[Qgis-user] Importing csv with UTM coordinates and zoning

[Rainer M Krug]

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On 11/01/12 14:28, Frederick Löbig wrote:
> Thanks Rainer, that was what I was thinking in the first place.
> Would have been nice if there'd be a simpler way.

I would obviously not do this in QGIS, but any scriptable language - R
comes to mind, or GRASS (from bash if you are using Linux)

Cheers,

Rainer


> Thanks again,
> 
> Cheers, Freddy
> 
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>> Date: Wed, 11 Jan 2012 14:26:11 +0100 From: r.m.krug at gmail.com 
>> To: frederick.loebig at grunsnid.de CC: frederick.loebig at live.de;
>> qgis-user at lists.osgeo.org Subject: Re: [Qgis-user] Importing csv
>> with UTM coordinates and zoning
>> 
> On 11/01/12 14:13, Frederick Löbig wrote:
>> Hi all,
> 
>> I have to import a csv containing a lot of coordinates which
>> look like this:
> 
>> 51 20.930 N 01 26.290 E
> 
> 
>> sure thing, these are UTM coordinates. However, when I use the 
>> "import text file as layer" tool, I have to define the right srs 
>> first. For example, when I have a list of DHDN GK3 coordinates,
>> I set this up as the project's srs and define the layers srs to
>> match the source system from the coordinates in the csv. But, As
>> you can see, these coordiantes have the band-number in front of
>> the coordinate, so I don't know what I should the projects srs
>> to. Is it even possible to import a csv which containes
>> coordinates in this format?
> 
> Don't know (and don't think so) - but you could always split the
> csv file, so that each resulting csv file is only one band, and
> then import them separately.
> 
> Depending on what you want to do, you can then re-project them into
> a common coordinate system.
> 
> 
> 
> Rainer
> 
> 
> 
>> Thanks in advance. Freddy
> 
> 
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