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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Good day.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I am new user of QGIS 2.8.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I am a AMS manager for John Deere Agents in KZN - South Africa.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I have an issue where I am trying to import field boundaries in a Shapefile into John Deere desktop software called Apex, in order to put on the displays of the John Deere machines.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>When I open the Shape file in QGIS the properties look like this:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>--------------------------------------------------------------------------><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>General<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Storage type of this layer<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>ESRI Shapefile<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Description of this provider<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>OGR data provider (compiled against GDAL/OGR library version 1.11.2, running against GDAL/OGR library version 1.11.2) Source for this layer C:/Users/Pieter/AMS/Apex folders/Shape files from Kas van der Merwe/bien donne.shp Geometry type of the features in this layer Polygon The number of features in this layer<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>89<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Editing capabilities of this layer<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Add Features, Delete Features, Change Attribute Values, Add Attributes, Delete Attributes, Create Spatial Index, Fast Access to Features at ID, Change Geometries, Simplify Geometries, Simplify Geometries with topological validation Extents In layer spatial reference system units xMin,yMin 90768.4,-2809416.47 : xMax,yMax 96212.3,-2804284.20 Layer Spatial Reference System<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>+proj=tmerc +lat_0=0 +lon_0=31 +k=1 +x_0=0 +y_0=0 +datum=WGS84 +units=m <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>+no_defs<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>_______________________________________________________________________________<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Then when I open a Shapefile that is laid out correctly in Apex it looks like this:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>-------------------------><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>General<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Storage type of this layer<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>ESRI Shapefile<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Description of this provider<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>OGR data provider (compiled against GDAL/OGR library version 1.11.2, running against GDAL/OGR library version 1.11.2) Source for this layer C:/Users/Pieter/AMS/Apex folders/TSB Shape fiels 2013/MWETI/0N45/0N45_poly.shp Geometry type of the features in this layer Polygon The number of features in this layer<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>1<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Editing capabilities of this layer<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Add Features, Delete Features, Change Attribute Values, Add Attributes, Delete Attributes, Create Spatial Index, Fast Access to Features at ID, Change Geometries, Simplify Geometries, Simplify Geometries with topological validation Extents In layer spatial reference system units xMin,yMin 31.9323,-25.475 : xMax,yMax 31.9403,-25.4676 Layer Spatial Reference System<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>+proj=merc +a=6378137 +b=6378137 +lat_ts=0.0 +lon_0=0.0 +x_0=0.0 +y_0=0<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>+k=1.0 +units=m +nadgrids=@null +wktext +no_defs<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>_____________________________________________________________________________________<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Can anybody help me with a procedure of how I can change the first Shapefile to have the same extents as the second one, or change the first Shapefile to the coordinate system or the projection of the second.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I have tried to select the first shapefile and "Save As" and select a different "CRS" but it still ends up projecting wrong in JD Apex.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I have noticed the co-ordinates on the second shapefile is 30.xxxxx & -29.xxxxx (or something like that) and the first one is 30xxxxxx & -29xxxxx (No decimal marker)<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Please assist as am about to go crazy here :-)<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Thank you kindly.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Regards<span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZA'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZA'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light","sans-serif";color:blue;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZA'>Pieter Malan</span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light","sans-serif";color:#3333CC;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZA'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri Light","sans-serif";color:blue;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZA'>(AMS 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