/// <summary>
        /// Assignes selected projection and displays results
        /// </summary>
        public bool Assign(string filename, ISpatialReference proj)
        {
            var projWgs84 = new SpatialReference();

            if (!projWgs84.ImportFromEpsg(4326))
            {
                MessageService.Current.Warn("Failed to initialize WGS84 coordinate system.");
                return(false);
            }

            bool sameProj = proj.IsSame(projWgs84);
            int  count    = 0;

            bool success  = false;
            int  rowIndex = dgv.Rows.Add();

            _shapefile = new FeatureSet(filename);

            Text = @"Assigning projection: " + Path.GetFileName(filename);
            lblProjection.Text = @"Projection: " + proj.Name;

            // it will be faster to assing new instance of class
            // as ImportFromEPSG() is slow according to GDAL documentation
            _shapefile.Projection.CopyFrom(proj);

            if (!sameProj)
            {
                // we can't show preview on map without reprojection
                if ((_shapefile.StartEditingShapes()))
                {
                    if (_shapefile.ReprojectInPlace(projWgs84, ref count))
                    {
                        success = true;
                    }
                }
            }
            else
            {
                success = true;
            }

            if (success)
            {
                AddShapefile(_shapefile);
                return(true);
            }

            // no success in reprojection
            _shapefile.Close();
            return(false);
        }