How can I get Proj4 details from the shapefile's .prj file?

Question

I am using mapdotnet services for our gis application to load the shapefiles, and this mapdotnet service wants the proj4 details. I'm getting them from spatialreference.org, but for this projection the proj4 details are blank. How can I get the proj4 details from the .prj file or from the shapefile?

Below is the shapefile's .prj:

PROJCS["NAD_1983_HARN_WISCRS_EauClaire_County_Feet",GEOGCS["GCS_North_American_1983_HARN",DATUM["D_North_American_1983_HARN",SPHEROID["GRS_1980",6378137.0,298.257222101]],PRIMEM["Greenwich",0.0],UNIT["Degree",0.0174532925199433]],PROJECTION["Lambert_Conformal_Conic"],PARAMETER["False_Easting",394000.0],PARAMETER["False_Northing",300812.797],PARAMETER["Central_Meridian",-91.28888888888889],PARAMETER["Standard_Parallel_1",45.87228112638889],PARAMETER["Scale_Factor",1.000035079],PARAMETER["Latitude_Of_Origin",45.87228112638889],UNIT["Foot_US",0.3048006096012192]]

Answer 1

You can also use this Python script (seen elsewhere on the Internet):

#!/usr/bin/env python

import osr
import sys

def main(prj_file):
    prj_text = open(prj_file, 'r').read()
    srs = osr.SpatialReference()
    if srs.ImportFromWkt(prj_text):
        raise ValueError("Error importing PRJ information from: %s" % prj_file)
    print srs.ExportToProj4()
    #print srs.ExportToWkt()

if __name__=="__main__":
    main(sys.argv[1])