mswkt = '''PROJCS["REGCAN95 / LCC Europe",GEOGCS["REGCAN95",DATUM["Red_Geodesica_de_Canarias_1995",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","4081"]],PROJECTION["Lambert_Conformal_Conic_2SP"],PARAMETER["latitude_of_origin",52],PARAMETER["central_meridian",10],PARAMETER["standard_parallel_1",35],PARAMETER["standard_parallel_2",65],PARAMETER["false_easting",4000000],PARAMETER["false_northing",2800000],UNIT["metre",1,AUTHORITY["EPSG","9001"]],AUTHORITY["EPSG","5634"]]''' m = mapObj('') m.setWKTProjection(mswkt) lyr = layerObj(m) lyr.setWKTProjection(mswkt)