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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body bgcolor=white lang=EN-ZA link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Zoltan,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>This is what I’m doing. Comment in capitals:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:windowtext;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZA'>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:windowtext;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZA'> Africa [mailto:africa-bounces@lists.osgeo.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Zoltan<br><b>Sent:</b> Monday, 05 February 2018 20:15<br><b>To:</b> africa@lists.osgeo.org<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [OSGeo Africa] How to convert "New Namibia" projection to EPSG 4326 in QGIS<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Hi Calle,<br>As you have correctly noted, the .prj file tells QGIS how to interpret th embeded "bunch of numbers" [ie: coordinates] in the shapefile geometry.<span style='color:#1F497D'> CORRECT</span><br>This means that you cannot simply edit the prj file - you actually have to change the bunch of numbers inside the shapefile to be latlong values that are in the correct place in Namibia.<span style='color:#1F497D'> I KNOW</span><br>So:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Simply open a "clean" QGIS, and note that the empty viewport is in EPSG:4326 (bottom right corner of QGIS window.<span style='color:#1F497D'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>DONE</span><br>Drag and drop your shapefile into the Layers Panel (note the bottom right CRS should change to your Shapefile CRS)<span style='color:#1F497D'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>DONE</span><br>right-click your shapefile name in the Layers Panel and choose Save As<span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>DONE<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><br>In the pop-up window, check that "Format" is set to ESRI Shapefile, Choose a Filename for your LatLong shapefile and change CRS to EPSG:4326 - and click OK<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Format ESRI shapefile OK<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>New file name<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>CRS: EPSG 4326, WGS84<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Encoding utf-8<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Ticked “add saved file to map”<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>No symbology<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Scale: 1:50000<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Geometry type Automatic<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Extent – layer options Resize NO, SHPT blank<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>No custom options set<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Click OK, and I get<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>“</span>Export to vector file failed.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:windowtext;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZA'>Error: creation of layer failed (OGR error:Failed to create file Region2.shp: Permission denied)”</span><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>Your saved shapefile will now have been reprojected to GCS on WGS84.<span style='color:#1F497D'> NOPE</span><br>To be pedantic, close this QGIS and open a new QGIS, and drag/drop your saved shapefile into it.<span style='color:#1F497D'> N/A<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='color:#1F497D'>The process above is more or less what I’ve always used before, hundreds of times – but now,for the first time, it only returns this “Permission Denied” message.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='color:#1F497D'>Note – this is not a folder permission issue. I can use save as for any derived layer, but not when converting….<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='color:#1F497D'>Other ideas?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='color:#1F497D'>Regards<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='color:#1F497D'>Calle<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><br><br>HTH, (no, not the chlorine product)<br>Zoltan<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>On 2018-02-05 17:53, Calle Hedberg wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal>Hi,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I’ve received two shapefiles from Namibia – originally from the National Statistics Agency, I think – which has the following .prj file:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>PROJCS["New_Namibian",GEOGCS["GCS_WGS_1984",DATUM["D_WGS_1984",SPHEROID["WGS_1984",6378137.0,298.257223563]],PRIMEM["Greenwich",0.0],UNIT["Degree",0.0174532925199433]],<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>PROJECTION["Transverse_Mercator"],PARAMETER["False_Easting",600000.0],PARAMETER["False_Northing",10000000.0],PARAMETER["Central_Meridian",17.0],PARAMETER["Scale_Factor",1.0],PARAMETER["Latitude_Of_Origin",0.0],UNIT["Meter",1.0]]<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>When I open the file in QGIS and hover over the maps, the coordinates shown are clearly projected coordinates.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>My problem is that I need the maps in EPSG 4326 (WGS-84, geographical coordinates) format, and I’ve been unable to do the conversion – changing the value under shapefile->Properties make the shapefile disappear.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>So I’m doing something wrong – probably something really dumb – but I don’t know WHAT….<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Anybody able to give me step-by-step instructions on how to re-project “New Namibian” back to standard EPSG 4326?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Regards<br>Calle<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Cape Town<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-ZA'><br><br><br><o:p></o:p></span></p><pre>_______________________________________________<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>Africa mailing list<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><a href="mailto:Africa@lists.osgeo.org">Africa@lists.osgeo.org</a><o:p></o:p></pre><pre>You can UNSUBSCRIBE at <a href="https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/africa">https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/africa</a><o:p></o:p></pre></blockquote><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-ZA'><br><br><o:p></o:p></span></p><pre>-- <o:p></o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre>=============================================<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>Zoltan Szecsei GPrGISc 0031<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>Geograph (Pty) Ltd.<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>GIS and Photogrammetric Services<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre>P.O. 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