Hi,<br>Thanks :)<br><br>I downloaded the <a href="http://download.osgeo.org/osgeo4w/osgeo4w-setup.exe" class="external text" title="http://download.osgeo.org/osgeo4w/osgeo4w-setup.exe" rel="nofollow">Download OSGEO4W Installer</a> <br>
and found that extra plugin for it. ... so it should have installed.<br><br><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/qA5vAWn4q3kOXzXnm4mB1A?feat=directlink">http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/qA5vAWn4q3kOXzXnm4mB1A?feat=directlink</a><br>
OSGeo4W folder, there is no .exe file which would launch Qgis ... (it's probably in one of the sub-folders)<br><br>So i'll re-install qgis 1.6 (and keep this version installed)<br>and do the 'right-click saveAs' so to transform the file, as i didn't do that in previous attempts.<br>
<br>Thanks,<br>Sam<br><br><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Jan 3, 2011 at 2:26 AM, Micha Silver <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:micha@arava.co.il">micha@arava.co.il</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-top: 0pt;">On 03/01/2011 10:38,
Sam Vekemans wrote:</p>
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<a href="http://www.maptools.org/ms4w/index.phtml?page=downloads.html" target="_blank"><br>
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<p>I just want to convert the .gml file into the same
projection as the canvec .shp files and most other .shp
files<br>
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I think it's unfortunate that you posted on your blog, a blanket
statement "<a href="http://qgis.org" target="_blank">qgis.org</a> does not work". <br>
<br>
I downloaded one of the gml files you pointed to [1]. I choose one
of the smaller ones.<br>
Then I tried to load it into QGIS (version 1.6). My installation in
on WinXP, installed with the OSGeo online installer [2] . When I run
the installer, I usually chose "Advanced Install" right at the
start, and check some additional libraries. In your case you'll want
to be sure to check GDAL17 under the Command Line section.<br>
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QGIS was able to display the qml layer with no problem. To
correctly set the CRS, I first opened the gml file (in a text
editor) and it's apparently is projected in NAD83(CSRS98) which is
epsg code 4140. So I opened the properties of the layer (double
click on the layer name) and in the general seciton, I clicked on
"Specify CRS". THis does *not* reproject the layer, It only
indicates to QGIS what projection the original is in.<br>
<br>
Next I did the usual "right click" on the layer name in the TOC and
chose "Save As" to export to shapefile and I got the (attached)
shape. In the Save As dialog there's a button to "Specify CRS" here
I choose the correct EPSG:4140, NAD83(CSRS) projection.<br>
<br>
As to exporting to other coordinate systems, you can do that also
directly in QGIS in the same way: when you chose "Save As" click the
"Browse" button on the CRS line and you can select any destination
CRS that you need. I'm not familiar with the canvec data, but
according to [3] the spatial reference system is NAD83(CSRS) as
above. Now if certain provinces need a local projection in order to
overlay other layers then you can use the Save As to chose a
different CRS.<br>
<br>
HTH,<br>
Micha<br>
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[1] <a href="http://ftp2.cits.rncan.gc.ca/pub/canvec/province_gml/nl/" target="_blank">http://ftp2.cits.rncan.gc.ca/pub/canvec/province_gml/nl/</a><br>
[2] <a href="http://download.osgeo.org/osgeo4w/osgeo4w-setup.exe" target="_blank">http://download.osgeo.org/osgeo4w/osgeo4w-setup.exe</a><br>
[3]
<a href="http://ftp2.cits.nrcan.gc.ca/pub/canvec/doc/CanVec_product_specifications_en.pdf" target="_blank">http://ftp2.cits.nrcan.gc.ca/pub/canvec/doc/CanVec_product_specifications_en.pdf</a><br>
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Micha Silver
<a href="http://www.surfaces.co.il/" target="_blank">http://www.surfaces.co.il/</a>
Arava Development Co. +972-52-3665918
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