Re: [MI-L] Unwanted shift of vector dataset coordinate system

[David Sherrod]

Tim, may I ask . . . ? When using Universal Translator, did you uncheck the projection option box and choose the projection yourself, manually? General  consensus on the list is to always choose the projection yourself, because UT will not read from the dot-prj file.  If you left the decision to autopilot, then that could be the cause of your shift for one layer relative to the other.  I'm presuming that you handled only one file through UT. Dave S. --- On Wed, 5/15/13, Tim <t.sch...@dahlem-ingenieure.de> wrote: From: Tim <t.sch...@dahlem-ingenieure.de> Subject: [MI-L] Unwanted shift of vector dataset coordinate system To: mapi...@googlegroups.com Date: Wednesday, May 15, 2013, 6:07 AM Hi all,   first of all some basic information: I have mapinfo (version 9.5.1). Unfortunately, a more current version is not available to me. Additionaly, i have access to ArcGIS 10.   I have a polyline (.shp) dataset and a raster dataset (esri grid format). I converted the polyline (via universal translator) to mapinfo .tab format and opened this file and the grid file in mapinfo. The coordinate systems of the shp and the grid datasets are identical in ArcGIS (Gauss Kruger, Germany Zone 2). After opening in Mapinfo, i get two map windows displaying the polyline and the grid. The coordinates of the two datasets match (when i look at the coordinates of the two datasets in separate windows, they display the same location).   When i try to overlay the two datasets by using "right click -> layer control -> add" and then add the second dataset, the grid will remain in place while the polyline will shift approx. 400km east and 650km south. It does not matter whether i try to add the grid to the polyline or vice versa. I guess something is wrong with the coordinate systems but i am not sure what it is.   Any help on this would be greatly appreciated!   Best regards Tim -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MapInfo-L" group.To post a message to this group, send email to mapi...@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, go to: http://groups.google.com/group/mapinfo-l/subscribe?hl=en For more options, information and links to MapInfo resources (searching archives, feature requests, to visit our Wiki, visit the Welcome page at http://groups.google.com/group/mapinfo-l?hl=en   --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MapInfo-L" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to mapinfo-l+...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.

[Kannan Krish]

What David says is the right cause for the shift may be..

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