Wikipedia:Graphics Lab/Resources/QGIS/Reprojection
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- Background
QGIS display your data using the projection you tell it to use. By default, the lat/long projection (= Equirectangular projection, example aside) is used, code: WGS84 lat/lon (EPSG:4326). This projection is the most convenient for georeferencing, but imply strong distortions at polar latitudes. You may be interested to set a projection when you start a project, or to reproject (warp) an existing lat/long project to a specific projection just before to export your final image or svg. Indeed, each country often have a specific conventional projection to minimized distortions of its geographic space.
- Source projection
First, you have to find the definition of your source projection/file. It's a kind of long equation which definite the properties of each projection. So:
- QGis (1.7) > (double click on the layer to reproject) > Layer's properties (window pop up) > tab 'Coordinates Reference System (CRS)' > Layer Spatial Reference System : [projection's definition] > (copy it)
Secondly, you have to choice your target projection.
Third, you have to find the definition of this target projection.
- QGis (1.7) > File > Project's properties (a window pop up) > tab 'Coordinates Reference System (CRS)'
- >> Select your target projection* > copy the definition (the long equation) >
- >> ?create a personalized projection.?
- QGis (1.7) > Raster > Warp (reproject) > (a window pop up)
- > fill the fields witht he source SRS, and the target SRS > open in canvas > run > get the result.
- Reproject a raster layer
- Reproject a vector layer
- Frequent projections
Links
[edit]References
[edit]The table above has links to various tutorials and resources which can help in the creation of Wikipedia maps from digital georeferenced data (GIS).
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