at https://github.com/OSGeo/PROJ/issues where new bug reports can be submitted to.
HOME PAGE¶
AUTHOR¶
Even Rouault
COPYRIGHT¶
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