> I am trying to create a custom transverse mercator coordinate system,
> but I can't get it to show up in the list of available definitions
> inside my workbench.  I have tried entering this data in both the
> LocalCoordSysDefs.fme and MyCoordSysDefts.fme and haven't been able to
> get it recognized in either location.  Do I have some incorrect syntax
> or is there something else I need to do to get FME to recognize the
> coordinate system?

> COORDINATE_SYSTEM_DEF 1234TM                                 \
>  DESC_NM         "1234 Transverse Mercator"      \
>  SOURCE          "myself"               \
>  GROUP           ME                                      \
>  DT_NAME         WGS84                                    \
>  PROJ            TM                                        \
>  UNIT            METER                                     \
>  PARM1           -87.875                                      \
>  ORG_LAT         37.375                                       \
>  SCL_RED         1.0                                   \
>  X_OFF           0.0                                 \
>  Y_OFF           0.0                                 \
>  MAP_SCL         1.0

> I used some existing samples and just updated the origin points.

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> Hi,

> The trick here is to make sure that you edit your MyCoordSys file as
> "administrator" - just open notepad with the "run as administrator" option
> and then edit your file.  The MyCoordSys file has permissions that prevent
> you changing it as a standard user and though while it appears to be
> updating if you check the modified date on the file you will see that it is
> not changing.

> Regards'
> Mike

> On 2 May 2012 10:17, amyers <angela.my...@isc-maps.com> wrote:

> > I am trying to create a custom transverse mercator coordinate system,
> > but I can't get it to show up in the list of available definitions
> > inside my workbench.  I have tried entering this data in both the
> > LocalCoordSysDefs.fme and MyCoordSysDefts.fme and haven't been able to
> > get it recognized in either location.  Do I have some incorrect syntax
> > or is there something else I need to do to get FME to recognize the
> > coordinate system?

> > COORDINATE_SYSTEM_DEF 1234TM                                 \
> >  DESC_NM         "1234 Transverse Mercator"      \
> >  SOURCE          "myself"               \
> >  GROUP           ME                                      \
> >  DT_NAME         WGS84                                    \
> >  PROJ            TM                                        \
> >  UNIT            METER                                     \
> >  PARM1           -87.875                                      \
> >  ORG_LAT         37.375                                       \
> >  SCL_RED         1.0                                   \
> >  X_OFF           0.0                                 \
> >  Y_OFF           0.0                                 \
> >  MAP_SCL         1.0

> > I used some existing samples and just updated the origin points.

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