2011/12/16 Robert Peck <[email protected]>: > Hello, > > Uncle! I need help. > > I have been trying to learn QuantumGIS so that I can put GPS (NAD 83 datum) > locations of rock outcrops on a USGS quadrangle topographic map (NAD 27 > datum), connect the points to make contours, and produce a geological map of > the quadrangle. I know how to make an Excel file into a .csv file which I > can use to import the data to the project. I have learned how to open a new > project, load a topo quad map, load a data set, and make either one of them > visible on the map panel, and that's as far as I get. I'm trying to get the > data points to appear on the map but am having no success. Below are the > steps I've taken to get that far. > > Any suggestions as to what I'm doing wrong or what I'm not doing right? Any > assistance will be gratefully appreciated. Thank you, Pilgrim > > 1. Open QGIS. > 2. File >> New Project. > 3. Layer >> Add Raster Layer >> Browse >> > Hinton_UTM27z17_nocoll_grey400dpi.tiff >> Open. > 4. The Hinton,WV USGS quadrangle map appears in the map panel. > 5. Settings >> Project Properties. > a. Enable 'on the fly' CRS transformation. > b. Set CRS to NAD 27/UTM zone 17N (ID 2146). > c. Hit "apply" and then "OK". > 6. The map disappears. > 7. Right click on the Hinton quad layer in the left panel >> Set layer > CRS >> Set CRS to NAD 27/UTM zone 17N (ID 2146) >> hit "OK". > 8. The map reappears. > 9. Layer >> Add delimited text layer >> browse >> > NRGGPSHINTONAVIS.csv >> Open. > 10. "Create a layer from a delimited text file" dialog box opens. > 11. I made sure that "selected delimiters" and "comma" boxes were both > checked. > 12. I set X to UTME and Y to UTMN >> hit "OK". > 13. No data points appear. > 14. Right click on the data layer >> set layer CRS >> set CRS to NAD > 83/UTM zone 17N (ID 2294). > 15. View >> zoom to layer >> data appear but no map. > 16. If I choose the map layer and go to View >> zoom to layer >> the > map appears but no data. This goes back and forth with no data points > appearing on the map, even when the map layer is the bottom layer in the > layer panel.
Hi Robert, make sure you've activated on the fly reprojection. Goyo _______________________________________________ Qgis-user mailing list [email protected] http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user
