[Qgis-user] Fwd: Import and convert points from Google Maps

[Renato Saboya]

Thank you so much for the answers!

Indeed, selecting EPSG:4326 did the trick. So simple! I could swear I'd
tried it before, but I must have done something wrong.

This community is fantastic! I hope I can reciprocate by helping others
like I got helped today.

Regards,
*Renato T. de Saboya*
Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina
Programa de Pós-Graduação em Arquitetura e Urbanismo (PósArq)
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On 20 February 2017 at 17:56, Árni Geirsson <arni at alta.is> wrote:

> Hi Renato
> The coordinates that you have picked up are probably in WGS84 (EPSG:4326),
> those are the usual lat, long coordinates. However, the image tiles are in
> the 3857 coordinate system. I would suggest that you choose the most
> appropriate local coordinate system for your project and then assign
> EPSG:4326 to your new layer, making sure that "on the fly" coordinate
> conversion is selected.
>
> Arni
>
>
> Árni Geirsson
> *Alta ehf* // +354 582 5000 <+354%20582%205000> // +354 897 9549
> <+354%20897%209549>
>
> On 20 February 2017 at 13:26, Renato Saboya <rtsaboya at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Dear all:
>> I am trying to generate a point shapefile from lat/long coordinates
>> obtained from Google Maps' API. They were generated by a WordPress plugin
>> (Gravity Forms Geolocation Add-on) and processed in R to generate a new CSV
>> file with the latitude and longitude in Y and X columns, respectively. I
>> tried to import them to QGIS using "Add delimited text layer..." and EPSG
>> 3857, which I found online to be the EPSG of Google Maps. I now want to
>> convert this layer / shape to UTM in order to integrate it with my other
>> layers.
>>
>> The points are created correctly, apparently. When I check their
>> coordinates and compare to the ranges of values in Google Maps, they seem
>> ok.
>>
>>
>>
>> However, if I try to load another shapefile of the same location, it
>> falls very far from the points. Similarly, If I try to load a map from
>> QuickMapServices, it doesn't work: "*QuickMapServices: Failed to
>> download all 1 files. - Google Satellite*".
>>
>> When I save the point shape to UTM (EPSG 31982) to check the coordinates,
>> the values are not coherent with other shapes of the same location:
>>
>> Converted coordinates:
>>
>>
>> What the coordinates should look like (approximate values):
>>
>> I also tried inverting the values of lat / long to x and y, to no avail.
>>
>> Any thoughts would be highly appreciated!
>> Thanks in advance.
>> Regards,
>> *Renato T. de Saboya*
>> Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina
>> Programa de Pós-Graduação em Arquitetura e Urbanismo (PósArq)
>> Urbanidades <http://urbanidades.arq.br> | Infoarq
>> <http://infoarq.arq.ufsc.br/> | PósArq
>> <http://posarq.ufsc.br/renato-t-de-saboya/> | Academia.edu
>> <http://ufsc.academia.edu/RenatoSaboya> | ResearchGate
>> <http://www.researchgate.net/profile/Renato_Saboya>
>>
>>
>>
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