mswkt = '''GEOGCS["SAD69 (deprecated)",DATUM["South_American_Datum_1969",SPHEROID["GRS 1967",6378160,298.247167427,AUTHORITY["EPSG","7036"]],AUTHORITY["EPSG","6291"]],PRIMEM["Greenwich",0,AUTHORITY["EPSG","8901"]],UNIT["degree minute second hemisphere",0.0174532925199433,AUTHORITY["EPSG","9108"]],AUTHORITY["EPSG","4291"]]''' m = mapObj('') m.setWKTProjection(mswkt) lyr = layerObj(m) lyr.setWKTProjection(mswkt)