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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-ZA link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Hi,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I’ve received two shapefiles from Namibia – originally from the National Statistics Agency, I think – which has the following .prj file:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>PROJCS["New_Namibian",GEOGCS["GCS_WGS_1984",DATUM["D_WGS_1984",SPHEROID["WGS_1984",6378137.0,298.257223563]],PRIMEM["Greenwich",0.0],UNIT["Degree",0.0174532925199433]],<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>PROJECTION["Transverse_Mercator"],PARAMETER["False_Easting",600000.0],PARAMETER["False_Northing",10000000.0],PARAMETER["Central_Meridian",17.0],PARAMETER["Scale_Factor",1.0],PARAMETER["Latitude_Of_Origin",0.0],UNIT["Meter",1.0]]<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>When I open the file in QGIS and hover over the maps, the coordinates shown are clearly projected coordinates.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>My problem is that I need the maps in EPSG 4326 (WGS-84, geographical coordinates) format, and I’ve been unable to do the conversion – changing the value under shapefile->Properties make the shapefile disappear.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>So I’m doing something wrong – probably something really dumb – but I don’t know WHAT….<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Anybody able to give me step-by-step instructions on how to re-project “New Namibian” back to standard EPSG 4326?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Regards<br>Calle<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Cape Town<o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>