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A map projection is any method of representing the surface of a sphere or other three-dimensional body on a plane

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Mapping elements in a warehouse

I am new to GIS. For a small project I want to map elements in a warehouse and want to find the location of the elements later (e.g. nails are located at x,y). Now I am wondering what kind of ...
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How to create a Winkel-Tripel map of countries with different colors?

I need a good quality rasterized world map, Winkel-Tripel projection, in which all countries have different (random?) colors. No borders, text, grid or anything else on the map. Is GIS the right way ...
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If I've given two different layers the same CRS, why won't they overlay one another?

I have a "towns" and "state" shapefile for Massachusetts as two separate vector layers in QGIS. I've set the project coordinate system to WGS 84 at the bottom of the screen (next to the "coordinate" ...
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Why does map display like it is in Isometric when everything is in EPSG:4326?

I'm beginning with Geoserver and try to display a map of my country (Belgium) is an openlayer map (embedded into a MapPanel object). I've downloaded the municipalities limits from gadm.org and copied ...
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Some terms related to coordinate

I was googling coordinate related information all the day. Now I am confused with some concepts and terms. I hope some one can help me to make it clear. Geographic coordinate system Geographic ...
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When is a projected length calculated via a pythagorean distance more accurate than an ellipsoidal length?

I'm using spatialite 3.0.1 with the following test data (in EPSG: 4326): Name astext(geometry) ---------- -------------------- Belitsa POINT(23.563 41.947) Malko Tarn POINT(27.533 ...
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what is the difference between the Geographic coordinate, transformed coordinate and screen coordinate [duplicate]

What is the difference between the Geographic coordinate, transformed coordinate(projected) ,cartesian coordinate, and screen coordinate? Is there a live example? And what is the association between ...
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Thiessen Polygons and Coordinate Projections

I am trying to perform a Thiessen Polygons analysis in ArcGIS 10. My DEM is in GGRS_1987 and the point set I downloaded from Google Earth is in WGS_1984. The points display correctly but when I run ...
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Wrong object size after projecting spatial data from one coordinate system to another

I am having problems reprojecting items in ArcMap 10.1 from British National Grid To WGS84. (WKID: 27700 Authority: EPSG to WKID: 102100 Authority: ESRI) All Polygon Layers I project [I use Project ...
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Which CRS to use for Google Maps?

I am trying to map a Shapefile (download) onto a Google Map using the Javascript API. The Shapefile describes the boundaries of NYC School Districts. The file's projection was Lambert Conformal ...
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Is it possible to have another CRS in the status bar than used for the map?

I am new to QGIS. When I use OSM or Google Maps as a basemap via Open Layer Plugin, the map should be projected as EPSG: 900913. However, the Coordinates shown in the status bar are useless for me, ...
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Convert Mapnik TMS python script from EPSG:4326 to 3857

May I ask help from this group to convert this Mapnik 2.1 python script from EPSG 4326 to 3857? I am not enough familiar with projections, and I am missing some points somewhere... Particularly, Im ...
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Blank MapServer WMS image at low zoom levels in OpenLayers

I have an OpenLayers map using OSM as the baselayer with several layers coming from MapServer via WMS. The OL map is in EPSG:3857 and my mapfile (and shapefiles) are in EPSG:4326. In my mapfile I ...
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how to make the translation between latitude/longitude and screen pixels

The earth is three dimension object while our screen is two-dimension. So when we use the gis software to display the geographic data, how do they handle the translation between latitude/longitude ...
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Using gdal to convert from UTM to equidistant lat/lon

I am getting rather confused with converting a UTM gridded dataset into a equidistant/rectangular latlon gridded dataset. Can anybody help me? I have a UTM set with the following projection: ...
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Problem Overlaying layers in OpenLayers

I have a html page with 2 WMS layers. The first is one Base Layer , & the second is my personal WMS feature. I load it from Geoserver. The problem when I add the 2 layers I do not have the ...
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Does IDistanceOP.EucDistanceFull require a projected coordinate system?

I have designed an implementation of ArcObjects' IDistanceOP.EucDistanceFull. It takes its input as a feature class and converts it to a GeoDataset with which EucDistanceFull can work with. It works ...
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Why do points shift when reprojected from WGS84 to a state plane coordinate?

We have a Trimble unit we use to collect equipment. We collect the data in WGS84 and differentially correct it and then reproject it to a state plan coordinate system. The points always shift the ...
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QGIS: Different projection result for on the fly and transformation

I am a bit confused about the result of a re-projection/transformation of a raster in QGIS 1.8 (Lisboa). WGS84 to WGS84/UTM34N. When I use the 'on the fly' transformation the resulting raster has a ...
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De facto QGIS projection for EPSG4326 / 'unprojected' reference systems? [duplicate]

This is my understanding of projections/datums: To get a map of the earth on a plane you need to project the 3 dimensional earth by 'wrapping' a plane around it in the way that suits you (according ...
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Do FeatureLayers reproject their features to adapt them to the map projection?

I'm working with the ArcGIS Flex API. For example, ArcGISDynamicMapLayers do reproject their data in order to make it in the same projection as the map. Do FeatureLayers have the same behaviour?
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QGIS: Unable to project raster layers correctly on a Toshiba Tecra 64# Win7

I know how to project a raster, I can do it on other machines. On this particular machine the raster loads but are no where near the correct position as if the datum is on another planet.
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Assign projection to a satellite image

Today I stumbled upon a picture taken from the ISS looking down Europe and it is really beautiful. So, I started thinking I could add more to the picture. Like world borders, cities, road network, ...
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define a datum and meridian in a CRS in QGIS

I have a shapefile defined by the source as: "The layer is in geographical (lat-long) coordinates (GCS_Clarke_1866; Datum: D_Clarke_1866; Prime Meridian: 0)." opening the shapefile in QGIS 1.8 the ...
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Incorrectly Projected PostGIS data in TileMill

When I bring PostGIS data in EPSG:900913 into TileMill, my layers end up on other continents. This is my workflow: (1) Save shapefiles in QGIS to EPSG:900913 (2) Import the shapefiles using PostGIS ...
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Wrong projection on WFS layer with OSM baselayer [duplicate]

I am trying to add a vector layer with a WFS protocol. var wfs = new OpenLayers.Layer.Vector("WFS", { strategies: [new OpenLayers.Strategy.BBOX({resFactor: 1})], ...
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What are the units of the calculated area from a raster in decimal degree

I'm trying to calculate area for a raster file which contains 2 layers (0 for unsuitable habitat and 1 for suitable). It's been calculated successfully but I don't know what is the unit of the ...
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how to get correct geo reference system for a VMap

I am new to GIS, trying to read the GeoRef System for VMap by using the following code: OGRSpatialReference *ref = layer->GetSpatialRef(); if( ref ) { QString georefSystem = ...
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Projection issue: mismatching .shp even if with the same SCR [closed]

I have a problem with some .shp from ARCgis (point and polygone) that appear on QGIS with mismatching SRC. When I change and save the new SRC (even by doing "save as") to make them match nothing ...
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What is the approximate error of the Pythagorean Theorem vs. Haversine Formula in measuring distances on a sphere at various scales?

Many people when first trying to calculate distances between two longitude / latitude pairs ask if Pythagorean theorem works as an appropriate distance function. Most often people answer "no, the ...
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How to get Earth radius in pixels?

I need Earth radius in pixels for use in Mercator projection. Well let's say that our map's height is 1478 pixels and distance between 0 pixel and 1478 pixel is 2.52 degree. Radius is distance from ...
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Compute global DEM topographic indices and compromise projections

I would like to compute global topographic indices based on SRTM elevation data. These indices are computed along river/channel networks extracted from a DEM and are a functions of both local slope ...
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openlayers multiple layers with different projection

My page contains two layers: 1. Open Street Map as a basic layer and WMS layer from mapserver as a overlay layer. My map show this two layers but in a wrong position. I spent a lot of time trying ...
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What is displayed when I am using a geographic CRS for my project

I understand that each geographical dataset has a CRS, and that in order to overlay them, you need to either make sure that all datasets use the same CRS, or re-project some of them (or use on-the-fly ...
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IDW spatial interpolation: appropriate projection?

I am wondering if anyone can clarify whether point data should be projected to an equidistant projection when using ArcGIS IDW spatial interpolation? I am working on a dataset from Western North ...
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OpenLayers WMS - TypeError: this.resolutions is undefined

I'm trying to setup a map with WMS and WFS Layers by using Geoserver. However, when I'm combining WFS and WMS (with some Google basemaps) together in one map I got following error in Firebug: ...
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I want to change EPSG:4326 to EPSG:900913 using C# for a set of uploaded shapefiles

I have written some code (using help from these pages) that uploads a directory full of shapefiles to a geoserver using C#. The uploaded shapefiles are set to EPSG:4326 however I would like them to be ...
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Reprojecting raster data from a rotated pole grid

I have some raster data (ASCII grid files) that use a custom rotated-pole projection, that I'd like to reproject into something more useful, such as lon/lat WGS84. A description of the grid projection ...
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WFS reprojection problems

In geoserver i have a layer in EPSG:4326. In OpenLayers i add it on map as WFS: markerLayer = new OpenLayers.Layer.Vector('Markers',{ strategies: [new OpenLayers.Strategy.BBOX()], ...
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Imported GPS data does not overlap with map

I´m working on QGIS and I geocoded 2 addresses of a city in Germany and tried to input the text-file as a layer. It worked, but the 2 points must be in the map of the city and if I zoom to the ...
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Transformation of user-defined projected coordinatesystems

I want to transform from one projected coordinate system (pcs) to another using ArcGIS 10. Unfortunatelly the starting system is not predefind by ESRI and thus I´m not sure the software is doing what ...
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Ok to measure and union a projected-on-the-fly shapefile in ArcMap?

I have a dataframe in arcMap 10.0.4 that is of Africa Albers Equal Area Conic PCS. I bring in a census shapefile of WGS 1984 CS and it is projected on the fly. I do 2 things: I use the calculate ...
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Getting a “square” of lat/lon for database query [duplicate]

So I want to get the square formed by a single point of lat/lons, my plan was to take that point's latitude, divide by 360, and multiply by the circumference of earth. Giving us the distance from the ...
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GMT raster (*.tiff + *.pgw) in epsg4326 shifts few kms (4326-900913-3857 problem?)

This seems to be an old problem with an already known solution (ie. "...stop using 900913 and start using 3857..."), but not sure whether this problem is about software versions, the raster itself or ...
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How do I perform a 3 parameter geotransformation and projection in Sql Server 2012?

I have a table with latitude longitude (NAD27) columns in it. I compute two other columns, X and Y, representing Web Mercator (WGS84) location. Currently I'm using a Arcmap to do this, by applying ...
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Find projection of a point to a line

I have a segment defined by 2 LatLon points(A and B) and a third LatLon point (C). I need an alghorithm, formulae, or some code to find the projection point of C on the segment AB (call this point D) ...
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Trying to match delimited text layer to my shapefile

I'm pretty new to QGIS and having a bit of trouble getting a text layer to match my shapefile. I'm trying to plot Canadian cities on a shapefile I have of Canada provinces. The provinces shapefile is ...
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Shapefiles with EPSG 31467 and 3044 don't fit together [closed]

I have a problem with some shapefiles I want to fit in my exisiting project. My project layers use as CRS EPSG 3044. They do fit together with OpenLayers GE (EPSG 3857). Now I wanted to add some new ...
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How to join edge of International Date Line in world file?

I am currently using world file (http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/mgg/shorelines/gshhs.html) for international boundary information. Now I have difficulty with map projection that the map ends with ...
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Data points Imported into QGIS are in the middle of ocean

I'm new to QGIS and tried importing some GTFS data in the CSV format (stops.txt). The project CRS, base map CRS and GTFS CRS have all been set to Google Mercator, but the points that are supposed to ...

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