[Qgis-user] Beginner: scanned and georeferenced map looks stretched

[Magnus Ekhall]

I've tried that by going to Settings -> Project Settings and switching
to SWEREF99 there (immediate coordinate transformation box is ticked).

But nothing happens at all which is surprising.

When I look at the paper map I can see that indeed the SWEREF99
coordinates are square, but the WGS84 are stretched vertically.

Am I doing something wrong with the reprojection?

Regards,
Magnus

On 29 July 2011 19:27, Alex Mandel <tech_dev at wildintellect.com> wrote:
> On 07/29/2011 09:49 AM, Magnus Ekhall wrote:
>> I'm a beginner with qgis and need some help.
>>
>> I've scanned a map and georeferenced it using the plugin.
>>
>> When it appears in qgis it looks stretched: about double as wide as on paper.
>> However, the coordinates are correct. I can load a gpx-file into a
>> vector layer, and it gets overlaid on the correct parts of the raster
>> map.
>>
>> Is there a way to change horizontal and/or vertical scale on the screen?
>>
>> I think the reason might be (please correct me if I'm wrong) that the
>> paper map is originally in SWEREF99, but I georeferenced in using
>> points of WGS84...
>>
>> I tried to georeference it in SWEREF99 directly, but then the gpx
>> tracks would load to completely different areas.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Magnus
>
> Try reprojecting it to the SWEREF99 and it will likely look more like
> the paper map.
>
> Enjoy,
> Alex
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