Hi Stéphane, Yes the projection is one of the issues. And we did discover that changing the projection does in fact cause issues for QGIS. Potentially we could switch the data to WGS 84 instead of Web Mercator.
The other reported bug I should have mentioned and neglected to is some polygons showing that they have empty areas. The suspected issue is that the polygon directions are going the wrong way. Best, -Kate On Thu, Apr 18, 2013 at 3:06 PM, Stéphane Henriod <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Maning > > this is probably due to happen with any ArcGIS version. > > I'd just like to add that this is not a major blocking issue. > > ArcGIS will still be able to open, display and use the data. It will > however not be able to automatically align it properly with other datasets > that are using other coordinate systems. It will also not be able to > calculate distances and surfaces. For all this, the user needs to manually > define the coordinate system. > > I would assume that this isn't a problem for advanced GIS users (like > MapAction) but it can be confusing for people who don't know so much about > those things. > > I would also assume (but needs to be tested) that an ArcGIS-compatible prj > file would then create problems for Qgis. > > 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 9:45 AM, maning sambale < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> 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/ >> ------------------------------------------------------ >> >> >
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