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The Spatial Reference class, represents OGR Spatial Reference objects.

Example: >>> from django.contrib.gis.gdal import SpatialReference >>> srs = SpatialReference('WGS84') >>> print(srs) GEOGCS["WGS 84",

DATUM["WGS_1984",
SPHEROID["WGS 84",6378137,298.257223563,
AUTHORITY["EPSG","7030"]],

TOWGS84[0,0,0,0,0,0,0], AUTHORITY["EPSG","6326"]],

PRIMEM["Greenwich",0,
AUTHORITY["EPSG","8901"]],
UNIT["degree",0.01745329251994328,
AUTHORITY["EPSG","9122"]],

AUTHORITY["EPSG","4326"]]

>>> print(srs.proj)
+proj=longlat +ellps=WGS84 +datum=WGS84 +no_defs
>>> print(srs.ellipsoid)
(6378137.0, 6356752.3142451793, 298.25722356300003)
>>> print(srs.projected, srs.geographic)
False True
>>> srs.import_epsg(32140)
>>> print(srs.name)
NAD83 / Texas South Central