Thank you so much for the answers! Indeed, selecting EPSG:4326 did the trick. So simple! I could swear I'd tried it before, but I must have done something wrong.
This community is fantastic! I hope I can reciprocate by helping others like I got helped today. Regards, *Renato T. de Saboya* Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina Programa de Pós-Graduação em Arquitetura e Urbanismo (PósArq) Urbanidades <http://urbanidades.arq.br> | Infoarq <http://infoarq.arq.ufsc.br/> | PósArq <http://posarq.ufsc.br/renato-t-de-saboya/> | Academia.edu <http://ufsc.academia.edu/RenatoSaboya> | ResearchGate <http://www.researchgate.net/profile/Renato_Saboya> On 20 February 2017 at 17:56, Árni Geirsson <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Renato > The coordinates that you have picked up are probably in WGS84 (EPSG:4326), > those are the usual lat, long coordinates. However, the image tiles are in > the 3857 coordinate system. I would suggest that you choose the most > appropriate local coordinate system for your project and then assign > EPSG:4326 to your new layer, making sure that "on the fly" coordinate > conversion is selected. > > Arni > > > Árni Geirsson > *Alta ehf* // +354 582 5000 <+354%20582%205000> // +354 897 9549 > <+354%20897%209549> > > On 20 February 2017 at 13:26, Renato Saboya <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Dear all: >> I am trying to generate a point shapefile from lat/long coordinates >> obtained from Google Maps' API. They were generated by a WordPress plugin >> (Gravity Forms Geolocation Add-on) and processed in R to generate a new CSV >> file with the latitude and longitude in Y and X columns, respectively. I >> tried to import them to QGIS using "Add delimited text layer..." and EPSG >> 3857, which I found online to be the EPSG of Google Maps. I now want to >> convert this layer / shape to UTM in order to integrate it with my other >> layers. >> >> The points are created correctly, apparently. When I check their >> coordinates and compare to the ranges of values in Google Maps, they seem >> ok. >> >> >> >> However, if I try to load another shapefile of the same location, it >> falls very far from the points. Similarly, If I try to load a map from >> QuickMapServices, it doesn't work: "*QuickMapServices: Failed to >> download all 1 files. - Google Satellite*". >> >> When I save the point shape to UTM (EPSG 31982) to check the coordinates, >> the values are not coherent with other shapes of the same location: >> >> Converted coordinates: >> >> >> What the coordinates should look like (approximate values): >> >> I also tried inverting the values of lat / long to x and y, to no avail. >> >> Any thoughts would be highly appreciated! >> Thanks in advance. >> Regards, >> *Renato T. de Saboya* >> Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina >> Programa de Pós-Graduação em Arquitetura e Urbanismo (PósArq) >> Urbanidades <http://urbanidades.arq.br> | Infoarq >> <http://infoarq.arq.ufsc.br/> | PósArq >> <http://posarq.ufsc.br/renato-t-de-saboya/> | Academia.edu >> <http://ufsc.academia.edu/RenatoSaboya> | ResearchGate >> <http://www.researchgate.net/profile/Renato_Saboya> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Qgis-user mailing list >> [email protected] >> List info: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user >> Unsubscribe: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user >> > >
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