[Qgis-user] Importing Cropland Data Layer

[Alex M]

On 08/03/2018 12:50 PM, Alex M wrote:
> 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

PS: Do you have projection on the Fly (OTF) enabled?
https://docs.qgis.org/testing/en/docs/user_manual/working_with_projections/working_with_projections.html#define-on-the-fly-otf-crs-transformation

-Alex