Thanks.
I see I missed that output file goes first.
I would have thought a 3d shape file has coordinate system embedded in
it. Otherwise the only info I have is that it is NAD83 UTM Zone 10.
Indeed, ogrinfo says Layer SRS WKT: (unknown)
I looked on the spatialreference.org website and I have 3 choices.
3717(which I think it is not, as this shp file was made in 2006, 3740,
and 26910. How do I guess?
José María Michia wrote:
2009/1/25 <mtnbiketr...@zzz.com>:
Hi,
beginner user. First off, am disappointed with help files for syntax for
ogr2ogr.
I have a shp file( with .shx, and .dbf) and want to convert it to a
different projection. When I run ogr2ogr from command line, it doesn't do
anything, I tried to set the debug level for more verbose and there is not
enough information to get debug to work. I assume debug is like verbose. I
tried --debug [on], --debug 1. Just get back usage description.
Here is the command I'm using:
ogr2ogr -f "ESRI Shapefile" -t_srs EPSG:32610 myfile.shp mynewfile.shp
it just returns the usage description help file. No errors, no way of
knowing what is wrong. I looked online at gdal.org and it is almost
worthless for help.
p.s. I also have "Desktop GIS" by Gary Sherman and not all the book examples
work(pg 188).thanks,
Tom
Hi Tom. I think that you have an error syntax, at least. You must
write first the name of the destination shape file, and later the name
of the source shape file.
Try this:
ogr2ogr -f "ESRI Shapefile" -t_srs EPSG:32610 mynewfile.shp myfile.shp
Also, make sure that your source shape file, has a coordinate system
defined. You can verify this using ogrinfo:
ogrinfo -so myfile.shp myfile
If not, use the option "-s_srs" to assign one, like following:
ogr2ogr -f "ESRI Shapefile" -s_srs EPSG:4326 -t_srs EPSG:32610
mynewfile.shp myfile.shp
Change EPSG:4326 to the correct epsg code.
I hope that be useful.
Saludos
José María
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