[Qgis-community-team] re-projection

[Chuck Young]

I am new to this list and hope you can help.

 I have a GeoTif raster file that currently shows  "+proj=longlat
+ellps=WGS84 +datum=WGS84 +no_defs" as its CRS in the Options form in QGIS.

I have the Tiger shapefile that has in the .prj file
GEOGCS["GCS_North_American_1983",DATUM["D_North_American_1983",SPHEROID["GRS_1980",6378137,298.257222101]],PRIMEM["Greenwich",0],UNIT["Degree",0.017453292519943295]]

I have added several vector layers that I have created with QGIS and all
have the following in their .prj files.
GEOGCS["GCS_WGS_1984",DATUM["D_WGS_1984",SPHEROID["WGS_1984",6378137,298.257223563]],PRIMEM["Greenwich",0],UNIT["Degree",0.017453292519943295]]

I need to be able to get the Tiger data to align with the GeoTif and other
layers.

I tried to export the Tiger file using the Vector / Data Management Tools /
Export to new Projection

I first loaded two Vector layers. First a local layer that was in the
desired projection. (a layer that I created ) having the same info in the
.prj file as noted above [WGS 1984].
Then I loaded the tiget shapefile layer.

I selected the Import spacial ref from existing layer

I tried switching the input and output selections both ways:
     first I selecting local layers spacial ref system "+proj=longlat
+ellps=WGS84 +datum=WGS84 +no_defs"  as Input
        and the Tiger shapefile spacial ref "+proj=longlat +ellps=GRS80
+datum=NAD83 +no_defs" as output
This created a set of files

     Then I switched the input and output
Both produced the following in the .prj files

GEOGCS["GCS_WGS_1984",DATUM["D_WGS_1984",SPHEROID["WGS_1984",6378137,298.257223563]],PRIMEM["Greenwich",0],UNIT["Degree",0.017453292519943295]]
GEOGCS["GCS_WGS_1984",DATUM["D_WGS_1984",SPHEROID["WGS_1984",6378137,298.257223563]],PRIMEM["Greenwich",0],UNIT["Degree",0.017453292519943295]]

IO load any of these with the rest of the layers and zoom extents and get a
white screen with a little speck in one corner.  That speck is the raster
layer and all the layers I created manually.

Please help!

Thanks

Chuck
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