Re: [Qgis-user] Trouble projecting on the fly

2015-02-27 Thread Sharon Selvaggio
Thanks to all for your help. I finally decided to find another source for my Oregon boundary and yahoo! Everything started lining up. So I was able to make some real progress. I am DELETING that other shapefile, and my guess, based on the help I received from all of you, is that the projec

Re: [Qgis-user] Trouble projecting on the fly

2015-02-27 Thread Andre Joost
Am 27.02.2015 um 05:55 schrieb Sharon Selvaggio: I noticed that the PROJCS is labeled as "Custom"...could that be confusing QGIS? No, only the parameters matter. Or is it because one is a projected CRS and one is a geographic CRS? Should be no problem with OTF enabled. *_or_state_boun

Re: [Qgis-user] Trouble projecting on the fly

2015-02-27 Thread Nicolas Cadieux
Hi, Qgis can handle both projected and geographic CRS at the same time.  If it is a Custom CRS, it could means the projection was not recognized by a software along its production line and could indicate a problem if it contains errors... Or someone tried to recreate a missing CRS. Try to go b

Re: [Qgis-user] Trouble projecting on the fly

2015-02-26 Thread Sharon Selvaggio
Still struggling I am attaching the info from the prj file and the extent info from the metadata for each shapefile: I noticed that the PROJCS is labeled as "Custom"...could that be confusing QGIS? Or is it because one is a projected CRS and one is a geographic CRS? *_or_state_boundary.p

Re: [Qgis-user] Trouble projecting on the fly

2015-02-24 Thread Andre Joost
Am 24.02.2015 um 07:55 schrieb Ramon Andiñach: On 24 Feb 2015, at 14:06, Sharon Selvaggio I start by setting my project CRS. And make sure OTF is on. You have no choice of setting a project CRS if OTF is off. But when I do this with files that have originated from two different sources

Re: [Qgis-user] Trouble projecting on the fly

2015-02-24 Thread Nicolas Cadieux
Hi, I agree with Ramon on every point specially the section on "if layers don't line up".  If you can send some files, we can help more. Nicolas Cadieux M.Sc. Les Entreprises Archéotec inc.  8548, rue Saint-Denis Montréal H2P 2H2 Téléphone: 514.381.5112  Fax: 514.381.4995 www.archeotec.ca L

Re: [Qgis-user] Trouble projecting on the fly

2015-02-23 Thread Ramon Andiñach
On using OTF... > On 24 Feb 2015, at 14:06, Sharon Selvaggio wrote: > > Thanks to both, but I'm still having trouble. I must be doing something > wrong. > > These are the steps I took after reading the advice from both of you. > > I start by setting my project CRS. And make sure OTF is on.

Re: [Qgis-user] Trouble projecting on the fly

2015-02-23 Thread Sharon Selvaggio
Thanks to both, but I'm still having trouble. I must be doing something wrong. These are the steps I took after reading the advice from both of you. I start by setting my project CRS. Then I click Layer, add layer, add vector layer. Then layer save as, and here I select the appropriate CRS.

Re: [Qgis-user] Trouble projecting on the fly

2015-02-23 Thread Andre Joost
Am 24.02.2015 um 02:20 schrieb Sharon Selvaggio: Hello, I'm a new user of QGIS but have many years experience with ArcGIS. I am working with two datasets from two different sources and cannot get project-on-the-fly to work. I am using QGIS 2.8.0 on Ubuntu 12.04. What I have tried: (1) right

Re: [Qgis-user] Trouble projecting on the fly

2015-02-23 Thread Nicolas Cadieux
Hi, Make sure you have "projection on the fly" activated.  Also, make sure the next option (something like "what to do if a laker has no projection") is set to "ask".  This way, if your projection is not specified, it will ask you instead of allocating a default or a project CRS. Right clickin

[Qgis-user] Trouble projecting on the fly

2015-02-23 Thread Sharon Selvaggio
Hello, I'm a new user of QGIS but have many years experience with ArcGIS. I am working with two datasets from two different sources and cannot get project-on-the-fly to work. I am using QGIS 2.8.0 on Ubuntu 12.04. What I have tried: (1) right clicking each layer, going to Set Layer CRS, set