[GeoNode-users] SRC not established from *.prj. Non admin Users can´t select SRC of layers they upload.

[Paolo Corti]

Yes, looks like a GeoServer issue.

I would suggest to check this with the GeoServer list and see if it is
worth to open a ticket

regards
p

On Tue, Oct 3, 2017 at 11:00 AM, Daniel Victoria
<daniel.victoria at gmail.com> wrote:
> An update. I don't think it's GeoNode problem but rather a GeoServer issue
> that does not recognize the proj file
>
> Here is an issue related to the problem:
>
> https://github.com/GeoNode/geonode/issues/1231
>
> So basically, if you try to upload the malformed file directly into
> GeoServer, it will fail.
>
> Cheers
> Daniel
>
> On Tue, Oct 3, 2017 at 11:51 AM Ariel Neri <ariel.neriw at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Thanks for your tips. They helped me find the problem. As Daniel said, it
>> was related to malformed .prj files. Most of the shapefiles were generated
>> with R Studio. The prj files (slightly diferent in R) are well recognized by
>> QGis an ArcGis, but not by GeoNode. Files reprojected and exported in both
>> QGis and ArcGis are well referenced in GeoNode (as Stefan confirmed).
>> Thanks for your help.
>> cheers
>>
>> Ariel
>>
>> 2017-10-03 11:12 GMT-03:00 Daniel Victoria <daniel.victoria at gmail.com>:
>>>
>>> We've encountered some issues with malformed .prj files. QGis would
>>> recognize them fine but once imported into GeoNode, the projection would end
>>> up wrong. If I remember correctly, it was how ESRI defined the SIRGAS2000
>>> datum. But this was some time ago, using GeoNode 2.4. Not sure if it's
>>> fixed.
>>>
>>> One work-around that we did, to debug the problem, was delete the .prj
>>> file and redefine the shapefile projection in QGis. Then things would work.
>>>
>>> Cheers
>>> Daniel
>>>
>>> On Tue, Oct 3, 2017 at 10:42 AM Stefan Steiniger <sstein at geo.uzh.ch>
>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> I don't have a problem with uploading data in UTM19S in V2.0, so I guess
>>>> it's either a degression (not likely) or an  issue with your *.prj
>>>> file/definition strings. My shapefile are mostly from QGIS, though.
>>>>
>>>> Cheers,
>>>> Stefan
>>>>
>>>> > El 03-10-2017, a las 10:24, Ariel Neri <ariel.neriw at gmail.com>
>>>> > escribió:
>>>> >
>>>> > Hi, i´m using Geonode 2.6. Neather I, nor the users of our geonode
>>>> > portal could find the way to establish the correct SRC on their layers (I
>>>> > thought they could from the metadata edition section but i was wrong), apart
>>>> > from the admin interface or Geoserver UI.
>>>> > When a new shapefile is uploaded, a default SRC is set (40400), no
>>>> > matter what the *.prj inidcates. Only EPSG:4326 shapefiles are set correctly
>>>> > (most of our work is on UTM). Is this a miss-configuration on our GeoNode or
>>>> > that´s the way it works?
>>>> > If it´s a local problem, would you indicate what files should i search
>>>> > for the problem?
>>>> >
>>>> > At the moment i´m correcting that from Geoserver UI, but it would be
>>>> > very usefull if non-admin users could do it themselves on their layers.
>>>> >
>>>> > Thanks
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