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asked Jun 24 at 15:43

How to display two different layers in the same coordinate systems?

This looks like an easy solution but, for the life of me, I cannot manage to solve this. I have browsed this website where solutions were provided but unfortunately, none have produced the desired outcome.

I am very novice in QGIS, so any solution provided should be very detailed.

I have downloaded layers that contain information on the type of land cover (source: source of CLC layer). After importing in in QGIS (New Project>Browser>GeoPackage>New Connection>path to file) and then dropping the file in the Layers, I see the layer and its contents. At the bottom right, the CRS is EPSG:25830. In the Properties of the layer (right-click on the layer and click on Properties), I see that the CRS is EPSG:25830. (see the properties of the land cover layer: and its assigned CRS: )

Now I want to overlay the limits of the municipalities. The SHP file comes from here. To check its coordinate system, I uploaded it to MyGeoCloud. Its reference system is WGS 84 / Pseudo-Mercator (EPSG:3857). If I import it into a new QGIS project, it displays that value too.

I have tried this:

Import the land cover layer into a new project, then drop the municipalities => failed
Import the municipalities and then the land cover => failed

However, I was under the impression that QGIS (I am using 3.36 Maiden) was able to adjust that.

Reproject the shapefile before importing to the project => failed.

Some answers on here suggested reprojecting the layer (I will reproject the municipalities layer). So I did: New Project>Import the limits>Vector>Data Management Tools>Reproject Layer. I chose EPSG: 25830 as the Target CRS. I then export the layer by right-clicking on the layer>Export>Save Features As...> and I choose a name for that file. If I right-click on that exported layer, I see that the CRS of that layer is the one I want: .