# ERROR: ArgumentError: EPSG/ESRI code for the ESRI ID "GCS\_North\_American\_1983" not found in dictionary

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**Author:** ![nilshg](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/nilshg/32/2283_2.png) [@nilshg](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/nilshg)\
**Post date:** [August 30, 2024, 8:00am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/error-argumenterror-epsg-esri-code-for-the-esri-id-gcs-north-american-1983-not-found-in-dictionary/118794/2 "2024-08-30T08:00:36Z")

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Is that the whole error message? Because we had this discussion recently with a longer error message, which also tells the user (more or less) what to do, and I think @juliohm was going to improve that message further.

> [@ESRI code for British National Grid not known by GeoIO](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/esri-code-for-british-national-grid-not-known-by-geoio/117641):
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> ERROR: LoadError: ArgumentError: EPSG/ESRI code for the ESRI ID "British\_National\_Grid" not found in dictionary. Please check https://github.com/JuliaEarth/CoordRefSystems.jl/blob/main/src/strings.jl If you know the EPSG/ESRI code of a given ESRI WKT string, please submit a pull request. I’m reading this shape file from [here](https://geoportal.statistics.gov.uk/datasets/127c4bda06314409a1fa0df505f510e6_0/explore) at the the UK Office for National Statistics (ONS): LAD\_DEC\_2023\_UK\_BGC.shp. Google tells me the British National Grid is EPSG:27700. How can I circumvent this error and …

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