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I've created a custom map in QGIS with a few shapefiles. I'm using leaflet.js to render the map and the shapefile points and everything lines up correctly. The CRS is set to 4326.

When I export the shapefiles as geojson from QGIS, the coordinates are huge and look something like this: 9949941.925330460071564, -12405330.17722519300878

Leaflet is expecting coordinates that look like this: 82.9687,63.2336

Anyone have any insight into resolving this problem?

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  • Quick clarification, I want to export the shapefiles as geojson to zoom to specific coordinates on the prerendered map.
    – Roy Kolak
    Commented May 17, 2013 at 17:00
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    Looks like your original shapefiles are in projection that is in metres/feet need to reproject into WGS84 then your will get the expected decimal degrees.
    – Mapperz ♦
    Commented May 17, 2013 at 17:00
  • When I right click on a shapefile > Set Layer CRS.. it's currently set to 'WGS 84' and 'EPSG:4326'. Is that what you mean?
    – Roy Kolak
    Commented May 17, 2013 at 17:06
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    That is what the layer is set to, but the data is obviously ot EPSG:4326. Do you have a .prj file for your shapefile? You can look into it with any text editor.
    – AndreJ
    Commented May 17, 2013 at 17:25
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    Ok, thats correct. But what do you get if you rightclick on the layer ->properties, Metadata tab? The extent of the layer should be within +-90/180.
    – AndreJ
    Commented May 17, 2013 at 17:37

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Try to change the layer CRS with Rightclick ->Set Layer CRS to EPSG:3857. To verify that your data is in the correct place you can load the openlayers plugin with Google or Openstreetmap background.

For Geojson export, the target CRS must be EPSG:4326. You have to set that manually when using Rightclick->Save As....

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    Yes! You have saved the day.
    – Roy Kolak
    Commented May 17, 2013 at 18:28
  • and how to export a geojson file with lat and long coordinates for polygon shapefile? TY
    – Ricardo Gomes
    Commented Dec 7, 2022 at 12:41

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