Are you sure you need to translate them? You can't just use on-the-fly reprojection?
From: Chuck Young [mailto:wylie1...@gmail.com] Sent: Saturday, 11 February 2012 5:25 p.m. To: Alister Hood Subject: Re: [Qgis-user] Google Earth Alister: I got the Google map up and was able to translate the Tiger Roads layer to the Google Mercater ?? CRS and it works very well. However I have tried to translate the other layers to the same format and nothing works. Seems silly. I have gone back to the original files and the Tiger water layer will not translate correctly. I had this problem before and eventually got it correct but it seems like after doing one translation QGIS doesn't feel like doing another. At least in the same session. I have shut down the application and restarted but still no good. Any ideas? Thanks Chuck On Thu, Feb 9, 2012 at 12:14 AM, Chuck Young <wylie1...@gmail.com<mailto:wylie1...@gmail.com>> wrote: Thanks again! I installed the plugin but haven't gotten to try it yet. I'll let you know how it turned out. I will probably have more questions so I really appreciate your help. Thanks again. Chuck On Wed, Feb 8, 2012 at 7:12 PM, Alister Hood <alister.h...@synergine.com<mailto:alister.h...@synergine.com>> wrote: Hey - remember to reply to the list :) > From: Chuck Young [mailto:wylie1...@gmail.com<mailto:wylie1...@gmail.com>] > Sent: Thursday, 9 February 2012 2:16 p.m. > To: Alister Hood > Subject: Re: [Qgis-user] Google Earth > > Thanks for the quick reply, Alister! Are you saying that I can through the > openlayers plugin, that I can directly see the Google Earth (free version) > > images as a background for my selected area? If so I will try it. Yes, it just opens a connection to the Google earth data as a new layer. It doesn't require the Google earth software. I don't know if there even is a distinction between the quality of the images you _see_ with the free vs professional Google earth editions. Isn't it just the quality of the images you can _save_? Anyway, I don't know which one it corresponds to. > Does it connect to the Google map server etc and allow me to go to the area I > want as if I were directly viewing the map in Google Earth? It doesn't provide any mechanism for searching for a location - you need another layer to search in or zoom to, or you can paste coordinates, or zoom in from viewing the whole world > I will look at it with these ideas in mind. And again, Thanks > > Chuck > On Wed, Feb 8, 2012 at 6:05 PM, Alister Hood > <alister.h...@synergine.com<mailto:alister.h...@synergine.com>> wrote: > > Date: Wed, 8 Feb 2012 17:07:02 -0700 > > From: Chuck Young <wylie1...@gmail.com<mailto:wylie1...@gmail.com>> > > Subject: [Qgis-user] Google Earth > > To: Qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org<mailto:Qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org> > > Message-ID: > > > > <cakckdbsm6du0ed3nn9jcwiwrggnz3fgdxc5ndbu+yfdwck9...@mail.gmail.com<mailto:cakckdbsm6du0ed3nn9jcwiwrggnz3fgdxc5ndbu%2byfdwck9...@mail.gmail.com>> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > > > I hope someone will take the time to help me understand the use of Google > > Earth images and how to acquire them and use them in QGIS. > > > > I have been using Google Earth free version for some time. The images are > > clear and very good resolution. I recently purchased a copy of the area I > > need that is in MrSid format. However the resolution is only good to a > > point. Then it is really pixelated at the zoom level I really need. > > I understand that I need a paid "Pro" subscription to Google earth, but I > > don't know what else and how to go about the actual download or capture of > > the map segments I need. I have seen discussion on the subject and the file > > format etc. but just need to get the pieces together. > You can directly connect QGIS to the Google (or Bing or Yahoo) satellite > layer using the openlayers plugin. > > But Google doesn't own the imagery, and even if you get Google Earth Pro you > aren't actually allowed to use the imagery to create "derivative works". > Exactly how far the permitted use extends will depend on what you are using > it for and the law in your country, but my understanding is that it is > typically about as far as using it to display the location of your > organisation or event in advertising material. > I have seen rumours that you are allowed to do more with the Yahoo imagery, > but when I looked I don't think I could even find any information about its > licensing. > > Regards, > Alister
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