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<P><FONT size=2><FONT color=#000080 face=Arial>Hi Judith,<BR><BR>I am a long
time GIS user and have taught QGIS classes over the last 8 years a many differnt
audiences in different countries. I surely don't know everything but you can ask
me any question you like re to QGIS and I will do my best to
answer.<BR><BR> <FONT color=#808080>>>> I find some things
puzzling, and don’t know anyone expert I can ask
questions. </FONT><BR>ok<BR><BR><FONT color=#808080>>>> For
instance, right now, I’m trying to understand what information is lost when I
import an ArcGIS shapefile.</FONT> <BR>When importing an ESRI shape file
into QGIS no information whatsorever is lost at all !<BR><BR><FONT
color=#808080>>>> QGIS won’t import the .prj
files,</FONT> <BR>That is not correct , QGIS read the prj files when
available . If a prj file is not available QGIS will prompt you in which
projection you data is in order to project it correctly<BR><BR><FONT
color=#808080>>>> but the resulting QGIS vector still seems to have the
correct coordinates.</FONT> <BR>Yes and because of that all should be in
good working order<BR><BR><FONT color=#808080>>>> Similar issues with
raster files, and with the NY State Orthographic files - I can only bring in a
TIFF or a jp2, but the map seems OK. <BR></FONT>QGIS is a true master in
importing raster files and has much faster performance for those than ArcGIS in
comparison. What raster fileformat did you try to import that did not work
<BR>Aka in otehr words I don't understand what issues you are talking about
?<BR>QGIS can import most raster file formats (most that the underlying
library GDAL supports) - here is an extract what is supported <A
href="https://gdal.org/drivers/raster/index.html">https://gdal.org/drivers/raster/index.html</A></FONT></FONT><FONT
size=2><FONT color=#000080 face=Arial><BR>an extremely long list ;)<BR><BR>Let
me know any questions<BR><BR>Cheers<BR>Karsten</FONT><BR></FONT><FONT
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