mswkt = '''PROJCS["ED50 / 3-degree Gauss-Kruger zone 11",GEOGCS["ED50",DATUM["European_Datum_1950",SPHEROID["International 1924",6378388,297],TOWGS84[-84,-103,-122.5,0,0,0.554,0.2263]],PRIMEM["Greenwich",0,AUTHORITY["EPSG","8901"]],UNIT["degree",0.0174532925199433,AUTHORITY["EPSG","9122"]],AUTHORITY["EPSG","4230"]],PROJECTION["Transverse_Mercator"],PARAMETER["latitude_of_origin",0],PARAMETER["central_meridian",33],PARAMETER["scale_factor",1],PARAMETER["false_easting",11500000],PARAMETER["false_northing",0],UNIT["metre",1,AUTHORITY["EPSG","9001"]],AUTHORITY["EPSG","2208"]]''' m = mapObj('') m.setWKTProjection(mswkt) lyr = layerObj(m) lyr.setWKTProjection(mswkt)