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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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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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Raster on-the-fly projection in ArcGIS has different resolutions

I have a map document authored in ArcMap. The spatial reference for each of the raster layers is Alaska State Plane. If I set the Data Frame projection to Web Mercator (Auxiliary Sphere), then my ...
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Taking a 'custom' map and transforming its x/y co-ordinates to 'real' long/lat co-ordinates?

I was wondering if someone could help me out with a little project I'm working on. I'll try to describe what I'm trying to achieve - if it doesn't make sense, please let me know. I have in front of ...
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How do I reproject a arbitrary coordinate system grid to OSGB

I have a polygon grid of a certain shape that has some data associated with it. Unfortunately its not properly projected, being in what seems to be an arbitrary scale and coordinate system (it was ...
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How to create custom coordinate system in ArcGIS?

I have a series of control points with xy coordinates in both NAD83 UTM and in a local grid. How can I go about creating a new projection file in ArcGIS 10 for the local grid? Thanks
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Converting from British National Grid (27700) to WGS84 (4326) to Web Mercator (102100)

I'm developing a web application that uses ESRI ArcGIS to display a map using JavaScript. We are holding all our data in MS SQL Server 2008 as Easting/Northing against the British National Grid. ...
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What is the most accurate coordinate system for calculating areas of polygons?

I have multiple polygons, all located offshore around the UK. I am trying to calculate the areas of these polygons in square kilometres, without splitting them by UTM zone. Is it possible to do this ...
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How to efficiently project datasets of varying coordinate systems into one coordinate system?

I am working on streamlining data processing at my organization. Currently we are using various large-scale Models that we will gradually bring into Python. The gist of our data processing is as ...
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Reproject TM65 to OSGB in ArcGIS

I have a TIFF file in the TM65 (Transverse Mercator) projection, and want to convert it to the OSGB (British National Grid) projection. I'm trying to do this in ArcGIS using the Project Raster tool. ...
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What Geotransformation (NAD27 to WGS84) should I use for Gulf of Mexico?

I'm working with datasets that are spread out across the northern part of the Gulf of Mexico, stored in NAD 27. I've been told the polygons shown above were obtained from BOEMRE (formerly known as ...
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I'm having trouble with getting a shapefile in the right projection. What am I doing wrong?

I have an older map that I didn't create. I'm just trying to get everything to line up on it, and having a hard time. The data frame is in NAD_1927_UTM_Zone_12N, as are the point shapefiles (derived ...
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Convert a shapefile with northing/easting to ASCII raster with latitude/longitude

Linked below is a polygon shapefile whose projection is NAD83 and whose values are LU/LC codes. Coordinates are meters of northing and easting. I would like to convert it to an ASCII raster with ...
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how to convert from ITM ref to GPS ref?

how to convert from ITM ref (Israel new map) to GPS ref and from GPS ref to ITM ref? i need any C# sample code or formula for this for example: 32.086156,34.769239 = 178364,665948 or : ...