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| author | Andrew Bell <andrew.bell.ia@gmail.com> | 2019-05-30 11:37:22 -0400 |
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| committer | Kristian Evers <kristianevers@gmail.com> | 2019-05-30 17:37:22 +0200 |
| commit | 5558c91f1cfa63ffc79e648caafb957288849654 (patch) | |
| tree | fb21940488b4b875b8cdb53e93511c440529c23c /docs/source/faq.rst | |
| parent | 2eb2798b1ef31d04c717856d82acd4ccb7aac78a (diff) | |
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Add information about proj.db. (#1491)
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diff --git a/docs/source/faq.rst b/docs/source/faq.rst index e6a2e54a..e7265d48 100644 --- a/docs/source/faq.rst +++ b/docs/source/faq.rst @@ -156,3 +156,19 @@ of the Well-Known Text output: AREA["World"], BBOX[-90,-180,90,180]], ID["EPSG",4326]] + +Why am I getting the error "Cannot find proj.db"? +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- +The file :ref:`proj.db<proj-db>` must be readable for the library to properly +function. Like other :doc:`resource files<../resource_files>`, +it is located using a set of search +paths. In most cases, the following paths are checked in order: + + - A path provided by the environment variable :envvar:`PROJ_LIB`. + - A path built into PROJ as its resource installation directory + (typically ../share/proj relative to the PROJ library). + - The current directory. + +Note that if you're using conda, activating an environment sets +:envvar:`PROJ_LIB` to a resource directory located in that environment. + |