How to deal with projections (i.e. Coordinate Reference Systems in geotools)

Note that this is a brute copy and paste from the geotools wiki.


- get the CRS from an epsg code:

import org.geotools.referencing.CRS;
CoordinateReferenceSystem sourceCRS = CRS.decode("EPSG:4326");


- create a CRS from well known text (WKT):

String wkt = "GEOGCS[" + "\"WGS 84\"," + " DATUM[" + " \"WGS_1984\","
+ " SPHEROID[\"WGS 84\",6378137,298.257223563,AUTHORITY[\"EPSG\",\"7030\"]],"
+ " TOWGS84[0,0,0,0,0,0,0]," + " AUTHORITY[\"EPSG\",\"6326\"]],"
+ " PRIMEM[\"Greenwich\",0,AUTHORITY[\"EPSG\",\"8901\"]],"
+ " UNIT[\"DMSH\",0.0174532925199433,AUTHORITY[\"EPSG\",\"9108\"]],"
+ " AXIS[\"Lat\",NORTH]," + " AXIS[\"Long\",EAST],"
+ " AUTHORITY[\"EPSG\",\"4326\"]]";
CoordinateReferenceSystem crs = CRS.parseWKT(wkt);

- search for the official epsg code from a WKT:

String name = "ED50";
String wkt =
"GEOGCS[\"" + name + "\",\n" +
" DATUM[\"European Datum 1950\",\n" +
" SPHEROID[\"International 1924\", 6378388.0, 297.0]],\n" +
"PRIMEM[\"Greenwich\", 0.0],\n" +
"UNIT[\"degree\", 0.017453292519943295]]";
CoordianteReferenceSystem example = CRS.parseWKT(wkt);

String code = CRS.lookupIdentifier( example, true ); // should be "EPSG:4230"
CoordinateReferenceSystem crs = CRS.decode( code );

- reproject geometries:

CoordinateReferenceSystem sourceCRS = CRS.decode("EPSG:4326");
CoordinateReferenceSystem targetCRS = CRS.decode("EPSG:23032");
MathTransform transform = CRS.findMathTransform(sourceCRS, targetCRS);
// jts geometry
Geometry targetGeometry = JTS.transform( sourceGeometry, transform);
// iso geometry
Geometry target = geometry.transform( targetCRS );