Coordinate Systems

The OGR VRT format supports all spatial reference systems recognized by the OGR library. Specifying a spatial reference system in a VRT dataset will override that of the underlying dataset. Spatial reference systems may be specified as follows:

  • OGC Well Known Text definition
  • “EPSG:n” - where n is a recognized ESPG code
  • “EPSGA:n” - where n is a recognized ESPGA code
  • “AUTO:proj_id,unit_id,lon0,lat0” – WMS auto projections
  • “urn:ogc:crs:EPSG:n” – OGC URNs
  • PROJ.4 defintion
  • Filename – file contents will be read as WKT, XML or PROJ.4
  • OGR well known names eg, NAD27, WGS84
  • ESRI WKT when prefixed with “ESRI::”