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    On 04/27/2011 08:51 PM, Chuck Young wrote:
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      cite="mid:BANLkTikM4PzdyNv2=aAzP1SfGHyZZ68r=g@mail.gmail.com"
      type="cite">I am new to this list and hope you can help. <br>
      <br>
       I have a GeoTif raster file that currently shows  "+proj=longlat
      +ellps=WGS84 +datum=WGS84 +no_defs" as its CRS in the Options form
      in QGIS.<br>
      <br>
      <font face="Arial" size="2">I have the Tiger shapefile that has in
        the .prj file
GEOGCS["GCS_North_American_1983",DATUM["D_North_American_1983",SPHEROID["GRS_1980",6378137,298.257222101]],PRIMEM["Greenwich",0],UNIT["Degree",0.017453292519943295]]<br>
        <br>
        I have added several vector layers that I have created with QGIS
        and all have the following in their .prj files.<br>
GEOGCS["GCS_WGS_1984",DATUM["D_WGS_1984",SPHEROID["WGS_1984",6378137,298.257223563]],PRIMEM["Greenwich",0],UNIT["Degree",0.017453292519943295]]<br>
        <br>
        I need to be able to get the Tiger data to align with the GeoTif
        and other layers.<br>
        <br>
      </font></blockquote>
    <br>
    Assuming your *.prj files are correct, you should be able to enable
    "on-the-fly" projection and the Tiger shapefiles should fall in the
    correct place.<br>
    You need to:<br>
    * first load the GeoTiff, <br>
    * open the project properties, and be sure the CRS is set the same
    as the GeoTiff (EPSG 4326 based on what you posted above)<br>
    * in the same project properties window, check the "Enable
    on-the-fly" checkbox.<br>
    * Now load the tiger shapefiles.<br>
    <br>
    That should do it.<br>
    <br>
    <blockquote
      cite="mid:BANLkTikM4PzdyNv2=aAzP1SfGHyZZ68r=g@mail.gmail.com"
      type="cite"><font face="Arial" size="2">I tried to export the
        Tiger file using the Vector / Data Management Tools / Export to
        new Projection<br>
        <br>
        I first loaded two Vector layers. First a local layer that was
        in the desired projection. (a layer that I created ) having the
        same info in the .prj file as noted above [WGS 1984].<br>
        Then I loaded the tiget shapefile layer.  <br>
        <br>
        I selected the Import spacial ref from existing layer<br>
        <br>
        I tried switching the input and output selections both ways:<br>
             first I selecting local layers spacial ref system
        "+proj=longlat +ellps=WGS84 +datum=WGS84 +no_defs"  as Input <br>
                and the Tiger shapefile spacial ref "+proj=longlat
        +ellps=GRS80 +datum=NAD83 +no_defs" as output<br>
        This created a set of files <br>
        <br>
             Then I switched the input and output <br>
        Both produced the following in the .prj files<br>
        <br>
      </font><font face="Arial" size="2">GEOGCS["GCS_WGS_1984",DATUM["D_WGS_1984",SPHEROID["WGS_1984",6378137,298.257223563]],PRIMEM["Greenwich",0],UNIT["Degree",0.017453292519943295]]<br>
GEOGCS["GCS_WGS_1984",DATUM["D_WGS_1984",SPHEROID["WGS_1984",6378137,298.257223563]],PRIMEM["Greenwich",0],UNIT["Degree",0.017453292519943295]]<br>
      </font><br>
      <font face="Arial" size="2">I load any of these with the rest of
        the layers and zoom extents and get a white screen with a little
        speck in one corner.  That speck is the raster layer and all the
        layers I created manually.<br>
        <br>
      </font>I found some more info in the meta data of the different
      files I was asking about.  <br>
      <br>
      For the locally created vector layer the mete data shows:<br>
      <br>
      <br>
      <table style="width: 100%;" width="100%" border="0"
        cellpadding="0">
        <tbody>
          <tr>
            <td style="padding: 0in;">
              <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;
                line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;
                  color: black;">Storage type of this layer: ESRI
                  Shapefile</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;
                  font-family: "Times New
                  Roman","serif";"></span></p>
            </td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td style="padding: 0in;">
              <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;
                line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;
                  color: black;">Source for this layer: D:/Program
                  Files/Quantum GIS Copiapo/Rural Roads.shp</span><span
                  style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New
                  Roman","serif";"></span></p>
            </td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td style="padding: 0in;">
              <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;
                line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;
                  color: black;">Geometry type of the features in this
                  layer: Line</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;
                  font-family: "Times New
                  Roman","serif";"></span></p>
            </td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td style="padding: 0in;">
              <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;
                line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;
                  color: black;">The number of features in this layer: 4</span><span
                  style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New
                  Roman","serif";"></span></p>
            </td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td style="padding: 0in;">
              <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;
                line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;
                  color: black;">Editing capabilities of this layer: Add
                  Features, Delete Features, Change Attribute Values,
                  Add Attributes, Create Spatial Index, Fast Access to
                  Features at ID, Change Geometries</span><span
                  style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New
                  Roman","serif";"></span></p>
            </td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td style="padding: 0in;">
              <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;
                line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;
                  color: white;">Extents:</span><span style="font-size:
                  12pt; font-family: "Times New
                  Roman","serif";"></span></p>
            </td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td style="padding: 0in;">
              <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;
                line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;
                  color: black;">In layer spatial reference system units
                  : xMin,yMin 460941.66,3797094.89 : xMax,yMax
                  489349.06,3809257.00</span><span style="font-size:
                  12pt; font-family: "Times New
                  Roman","serif";"></span></p>
            </td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td style="padding: 0in;">
              <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;
                line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;
                  color: white;">Layer Spatial Reference System:</span><span
                  style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New
                  Roman","serif";"></span></p>
            </td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td style="padding: 0in;">
              <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;
                line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;
                  color: black;">+proj=longlat +ellps=WGS84 +datum=WGS84
                  +no_defs</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;
                  font-family: "Times New
                  Roman","serif";"></span></p>
            </td>
          </tr>
        </tbody>
      </table>
      <br>
      <br>
      And for the Tiger file it shows:<br>
      <br>
      <br>
      <table style="width: 100%;" width="100%" border="0"
        cellpadding="0">
        <tbody>
          <tr>
            <td style="padding: 0in;">
              <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;
                line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;
                  color: black;">Storage type of this layer: ESRI
                  Shapefile</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;
                  font-family: "Times New
                  Roman","serif";"></span></p>
            </td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td style="padding: 0in;">
              <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;
                line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;
                  color: black;">Source for this layer:
                  J:/FileTransfer/AerialPhotoGila/LandSat/GIS Data
                  Tiger/tl_2010_04007_roads/tl_2010_04007_roads.shp</span><span
                  style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New
                  Roman","serif";"></span></p>
            </td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td style="padding: 0in;">
              <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;
                line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;
                  color: black;">Geometry type of the features in this
                  layer: Line</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;
                  font-family: "Times New
                  Roman","serif";"></span></p>
            </td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td style="padding: 0in;">
              <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;
                line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;
                  color: black;">The number of features in this layer:
                  14807</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family:
                  "Times New Roman","serif";"></span></p>
            </td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td style="padding: 0in;">
              <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;
                line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;
                  color: black;">Editing capabilities of this layer: Add
                  Features, Delete Features, Change Attribute Values,
                  Add Attributes, Create Spatial Index, Fast Access to
                  Features at ID, Change Geometries</span><span
                  style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New
                  Roman","serif";"></span></p>
            </td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td style="padding: 0in;">
              <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;
                line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;
                  color: white;">Extents:</span><span style="font-size:
                  12pt; font-family: "Times New
                  Roman","serif";"></span></p>
            </td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td style="padding: 0in;">
              <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;
                line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;
                  color: black;">In layer spatial reference system units
                  : xMin,yMin -111.721,32.985 : xMax,yMax
                  -110.001,34.4434</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;
                  font-family: "Times New
                  Roman","serif";"></span></p>
            </td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td style="padding: 0in;">
              <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;
                line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;
                  color: white;">Layer Spatial Reference System:</span><span
                  style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New
                  Roman","serif";"></span></p>
            </td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td style="padding: 0in;">
              <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;
                line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;
                  color: black;">+proj=longlat +ellps=GRS80 +datum=NAD83
                  +no_defs</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;
                  font-family: "Times New
                  Roman","serif";"></span></p>
            </td>
          </tr>
        </tbody>
      </table>
      <br>
      Maybe this will help in your answer.<br>
      <font face="Arial" size="2"><br>
        <br>
        Please help!<br>
        <br>
        Thanks<br>
        <br>
        Chuck<br>
        <br>
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