mswkt = '''PROJCS["Estonian Coordinate System of 1997",GEOGCS["EST97",DATUM["Estonia_1997",SPHEROID["GRS 1980",6378137,298.257222101],TOWGS84[0,0,0,0,0,0,0]],PRIMEM["Greenwich",0,AUTHORITY["EPSG","8901"]],UNIT["degree",0.0174532925199433,AUTHORITY["EPSG","9122"]],AUTHORITY["EPSG","4180"]],PROJECTION["Lambert_Conformal_Conic_2SP"],PARAMETER["latitude_of_origin",57.5175539305556],PARAMETER["central_meridian",24],PARAMETER["standard_parallel_1",59.3333333333333],PARAMETER["standard_parallel_2",58],PARAMETER["false_easting",500000],PARAMETER["false_northing",6375000],UNIT["metre",1,AUTHORITY["EPSG","9001"]],AUTHORITY["EPSG","3301"]]''' m = mapObj('') m.setWKTProjection(mswkt) lyr = layerObj(m) lyr.setWKTProjection(mswkt)