[Qgis-user] Trouble projecting on the fly

[Andre Joost]

Am 24.02.2015 um 02:20 schrieb Sharon Selvaggio:
> Hello,
>
> I'm a new user of QGIS but have many years experience with ArcGIS.
>
> I am working with two datasets from two different sources and cannot get
> project-on-the-fly to work.
>
> I am using QGIS 2.8.0 on Ubuntu 12.04.
>
> What I have tried:
>
> (1) right clicking each layer, going to Set Layer CRS, setting all the
> layers to the same projection (NAD83  EPSG:4269)  and I've also tried
> (NAD83(CSRS)  EPSG:4617).
>
>

Set CRS for Layer is not the right way. You have to save the layers 
under a different name and the target CRS.

HTH,
André Joost