[Xastir] Shapefile question

[Chris Bell]

> On Thu, 10 Apr 2003, Jack Twilley wrote:
> 
> > convert_to_xastir_coordinates:Longitude out-of-range (too low):-380011.312500
> > convert_to_xastir_coordinates:Latitude out-of-range (too high):450270.437500
> > UrbanRural/urbrura.shp
> > 
> > convert_to_xastir_coordinates:Longitude out-of-range (too high):540121.500000
> > convert_to_xastir_coordinates:Latitude out-of-range (too low):-605496.875000
> > UrbanRural/urbrura.shp
> 
> Looks like the vertices in the shapefiles are not in lat/long format.
> Can't help you with that.  You'd need to convert them to lat/long
> first using a GIS program.

Yes, I think they are in UTM format.  I was fighting with this too,
but have not progressed past the relization of the problem.  I have
installed GRASS, but am a bit overwhelmed so far.  It would probably
be easier to adapt xastir, but I have not looked there either.  (My
first goal was to translate a bunch of DRG files from albers
projection to something we can use, but now I see this problem too!)

Chris.