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WKT to Proj4 string GDAL python
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wkt_to_proj4.py
from osgeo import osr
srs = osr.SpatialReference()
wkt_text = 'PROJCS["Transverse Mercator",GEOGCS["GCS_Everest_1830",DATUM["D_Everest_1830",SPHEROID["Everest_1830",6377299.36,300.8017]],PRIMEM["Greenwich",0.0],UNIT["Degree",0.0174532925199433]],PROJECTION["Transverse_Mercator"],PARAMETER["False_Easting",500295.0],PARAMETER["False_Northing",-2000090.0],PARAMETER["Central_Meridian",90.0],PARAMETER["Scale_Factor",0.9996],PARAMETER["Latitude_Of_Origin",0.0],UNIT["Meter",1.0]]'
srs.importFromWkt(wkt_text)
srs.ExportToProj4()
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It should be ImportFromWkt(wkt_text) with a capital I.

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