[Qgis-user] Importing Cropland Data Layer

[Alex M]

On 08/03/2018 11:52 AM, Emily Wine wrote:
> Hi everyone!
> 
> I am completely new to QGIS (and mapping in general), and I can't get my
> layers to line up.
> 
> * QGIS Version: 3.2.1-BonnStandalone-installerWindows 10 64-bit*
> 
> *All of my layers are in the USA Contiguous Albers Equal Area projection.*
> 
> Currently, I have three layers:
> Site Coordinates
> World Imagery layer from ESRI
> Cropland Data Layer (CDL) from USDA-NASS CropScape
> 
> My coordinates line up perfectly with the World Imagery layer. However, the
> CDL is floating somewhere out in the universe and won't line up.
> 
> CDL Extent:
> 48885.0000000000000000,2818725.0000000000000000 :
> 117585.0000000000000000,2930685.0000000000000000
> 
> I downloaded the CDL as a zipped file containing a .tif and a .vat.dbf.tif
> file.
> I unzipped the file and uploaded it to QGIS as a .tif file.
> 

Can you please provide a link to what you downloaded.

> Is it possible that the georeferencing for the .tif file is encoded in the
> .vat.dbf.tif file? How do I import the Cropland Data Layer to QGIS?
> 

Nope, thats a value attribute database file.

> Thanks,
> 
> Emily
> 

It's very likely that QGIS is just reading the projection data
incorrectly. Check the Properties/Metadata tab for the layer to see what
projection QGIS assigned the layer.

Was there a tfw with the data? that would contain georeference.

Thanks,
Alex