That depends, if you're using 1.7 that should work anything older and it won't. But I actually meant you should use the GDALTools plugin to reproject the file (Transformation).
Enjoy, Alex On 07/29/2011 10:32 AM, Magnus Ekhall wrote: > I've tried that by going to Settings -> Project Settings and switching > to SWEREF99 there (immediate coordinate transformation box is ticked). > > But nothing happens at all which is surprising. > > When I look at the paper map I can see that indeed the SWEREF99 > coordinates are square, but the WGS84 are stretched vertically. > > Am I doing something wrong with the reprojection? > > Regards, > Magnus > > On 29 July 2011 19:27, Alex Mandel <[email protected]> wrote: >> On 07/29/2011 09:49 AM, Magnus Ekhall wrote: >>> I'm a beginner with qgis and need some help. >>> >>> I've scanned a map and georeferenced it using the plugin. >>> >>> When it appears in qgis it looks stretched: about double as wide as on >>> paper. >>> However, the coordinates are correct. I can load a gpx-file into a >>> vector layer, and it gets overlaid on the correct parts of the raster >>> map. >>> >>> Is there a way to change horizontal and/or vertical scale on the screen? >>> >>> I think the reason might be (please correct me if I'm wrong) that the >>> paper map is originally in SWEREF99, but I georeferenced in using >>> points of WGS84... >>> >>> I tried to georeference it in SWEREF99 directly, but then the gpx >>> tracks would load to completely different areas. >>> >>> Regards, >>> Magnus >> >> Try reprojecting it to the SWEREF99 and it will likely look more like >> the paper map. >> >> Enjoy, >> Alex >> _______________________________________________ >> Qgis-user mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user >> _______________________________________________ Qgis-user mailing list [email protected] http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user
