from mapscript import mapObj,layerObj wkt = '''PROJCS["NAD83(HARN) / Kansas North",GEOGCS["NAD83(HARN)",DATUM["NAD83_High_Accuracy_Regional_Network",SPHEROID["GRS 1980",6378137,298.257222101,AUTHORITY["EPSG","7019"]],AUTHORITY["EPSG","6152"]],PRIMEM["Greenwich",0,AUTHORITY["EPSG","8901"]],UNIT["degree",0.01745329251994328,AUTHORITY["EPSG","9122"]],AUTHORITY["EPSG","4152"]],UNIT["metre",1,AUTHORITY["EPSG","9001"]],PROJECTION["Lambert_Conformal_Conic_2SP"],PARAMETER["standard_parallel_1",39.78333333333333],PARAMETER["standard_parallel_2",38.71666666666667],PARAMETER["latitude_of_origin",38.33333333333334],PARAMETER["central_meridian",-98],PARAMETER["false_easting",400000],PARAMETER["false_northing",0],AUTHORITY["EPSG","2796"],AXIS["X",EAST],AXIS["Y",NORTH]]''' m = mapObj('') m.setWKTProjection(wkt) lyr = layerObj(m) lyr.setWKTProjection(wkt)