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# Module: safe.storage.projection

Class projection

class `safe.storage.projection.``Projection`(p)

  Represents projections associated with layers

  `get_projection`(proj4=False)

    Return projection

    Args:
      - proj4: If True, projection will be returned in proj4 format.

          If False (default) projection will be returned in WKT format

    Note:
      To compare projections, use the __eq__ method directly on the projection objects: E.g. self.projection == other.projection

`safe.storage.projection.``proj4_to_dict`(P)

  Helper to turn a proj4 string into a dictionary for ease of comparison See issue #304

  Args:
    P: proj4 string, such as +proj=longlat +ellps=WGS84 +no_defs
  Returns
    dictionary of individual elements, e.g. {‘+proj’: ‘longlat’,
      ‘+ellps’: ‘WGS84’, ‘+no_defs’: ‘’}

This module forms part of the InaSAFE tool.

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