[Qgis-user] Projections Management Tool

[Carson Farmer]

Alessandro,

This is not an error, the first part of the PROJCS["....... string just 
gives the name of the projection, and in this case the proj.4 library 
does not have a name for this projection I guess. The parameters are 
still correct, and when reloading the shapefile, your data should still 
project properly. If you look further along the PROJCS["....... string, 
you will see that it says: PROJECTION["Transverse_Mercator"], which is 
where it defines what projection it is in.

Thanks for testing this out, and I'm glad you found it useful.

Carson

Alessandro Sarretta wrote:
> Hello Carson,
> thankyou for your plugin! It's a very useful tool !
> I'm trying it using QGIS 0.9.2 in WindowsXP. I defined the 3004 
> projection for a polygon vector layer. It works fine, but I noticed 
> that in the .prj file is written:
> PROJCS["unnamed", ...
> instead of
> PROJCS["Transverse_Mercator", ...
> Is it an error?
> Alessandro Sarretta
>
> Carson Farmer ha scritto:
>> Hello List,
>>
>> I have developed two projection management tools ( using python ) 
>> which I would like to disseminate to the general public, but rather 
>> than upload directly to the repository ( where people may unwittingly 
>> download, use, and then find that it just plain doesn't work ) I 
>> though some 'beta' testing might be in order.
>>
>> For anyone who might be interested, the plugin is available from 
>> here: http://www.geog.uvic.ca/spar/tools.html
>> The tool basically provides functionality similar to the 'Project', 
>> and 'Define Projection' tools in ArcGIS for vector data.  There is a 
>> simple description on the website, as well as instructions on how to 
>> install/use the plugins.  *You are best off using only the latest 
>> version of QGIS.*  I am particularly interested in hearing from any 
>> mac users, as I do not have access to a mac for testing myself.
>>
>> Thanks for your help,
>>
>> Sincerely,
>>
>> Carson Farmer
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