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So I have a GeoJSON with EPSG:3068 and I would like to convert the coordinates to WGS84(EPSG:4326). I could also convert them before I write them to GeoJSON. I could not find an algorithm for the conversion. I prefer Java, but any other scripts would be ok as well.

My code looks like this:

public static void convert() throws NoSuchAuthorityCodeException, FactoryException, IOException, MismatchedDimensionException, TransformException{ // CoordinateReferenceSystem sourceCRS = CRS.decode("EPSG:3068"); // CoordinateReferenceSystem targetCRS = CRS.decode("EPSG:4326");

String SoldnerBerlinWKT = "PROJCS[\"DHDN / Soldner Berlin\","
           + "GEOGCS[\"DHDN\",DATUM[\"Deutsches_Hauptdreiecksnetz\","
           + "SPHEROID[\"Bessel 1841\",6377397.155,299.1528128,AUTHORITY[\"EPSG\",\"7004\"]],"
           + "AUTHORITY[\"EPSG\",\"6314\"]]," 
           + "PRIMEM[\"Greenwich\",0,AUTHORITY[\"EPSG\",\"8901\"]],"
           + "UNIT[\"degree\",0.01745329251994328,AUTHORITY[\"EPSG\",\"9122\"]],"
           + "AUTHORITY[\"EPSG\",\"4314\"]]," 
           + "UNIT[\"metre\",1,AUTHORITY[\"EPSG\",\"9001\"]],"
           + "PROJECTION[\"Cassini_Soldner\"],PARAMETER[\"latitude_of_origin\",52.41864827777778],"
           + "PARAMETER[\"central_meridian\",13.62720366666667],PARAMETER[\"false_easting\",40000],"
           + "PARAMETER[\"false_northing\",10000],"
           + "AUTHORITY[\"EPSG\",\"3068\"],AXIS[\"y\",EAST],AXIS[\"x\",NORTH]]";
CoordinateReferenceSystem sourceCRS = CRS.parseWKT(SoldnerBerlinWKT);
CoordinateReferenceSystem targetCRS = CRS.decode("EPSG:4326"); //line 74
MathTransform transform = CRS.findMathTransform(sourceCRS, targetCRS, true);
GeometryJSON jsonReader = new GeometryJSON();
Geometry sourceGeometry = jsonReader.read("C:\\Users\\Selphi\\Desktop\\test.geojson");
Geometry targetGeometry = JTS.transform(sourceGeometry, transform); 
System.out.println(sourceGeometry.toString());
System.out.println(targetGeometry.toString());

}

and I get this error (maybe some jars missing?):

Nov 13, 2014 9:50:49 AM org.geotools.referencing.factory.epsg.ThreadedPostgreSQLEpsgFactory isAvailable
WARNUNG: Unavailable authority factory: European Petroleum Survey Group
org.opengis.referencing.FactoryException: Failed to connect to the EPSG database.
    at org.geotools.referencing.factory.epsg.ThreadedEpsgFactory.createBackingStore(ThreadedEpsgFactory.java:441)
    at org.geotools.referencing.factory.DeferredAuthorityFactory.getBackingStore(DeferredAuthorityFactory.java:133)
    at org.geotools.referencing.factory.BufferedAuthorityFactory.isAvailable(BufferedAuthorityFactory.java:235)
    at org.geotools.referencing.factory.DeferredAuthorityFactory.isAvailable(DeferredAuthorityFactory.java:119)
    at org.geotools.factory.FactoryRegistry.isAvailable(FactoryRegistry.java:667)
    at org.geotools.factory.FactoryRegistry.isAcceptable(FactoryRegistry.java:501)
    at org.geotools.factory.FactoryRegistry$1.filter(FactoryRegistry.java:192)
    at javax.imageio.spi.FilterIterator.advance(Unknown Source)
    at javax.imageio.spi.FilterIterator.<init>(Unknown Source)
    at javax.imageio.spi.ServiceRegistry.getServiceProviders(Unknown Source)
    at org.geotools.factory.FactoryRegistry.getServiceProviders(FactoryRegistry.java:197)
    at org.geotools.referencing.ReferencingFactoryFinder.getFactories(ReferencingFactoryFinder.java:180)
    at org.geotools.referencing.ReferencingFactoryFinder.getCRSAuthorityFactories(ReferencingFactoryFinder.java:455)
    at org.geotools.referencing.DefaultAuthorityFactory.getBackingFactory(DefaultAuthorityFactory.java:88)
    at org.geotools.referencing.DefaultAuthorityFactory.<init>(DefaultAuthorityFactory.java:69)
    at org.geotools.referencing.CRS.getAuthorityFactory(CRS.java:262)
    at org.geotools.referencing.CRS.decode(CRS.java:519)
    at org.geotools.referencing.CRS.decode(CRS.java:447)
    at Test.convert(Test.java:74)
    at Test.main(Test.java:53)
Caused by: org.postgresql.util.PSQLException: Connection refused. Check the correctness of host name and port number and check whether the data base server accepts TCP/IP connections.
    at org.postgresql.core.v3.ConnectionFactoryImpl.openConnectionImpl(ConnectionFactoryImpl.java:136)
    at org.postgresql.core.ConnectionFactory.openConnection(ConnectionFactory.java:66)
    at org.postgresql.jdbc2.AbstractJdbc2Connection.<init>(AbstractJdbc2Connection.java:125)
    at org.postgresql.jdbc3.AbstractJdbc3Connection.<init>(AbstractJdbc3Connection.java:30)
    at org.postgresql.jdbc3.Jdbc3Connection.<init>(Jdbc3Connection.java:24)
    at org.postgresql.Driver.makeConnection(Driver.java:393)
    at org.postgresql.Driver.connect(Driver.java:267)
    at java.sql.DriverManager.getConnection(Unknown Source)
    at java.sql.DriverManager.getConnection(Unknown Source)
    at org.postgresql.ds.common.BaseDataSource.getConnection(BaseDataSource.java:87)
    at org.postgresql.ds.common.BaseDataSource.getConnection(BaseDataSource.java:70)
    at org.geotools.referencing.factory.epsg.DirectEpsgFactory.getConnection(DirectEpsgFactory.java:3196)
    at org.geotools.referencing.factory.epsg.ThreadedEpsgFactory.createBackingStore(ThreadedEpsgFactory.java:436)
    ... 19 more
Caused by: java.net.ConnectException: Connection refused: connect
    at java.net.DualStackPlainSocketImpl.connect0(Native Method)
    at java.net.DualStackPlainSocketImpl.socketConnect(Unknown Source)
    at java.net.AbstractPlainSocketImpl.doConnect(Unknown Source)
    at java.net.AbstractPlainSocketImpl.connectToAddress(Unknown Source)
    at java.net.AbstractPlainSocketImpl.connect(Unknown Source)
    at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.connect(Unknown Source)
    at java.net.SocksSocketImpl.connect(Unknown Source)
    at java.net.Socket.connect(Unknown Source)
    at java.net.Socket.connect(Unknown Source)
    at java.net.Socket.<init>(Unknown Source)
    at java.net.Socket.<init>(Unknown Source)
    at org.postgresql.core.PGStream.<init>(PGStream.java:62)
    at org.postgresql.core.v3.ConnectionFactoryImpl.openConnectionImpl(ConnectionFactoryImpl.java:76)
    ... 31 more

Nov 13, 2014 9:50:49 AM org.geotools.referencing.factory.epsg.ThreadedHsqlEpsgFactory createDataSource
INFORMATION: Building new data source for org.geotools.referencing.factory.epsg.ThreadedHsqlEpsgFactory
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: org/hsqldb/jdbc/jdbcDataSource
    at org.geotools.referencing.factory.epsg.ThreadedHsqlEpsgFactory.createDataSource(ThreadedHsqlEpsgFactory.java:216)
    at org.geotools.referencing.factory.epsg.ThreadedEpsgFactory.createBackingStore0(ThreadedEpsgFactory.java:386)
    at org.geotools.referencing.factory.epsg.ThreadedEpsgFactory.createBackingStore(ThreadedEpsgFactory.java:434)
    at org.geotools.referencing.factory.DeferredAuthorityFactory.getBackingStore(DeferredAuthorityFactory.java:133)
    at org.geotools.referencing.factory.BufferedAuthorityFactory.isAvailable(BufferedAuthorityFactory.java:235)
    at org.geotools.referencing.factory.DeferredAuthorityFactory.isAvailable(DeferredAuthorityFactory.java:119)
    at org.geotools.factory.FactoryRegistry.isAvailable(FactoryRegistry.java:667)
    at org.geotools.factory.FactoryRegistry.isAcceptable(FactoryRegistry.java:501)
    at org.geotools.factory.FactoryRegistry$1.filter(FactoryRegistry.java:192)
    at javax.imageio.spi.FilterIterator.advance(Unknown Source)
    at javax.imageio.spi.FilterIterator.<init>(Unknown Source)
    at javax.imageio.spi.ServiceRegistry.getServiceProviders(Unknown Source)
    at org.geotools.factory.FactoryRegistry.getServiceProviders(FactoryRegistry.java:197)
    at org.geotools.referencing.ReferencingFactoryFinder.getFactories(ReferencingFactoryFinder.java:180)
    at org.geotools.referencing.ReferencingFactoryFinder.getCRSAuthorityFactories(ReferencingFactoryFinder.java:455)
    at org.geotools.referencing.DefaultAuthorityFactory.getBackingFactory(DefaultAuthorityFactory.java:88)
    at org.geotools.referencing.DefaultAuthorityFactory.<init>(DefaultAuthorityFactory.java:69)
    at org.geotools.referencing.CRS.getAuthorityFactory(CRS.java:262)
    at org.geotools.referencing.CRS.decode(CRS.java:519)
    at org.geotools.referencing.CRS.decode(CRS.java:447)
    at Test.convert(Test.java:74)
    at Test.main(Test.java:53)
Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: org.hsqldb.jdbc.jdbcDataSource
    at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(Unknown Source)
    at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(Unknown Source)
    at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
    at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(Unknown Source)
    at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source)
    at sun.misc.Launcher$AppClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source)
    at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source)
    ... 22 more
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  • It may be good to know that official support for CRS is going to be removed from the GeoJSON tools.ietf.org/html/draft-butler-geojson-04.
    – user30184
    Nov 12, 2014 at 9:54
  • Ah thanks! That shouldn't be a problem, I could switch to GML easily
    – Selphiron
    Nov 12, 2014 at 10:21
  • EPSG:3068 seems to have axis in northing-easting order but I guess that you know that already and can handle the case when converting coordinates to/from GML3 and other formats.
    – user30184
    Nov 12, 2014 at 10:29
  • Which is line 74?
    – BradHards
    Nov 13, 2014 at 8:35
  • Updated the code. I removed the wrong Mathtransform transform line and updated the error message. Oh and line 74 is CoordinateReferenceSystem targetCRS = CRS.decode("EPSG:4326"); (also commented in the code)
    – Selphiron
    Nov 13, 2014 at 8:57

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I'd suggest not writing this yourself, but instead using one of the existing coordinate transform libraries, such as proj4j or the CRS part of GeoTools. From GeoTools (with some JTS help):

import com.vividsolutions.jts.geom.Geometry;

import org.geotools.geometry.jts.JTS;
import org.geotools.referencing.CRS;
import org.geotools.geojson.geom.GeometryJSON;

String SoldnerBerlinWKT = "PROJCS[\"DHDN / Soldner Berlin\","
   + "GEOGCS[\"DHDN\",DATUM[\"Deutsches_Hauptdreiecksnetz\","
   + "SPHEROID[\"Bessel 1841\",6377397.155,299.1528128,AUTHORITY[\"EPSG\",\"7004\"]],"
   + "AUTHORITY[\"EPSG\",\"6314\"]]," +
   + "PRIMEM[\"Greenwich\",0,AUTHORITY[\"EPSG\",\"8901\"]],"
   + "UNIT[\"degree\",0.01745329251994328,AUTHORITY[\"EPSG\",\"9122\"]],"
   + "AUTHORITY[\"EPSG\",\"4314\"]]," +
   + "UNIT[\"metre\",1,AUTHORITY[\"EPSG\",\"9001\"]],"
   + "PROJECTION[\"Cassini_Soldner\"],PARAMETER[\"latitude_of_origin\",52.41864827777778],"
   + "PARAMETER[\"central_meridian\",13.62720366666667],PARAMETER[\"false_easting\",40000],"
   + "PARAMETER[\"false_northing\",10000],"
   + "AUTHORITY[\"EPSG\",\"3068\"],AXIS[\"y\",EAST],AXIS[\"x\",NORTH]]";

CoordinateReferenceSystem sourceCRS = CRS.parseWKT(SoldnerBerlinWKT);
CoordinateReferenceSystem targetCRS = CRS.decode("EPSG:4326");

MathTransform transform = CRS.findMathTransform(sourceCRS, targetCRS, true);
GeometryJSON jsonReader = new GeometryJSON();

Geometry sourceGeometry = jsonReader.read(inputStreamWithJSONdata);
// you could also get the sourceGeometry using  the read(Object) method,
// which takes a File, or a String containing a filename, or a Reader
// instance.

Geometry targetGeometry = JTS.transform(sourceGeometry, transform);

If you'd like another language, see http://trac.osgeo.org/proj/ or one of the other variants linked off the metacrs page.

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  • thanks for your answer. I tried your code but I don't know what sourceGeometry is. It says envelope but do you have an example for that? I read this (docs.geotools.org/stable/javadocs/org/opengis/geometry/…) but too many ?s in my head
    – Selphiron
    Nov 12, 2014 at 8:43
  • Its the geometry you want to convert. It depends on the format you have the GeoJSON data in, but you could use something like the GeometryJSON::read() method. I'll add that to the example.
    – BradHards
    Nov 12, 2014 at 8:50
  • I tried but eclipse says: "Type mismatch: cannot convert from com.vividsolutions.jts.geom.Geometry to org.opengis.geometry.Geometry and suggests to make a typecast to Geometry at jsonreader.read("C:\\Users..."); If I do than there is an error at JTS.transform "The method transform(Envelope, MathTransform) in the type JTS is not applicable for the arguments (Geometry, MathTransform)"
    – Selphiron
    Nov 12, 2014 at 10:19
  • oh and I did not import anything from vividsolution
    – Selphiron
    Nov 12, 2014 at 10:25
  • Geometry should be com.vividsolutions.jts.geom.Geometry, per the javadoc for JTS class (docs.geotools.org/stable/javadocs/org/geotools/geometry/jts/…). I've updated the example again - I thought that part was obvious, sorry for the confusion.
    – BradHards
    Nov 12, 2014 at 10:44

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