[Qgis-user] Re:Newbie question - gml files

[Noli Sicad]

Try, EPSG:3348

http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:AF7VwW2DuNoJ:spatialreference.org/ref/epsg/3348/+epsg+canada&cd=2&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=au

Noli


On 1/3/11, Sam Vekemans <acrosscanadatrails at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
> Ok, the good news is that QGis 1.6.0 installed good (on my other desktop
> PC)  after removing the old versions, and ensuring that it is installed on
> the c: drive :)
> ... and then trying to csrs
>
> the bad news is that the map projection is still off.
> So i try
>
> ogr2ogr.exe -f "ESRI Shapefile" -t_srs EPSG:4326 c:\try4-gdal NL_LX.gml
>
> and
>
> ogr2ogr.exe -f "ESRI Shapefile" -t_srs EPSG:4617 c:\try4-gdal NL_LX.gml
>
> according to the ogr web page
> *-a_srs** srs_def*:Assign an output SRS *-t_srs**
> srs_def*:Reproject/transform
> to this SRS on output *-s_srs** srs_def*: Override source SRS
> I tried each of them, and still doesnt work :(  and removing the projection
> key  gets the wrong projection.
>
> Thanks,
> Sam
>
> On Sun, Jan 2, 2011 at 4:29 PM, Noli Sicad <nsicad at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I think you have to install QGIS in C drive to avoid this problem of
>> not finding the Qtcore4.dll.
>>
>> Noli
>>
>> On 1/3/11, Sam Vekemans <acrosscanadatrails at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > That makes sence.
>> > Since there are older versions running, the program doesn't know where
>> > to turn to, to look for the files :)
>> > ... also, i have the programs running on the d: drive rather than the
>> > c: drive, so that will also make a difference. I need to clean up my
>> > hard drive anyway as this program needs alot of space to work in.
>> >
>> >
>> > cheers,
>> > sam
>> >
>> > On 1/2/11, Noli Sicad <nsicad at gmail.com> wrote:
>> >> Hi Sam,
>> >>
>> >> I think you have to uninstall the previous installation of QGIS in Add
>> >> / Remove or in Uninstall QGIS (I am not using Windows right now so I
>> >> don't exactly know). If not remove manually the QGIS directory and
>> >> install again.
>> >>
>> >> QtCore4.dll is Qt library for Qt window toolkit which included in
>> >> QGIS. QGIS will not work without the dynamic library.
>> >>
>> >> FWTools is not part of the QGIS, you don't probably need it if you
>> >> have work the org2org.exe program in gdal already.
>> >>
>> >> Noli
>> >>
>> >> On 1/3/11, Sam Vekemans <acrosscanadatrails at gmail.com> wrote:
>> >>> thanks
>> >>> will try 4326 instead .... and just remove that last program that
>> >>> doesnt help. :)
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>> cheers,
>> >>> sam
>> >>>
>> >>> On 1/2/11, Noli Sicad <nsicad at gmail.com> wrote:
>> >>>> Hi,
>> >>>>
>> >>>>> it took some time to number crunch, but it did make a whole bunch of
>> >>>>> .shp
>> >>>>> files :) ... accept the projection is still off.
>> >>>>> So i need to add "EPSG : 4617"   or some random 4 digit number that
>> >>>>> will
>> >>>>> work.
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> ogr2ogr.exe -f "ESRI Shapefile" -t_srs EPSG:4617 d:\try3-gdal
>> NL_LX.gml
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> What i dont know is exactly which projection code to use or the
>> prefix
>> >>>>> to
>> >>>>> use for it. http://www.gdal.org/ogr2ogr.html assumes that the user
>> >>>>> already
>> >>>>> knows how to use the program :)
>> >>>>> ... if i get this right then there is no need to mess with qgis :-)
>> >>>>
>> >>>> Try,
>> >>>>
>> >>>> EPSG: 4326 for WGS84
>> >>>>
>> >>>> http://nsidc.org/data/atlas/epsg_4326.html
>> >>>>
>> >>>> This is the metafile of one of the file.
>> >>>> ~~~~~~~~~~~
>> >>>> General:
>> >>>> Storage type of this layer: GML
>> >>>> Source for this layer:
>> >>>> /home/noli/Downloads/A_NZ/NL_EN/NL_EN.gml|layername=EN_1360049_0
>> >>>> Geometry type of the features in this layer: Point
>> >>>> The number of features in this layer: 3
>> >>>> Editing capabilities of this layer:
>> >>>> Extents:
>> >>>> In layer spatial reference system units : xMin,yMin 48.4084,-66.6146
>> >>>> :
>> >>>> xMax,yMax 54.472,-55.0224
>> >>>> Layer Spatial Reference System:
>> >>>> +proj=longlat +ellps=WGS84 +datum=WGS84 +no_defs
>> >>>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~`
>> >>>>
>> >>>> Noli
>> >>>>
>> >>>
>> >>>
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>> >>>
>> >>
>> >
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>> >
>>
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