[Xastir] Different .shp file formats? (apologies for bugging folks)

[Curt, WE7U]

On Wed, 28 Apr 2004, Nick Kartsioukas wrote:

> On Wed, Apr 28, 2004 at 06:52:45PM -0500, Gerry Creager N5JXS wrote:
> > I looked at the shapefile in QGis.  It's fine.  However, I'm pretty sure
> > the coordinates are not lat/lon, but some local plane.  What state for
> > SPC are these from?
>
> Ok, I just got a hold of the source of the maps...apparently, they have no
> coordinate reference at all.  Sorry for bugging the list, hopefully save
> those trying to help me some grief ;)

Well, they have to be grounded in reality somehow.  If they are in
state plane coordinate system you should be able to convert them to
lat/long for Xastir's use.  See the README.MAPS file.

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