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Does PROJ.4 work in different international numeric locales?

April 26, 2017different International locales numeric proj.4

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Does PROJ.4 work in different international numeric locales?

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No. PROJ.4 makes extensive use of sprintf() and atof() internally to translate numeric values. If a locale is in effect that modifies formatting of numbers, altering the role of commas and periods in numbers, then PROJ.4 will not work. This problem is common in some European locales. On unix-like platforms, this problem can be avoided by forcing the use of the default numeric locale by setting the LC_NUMERIC environment variable to C. eg.