[GIS] Export to new projection in QGIS 1.7

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Suppose I have layers A and B. I don't know their projections but by the looks of the map I know they are not the same.

In QGIS 1.6 I would use one of my favorite features:

Vector> Data Management Tools> Export to New Projection

What was nice about that feature is that you could export B to A's projection by selecting "choose projection from existing layer". Hence you need not know A or B's projection.

In QGIS 1.7 the Data management Tools menu is much reduced and the Export to New Projection is missing.

Yes, I can do projections on the fly, and I can do save as. The former is not useful if I want to convert B's projection to A's. The latter does not give option to set projection from open layer.

I have tried to find different ways to access the Export to New Projection dialog without success. Any tips?

Best Answer

On the basis of answers and responses, I would say the right answer is that provided by underdark:

"Export to New Projection" has been removed to decrease complexity and necessary maintenance for what was considered a duplicate of "Save as ...". If "choose projection from existing layer" is important to you, maybe file a feature request to add it to "Save as ...".

In short, this is no longer possible in QGIS 1.7.

Instead, one would need to:

  1. Find out all your layers' projections and use save as or;
  2. Find out all your layers' projections, learn ogr2ogr, and write a script to export layers or ;
  3. Use QGIS 1.6 to export the layer and then open in QGIS 1.7.

Given that I am no expert in GIS I would choose option 3. (I guess that counts as a minus for QGIS 1.7)

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