mswkt = '''PROJCS["NAD27 / Utah Central",GEOGCS["NAD27",DATUM["North_American_Datum_1927",SPHEROID["Clarke 1866",6378206.4,294.978698213898],EXTENSION["PROJ4_GRIDS","NTv2_0.gsb"]],PRIMEM["Greenwich",0,AUTHORITY["EPSG","8901"]],UNIT["degree",0.0174532925199433,AUTHORITY["EPSG","9122"]],AUTHORITY["EPSG","4267"]],PROJECTION["Lambert_Conformal_Conic_2SP"],PARAMETER["latitude_of_origin",38.3333333333333],PARAMETER["central_meridian",-111.5],PARAMETER["standard_parallel_1",39.0166666666667],PARAMETER["standard_parallel_2",40.65],PARAMETER["false_easting",2000000],PARAMETER["false_northing",0],UNIT["US survey foot",0.304800609601219],AXIS["Easting",EAST],AXIS["Northing",NORTH],AUTHORITY["EPSG","32043"]]''' m = mapObj('') m.setWKTProjection(mswkt) lyr = layerObj(m) lyr.setWKTProjection(mswkt)