Thanks, Gabriel. I couldn't get ogr2ogr working (perhaps because I'm using dbf files?), but invproj worked great. I spot-checked the answers and they appear accurate. I couldn't figure out how NAD83 == EPSG2258, but the results seem to bear this out.
Next question (for anyone): how do I batch upload data that's NOT a GPS track and isn't in GPX format? In other words, how do I upload raw XML? -- We're just a Bunch Of Regular Guys, a collective group that's trying to understand and assimilate technology. We feel that resistance to new ideas and technology is unwise and ultimately futile. On 12/28/07, Gabriel Ebner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, Dec 27, 2007 at 04:04:00PM -0700, Kelly Jones wrote: > > I found some public domain data I want to upload to OSM, but can't > > seem to convert the NAD83 format it's in to latitude/longitude. I know > > it should be easy, but even things like: > > It's not NAD83 that's giving you troubles, but the particular projection the > data is in. NAD83 is almost exactly the same as WGS84 (at least for this > century). > > > http://www.ngs.noaa.gov/cgi-bin/spc_getgp.prl > > > > are giving me ridiculous answers. > > This page doesn't seem to accept both NAD83 and feet, so that's to be > expected. > > > OGRFeature(schoolLocation):23 > > SCHOOLTYPE (String) = HIGH > > SCHOOLNAME (String) = RIO GRANDE > > POINT (1507003.249 1473733.624) > > > > I know the correct answer for this item is approximately latitude > > 35.052536, longitude -106.69394, but am not sure how to do this > > translation for all items in the shapefile. > > How about the following? > > $ echo 1507003.249 1473733.624 | invproj -f %f +init=epsg:2258 > -106.695765 35.049850 > > According to the data in OSM, it's on the other side of the road as the > correct location. Is that accurate enough? > > From what I see, you're already using OGR. Have you tried the following? > It > should convert the shapefile with state plane coordinates into a shapefile > with WGS84 coordinates. > > $ ogr2ogr -t_srs EPSG:4326 shapefile_wgs84.shp shapefile.shp > > Gabriel. _______________________________________________ newbies mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/newbies
