from mapscript import mapObj,layerObj wkt = '''PROJCS["Beijing 1954 / 3-degree Gauss-Kruger CM 114E",GEOGCS["Beijing 1954",DATUM["Beijing_1954",SPHEROID["Krassowsky 1940",6378245,298.3,AUTHORITY["EPSG","7024"]],AUTHORITY["EPSG","6214"]],PRIMEM["Greenwich",0,AUTHORITY["EPSG","8901"]],UNIT["degree",0.01745329251994328,AUTHORITY["EPSG","9122"]],AUTHORITY["EPSG","4214"]],UNIT["metre",1,AUTHORITY["EPSG","9001"]],PROJECTION["Transverse_Mercator"],PARAMETER["latitude_of_origin",0],PARAMETER["central_meridian",114],PARAMETER["scale_factor",1],PARAMETER["false_easting",500000],PARAMETER["false_northing",0],AUTHORITY["EPSG","2435"],AXIS["Y",EAST],AXIS["X",NORTH]]''' m = mapObj('') m.setWKTProjection(wkt) lyr = layerObj(m) lyr.setWKTProjection(wkt)