mswkt = '''PROJCS["ETRF2000-PL / CS92",GEOGCS["ETRF2000-PL",DATUM["ETRF2000_Poland",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","9702"]],PROJECTION["Transverse_Mercator"],PARAMETER["latitude_of_origin",0],PARAMETER["central_meridian",19],PARAMETER["scale_factor",0.9993],PARAMETER["false_easting",500000],PARAMETER["false_northing",-5300000],UNIT["metre",1,AUTHORITY["EPSG","9001"]],AUTHORITY["EPSG","2180"]]''' m = mapObj('') m.setWKTProjection(mswkt) lyr = layerObj(m) lyr.setWKTProjection(mswkt)