Hi, your shape is missing the .prj file, so depending on how your QGIS settings (options-> CRS) are configured, this shape will be loaded with the right or -more probably- wrong reference system.
If you don't have changed anything in options->CRS then the shape will be given the WGS84 CRS, that is wrong. You can fix this in several ways: -) manually giving your CRS (EPSG 27700) to the vector in its properties -) changing how QGIS behave in options->CRS -) fixing the shape by creating the .prj file. You can do it by using the tool vector->data management->define current projection After that it all shows at the right place... cheers -- Giovanni -- On Tue, 2011-05-10 at 13:31 +0100, M.E.Dodd wrote: > Is this any good? Its in osgb 1936 coordinate system and should be 3 fields > just north of Cambridge, uk. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Giovanni Manghi [mailto:giovanni.man...@gmail.com] > Sent: 10 May 2011 13:28 > To: M.E.Dodd > Cc: 'soko...@worldonline.co.za'; qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org > Subject: RE: [Qgis-user] how to display polygons from qgis in google earth? > > Hi, > > On Tue, 2011-05-10 at 10:55 +0100, M.E.Dodd wrote: > > No this does not work, it simply gives all positions as lat 1 degree > > long 1 degree i.e. plots all the data in the middle of the ocean. > > the suggestion ("save as...") should work also for lines and polygons (and it > works indeed). > > > However if you convert from ordnance survey to lat long outside qgis > > then bring the data back into qgis telling it that its wgs84 then > > create the kml then it does work. This is fine for points, but I > > can’t see how to do it for polygons or lines. > > can you link to some data do make a local test? > > cheers > > -- Giovanni -- > > > > > _______________________________________________ Qgis-user mailing list Qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user