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nevw

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From: SE Queensland, Australia

Registered: 2013-04-11

Posts: 447

JOSM projection transformation error

I have loaded a shapefile into JOSM but get this message
"JOSM was unable to a strict mathematical transformation between 'GCS_GDA_1994' and WGS84.
Do you want to try a lenient method, which will perform a non-precise transformation (with location errors up to 1km)?
If so, do NOT upload such data to OSM!

I do not wish to upload the data but did want to view it using JOM but with error of up to a km it's not worth even looking at really.

The data is claimed to be "They are GDA compliant and use the D_GDA_1994 Datum and Spheroid" and "GCS_GDA_1994 EPSG 8.2.6"

Can further projection libraries be downloaded to my JOSM (josm-macosx 9329) or would this be my opportunity to begin to use QGis, PostgreSQL, etc. or parse the shape file through another program - which?
I have GDAL: ogr2ogr installed too.

Edit: I think it would be preferable for me to ask Geoscience Australia what is the expected difference between these 2 projections for this file.
Info: http://www.icsm.gov.au/gda/gda-v_2.4.pdf

Last edited by nevw (2016-02-20 20:56:55)

Klumbumbus

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From: Erzgebirgskreis

Registered: 2014-01-12

Posts: 630

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Re: JOSM projection transformation error

There were recetly a lot of projection related changes in JOSM. See https://josm.openstreetmap.de/ticket/12186. Please try josm-latest (or wait some days until the next josm-tested version will be released) and if this does not help try the plugin proj4j. If this does not help you can create a ticket by clicking in josm on menu help -> report bug and describe your problem.

nevw

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From: SE Queensland, Australia

Registered: 2013-04-11

Posts: 447

Re: JOSM projection transformation error

Thanks, I will try next tested version.
The dev team has certainly done a lot of work on the projections recently.