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I received a list (XML) of SRSes by request (by JavaScript):

http://gis1:8080/geoserver/wms?SERVICE=WMS&VERSION=1.1.1&REQUEST=GetCapabilities then parse it and get a list of EPSG codes like "EPSG:1234"

How I can now get a name (description) of specific SRS like "Pulkovo 1942 / Gauss-Kruger zone 13" for "EPSG:28413"?

...or may be I can do it by OpenLayers API?

I asked this first on https://stackoverflow.com/q/41672346/7424390 but then I saw that specfic forum exists so just in case I duplicate here

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The easiest way to convert EPSG codes in to human readable names is to look them up on http://epsg.io - so you could download http://epsg.io/28413.html and parse it in your JavaScript code.

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    Probably easier to parse from epsg.io/28413.gml – user30184 Jan 16 '17 at 13:47
  • Or go to the canonical registry and then parse out the name. – mkennedy Jan 16 '17 at 19:18
  • Thanks, but I have to receive SRSes from specific local GIS server (standard (embeded as in geoserver) + custom (my own) SRSes). Online services not an option. – Pavel Aristarhov Jan 18 '17 at 4:31
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You can use the OGC CRS definition resolver, as detailed on the OGC wiki page:

http://external.opengeospatial.org/twiki_public/CRSdefinitionResolver/WebHome

So for EPSG::28413 you would use:

http://www.opengis.net/def/crs/EPSG/0/28413 and then you can parse the XML response for the name (with XPath: /gml:ProjectedCRS/gml:name)

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  • Thanks, but I have to receive SRSes from specific local GIS server (standard (embeded as in geoserver) + custom (my own) SRSes). Online services not an option. – Pavel Aristarhov Jan 18 '17 at 4:31
  • You could perhaps install your own version of the secore software – nmtoken Jan 18 '17 at 14:19

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