[Xastir] Conversion of shape file coordinates

[Lance Cotton]

Lots of good info at

http://www.swcp.com/~russo/shape_web/index.html#ogrproj

If your shapefile sets come with .prj files, then the .prj file likely 
defines what the existing coordinate system is and

ogr2ogr -f "ESRI Shapefile" -t_srs EPSG:4326 OutputDirectory 
InputShapefile.shp

will get to where you need to be.

-Lance


Jim Tolbert wrote:
> I have a set of shape files in the local county coordinate system.   I 
> have all the equations to convert individual points to long lat, but I 
> am unsure of how to approach a shape file.   Arc view apparently happily 
> reads and overlays shape files in the county coordinate system, in the 
> Wisconsin state coordinate system and in Long Lat.   Should Arc View be 
> able to output specific layers in various coordinate systems?  Can I 
> somehow put the equations for conversion into Xastir?
> 
> Any ideas?
> 
> Many thanx!............ jt
>