From 999439858dd9cc98d0deb47169318f0124164bbb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Even Rouault Date: Thu, 28 Mar 2019 13:45:17 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Doc: document --identify switch of projinfo (fixes #1332) --- docs/source/apps/projinfo.rst | 10 ++++++++++ 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+) diff --git a/docs/source/apps/projinfo.rst b/docs/source/apps/projinfo.rst index 7e84823b44..c821983831 100644 --- a/docs/source/apps/projinfo.rst +++ b/docs/source/apps/projinfo.rst @@ -193,6 +193,16 @@ The following control parameters can appear in any order: and their entries can refer to entries of the main database. The option may be repeated to specify several auxiliary databases. +.. option:: --identify + + When used with an object definition, this queries the PROJ database to find + known objects, typically CRS, that are close or identical to the object. + Each candidate object is associated with an approximate likelihood percentage. + This is useful when used with a WKT string that lacks a EPSG identifier, + such as ESRI WKT1. This might also be used with PROJ strings. + For example, `+proj=utm +zone=31 +datum=WGS84 +type=crs` will be identified + with a likelihood of 70% to EPSG:32631 + .. option:: --c-ify For developers only. Modify the string output of the utility so that it