I agree with Stéphane. This the same issue reported by MapAction when I provided them shapefiles from the HOT export tool. Although they didn't mention what ArcGIS version was used.
On Thu, Apr 18, 2013 at 3:41 PM, Stéphane Henriod <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Kate, > > I have quickly checked this export http://hot-export.geofabrik.de/jobs/2755 > on ArcGIS 10.1 and couldn't find any major issue. Do you remember what bugs > were mentioned? Then I can look further into this particular direction. > > The only thing is that ArcGIS doesn't recognize the coordinate system > (Pseudo-Mercator) and it needs to be defined manually. It's not a problem > with the Export tool, however. I think the confusion comes from the > coordinate system itself, because its definition is slightly different in > ArcGIS. > > prj file from the HOT Export: > PROJCS["WGS 84 / Pseudo-Mercator",GEOGCS["Popular Visualisation > CRS",DATUM["Popular_Visualisation_Datum",SPHEROID["Popular Visualisation > Sphere",6378137,0,AUTHORITY["EPSG","7059"]],TOWGS84[0,0,0,0,0,0,0],AUTHORITY["EPSG","6055"]],PRIMEM["Greenwich",0,AUTHORITY["EPSG","8901"]],UNIT["degree",0.01745329251994328,AUTHORITY["EPSG","9122"]],AUTHORITY["EPSG","4055"]],UNIT["metre",1,AUTHORITY["EPSG","9001"]],PROJECTION["Mercator_1SP"],PARAMETER["central_meridian",0],PARAMETER["scale_factor",1],PARAMETER["false_easting",0],PARAMETER["false_northing",0],AUTHORITY["EPSG","3785"],AXIS["X",EAST],AXIS["Y",NORTH]] > > prj file from ArcGIS: > PROJCS["WGS_1984_Web_Mercator_Auxiliary_Sphere",GEOGCS["GCS_WGS_1984",DATUM["D_WGS_1984",SPHEROID["WGS_1984",6378137.0,298.257223563]],PRIMEM["Greenwich",0.0],UNIT["Degree",0.0174532925199433]],PROJECTION["Mercator_Auxiliary_Sphere"],PARAMETER["False_Easting",0.0],PARAMETER["False_Northing",0.0],PARAMETER["Central_Meridian",0.0],PARAMETER["Standard_Parallel_1",0.0],PARAMETER["Auxiliary_Sphere_Type",0.0],UNIT["Meter",1.0]] > > One workaround would be for the export tool to output unprojected layers > (WGS84). Then anyone can project it into any coordinate system so that > distance and surface calculations are correct. > > Cheers > > Stéphane > > -- > "Le mot progrès n'aura aucun sens tant qu'il y aura des enfants malheureux" > -- Albert Einstein > > "A journey does not need reasons. Before long, it proves to be reason enough > in itself. One thinks that one is going to make a journey, yet soon it is > the journey that makes or unmakes you." -- Nicolas Bouvier > > Photos de voyages, photos de montagne: http://www.henriod.info > > > On Thu, Apr 18, 2013 at 6:39 AM, Kate Chapman <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Hi All, >> >> Occasionally I hear about bugs in using the data retrieved from the >> HOT Export tool (http://hot-export.geofabrik.de/). These are primarily >> from ArcGIS users. >> >> Personally I don't run Windows, nor do I have access to ArcGIS so I can't >> check. >> >> Do we have any ArcGIS users on the list that could spend some time >> using the Export tool and looking for issues? >> >> Thanks, >> >> -Kate >> >> _______________________________________________ >> HOT mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot > > > > _______________________________________________ > HOT mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot > -- cheers, maning ------------------------------------------------------ "Freedom is still the most radical idea of all" -N.Branden wiki: http://esambale.wikispaces.com/ blog: http://epsg4253.wordpress.com/ ------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ HOT mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot
