[Qgis-user] Coordinates from wgs84 utm /expressed in meter) to wgs84 (expressed in degrees)

Azzurra Lentini lentini.azzurra at polymtl.ca
Wed Mar 20 03:16:23 PDT 2019


Hi Bernd,
yes thank you, in fact I meant that transformation.
Thank you a lot for the explaination and for the correction.

Have a nice day,
Azzurra

Bernd Vogelgesang <bernd.vogelgesang at gmx.de> a écrit :

> Hi,
>
> I was at first quite confused by your question.
>
> I don't know of any projection named WGS84-UTM, but i guess you mean
> SOME WGS 84 / UTM  projection. I think it's always best to "talk" in
> EPSG codes, cause there are so many confusing terms around.
>
> So, assuming you have e.g a point layer in EPSG 32632 (metric) and want
> the coordinates calculated in the field calculator, but the result
> should be in EPSG 4326 (degree), you can do:
>
> for a new X column
>
> |X( transform( $geometry, 'EPSG:32632', 'EPSG:4326')) |
>
> and similar for a new Y column
>
> |Y( transform( $geometry, 'EPSG:32632', 'EPSG:4326')) |
>
> |in the field calculator.|
>
>
> ||
> Answer found here:
> https://gis.stackexchange.com/a/242259/8202
>
> Cheers,
>
> Bernd
>
>
> Am 19.03.19 um 18:43 schrieb Azzurra Lentini:
>> Good morning,
>> if for example my project is in this referencing system: WGS84-UTM,
>> when I ask to calculate the coordinates Y and X (with field calculator
>> - geometry), it will produce the coordinates in meters.
>> But what can I do if I want the same coordinates in degrees?
>> (obviously in the same datum wgs84)
>>
>> Thank you, Azzurra
>>
>>
>>
>>
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