Re: [Qgis-user] TIGER projection question

2015-07-27 Thread Andre Joost
Am 27.07.2015 um 08:20 schrieb Alex Mandel: On 07/26/2015 08:40 AM, Andre Joost wrote: No, the map is wrong because the valid area of the CRS crosses the datum line. If you read the text on the left, you see that the Area is North America, from 52°W to 172°E, but it is meant over the

Re: [Qgis-user] TIGER projection question

2015-07-27 Thread Alex Mandel
On 07/26/2015 08:40 AM, Andre Joost wrote: Am 26.07.2015 um 17:09 schrieb James Keener: This has been bothering me for days and I think I realize why: It's valid on the outside of the rectangle and the marker in the middle isn't to denote which part is valid, it's just the center of the map

Re: [Qgis-user] TIGER projection question

2015-07-26 Thread James Keener
This has been bothering me for days and I think I realize why: It's valid on the outside of the rectangle and the marker in the middle isn't to denote which part is valid, it's just the center of the map (I'd never actually tried to move those maps until just now, and it moves when you move the

[Qgis-user] TIGER projection question

2015-07-26 Thread James Keener
http://gis.stackexchange.com/questions/27702/what-is-the-srid-of-census-gov-shapfiles claims that the projection is EPSG 4269, however the map at http://spatialreference.org/ref/epsg/4269/ shows the projection as not valid for North America. Am I not reading the map at SpatialReference.org right?

Re: [Qgis-user] TIGER projection question

2015-07-26 Thread Andre Joost
Am 26.07.2015 um 17:09 schrieb James Keener: This has been bothering me for days and I think I realize why: It's valid on the outside of the rectangle and the marker in the middle isn't to denote which part is valid, it's just the center of the map (I'd never actually tried to move those maps