On Wed, Jan 29, 2014 at 10:56 AM, Alexandre Neto <senhor.n...@gmail.com>wrote:
> Hello Pat, > > The data is probably in different CRSs. Setting the CRS of the layers > won't change the data itself, it only asks QGIS to try represent the data > in that specific CRS. If you set it wrong (or if QGIS guess it wrong) the > layers won't be represented at the correct coordinates. > > You must find out the the correct CRS of each layer (ask where you get > your data) and set it using Right-click layer > Set Layer CRS. > Correct me if I am wrong, but this only changes the CRS, but does not reproject the data. You need to save the layer with a different CRS. > > Now... the minus value of the scale is quite odd, can you send a sample of > your data? > > Best regards, > > Alexandre Neto > > > > On Wed, Jan 29, 2014 at 11:31 AM, Pat Brown <mistyha...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> I have two layers (Shp files) which, when I open them, appear to be in >> two different projections (I am using QGIS 2.0.1 on Win 7 prof). I have >> followed all the instructions to get them to to project the same but they >> still will not overlay each other. When I check the CRS for each layer they >> are the same. I have set the project CRS to be the same. The only >> difference that I can find is that the scales of the two layers are totally >> different. The one scale is 1:7397941 and the other is 1:-2147483648(the >> minus sign is correct). This is just too weird. Can anyone explain >> what is happening (so I can rectify it myself in future) and how to go >> about correcting this to get the right display? >> >> Thanks, >> >> Paddy >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Qgis-user mailing list >> Qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org >> http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Qgis-user mailing list > Qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user >
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