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--></style></head><body lang=EN-ZA link=blue vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Hello Manfred,</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I’m a current PhD student in South Africa working on remote sensing and I come encounter projection issues frequently.</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I would definitely try your GIS tool.</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Thanks for sharing</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Regards,</p><p class=MsoNormal>Ayodeji</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Sent from <a href="https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=550986">Mail</a> for Windows 10</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div style='mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal style='border:none;padding:0cm'><b>From: </b><a href="mailto:kwadzo459@gmail.com">Enock Seth Nyamador</a><br><b>Sent: </b>Monday, 14 August 2017 10:18<br><b>To: </b><a href="mailto:africa@lists.osgeo.org">Africa local chapter discussions</a><br><b>Subject: </b>Re: [OSGeo Africa] Free gis tool to detect unknown coordinate systemof a shapefile</p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Hi Manfred,<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Thanks for sharing. Will test it.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Best,<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><br clear=all><o:p></o:p></p><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>- Enock</p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>2017-08-14 8:10 GMT+00:00 Thendo Mugwena <<a href="mailto:mugwenat@gmail.com" target="_blank">mugwenat@gmail.com</a>>:</p><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0cm'><div><p class=MsoNormal>Hi Manfred,</p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>I recently had a problem where we could not find coordinates for shapefiles, I will try it out and will be happy to give feedback</p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Regards</p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Thendo</p></div></div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Mon, Aug 14, 2017 at 9:59 AM, <a href="mailto:manfred@egger-gis.at" target="_blank">manfred@egger-gis.at</a> <<a href="mailto:manfred@egger-gis.at" target="_blank">manfred@egger-gis.at</a>> wrote:</p><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0cm'><p class=MsoNormal>Hello,<br><br>Last year i developed a free gis tool, which can detect and define the unknown projection of a ESRI shapefile. This tool was published last year at FOSS4G 2016 in Bonn.<br> <br>Here you find a free downloadlink with description:<br> <br><a href="https://www.egger-gis.at/automatic-projection-detection/shapefile-projectionfinder/" target="_blank">https://www.egger-gis.at/automatic-projection-detection/shapefile-projectionfinder/</a><br><br> <br>I want to ask you, if students in Africa have sometimes similar problems like Austrian students, if they have a shapefile with an unknown coordinate system.<br> <br>I would be happy, if you have time to test my free software and inform me what you think about this approach.<br> <br>Students in Austria like this tool and i decided to offer this tools without cost, because the majority of users are students, who have no money to buy this software.<br> <br>Best regards from Austria,<br> <br>Manfred Egger<br><br>Alois-Schrott-Str. 34<br>6020 Innsbruck<br>Austria<br><br>Phone: <a href="tel:%2B43%20-%20%280%29699%20-%2081372857" target="_blank">+43 - (0)699 - 81372857</a><br>Web: <a href="https://egger-gis.at" target="_blank">https://egger-gis.at</a><br><br> <br><br><br>_______________________________________________<br>Africa mailing list<br><a href="mailto:Africa@lists.osgeo.org" target="_blank">Africa@lists.osgeo.org</a><br>You can UNSUBSCRIBE at <a href="https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/africa" target="_blank">https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/africa</a></p></blockquote></div><p class=MsoNormal><br><br clear=all></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><span class=hoenzb><span style='color:#888888'>-- <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#888888'>Kind Regards</span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt;color:#888888'>Thendo Mugwena</span><span style='color:#888888'> </span></b><span style='color:#888888'>(Msc geoinformatics)<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#888888'>GIS Technician<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#888888'><a href="tel:074%20545%206183" target="_blank">0745456183</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#888888'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><br>_______________________________________________<br>Africa mailing list<br><a href="mailto:Africa@lists.osgeo.org">Africa@lists.osgeo.org</a><br>You can UNSUBSCRIBE at <a href="https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/africa" target="_blank">https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/africa</a></p></blockquote></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>