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    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">Hi Wesley,<br>
      That survey will be on the Cape datum, and not the Harte94 datum,
      so you will have to use the Cape datum to throw it back to
      LatLong, and then use the Harte94 Datum to push it forward to WG19<br>
      <br>
      The Lo19 and WG19 coordinates are much the same in that they both
      are "Metres from Longitude 19degs" and "metres from the Equator"<br>
      Note that if you use proj type definitions, they are +ve South (ie
      South facing) - looking at the coords you are showing below, yours
      are North facing. <br>
      This 'North facing fix' was done because, especially in the old
      days, CAD system could not handle South facing coords, so that was
      rectified by simply multiplying each column of numbers by "-1".<br>
      <br>
      I have a 'C' program somewhere that I wrote many years back, that
      handles this - but maybe someone on this list has done this with
      proj & QGIS.<br>
      Although I haven't had to do this for many years, I'd be
      interested in a QGIS solution.<br>
      <br>
      HTH,<br>
      Zoltan<br>
      <br>
      <br>
      On 2014/09/29 14:37, Dr Wesley Roberts wrote:<br>
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        <p class="MsoNormal">Dear Colleagues,</p>
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        <p class="MsoNormal">A friend has asked me to produce a map
          using a title deed SG document. The property in question was
          surveyed in 1975 and it appears to make use of the LO19
          coordinate system. I am not that familiar with LO19 and am
          having some trouble with defining a proj 4 projection in QGIS.
          I have produced a custom CRS based on the this post by Gavin
          Flemming (<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://afrispatial.co.za/foss-gis/south-african-projections-in-foss-gis/">http://afrispatial.co.za/foss-gis/south-african-projections-in-foss-gis/</a>).
          All seems well until I look at the location, I can find it
          using ancillary data. The coordinates on the title deed match
          only in the X domain (I have swopped both the X and the Y as
          well as the sign) while the Y domain appears to be “way out”.
          The SG title deed coordinate for one of the Y points is
          -9105.30 (Constant +9 760 000,00) while the same location in
          the QGIS returns a Y coordinate of around -3 769 758. Can
          anyone shed light on why there is such a large difference
          between the SG Diagram and the actual location?</p>
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        <p class="MsoListParagraph" style=""><span style="">1.<span
              style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">       </span></span>I
          am thinking that it might be something to do with the fact
          that the property was surveyed in 1975, any ideas?</p>
        <p class="MsoListParagraph" style=""><span style="">2.<span
              style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">       </span></span>I
          have used the following proj 4 definition – have I missed
          something?</p>
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        <p class="MsoNormal">+proj=tmerc +lat_0=0 +lon_0=19 +k=1 +x_0=0
          +y_0=0 +ellps=WGS84 +datum=WGS84 +units=m +no_defs</p>
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        <p class="MsoNormal">Any help on this matter would be greatly
          appreciated.</p>
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        <p class="MsoNormal">Regards,</p>
        <p class="MsoNormal">Wesley</p>
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        <p class="MsoNormal">Wesley Roberts, PhD</p>
        <p class="MsoNormal">Geospatial Manager</p>
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