from mapscript import mapObj,layerObj wkt = '''PROJCS["NAD_1983_HARN_StatePlane_Florida_East_FIPS_0901",GEOGCS["GCS_North_American_1983_HARN",DATUM["NAD83_High_Accuracy_Regional_Network",SPHEROID["GRS_1980",6378137,298.257222101]],PRIMEM["Greenwich",0],UNIT["Degree",0.017453292519943295]],PROJECTION["Transverse_Mercator"],PARAMETER["False_Easting",200000],PARAMETER["False_Northing",0],PARAMETER["Central_Meridian",-81],PARAMETER["Scale_Factor",0.9999411764705882],PARAMETER["Latitude_Of_Origin",24.33333333333333],UNIT["Meter",1],AUTHORITY["EPSG","102258"]]''' m = mapObj('') m.setWKTProjection(wkt) lyr = layerObj(m) lyr.setWKTProjection(wkt)