[Therion] Shape files import comes up in the wrong location in QGIS

[Andrew Atkinson]

Thank you,

I did think of changing the cs output. I really should have tried it. 
I could not (well still cannot) understand why the kml was right but shp wrong. I naively assumed they would use the same code behind the scenes!

Andrew


On 27 October 2024 19:12:30 GMT, Martin Budaj <m.budaj at gmail.com> wrote:
>Hi,
>
>georeferencing data for shapefiles are currently not supported for
>OSGB:xx coordinate systems, but the fix is planned.
>
>For now, just select utm30 as an output coordinate system (in the
>thconfig_plan use the line
>   cs utm30
>before exporting shp maps).
>
>Cheers
>Martin
>
>
>On Fri, Oct 25, 2024 at 1:43 PM Andrew Atkinson <andrew at wotcc.org.uk> wrote:
>>
>> Hello
>>
>> With Xavier promising great things with style sheets for shp files ;-)
>> I thought I should take a look at using shp files.
>>
>> I'm making progress with QGIS, it is a little confusing, so there are so
>> many  things I could have done wrong, plus I still really do not know
>> what to search for when something does go wrong.
>>
>> On QGIS I've successfully imported therions kml file and the 3d produced
>> using
>>
>> https://github.com/patrickbwarren/qgis3-survex-import
>>
>> Both of these appear about where I would expect them.
>>
>> When I import the .shp as a directory I'm given 4 options I don't really
>> understand.
>> However it appears in the sea, off the coast of Africa, I can change the
>> projection CRS, but then it is still off the coast, but this time near
>> the Silly Isles, so close to 0,0 for the OSGB grid. Which suggests to me
>> that the file contains local co-ordinates of the map square ST which is
>> how I inputted them.
>>
>> So why do the kml and the 3d import work in the right place and the shp
>> not work? What am I missing?
>> I'm sure this must have come up before in the mailing list, however, I
>> cannot find it!
>>
>> I'm using
>>
>> http://www.cave-registry.org.uk/svn/CheddarCatchment/Goughs/
>>
>> the thconfig_plan file
>>
>> Has been edited locally to have the following exports
>>
>> export map -proj plan -layout local -o Goughs_Plan.pdf
>> export map -proj plan -layout local -o Goughs_Plan.kml
>> export map -proj plan -layout local -o Goughs_Plan.bbox
>> export map -proj plan -layout local -o Goughs_Plan.shp
>> export model -o Goughsth.3d
>>
>> Andrew
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