GDALSRSINFO(1)

NAME
gdalsrsinfo - Lists info about a given SRS in number of formats (WKT, PROJ.4, etc.)

SYNOPSIS

        Usage: gdalsrsinfo [--help] [--help-general]
                           [--single-line] [-V] [-e][-o <out_type>] <srs_def>

DESCRIPTION

The gdalsrsinfo utility reports information about a given SRS from one of the following:

    •   The filename of a dataset supported by GDAL/OGR which contains SRS information

    •   Any of the usual GDAL/OGR forms (complete WKT, PROJ.4, EPSG:n or a file containing the SRS)

    --help
        Show this help message and exit

    --help-general
        Gives a brief usage message for the generic GDAL commandline options and exit.

    --single-line
        Print WKT on single line

    -V  Validate SRS

    -e  Search for EPSG number(s) corresponding to SRS

    -o <out_type>
        Output types:

        •   default: proj4 and wkt (default option)

        •   all: all options available

        •   wkt_all: all wkt options available

        •   PROJJSON: PROJJSON string (GDAL >= 3.1 and PROJ >= 6.2)

        •   proj4: PROJ.4 string

        •   wkt1: OGC WKT format (full)

        •   wkt_simple: OGC WKT 1 (simplified)

        •   wkt_noct: OGC WKT 1 (without OGC CT params)

        •   wkt_esri: ESRI WKT format

        •   wkt: Latest WKT version supported, currently wkt2_2019

        •   wkt2: Latest WKT2 version supported, currently wkt2_2019

        •   wkt2_2015: OGC WKT2:2015

        •   wkt2_2019: OGC WKT2:2019 (for GDAL < 3.6, use wkt2_2018)

        •   mapinfo: Mapinfo style CoordSys format

        •   xml: XML format (GML based)

    <srs_def>
        may be the filename of a dataset supported by GDAL/OGR from which to extract SRS information OR any of the usual GDAL/OGR forms (complete WKT, PROJ.4, EPSG:n or a file containing the SRS)

EXAMPLE

        $ gdalsrsinfo EPSG:4326

        PROJ.4 : +proj=longlat +datum=WGS84 +no_defs

        OGC WKT :
        GEOGCS["WGS 84",
            DATUM["WGS_1984",
                SPHEROID["WGS 84",6378137,298.257223563,
                    AUTHORITY["EPSG","7030"]],
                AUTHORITY["EPSG","6326"]],
            PRIMEM["Greenwich",0,
                AUTHORITY["EPSG","8901"]],
            UNIT["degree",0.0174532925199433,
                AUTHORITY["EPSG","9122"]],
            AUTHORITY["EPSG","4326"]]

        $ gdalsrsinfo -o proj4 osr/data/lcc_esri.prj
        '+proj=lcc +lat_1=34.33333333333334 +lat_2=36.16666666666666 +lat_0=33.75 +lon_0=-79 +x_0=609601.22 +y_0=0 +datum=NAD83 +units=m +no_defs '

        $ gdalsrsinfo -o proj4 landsat.tif
        PROJ.4 : '+proj=utm +zone=19 +south +datum=WGS84 +units=m +no_defs '

        $ gdalsrsinfo  -o wkt "EPSG:32722"

        PROJCRS["WGS 84 / UTM zone 22S",
            BASEGEOGCRS["WGS 84",
                DATUM["World Geodetic System 1984",
                    ELLIPSOID["WGS 84",6378137,298.257223563,
                        LENGTHUNIT["metre",1]]],
                PRIMEM["Greenwich",0,
                    ANGLEUNIT["degree",0.0174532925199433]]],
            CONVERSION["UTM zone 22S",
                METHOD["Transverse Mercator",
                    ID["EPSG",9807]],
                PARAMETER["Latitude of natural origin",0,
                    ANGLEUNIT["degree",0.0174532925199433],
                    ID["EPSG",8801]],
                PARAMETER["Longitude of natural origin",-51,
                    ANGLEUNIT["degree",0.0174532925199433],
                    ID["EPSG",8802]],
                PARAMETER["Scale factor at natural origin",0.9996,
                    SCALEUNIT["unity",1],
                    ID["EPSG",8805]],
                PARAMETER["False easting",500000,
                    LENGTHUNIT["metre",1],
                    ID["EPSG",8806]],
                PARAMETER["False northing",10000000,
                    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]],
            USAGE[
                SCOPE["unknown"],
                AREA["World - S hemisphere - 54°W to 48°W - by country"],
                BBOX[-80,-54,0,-48]],
            ID["EPSG",32722]]

        $ gdalsrsinfo -o wkt_all "EPSG:4322"
        OGC WKT 1:
        GEOGCS["WGS 72",
            DATUM["World_Geodetic_System_1972",
                SPHEROID["WGS 72",6378135,298.26,
                    AUTHORITY["EPSG","7043"]],
                TOWGS84[0,0,4.5,0,0,0.554,0.2263],
                AUTHORITY["EPSG","6322"]],
            PRIMEM["Greenwich",0,
                AUTHORITY["EPSG","8901"]],
            UNIT["degree",0.0174532925199433,
                AUTHORITY["EPSG","9122"]],
            AXIS["Latitude",NORTH],
            AXIS["Longitude",EAST],
            AUTHORITY["EPSG","4322"]]

        OGC WKT2:2015 :
        BOUNDCRS[
            SOURCECRS[
                GEODCRS["WGS 72",
                    DATUM["World Geodetic System 1972",
                        ELLIPSOID["WGS 72",6378135,298.26,
                            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]],
                    AREA["World"],
                    BBOX[-90,-180,90,180],
                    ID["EPSG",4322]]],
            TARGETCRS[
                GEODCRS["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["latitude",north,
                            ORDER[1],
                            ANGLEUNIT["degree",0.0174532925199433]],
                        AXIS["longitude",east,
                            ORDER[2],
                            ANGLEUNIT["degree",0.0174532925199433]],
                    ID["EPSG",4326]]],
            ABRIDGEDTRANSFORMATION["WGS 72 to WGS 84 (1)",
                METHOD["Position Vector transformation (geog2D domain)",
                    ID["EPSG",9606]],
                PARAMETER["X-axis translation",0,
                    ID["EPSG",8605]],
                PARAMETER["Y-axis translation",0,
                    ID["EPSG",8606]],
                PARAMETER["Z-axis translation",4.5,
                    ID["EPSG",8607]],
                PARAMETER["X-axis rotation",0,
                    ID["EPSG",8608]],
                PARAMETER["Y-axis rotation",0,
                    ID["EPSG",8609]],
                PARAMETER["Z-axis rotation",0.554,
                    ID["EPSG",8610]],
                PARAMETER["Scale difference",1.0000002263,
                    ID["EPSG",8611]],
                AREA["World"],
                BBOX[-90,-180,90,180],
                ID["EPSG",1237]]]

        OGC WKT2:2019 :
        BOUNDCRS[
            SOURCECRS[
                GEOGCRS["WGS 72",
                    DATUM["World Geodetic System 1972",
                        ELLIPSOID["WGS 72",6378135,298.26,
                            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",4322]]],
            TARGETCRS[
                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["latitude",north,
                            ORDER[1],
                            ANGLEUNIT["degree",0.0174532925199433]],
                        AXIS["longitude",east,
                            ORDER[2],
                            ANGLEUNIT["degree",0.0174532925199433]],
                    ID["EPSG",4326]]],
            ABRIDGEDTRANSFORMATION["WGS 72 to WGS 84 (1)",
                METHOD["Position Vector transformation (geog2D domain)",
                    ID["EPSG",9606]],
                PARAMETER["X-axis translation",0,
                    ID["EPSG",8605]],
                PARAMETER["Y-axis translation",0,
                    ID["EPSG",8606]],
                PARAMETER["Z-axis translation",4.5,
                    ID["EPSG",8607]],
                PARAMETER["X-axis rotation",0,
                    ID["EPSG",8608]],
                PARAMETER["Y-axis rotation",0,
                    ID["EPSG",8609]],
                PARAMETER["Z-axis rotation",0.554,
                    ID["EPSG",8610]],
                PARAMETER["Scale difference",1.0000002263,
                    ID["EPSG",8611]],
                USAGE[
                    SCOPE["unknown"],
                    AREA["World"],
                    BBOX[-90,-180,90,180]],
                ID["EPSG",1237]]]

        OGC WKT 1 (simple) :
        GEOGCS["WGS 72",
            DATUM["World_Geodetic_System_1972",
                SPHEROID["WGS 72",6378135,298.26],
                TOWGS84[0,0,4.5,0,0,0.554,0.2263]],
            PRIMEM["Greenwich",0],
            UNIT["degree",0.0174532925199433]]

        OGC WKT 1 (no CT) :
        GEOGCS["WGS 72",
            DATUM["World_Geodetic_System_1972",
                SPHEROID["WGS 72",6378135,298.26]],
            PRIMEM["Greenwich",0],
            UNIT["degree",0.0174532925199433]]

        ESRI WKT :
        GEOGCS["GCS_WGS_1972",
            DATUM["D_WGS_1972",
                SPHEROID["WGS_1972",6378135.0,298.26]],
            PRIMEM["Greenwich",0.0],
            UNIT["Degree",0.0174532925199433]]

AUTHOR
Frank Warmerdam <warmerdam@pobox.com>, Etienne Tourigny <etourigny.dev-at-gmail-dot-com>

COPYRIGHT
1998-2025