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14 questions linked to/from Changing projection of shapefile in QGIS?
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Points and polylines representation of coordinates in QGIS? [duplicate]
I am working on the "Jakarta Bay", Indonesia. I have a shapefile for the Indonesian coastline and I clipped my region of interest using an appropriate polygon. I also have points that are located ...
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Changing CRS of downloaded shapefile using QGIS? [duplicate]
I have looked through all the other questions which might have received answers to the question I am currently posting. However, after trying all their recommendations I am still stuck with the same ...
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How to work with projections - shapefiles indicate all shapefile are located south of North Africa [duplicate]
I am trying to follow the standard QGIS tutorial for Swellendam based on QGIS version 2. Specifically the chapter which address coordinate systems
If I go to a layer and try to re-project it from WGS ...
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Duplicate layer, but in different CRS? [duplicate]
I inherited some data that lines up correctly on the map, but in face are in different coordinate reference systems/SRID. Here is a screenshot example:
The CRS of the green layer is:
EPSG: 4326
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Understanding QGIS reference frame issue? [duplicate]
I just changed my project coordinate reference frame to WGS 84 EPSG:4326. Additionally, I set the coordinate reference frame for each layer to EPSG:4326-WGS 84. However, the two layers don't line up. ...
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Seeking Historical GIS datasets?
I've been looking for a while for Historical GIS datasets. In a lot of places (also in answers here at Stack Exchange), people are referring to a great dataset at ThinkQuest, which contains shapefiles ...
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QGIS layer.geometry.intersection() not finding intersections between layers
I wrote the following python script to find intersections between two layers, and although the two layers have intersections, it returned an empty list.
intersections = []
for a in layer1.getFeatures(...
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QGIS not saving CRS changes
I'm trying to save a shapefile that came in EPGS:3005 coordinate system, so all the shapefile polygon points have 6 or 7 digits before the decimal point (e.g. 1223282.8231), and I want to save/convert ...
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Get DD Lat and Lon from CRS EPSG:3111 - GDA94
I have a shapefile in CRS EPSG:3111 - GDA94 that I am trying to generate Lat and Lon, however when I use the field calculator and try to populate the lat lon I am getting values that I can't use as ...
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Need to change projection and data to match 2nd shapefile
I have two files I am using, one is census tract data with prj:
GEOGCS["GCS_North_American_1983",
DATUM["D_North_American_1983",
SPHEROID["GRS_1980",6378137.0,298.257222101]],
PRIMEM[...
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Large offset between two identical vector layers
I want to have a dxf layer to overlay another layer. The dxf layer is already saved to a shapefile with the needed crs. The layer has a large offset and nothing happens when I set the crs to the ...
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Reprojecting a SHP in QGIS to used it in ERDAS
I´m trying to created a AOI in ERDAS with a shapefile, but this shapefile had a projected system different to system that my image has, because of that I changed the projected system of the shp in ...
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Wrong CRS in map with QGIS [duplicate]
I have made a raster elevation map of Greenland, and have information of the region, cities and more as vectors. The information is not in the same place as my elevation map.
I have selected EPSG:...
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Rescaling the coordinates of shapefile
I have a few shapefiles that I am analyzing in QGIS. They are in the WGS 84 coordinate reference system, which is what I want, however, the coordinates are in the seven digit range (they are all ...