[Qgis-user] Convert geocentric x, y, z to projected coordinates

[Kirk Schmidt]

Hi Roland:

Something seems wrong with your data.  The z elevation is 4736 km which 
is a bit high for terrestrial mapping applications.

Kirk Schmidt

On 2/27/2026 8:33 AM, Roland Spielhofer via QGIS-User wrote:
> Hi,
> I have a set of coordinates as geocentric x, y, z 3D-coordinates in 
> ETRF89 (located in Austria), which should be, if I am not wrong, 
> EPSG:7194.
> It is a CSV file.
> As an example:
> x   y   z
> 4080019.8005  1202964.0971    4736921.5758
> When I import it via "Data source manager/delimited text", I select 
> EPGS:7194 as CRS and assign the x to "X-field", y to the "Y-Field" and 
> z to the "Z-Field".
> The QGIS project itself is in ETRS89/UTM33 - and this is the target 
> system I eventually want my points in.
> When I add a basemap and compare the points created, they all lie 
> around the equator.
> I also tried different EPSG during import, e.g. EPSG:4346, but the 
> points created stay at the same [wrong] location.
> How do I do the import to end up having points at the right locations?
>
> Thanks in advance!
> Roland
>
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