Note that 1.6 is not the latest version. Also, there is a CRS related bug with save-as to watch out for in trunk (I don't know about 1.6 or 1.7). See http://hub.qgis.org/issues/4109
Regards, Alister > Message: 5 > Date: Sun, 31 Jul 2011 21:48:58 -0500 > From: Brad Nesom <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [Qgis-user] change CRS of layer > To: qgis-user <[email protected]> > Message-ID: > <CAPD=letay0kbdng0u9hjkzvfrbviw1qpm_usxpicxkzue1t...@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > 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
