Transforming a dataset

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This example will transform a vector dataset from spatial reference system EPSG 2392 to EPSG 2393. The geometries are translated by (dx, dy) = (2500000, 6600000) before applying the transformation.

use Geo::GDAL;

$dsname = shift @ARGV;
$lname = shift @ARGV;

$datasource = Geo::OGR::Open($dsname) or die;
$layer1 = $datasource->Layer($lname) or die;
$sr1 = Geo::OSR::SpatialReference->new(EPSG => 2392);

$dsname = shift @ARGV;
$lname = shift @ARGV;

$datasource = Geo::OGR::Driver('ESRI Shapefile')->Create($dsname) or die;
$sr2 = Geo::OSR::SpatialReference->new(EPSG => 2393);
$layer2 = $datasource->CreateLayer
    ({ Name => $lname, SRS => $sr2, GeometryType => $layer1->GetLayerDefn->GeometryType});
$layer2->Schema( $layer1->Schema );

$tr = Geo::OSR::CoordinateTransformation->new($sr1, $sr2) or die;

$layer1->ResetReading();
while ($feature = $layer1->GetNextFeature()) {
    my $geom = $feature->GetGeometry();
    $geom->Move(2500000, 6600000);
    $geom->Transform($tr);
    $layer2->InsertFeature($feature);
}