pe_verttran_to_string

Creates the string representation of a vertical transformation

Usage syntax

void pe_verttran_to_string (PE_VERTTRAN geogtran, char buffer[PE_BUFFER_MAX]);

Parameters
verttran The vertical transformation object
buffer The string representation of the object
Description

Creates a string representation of the vertical transformation object in the following format:

VERTTRAN["name",GEOGCS[…],VERTCS[…],VERTCS[…],VTMETHOD["name"],PARAMETER["name",value],…].

Returns

None

Examples

(Formatted for readability)

VERTTRAN["WGS_1984_To_EGM_1996_Geoid_1",GEOGCS["GCS_WGS_1984",
DATUM["D_WGS_1984",SPHEROID["WGS_1984",6378137.0,298.257223563]],PRIMEM["Greenwich",0.0],
UNIT["Degree",0.0174532925199433]],VERTCS["WGS_1984",DATUM["D_WGS_1984",
SPHEROID["WGS_1984",6378137.0,298.257223563]],PARAMETER["Vertical_Shift",0.0],
PARAMETER["Direction",1.0],UNIT["Meter",1.0]],VERTCS["EGM96_Geoid",
VDATUM["EGM96_Geoid"],PARAMETER["Vertical_Shift",0.0],PARAMETER["Direction",1.0],
UNIT["Meter",1.0]],VTMETHOD["EGM96"],PARAMETER["Dataset_egm96.grd",0.0]]