shapefile - What does an esri projection file represent? -


i have managed confuse myself here. trying determine associated *.prj file accompanies esri shapefile means. if have *.prj file has in it:

projcs["wgs 84 / world mercator",     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"]     ],     projection["mercator_1sp"],     parameter["central_meridian",0],     parameter["scale_factor",1],     parameter["false_easting",0],     parameter["false_northing",0],     unit["metre",1,         authority["epsg","9001"]     ],     axis["easting",east],     axis["northing",north],     authority["epsg","3395"] ] 

two things being defined in here. projected coordinate system , geographic coordinate system.

  1. does mean coordinates in shapefile have been calculated , if wish go geographic coordinates need use above projection variables transformation or meta data value indicating current transformed coordinate values?

i want draw shapefile using opengl need trasformation based on projection information or use coordinates read shapefile?

looking @ answer: https://gis.stackexchange.com/a/2386

it appears prj file represents current projection. each coordinate in shapefile in denoted coordinate system...


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