mswkt = '''PROJCS["ED50 / Jordan TM",GEOGCS["ED50",DATUM["European_Datum_1950",SPHEROID["International 1924",6378388,297],EXTENSION["PROJ4_GRIDS","sped2et.gsb"]],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",37],PARAMETER["scale_factor",0.9998],PARAMETER["false_easting",500000],PARAMETER["false_northing",-3000000],UNIT["metre",1,AUTHORITY["EPSG","9001"]],AXIS["Easting",EAST],AXIS["Northing",NORTH],AUTHORITY["EPSG","3066"]]''' m = mapObj('') m.setWKTProjection(mswkt) lyr = layerObj(m) lyr.setWKTProjection(mswkt)