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I have a dxf file and use this tool to convert it to shapefile.

Then I apply some affine transformations and get a shapefile that does not fit the shapefiles downloaded from osm (EPSG:4326).

I know that I have to reproject the shapefile using ogr2ogr (am I right?), but as I began without no clue of what was the original CRS, how can achieve the desired result of all districts in green of the picture on the right to fit as the magenta ones on the left one?

Thank you in advance !

Cordoba province on CAD (dxf) at left, and shapefile after affine at right

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Another solution would be distort visually the green line layer, as the QGIS plugin Affine is not of much help here in this case... but cannot find such a tool in any open source GIS. – Martin0x777 Feb 28 at 12:47
y si le das Fernet? :) – Gus Mar 10 at 19:50
Can you check here? Maybe you can get an idea of the projection of your dxf file. spatialreference.org/ref/?search=argentina&srtext=Search – Gus Mar 10 at 22:35
Thanks, it will be a nice aid! – Martin0x777 Mar 22 at 22:43

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If you want the shape fit to the OSM data, you have to know the projection of your dxf file.

To get an idea, could you post the extent of the coordinates and a sample point, e.g. from the rectangular border lines edges at the bottom of the map, both in the dxf file and in OSM lat/lon?

The OSM data is unprojected (that is, not in metres, but in degrees). That's why the data would not fit automatically or with affine transformations.

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Thanks, but then why on osm extracts is specified EPSG:4326? – Martin0x777 Mar 22 at 22:43
Because OSM stores all geographic data in lat/long degrees. It is no problem to create a shapefile with that CRS, and reproject it to another CRS using metres as units. I use Qunatum GIS for such operations. – Andre Joost Mar 23 at 6:12
Thank you Andre. The extent of coordinates of the picture is aproximately -61.50, -29.40 to -65.90, -35.20. I don't know how to determine a coordinate based on the linestring field of a database... The little square of the upper center is at -31°25′ -64°11′. – Martin0x777 Mar 25 at 21:30

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