<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div dir="auto"><div dir="auto">Hi Byron:</div><div dir="auto">This is a common mistake when working with lat/long. Your x value should be longitude and latitude should by y. </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Kirk Schmidt</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto" id="composer_signature"><div dir="auto" style="font-size:12px;color:#575757">Sent from my Galaxy</div></div><div dir="auto"></div></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div id="new_signature" dir="auto"><div style="font-size:12px;color:#575757" dir="auto">Sent from my Galaxy</div></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div><br></div><div align="left" dir="auto" style="font-size:100%;color:#000000"><div>-------- Original message --------</div><div>From: Byron Veilleux via QGIS-User <qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org> </div><div>Date: 2024-11-26 4:02 p.m. (GMT-05:00) </div><div>To: Qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org </div><div>Subject: [Qgis-user] CSV of outcrop locations loading error </div><div><br></div></div><div dir="ltr"><div>i have attached a csv file of several points with 2 simple text labels to accompany the x, y positions. </div><div>when i import this file, i try to import in DMS decimal format. i specify column 2 as the x and column 3 as the y. when it imports, it puts the points in the wrong spot. the x column becomes y and the y columns is completely in error. this should be a fairly simple import, can you please tell me how i can get this file to import properly. i was importing into WGS 84 so that should not be the issue.</div><div><br></div><span class="gmail_signature_prefix">-- </span><br><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature" class="gmail_signature" dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">Byron Veilleux, MSc. P.Geo<div>Conjugate Geologic Services Limited</div><div>Calgary, Alberta Canada</div><div><a href="mailto:byron@conjugategeo.com">byron@conjugategeo.com</a></div><div>Cell:4037108414</div></div></div></div>
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