Overriding an official EPSG code

In the previous recipe, you learned how to convert from one CRS to another. This transformation is also called a data shift operation, as the main difference among the two CRS is the data.

Performing a coordinate transformation is not always as simple as it was in the previous recipe. Let's dive into this new recipe to discover how things can quickly get far more complicated.

How to do it…

  1. Open Reprojection console and insert EPSG:32632 for Source CRS and EPSG:3003 for Target CRS. Then, insert POINT(510071 4340827) in Source Geometry and click on the Forward Transformation link. The result is as follows:
    How to do it…
  2. Take note of ...

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