from mapscript import mapObj,layerObj wkt = '''PROJCS["PCS_CALI_BOG",GEOGCS["CGS_CartCali",DATUM["San_Antonio",SPHEROID["International 1924 + Plano de Proyeccion 1000 msnm",6379388.0,297.0],TOWGS84[307,304,-318,0,0,0,0]],PRIMEM["Greenwich",0.0],UNIT["Degree",0.0174532925199433]],PROJECTION["Transverse_Mercator"],PARAMETER["False_Easting",110000.0],PARAMETER["False_Northing",110000.0],PARAMETER["Central_Meridian",-76.54705222222222],PARAMETER["Scale_Factor",1.0],PARAMETER["Latitude_Of_Origin",3.44959194444444],UNIT["Meter",1.0]]''' m = mapObj('') m.setWKTProjection(wkt) lyr = layerObj(m) lyr.setWKTProjection(wkt)