Projection problem

W. Fredrick Limp fred at cast.uark.edu
Thu Jan 27 08:51:00 EST 1994


Jim,

you will need to create a new location.  You can move data
from the Mercator to Lambert via v.proj but all data in
one location needs to be of the same location.
> 
> Grasshoppers,
> 
> I am having a problem registering a map of the Great
> Lakes.  Originally, I was digitizing in maps that were
> in a lambert conformal projection.  I had no problem with
> this map and in fact the registration was quite accurate.
> Now we have switched to a mercator projection and this is 
> just giving me all kinds of problems.  When I register the 
> map, my registration is not even close.  Do I need to create
> a new location for this new map?  Is there any other way to 
> handle this?
> 
> Thanks in advance,
> 
> Jim
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