[GRASSLIST:3377] Re: v.in.shape: fixing a mistake

[Eric G. Miller]

On Mon, Mar 25, 2002 at 09:57:56AM -0500, Ben Logan wrote:
> I sure appreciate the help everyone's been giving me.  I've run into
> another problem...a dumb mistake on my part.
> 
> I imported a shape file of the USGS QUAD coverage.  The problem is
> that I imported it into my current location which was UTM zone 17.  I
> realize now that that was a mistake, and wondered if there is a way to
> convert the map to lat/lon without having to re-import.  It took about
> three hours to import, so I was looking for a way around doing that
> again.

Copy the respective dig/ dig_cats/ dig_att/ dig_ascii/ dig_misc/
dig_plus/ files to a lat/lon location?  You should not mix projections
in a location or bad juju will happen.

-- 
Eric G. Miller <egm2 at jps.net>