mswkt = '''GEOGCS["ED50",DATUM["European_Datum_1950",SPHEROID["International 1924",6378388,297],EXTENSION["PROJ4_GRIDS","SPED2ETV2.gsb"]],PRIMEM["Greenwich",0,AUTHORITY["EPSG","8901"]],UNIT["degree",0.0174532925199433,AUTHORITY["EPSG","9122"]],AUTHORITY["EPSG","4230"]]''' m = mapObj('') m.setWKTProjection(mswkt) lyr = layerObj(m) lyr.setWKTProjection(mswkt)