as long as the incorrect layer is shp. you can delete (rename would be better) the prj file.
On Sun, Jul 31, 2011 at 4:40 AM, Matt Boyd <[email protected]> wrote: > If the layer isn't being picked up correctly in the first place I'd go: > > create new project: set project CRS to the one the layer is in > load the vector file. > Save As ... > > I'm nto sure how QGIS would transform a vector file that had the > incorrect CRS but the default (according to the 1.7 docs I read) is to > load the unkown vector file as the project CRS. > > I'm vaguely recalling a few extra steps in getting the right CRS in > the older versions. I've been on 1.7 & 1.8 for long enough to forget. > > Matt > > On Sun, Jul 31, 2011 at 7:24 PM, Frank Sokolic > <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi Walter, > > > > In QGIS 1.6 you can set the layer CRS in the layer properties. Open the > > layer properties and go to the General tab - you will see a button > labelled > > 'Specify CRS'. > > > > If your layer already has a CRS specified and you want to save it to > another > > CRS: right-click on the layer name and select the 'Save as' option. You > can > > then specify the CRS for the new layer. > > > > Frank. > > > > ________________________________ > > From: [email protected] > > Sent:2011-07-31 11:06:00 > > To: [email protected] > > Cc: > > Subject: [Qgis-user] change CRS of layer > > Tho i gather that one should be able to declare which CRS to use on a > > particular layer, i seem to be missing the control(s -no mention of CRS > in > > the Layer menu, nor in the contextual menu that pops up when i > right-click > > on a layer) that should provide such functionality. > > > > Is anybody experiencing the same? I am running version 1.6.0, which > asserts > > itself to be the current version (when i "Check QGIS version" from the > Help > > menu). > > > > /w > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Qgis-user mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user > >
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