This works. Thank you for your help! On Wed, Dec 21, 2011 at 8:37 AM, Gerardo Jimenez <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi > > You have > > a layer in transverse mercator NAD83 / Illinois East (ftUS) (wards) > (EPSG:3435) > Census are in Nad83 lat lon (EPSG:4269) (For testing purposes I downloaded > all Illinois data not only Chicago) > > I was able to reproject from 4269 to 3435 and they align perfectly. I > noticed, for instance, that on North Lake shore drive, there is something > called Magnificent Mile. Both layers share the feature and show it in the > same position. This is what how I did it > > a) Load the census data (epsg 4269) > b) Select the layer and choose "set project crs from layer". Make sure > that te lower right corner says "EPSG 4269". This step is crucial. By > default Qgis asummes that you are working on a lat lon WGS84 CRS, so before > making a reprojection you have to have the proper CRS in the layer and in > the project. > c) Select the layer and choose save as > d) On format, leave esri shape file > on Save as, give a name that you can recognize > on CRS choose the browse button and in the Projected coordinate > Systems sections navigate to transverse mercator, NAD83 / Illinois East > (ftUS) and choose it. > e) Choose OK > f) Define a new project and load both 3435 layers they should align. Look > for the feature I mentioned before. > > You can do the opposite from 3435 to 4269 the same way I described. > > Hope it helps > > _______________________________________________ > Qgis-user mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user > >
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