On Fri, 2008-11-21 at 01:56 +0100, Nikos Alexandris wrote: > On Thu, 2008-11-20 at 16:48 +0100, Hinrich Paulsen wrote: > > Dear List, > > > > I have a problem defining my own projection in QGIS. It is for > > Brandenburg, a province in Germany. The EPSG-Code to use is 325833 > > and > > the parameters are basically like EPSG 25833 except that the false > > easting is 3500000 instead of 500000. I have edited the file EPSG in > > /usr/share/proj/ but to no effect. After trying the 'Define your own > > projection' in QGIS it says that the proj4 projection definition is > > invalid. I have entered: +proj=tmerc +lat_0=0 +lon_0=15 > > +k=0.99960000 > > +x_0=3500000 +y_0=0 +ellps=GRS80 +units=m +no_defs > > > > Can anybody point me to where I am going wrong?! > > > > Thanks in advance and best regards, > > > > Hinrich > > Hi Hinrich! > > It works for me using QGIS 0.11.0 > > Regards, Nikos
Probably you know all this, but anyway, here is what I do: > > 1. Settings > Custom Projection... (Definition) Sorry for the broken message! > 2. I hit the *(asterisk) 3. Enter a Name and the Parameters 4. Hit the "Floppy Disk" button (WoW, I don't remember when I really saw a floppy disk last time :-) 5. OK 6. Use under Settings > Project Properties 7. Set "Meters" under General tab and the custom projection under the Projection tab. _______________________________________________ Qgis-user mailing list [email protected] http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user
