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The process of translating a map or spatial data from one geographic projection to another

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Drawing on jpg-map image with proj4 (perl)

From the point of view GIS professionals this question will be sure very primitive, but please keep in mind - i'm totally newbie in this area - and this is my 1st question here. Have several GPS ...
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informations about “gdaltransform” utility of GDAL

I have a doubt about GDAL reprojection. I use "gdalwarp" utility to reproject an image in a specific projection system (for example WGS84 UTM49). "gdalinfo" on original image displays this corner ...
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How to properly assign spatial reference to converted AutoCAD data?

I know this is a frequent problem, I myself confronted with this problem many times, yet somehow each Autocad dataset I received is different (although they're from the same area). To some data, the ...
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How to smooth XY Co-ordinates of linear feature?

I need to smooth xy co-ordinates. see the image: In this case, i need to remove 5,6,7,8 and 9th co-ordinates or need to make those co-ordinates as a straight line between 4th and 5th. is there any ...
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Convert Mapnik python script from EPSG:4326 to 900913

I use Mapnik python bindings in a geodjango application to render tiles in openlayers with datasource stored in postGIS. I build the script in EPSG:4326 and was working perfectly, but I would like to ...
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Orthographic reprojection with mapnik

I am trying to create a google earth like wep application. My problem is that I can't get to render a full view of the earth. The zoom_all() function generates the following error : RuntimeError: ...
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Openlayers vector feature coordinates are not transforming,

I have a OpenLayers vector with a single feature [0]. It's coordinates are in the map projection (EPSG:3413) and I want them in WGS84 (EPSG:4326) decimal degrees. I have the following code which ...
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ArcGIS JS API Polygon's WKID conversion with gsvc.project

I'm trying to convert polygon from wkid 3301 to wkid 4326. I've been using this code snippet for converting points, but I'm not sure how I would accomplish this to create a polygon object. I'm not ...
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Getting: org.opengis.referencing.NoSuchIdentifierException: No transform for classification “Transverse Mercator Zoned Grid System” with geotools

Using geotools I've been trying to create a referenced envelope after converting/reprojecting from WGS 84 to UTM with specific zones and it seems that either I need to do something with authority ...
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Performance loss for OpenLayers EPSG transformation? Storing GeoJSON coordinates in lat/lon or in native map projection?

For a project the map projection is EPSG:32468 (tiles). On top of the map, two or three GeoJSON LineStrings should be displayed using OpenLayers. Each LineString has about 1500 coordinates. ...
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R: data.frame to raster object error

I have a data.frame consisting of a points with an associated continuos value and their X,Y coordinates. Altough it's not stored anywhere it's projection is a Lambert conformal conic. I think this is ...
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How to transform FileGDB featureclasses from custom local coordinate system?

Background: Started working for company that is in middle of system-wide IT upgrade including GIS data. Existing in-house data is in a FileGDB, is in an assumed coordinate system and represents 1000 ...
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British National Grid to KML results in offset polygons

I have a shape file of English wards from ONS. It is similar to the files available here: http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/guide-method/geography/products/census/spatial/2011/index.html except I had to ...
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Why does FME Reprojector create coordinate values 0?

I'm using the NeighborFinder transformer in FME Desktop 2013, and I need it to use a maximum distance in meters. My input data, however, are points and lines in WGS84, so before sending them into 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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Is it possible to keep tiling and overviews when reprojecting in GDAL?

I have the following script to reproject GeoTIFFs to EPSG:3857 and retile and then create overviews. #!/bin/bash #reproject all ...
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project geotiff to NSIDC Sea Ice Polar Stereographic North (EPSG:3411) with gdalwarp

I a trying to project a signed byte .tiff file (sea ice concentration data) from a uniform unprojected grid (latitudes: -89.875° to 89.875° by 0.25°, longitudes:-179.875° to 179.875° by 0.25°) to ...
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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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Vector Layers are not lining up and are scaled differently

Hey I am a first time user of GIS and I am working for a transportation map of North Carolina for a project at my work. So what I have been doing is first placing the Tiger County Boundary by using ...
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Units of Geometry & Geography data type [duplicate]

When you store data using the Geography data type (like in PostGIS), is it always in lon/lat in degree decimals? For the Geometry data type, what are the units used in the coordinate pairs? Can it ...
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Problem with reprojecting raster from MGI 6 to WGS

When I reproject a raster from Mgi 6 to WGS 84 using Warp in Quantum gis it makes mistake ( about 380m). Is there any way to avoid this?
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Modify CRS to match boundaries of shapefile

I have boundary data in WGS 84 and data in a custom generated CRS. The data in the generated CRS appears to be offset by a particular vector. I want to attempt to match the generated CRS projection ...
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How to convert OSM data to a projected Coordinate system

What is the easiest way to get OSM data into a shapefile projected data format for QGIS? Sounds simple but I've run into problems with this before.
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Reproject raster catalog - ArcGIS 9.3/FME 2012

I have a couple of raster catalogs in different file geodatabases and I need to re-project them to a new coordinate system. Now there is no option to project a whole raster catalog, nor can I use the ...
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CRS in QGIS and ARC don't line up (Malaysia RSO Projection)

I am using QGIS 1.9.0 on Linux Mint; and I am new to (Q)GIS I have three layers (2xshapefiles, 1xopenlayer[Bing Maps]) that I am trying to line up located in peninsular Malaysia. Shapefile_1 is a ...
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constant deviation projecting lat lon to itm(israel tranverse mercator

i use two different ways to project lat lon data taken from google earth to ITM (Israel Transverse Mercator) and export the data to arcmap same ways i try to unproject ITM data and export the data to ...
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Shapefile CRS damaged. How to bring it back?

I have two shapefiles with same location and extends (EPSG 4326). But one of the shapefiles CRS seems to be damaged after doing a lot wrong with reprojection... its not shown on the same position as ...
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Cartesian world sized projection WKT/EPSG code?

I am after the EPSG code or Well Known Text (WKT) of a projection that puts the centre of the earth a 0,0,0 and each point is a cartesian XYZ distance from that. My existing data is in WGS84 ...
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Should I Reproject Data Which Has Been Captured Incorrectly?

I'm working on a project for a client which is migrating data from an Oracle database to an ESRI Geodatabase. When data for this project was initially captured over 15 years ago, the coordinate ...
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Geographic Coordinate System to Projected Coordinate System

I am trying to convert a shapefile from GCS to PCS to calculate the area of each polygon. I have tried two different methods: 1) "Data Management Tools->Projections and Transformations->Define ...
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CRS Austrian Lambert/WGS84

I am totally new to Qgis (or GIS in total): My problem is to get two layers in same CRS to do an intersection and further analysis described in the blog of underdark (Groupstat tutorial). My is the ...
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Figuring out Latitude and Longitude from XY Image [closed]

I'm having difficulty calculating the latitude and longitude values of an image that I am hosting inside of a div tag on my webpage. I can easily figure out the x,y (pixel) coordinates of the image ...
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Projection for Tracking a Vehicle

I'm looking for the best coordinate system projection to use for cartesian calculations while a vehicle is running from its starting location to about 100 miles from that spot. The offline format ...
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Setting coordinate systems in gvSIG: workflow or transformation issues

I am learning how to use gvSIG 1.10 (Mac OS 10.6.8 Snow Leopard). My goal is to create a simple county map of Illinois using the base data shapefiles available from the Illinois Natural Resources ...
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Does anyone know the proj4 Coordinte Reference System command line for Rectangular Polyconic Gores?

I am a GIS beginner using QGIS 1.8.0 I am trying to transform a world map from the standard WGS84 Coordinate Projection System to a set of rectangular polyconic gores, with a gore count of 12. ...
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QGIS 1.8 on Ubuntu 12.04 doesn't transform CRS properly

I have a weird QGIS-Problem that only occurs in Ubuntu 12.04, but not in Windows 7. I've also tried this on different Ubuntu-Computers. When I try to transform a layer with WGS84 to a different ...
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Why do my Shapefiles not align correctly?

First: I'll summarize what I understand so far so please confirm or correct me. When On-the-Fly is selected a layer is re-projected from that of the layer's CRS to that of the project CRS, IF ...
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How to reproject this vector layer?

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 ...
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Conversion between WGS84 height and local height datum

For x/y or lat/lon or heights between different ellipsoid, we can do conversion by using proj.4. But I found that if I want to convert between WGS84 height and local height, I found that it is not so ...
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Is there any online tool for converting coordinates between different EPSG?

Every time I want to do conversion, I need to get into the console to run proj.4. Is there any online tools for converting coordinates between different EPSG?
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What are the highest and lowest precision Coordinate Reference Systems for US East Coast?

And does it matter what system your data layer begins with if you choose the right system for your project? Do some applications use more precise projection systems than others?
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Problems with Combining Layers in QGIS

I am trying to add the political boundaries baselayer from http://www.cec.org/Page.asp?PageID=924&ContentID=2336 and then on top add points where I gathered coordinates from Google Earth (using a ...
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Map Projection - where to begin [duplicate]

First of all, I realize that this question can be considered like "open" or maybe "too wide" (and definitely very basic for all of you). However, I am completely new in this and I am not looking for ...
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CRS Conversion problem

My question is quite simple, this is probably why I couldn't find a conclusive answer anywhere. I have two datasets representing the same area in Romania, but in different CRS, A is local, B is WGS ...
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Determining the transformation between a satellite image and long/lat

I'm trying to overlay some data onto a satellite image of the UK. The image is a hi-resolution version of the image below (originally from dundee university): ...
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What's the best projection for rasterization of random latitude and longitude data in the northern Atlantic?

I have a dataset in the WGS84 geographic coordinate system that I would like to interpolate along a grid using Python. It appears gdal_grid is not available through the Python bindings, so I plan to ...
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Projecting shp from GK3 to UTM32 with BeTa2007

I've experimented with projections of shapes, used the official provided grid beta2007 for germany and noticed differences between transforming by double exporting over custom CRS in QGIS and ...
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ESRI State Plane Coordinates as EPSG

I am working with some State Plane projections from Colorado. I have looked them up on spatialreference.org and they are the following: ESRI:102254: NAD 1983 HARN StatePlane Colorado Central FIPS ...
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How to reproject WSF layer created from GeoJSON?

I have a WFS layer: myVecLayer_disp= new OpenLayers.Layer.Vector("Редактируемый участок",{projection: new OpenLayers.Projection("EPSG:900913")}); And i have feature store: var protocol=new ...
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Projecting point in Leaflet from EPSG 900913 (same as 3857) to EPSG 2232 with proj4js returning unexpected results

I have a leaflet map from which I want to be able to query an api that accepts x y values in EPSG 2232 as inputs. Leaflet doesn't handle point transformations like Open Layers does so I am trying to ...

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