Re: [Qgis-user] Custom CRS-database issues?
I've never heard of such issues - and it's certainly not qgis doing this by itself (it can't save files as root unless you run it as root). You probably did it by accident. cheers Etienne On Wed, Oct 31, 2012 at 10:35 PM, j...@caltech.edu wrote: -- Message: 2 Date: Sun, 28 Oct 2012 23:18:27 +0800 From: Leyan ouyang.leyan...@hotmail.com To: qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org Subject: Re: [Qgis-user] Custom CRS-database issues? Message-ID: blu0-smtp24034091dc44c4ff586e297ba...@phx.gbl Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed On 10/28/2012 12:25 PM, j...@caltech.edu wrote: Maybe one of these days I'll figure out how to reply to a single subject in a digest? Thanks, My ~/.qgis directory was owned by root. this is the second Qgis install I've done, and both times that directory ended up owned by root. I changed it to my user, but it didn't help. I installed psycopg2, no change. If I start Qgis through the terminal, I get these messages on start up, but no dialog when I try to save a custom CRS. Warning: loading of qgis translation failed [/usr/share/qgis/i18n//qgis_en_US] Warning: loading of qt translation failed [/usr/share/qt4/translations/qt_en_US] my qgis.db file is empty. Janet Could you try to move or delete the qgis.db file now that you have ownership of the directory ? Having an empty file does prevent to add custom CRS without any error message, I just tried. If QGIS does not find the file qgis.db, it will build a new one, but if it does find an invalid file, it will silently fail. BTW, do you know how you obtained an empty file ? Regards, Leyan I still don't think I've figured out how to reply to a single message in the digest, apologies if this makes yet another new thread post. Deleting the blank qgis.db file solved my problem, so thanks. Also, I had never started QGIS as root, so I'm not sure how the folder ended up owned by root.. Thanks, Janet ___ 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
Re: [Qgis-user] Custom CRS-database issues?
-- Message: 2 Date: Sun, 28 Oct 2012 23:18:27 +0800 From: Leyan ouyang.leyan...@hotmail.com To: qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org Subject: Re: [Qgis-user] Custom CRS-database issues? Message-ID: blu0-smtp24034091dc44c4ff586e297ba...@phx.gbl Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed On 10/28/2012 12:25 PM, j...@caltech.edu wrote: Maybe one of these days I'll figure out how to reply to a single subject in a digest? Thanks, My ~/.qgis directory was owned by root. this is the second Qgis install I've done, and both times that directory ended up owned by root. I changed it to my user, but it didn't help. I installed psycopg2, no change. If I start Qgis through the terminal, I get these messages on start up, but no dialog when I try to save a custom CRS. Warning: loading of qgis translation failed [/usr/share/qgis/i18n//qgis_en_US] Warning: loading of qt translation failed [/usr/share/qt4/translations/qt_en_US] my qgis.db file is empty. Janet Could you try to move or delete the qgis.db file now that you have ownership of the directory ? Having an empty file does prevent to add custom CRS without any error message, I just tried. If QGIS does not find the file qgis.db, it will build a new one, but if it does find an invalid file, it will silently fail. BTW, do you know how you obtained an empty file ? Regards, Leyan I still don't think I've figured out how to reply to a single message in the digest, apologies if this makes yet another new thread post. Deleting the blank qgis.db file solved my problem, so thanks. Also, I had never started QGIS as root, so I'm not sure how the folder ended up owned by root.. Thanks, Janet ___ Qgis-user mailing list Qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user
Re: [Qgis-user] Custom CRS-database issues?
On Sun, Oct 28, 2012 at 2:14 AM, j...@caltech.edu wrote: Thanks, My ~/.qgis directory was owned by root. this is the second Qgis install I've done, and both times that directory ended up owned by root. I changed it to my user, but it didn't help. This is most certainly because you ran qgis as root using sudo or su. Delete you .qgis folder (or change owner of all the files) and run qgis again. I installed psycopg2, no change. If I start Qgis through the terminal, I get these messages on start up, but no dialog when I try to save a custom CRS. Warning: loading of qgis translation failed [/usr/share/qgis/i18n//qgis_en_US] Warning: loading of qt translation failed [/usr/share/qt4/translations/qt_en_US] my qgis.db file is empty. Janet Send Qgis-user mailing list submissions to qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to qgis-user-requ...@lists.osgeo.org You can reach the person managing the list at qgis-user-ow...@lists.osgeo.org When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than Re: Contents of Qgis-user digest... Today's Topics: 1. Custom CRS-database issues? (j...@caltech.edu) -- Message: 1 Date: Sat, 27 Oct 2012 10:27:34 -0700 (PDT) From: j...@caltech.edu To: qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org Subject: [Qgis-user] Custom CRS-database issues? Message-ID: 50064.71.104.88.199.1351358854.squir...@webmail.caltech.edu Content-Type: text/plain;charset=utf-8 Send Qgis-user mailing list submissions to qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to qgis-user-requ...@lists.osgeo.org You can reach the person managing the list at qgis-user-ow...@lists.osgeo.org When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than Re: Contents of Qgis-user digest... Today's Topics: 1. Re: QGIS not accepting valid Proj.4 data for CRS (Leyan) 2. Re: Proposal for QGIS-related blog (Victor Olaya) 3. Re: ubuntu 12.10 issues (Nicholas Efremov-Kendall) -- Message: 1 Date: Sat, 27 Oct 2012 16:30:30 +0800 From: Leyan ouyang.leyan...@hotmail.com To: qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org Subject: Re: [Qgis-user] QGIS not accepting valid Proj.4 data for CRS Message-ID: blu0-smtp209d955d8da76e5504a8ff0ba...@phx.gbl Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed When you say hitting the save button, do you mean clicking OK or the button with the save icon ? Hitting OK will not be enough to save your custom CRS, you need to click the save button first. I tried to add your CRS and did not encounter any issue, could you describe more precisely what you did ? Regards, Leyan Thanks for looking. In QGIS I open up the Custom CRS definition dialog Copy and paste a proj4 parameter line starting with +proj= into the Paremeters box Copy and paste the Name into the name box. Hit the little folder icon. Nothing happens. The number below the parameter line doesn't increment. Hit OK and the custom CRS isn't added to the database. Could my database be unavailable somehow? If I take a known, valid proj4 parameter line that QGIS has in it's database, it it won't add it either (I miswrote this below) I played around some more, and the test dialog WILL accept the custom parameter lines, and does say they are valid, I just can't get my database to recognize them. I remember the database dialog box when I first installed QGIS, I think I just took the defaults, in the DB manager it shows a SpatialLite entry, but there's a flashing alert in the bottom of the window that says postgis No module named psycopg2 If I highlight 'SpatialLite and click the SQL window icon, I get an error that says 'no database selected or you are not connected to it'. I'm not sure I have the necessary SQL programs installed. in Synaptic I have some sql packages, client libraries, shared libraries, python extensions. Do I need a specific core SQL package to get the database in QGIS to be accessible? In synaptic I tried to install python-psycopg2 and I got a warning that it could not be authenticated and malicious control etc etc etc, should I install it anyway? thanks, Janet On 10/27/2012 02:49 PM, j...@caltech.edu wrote: I'm trying to add one of the Albers equal area conic USA/North american projections as a user defined/custom CRS. QGIS 1.8.0 on Linux-Ubuntu. I went through every version on spatialreference.org/ but after entering the parameters (ie, +proj=aea +lat_1=29.5 +lat_2=45.5 +lat_0=37.5 +lon_0=-96 +x_0=0
Re: [Qgis-user] Custom CRS-database issues?
On 10/28/2012 12:25 PM, j...@caltech.edu wrote: Maybe one of these days I'll figure out how to reply to a single subject in a digest? Thanks, My ~/.qgis directory was owned by root. this is the second Qgis install I've done, and both times that directory ended up owned by root. I changed it to my user, but it didn't help. I installed psycopg2, no change. If I start Qgis through the terminal, I get these messages on start up, but no dialog when I try to save a custom CRS. Warning: loading of qgis translation failed [/usr/share/qgis/i18n//qgis_en_US] Warning: loading of qt translation failed [/usr/share/qt4/translations/qt_en_US] my qgis.db file is empty. Janet Could you try to move or delete the qgis.db file now that you have ownership of the directory ? Having an empty file does prevent to add custom CRS without any error message, I just tried. If QGIS does not find the file qgis.db, it will build a new one, but if it does find an invalid file, it will silently fail. BTW, do you know how you obtained an empty file ? Regards, Leyan ___ Qgis-user mailing list Qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user
[Qgis-user] Custom CRS-database issues?
Send Qgis-user mailing list submissions to qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to qgis-user-requ...@lists.osgeo.org You can reach the person managing the list at qgis-user-ow...@lists.osgeo.org When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than Re: Contents of Qgis-user digest... Today's Topics: 1. Re: QGIS not accepting valid Proj.4 data for CRS (Leyan) 2. Re: Proposal for QGIS-related blog (Victor Olaya) 3. Re: ubuntu 12.10 issues (Nicholas Efremov-Kendall) -- Message: 1 Date: Sat, 27 Oct 2012 16:30:30 +0800 From: Leyan ouyang.leyan...@hotmail.com To: qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org Subject: Re: [Qgis-user] QGIS not accepting valid Proj.4 data for CRS Message-ID: blu0-smtp209d955d8da76e5504a8ff0ba...@phx.gbl Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed When you say hitting the save button, do you mean clicking OK or the button with the save icon ? Hitting OK will not be enough to save your custom CRS, you need to click the save button first. I tried to add your CRS and did not encounter any issue, could you describe more precisely what you did ? Regards, Leyan Thanks for looking. In QGIS I open up the Custom CRS definition dialog Copy and paste a proj4 parameter line starting with +proj= into the Paremeters box Copy and paste the Name into the name box. Hit the little folder icon. Nothing happens. The number below the parameter line doesn't increment. Hit OK and the custom CRS isn't added to the database. Could my database be unavailable somehow? If I take a known, valid proj4 parameter line that QGIS has in it's database, it it won't add it either (I miswrote this below) I played around some more, and the test dialog WILL accept the custom parameter lines, and does say they are valid, I just can't get my database to recognize them. I remember the database dialog box when I first installed QGIS, I think I just took the defaults, in the DB manager it shows a SpatialLite entry, but there's a flashing alert in the bottom of the window that says postgis No module named psycopg2 If I highlight 'SpatialLite and click the SQL window icon, I get an error that says 'no database selected or you are not connected to it'. I'm not sure I have the necessary SQL programs installed. in Synaptic I have some sql packages, client libraries, shared libraries, python extensions. Do I need a specific core SQL package to get the database in QGIS to be accessible? In synaptic I tried to install python-psycopg2 and I got a warning that it could not be authenticated and malicious control etc etc etc, should I install it anyway? thanks, Janet On 10/27/2012 02:49 PM, j...@caltech.edu wrote: I'm trying to add one of the Albers equal area conic USA/North american projections as a user defined/custom CRS. QGIS 1.8.0 on Linux-Ubuntu. I went through every version on spatialreference.org/ but after entering the parameters (ie, +proj=aea +lat_1=29.5 +lat_2=45.5 +lat_0=37.5 +lon_0=-96 +x_0=0 +y_0=0 +ellps=GRS80 +datum=NAD83 +units=m +no_defs ), it still shows * of 0, and hitting the save button does nothing. There is no error message however, unless I go down below and hit 'calculate', then it tells me that the proj4 definition is not valid. I went through all the permutations on spatialreference.org, and tried defining my own, but could not get QGIS to accept any of them I then went into the QGIS set projection dialog, and copied what I know is a valid proj4 definition, and tried to use it define a custom coordinate system and the custom definition dialog would still NOT accept the known valid definition. Any hints on getting one of these defined? The given Albers-California may be close enough, but I'd like to at least be able to compare to a custom North American projection. Thanks, Janet ___ Qgis-user mailing list Qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user -- Message: 2 Date: Sat, 27 Oct 2012 10:40:28 +0200 From: Victor Olaya vola...@gmail.com To: Tim Sutton li...@linfiniti.com Cc: qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org, simbamangu simbamangu+os...@gmail.com Subject: Re: [Qgis-user] Proposal for QGIS-related blog Message-ID: cajsc-7yw+ibo2gzlnsav8ns-khaudtxrfhwqd4d-c0jg2u0...@mail.gmail.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Personally I would like to strongly encourage to put any tutorial style articles into our QGIS-Documentation project as there are a number of advantages: I clearly like that idea, but I guess the blog might be good for a first version and to get more exposure, and then, with a bit of polishing, the
Re: [Qgis-user] Custom CRS-database issues?
On 10/28/2012 01:27 AM, j...@caltech.edu wrote: Date: Sat, 27 Oct 2012 16:30:30 +0800 From: Leyan ouyang.leyan...@hotmail.com To: qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org Subject: Re: [Qgis-user] QGIS not accepting valid Proj.4 data for CRS Message-ID: blu0-smtp209d955d8da76e5504a8ff0ba...@phx.gbl Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed When you say hitting the save button, do you mean clicking OK or the button with the save icon ? Hitting OK will not be enough to save your custom CRS, you need to click the save button first. I tried to add your CRS and did not encounter any issue, could you describe more precisely what you did ? Regards, Leyan Thanks for looking. In QGIS I open up the Custom CRS definition dialog Copy and paste a proj4 parameter line starting with +proj= into the Paremeters box Copy and paste the Name into the name box. Hit the little folder icon. Nothing happens. The number below the parameter line doesn't increment. Hit OK and the custom CRS isn't added to the database. Could my database be unavailable somehow? If I take a known, valid proj4 parameter line that QGIS has in it's database, it it won't add it either (I miswrote this below) I played around some more, and the test dialog WILL accept the custom parameter lines, and does say they are valid, I just can't get my database to recognize them. I remember the database dialog box when I first installed QGIS, I think I just took the defaults, in the DB manager it shows a SpatialLite entry, but there's a flashing alert in the bottom of the window that says postgis No module named psycopg2 If I highlight 'SpatialLite and click the SQL window icon, I get an error that says 'no database selected or you are not connected to it'. I'm not sure I have the necessary SQL programs installed. in Synaptic I have some sql packages, client libraries, shared libraries, python extensions. Do I need a specific core SQL package to get the database in QGIS to be accessible? In synaptic I tried to install python-psycopg2 and I got a warning that it could not be authenticated and malicious control etc etc etc, should I install it anyway? thanks, Janet OK, so it is not a problem of proj4 definition. You should check if you have the file ~/.qgis/qgis.db. The file is a SQLite database, that you can browse using sqlitebrowser. Check you have the rights to write to it. You can also try to move it or delete it, maybe it has been corrupted. If there is no file, QGIS will automatically create a new one. If you start qgis from the console, do you get any output while trying to save ? (I have QGIS built with debug output, so I am not sure what there in the normal build). The custom CRS does not use the settings from the DB manager, it is simpler than that. You need to have sqlite installed though, but Ubuntu should have taken care of it. Regards, Leyan ___ Qgis-user mailing list Qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user
Re: [Qgis-user] Custom CRS-database issues?
Thanks, My ~/.qgis directory was owned by root. this is the second Qgis install I've done, and both times that directory ended up owned by root. I changed it to my user, but it didn't help. I installed psycopg2, no change. If I start Qgis through the terminal, I get these messages on start up, but no dialog when I try to save a custom CRS. Warning: loading of qgis translation failed [/usr/share/qgis/i18n//qgis_en_US] Warning: loading of qt translation failed [/usr/share/qt4/translations/qt_en_US] my qgis.db file is empty. Janet Send Qgis-user mailing list submissions to qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to qgis-user-requ...@lists.osgeo.org You can reach the person managing the list at qgis-user-ow...@lists.osgeo.org When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than Re: Contents of Qgis-user digest... Today's Topics: 1. Custom CRS-database issues? (j...@caltech.edu) -- Message: 1 Date: Sat, 27 Oct 2012 10:27:34 -0700 (PDT) From: j...@caltech.edu To: qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org Subject: [Qgis-user] Custom CRS-database issues? Message-ID: 50064.71.104.88.199.1351358854.squir...@webmail.caltech.edu Content-Type: text/plain;charset=utf-8 Send Qgis-user mailing list submissions to qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to qgis-user-requ...@lists.osgeo.org You can reach the person managing the list at qgis-user-ow...@lists.osgeo.org When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than Re: Contents of Qgis-user digest... Today's Topics: 1. Re: QGIS not accepting valid Proj.4 data for CRS (Leyan) 2. Re: Proposal for QGIS-related blog (Victor Olaya) 3. Re: ubuntu 12.10 issues (Nicholas Efremov-Kendall) -- Message: 1 Date: Sat, 27 Oct 2012 16:30:30 +0800 From: Leyan ouyang.leyan...@hotmail.com To: qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org Subject: Re: [Qgis-user] QGIS not accepting valid Proj.4 data for CRS Message-ID: blu0-smtp209d955d8da76e5504a8ff0ba...@phx.gbl Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed When you say hitting the save button, do you mean clicking OK or the button with the save icon ? Hitting OK will not be enough to save your custom CRS, you need to click the save button first. I tried to add your CRS and did not encounter any issue, could you describe more precisely what you did ? Regards, Leyan Thanks for looking. In QGIS I open up the Custom CRS definition dialog Copy and paste a proj4 parameter line starting with +proj= into the Paremeters box Copy and paste the Name into the name box. Hit the little folder icon. Nothing happens. The number below the parameter line doesn't increment. Hit OK and the custom CRS isn't added to the database. Could my database be unavailable somehow? If I take a known, valid proj4 parameter line that QGIS has in it's database, it it won't add it either (I miswrote this below) I played around some more, and the test dialog WILL accept the custom parameter lines, and does say they are valid, I just can't get my database to recognize them. I remember the database dialog box when I first installed QGIS, I think I just took the defaults, in the DB manager it shows a SpatialLite entry, but there's a flashing alert in the bottom of the window that says postgis No module named psycopg2 If I highlight 'SpatialLite and click the SQL window icon, I get an error that says 'no database selected or you are not connected to it'. I'm not sure I have the necessary SQL programs installed. in Synaptic I have some sql packages, client libraries, shared libraries, python extensions. Do I need a specific core SQL package to get the database in QGIS to be accessible? In synaptic I tried to install python-psycopg2 and I got a warning that it could not be authenticated and malicious control etc etc etc, should I install it anyway? thanks, Janet On 10/27/2012 02:49 PM, j...@caltech.edu wrote: I'm trying to add one of the Albers equal area conic USA/North american projections as a user defined/custom CRS. QGIS 1.8.0 on Linux-Ubuntu. I went through every version on spatialreference.org/ but after entering the parameters (ie, +proj=aea +lat_1=29.5 +lat_2=45.5 +lat_0=37.5 +lon_0=-96 +x_0=0 +y_0=0 +ellps=GRS80 +datum=NAD83 +units=m +no_defs ), it still shows * of 0, and hitting the save button does nothing. There is no error message however, unless I go down below and hit 'calculate', then it tells me
Re: [Qgis-user] Custom CRS-database issues?
Maybe one of these days I'll figure out how to reply to a single subject in a digest? Thanks, My ~/.qgis directory was owned by root. this is the second Qgis install I've done, and both times that directory ended up owned by root. I changed it to my user, but it didn't help. I installed psycopg2, no change. If I start Qgis through the terminal, I get these messages on start up, but no dialog when I try to save a custom CRS. Warning: loading of qgis translation failed [/usr/share/qgis/i18n//qgis_en_US] Warning: loading of qt translation failed [/usr/share/qt4/translations/qt_en_US] my qgis.db file is empty. Janet Today's Topics: 1. Custom CRS-database issues? (j...@caltech.edu) -- Message: 1 Date: Sat, 27 Oct 2012 10:27:34 -0700 (PDT) From: j...@caltech.edu To: qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org Subject: [Qgis-user] Custom CRS-database issues? Message-ID: 50064.71.104.88.199.1351358854.squir...@webmail.caltech.edu Content-Type: text/plain;charset=utf-8 Send Qgis-user mailing list submissions to qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to qgis-user-requ...@lists.osgeo.org You can reach the person managing the list at qgis-user-ow...@lists.osgeo.org When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than Re: Contents of Qgis-user digest... Today's Topics: 1. Re: QGIS not accepting valid Proj.4 data for CRS (Leyan) 2. Re: Proposal for QGIS-related blog (Victor Olaya) 3. Re: ubuntu 12.10 issues (Nicholas Efremov-Kendall) -- Message: 1 Date: Sat, 27 Oct 2012 16:30:30 +0800 From: Leyan ouyang.leyan...@hotmail.com To: qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org Subject: Re: [Qgis-user] QGIS not accepting valid Proj.4 data for CRS Message-ID: blu0-smtp209d955d8da76e5504a8ff0ba...@phx.gbl Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed When you say hitting the save button, do you mean clicking OK or the button with the save icon ? Hitting OK will not be enough to save your custom CRS, you need to click the save button first. I tried to add your CRS and did not encounter any issue, could you describe more precisely what you did ? Regards, Leyan Thanks for looking. In QGIS I open up the Custom CRS definition dialog Copy and paste a proj4 parameter line starting with +proj= into the Paremeters box Copy and paste the Name into the name box. Hit the little folder icon. Nothing happens. The number below the parameter line doesn't increment. Hit OK and the custom CRS isn't added to the database. Could my database be unavailable somehow? If I take a known, valid proj4 parameter line that QGIS has in it's database, it it won't add it either (I miswrote this below) I played around some more, and the test dialog WILL accept the custom parameter lines, and does say they are valid, I just can't get my database to recognize them. I remember the database dialog box when I first installed QGIS, I think I just took the defaults, in the DB manager it shows a SpatialLite entry, but there's a flashing alert in the bottom of the window that says postgis No module named psycopg2 If I highlight 'SpatialLite and click the SQL window icon, I get an error that says 'no database selected or you are not connected to it'. I'm not sure I have the necessary SQL programs installed. in Synaptic I have some sql packages, client libraries, shared libraries, python extensions. Do I need a specific core SQL package to get the database in QGIS to be accessible? In synaptic I tried to install python-psycopg2 and I got a warning that it could not be authenticated and malicious control etc etc etc, should I install it anyway? thanks, Janet On 10/27/2012 02:49 PM, j...@caltech.edu wrote: I'm trying to add one of the Albers equal area conic USA/North american projections as a user defined/custom CRS. QGIS 1.8.0 on Linux-Ubuntu. I went through every version on spatialreference.org/ but after entering the parameters (ie, +proj=aea +lat_1=29.5 +lat_2=45.5 +lat_0=37.5 +lon_0=-96 +x_0=0 +y_0=0 +ellps=GRS80 +datum=NAD83 +units=m +no_defs ), it still shows * of 0, and hitting the save button does nothing. There is no error message however, unless I go down below and hit 'calculate', then it tells me that the proj4 definition is not valid. I went through all the permutations on spatialreference.org, and tried defining my own, but could not get QGIS to accept any of them I then went into the QGIS set projection dialog, and copied what I know is a valid proj4 definition, and tried to use it define a custom coordinate system and the custom definition dialog would still NOT accept the known valid
