Write .prj file so GIS software will know the projection

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Every shape file should have an associated projection file so software will
know how to overlay it with other data in other projections.

The shape files written by this tool should all have the exact same
projection file, so it will be easy to add writing of this file to the
program. 

I am attaching sample.prj to this issue. If you are a user of this program
and writing this file has not yet been added as a feature, you can download
this file and rename it from "sample" to match your layer.

Original issue reported on code.google.com by mark.g...@gmail.com on 17 Feb 2010 at 10:56

Attachments:

• sample.prj

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I am not exactly sure which projection OSM uses, but all the SHP-files provided 
by
Geofabrik which are conversions of original OSM data use the CGS WGS 1984 
projection
which is also in the sample you provided. This projection works fine for all 
the SHPs
I created with OSM2SHP so far, so I guess it is safe to use.

You are right, it is trivial to add the creation of the PRJ file to the process 
and I
guess I will add the feature with the next commit.

Original comment by g...@splashstudio.com on 14 Apr 2010 at 11:41

• Changed state: Started

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This issue was closed by revision r9.

Original comment by g...@splashstudio.com on 14 Apr 2010 at 12:25

• Changed state: Fixed