Re: [Qgis-user] WGS84

2012-10-30 Thread Paolo Craveri
Take a look at this: http://spatialreference.org/ e.g. (Nigeria): http://spatialreference.org/ref/?search=Nigeriasrtext=Search -- -- Paolo C. ___ Qgis-user mailing list Qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user

Re: [Qgis-user] WGS84

2012-10-30 Thread Andre Joost
Am 30.10.12 12:02, schrieb Paolo Craveri: Take a look at this: http://spatialreference.org/ ... and for information with a few words in between: http://www.asprs.org/a/resources/grids/ Greetings, André Joost ___ Qgis-user mailing list

[Qgis-user] WGS84

2012-10-29 Thread adamu eloji
Dear all,  I believe each country has a datum.Could anyone assist me on how to get datum for the various parts of the world eg Nigeria has  32N as its reference point.Where will i get that of say Burkina Faso, Sudan, Cameroon etc. Thanks El-Oji --- On Sat, 10/27/12,

Re: [Qgis-user] WGS84

2012-10-29 Thread Johan Nilsson
I believe that WGS84 are a degree format and universal fore the whole earth, but UTM (Universal transverse Mercator coordinate system) with metrical coordinat system are depending on zones and meridian. So if you search on wikipedia there are more about zones over the world. Hope this helps a