[Qgis-user] How to define which CRS to use?

[Joris Hintjens]

Thanks Joost, 

You’re right, sorry, digit missing. 
shalkya is at +/- X: 7508000 Y: 5472000
> Op 30-apr.-2015, om 16:31 heeft Andre Joost <andre+joost at nurfuerspam.de> het volgende geschreven:
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> Date: Thu, 30 Apr 2015 16:27:42 +0200
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> Am 29.04.2015 um 18:16 schrieb Joris Hintjens:
>> Hello,
>> 
>> I have a csv file with a list of coordinates. for example one of
>> them: X	Y 12374462.4355	4877977.8396
>> 
>> notice the (to me at least) strange X coordinate: in the 12millon
>> range.
> 
> This might be a false Easting. In the Soviet Union, 3-degree or 6-degree Gauss-Krueger systems based on the Pulkovo datum were common. To distinguish the zones, a high value of false Easting was added.
> 
>> 
>> I know the point should land somewhere near the Kazach town of
>> Shalkya, with coordinates in the EPSG3857 (WGS 84 pseudo mercator) of
>> +/- X: 750800 Y: 5472000
> 
> These coordinates end up in the South of France for me.
> There might be one digit missing for the Easting.
> 
> 
> Greetings,
> André Joost
> 
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