Hi @megarhyssa ,
Yes, if you are working in the UK, its best to use the BNG projection for all your project work. This makes it much easier to work with other standardised UK datasets (including Ordnance Survey data). You can always incorporate data as Lat,Lon if it is derived from GPS devices or as KML files from GoogleEarth, but the project CRS for UK projects is normally (not always, but most of the time) BNG projection.
If the projects you set up in QGIS or always (or mostly) in the UK, then you can set up QGIS so it always uses BNG CRS as the default when starting up new projects.
I am brand new to GIS have’t usd spatial data sets recently. A while ago I was involved in some red squirrel surveys (camera traps, grid hair traps, transects) we used lat/long. I have a good understanding that this is something I need to consider with any further projects
I have been using Projected WGS 84 / UTM Zone 32N. Because it is the system used by areas between 6 degrees East and 12 degrees E, northern hemisphere between equator and 84 degrees N. Cameroon is found in this area and all what I have been doing in GIS is based on data from this region
Changing the SRS will depend on the region or the data you are working on. I will change it if need be.
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In my field dataset, I use Latitude-longitude coordinates. And all of them are in the same SRS (WGS84, sometimes I select the EPGS: 32733 zone 33S to reference the region of Angola where I am).
I’m an intern who has not accomplished a lot of work with gathering area coordinates and so on So I don’t know about any spatial reference system and so on This module did nonetheless give me bits of knowledge to look out for the kinds of SRS I use later on when I get familiar with field work information.
I use WGS84 because it is designed to be suitable for global datasets but it is possible to change it.
We use WGS84 - Mainly as our Garmin GPS are programmed for this to work across the board with Basecamp, Googleearth, and all our partners use the same. So it means we are all compatible. Mainly operating in DMS or DD GPS formats, though occasionally crossing to UTM.
I have been using GPS (Latitude/Longitude) to record my survey locations. Its what was recommended for volunteers to use, I assume that’s because its an easily accessible SRS via your mobile phone / google maps.
I wont be changing the SRS as thats what has been asked of us, however I imagine the survey coordinators may well be reprojecting for analysis purposes after they receive our data.
i use to use the CRS WGS 84/ ZONE 19 S EPSG: 32619 , because all works that i do be in this zone.
i don’t thing to change the CRS and SRS that i’m using becuase the zone in the i’m working is to small.
I use the WGS84 SRS because all of our GPS units are programmed for this and best for our study area. I dont think we will change the SRS we currently use.
This course is my first introduction to using QGIS as I am still a student. However, it was very interesting to learn that I have to use different types of SRS depending on the type of data collected as well as the needs for the project. Since I have not used an SRS I would not be changing anything based on what I have learned but rather be choosing one. I would assume that overall I would use the standard WGS84 SRS.
I am still a student and have not start collecting location coordinate and this is my first time learning it, I learned a lot and hope I can apply it on my working next time.
In the project, we use the WGS84 system since it is predetermined in the GPS we use. It’s also quite comfortable, because everyone on the team knows that whatever coordinates we get from the field are in that system. To analyze the data, it is always necessary that we reproject this data to a UTM system. Since these systems have worked quite well for us, I doubt we will change it when using QGIS, but we must learn how to use these systems in the program.
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Hi, QGIS is new to me. I m learning to use the software for the first time. However, I have learned a lot from this course.Hi, QGIS is new to me. I m learning to use the software for the first time. However, I have learned a lot from this course.
I still new to this so I don’t really know of any spatial reference system etc, but i did learn a lot on this module. exploring deeper into gis
WGS84, As information from orbiting satellites has improved our knowledge of the earth’s shape and gravitational fields, have developed more accurate datums. GPs are more accurate
I hadn’t really paid attention to which SRS I was using in my previous studies. I only knew EPSG4326.
At the moment I would not change the SRS that I am using in my current work, but it is definitely something that I will consider in my future studies.
Thanks a lot!
If you are working in the same geographic area all the time, then you can set QGIS up to always default to that SRS/CRS system when creating new projects. Always useful to be aware of other CRS though - and incorrectly specified CRS is usually the reason for datasets appearing in the “wrong place” if bringing them in from other sources.
I am a beginner here in QGIS and don’t have enough knowledge about the different SRS system. In doing my assignment I only rely on the given instruction of what is needed to be put and change. In my assignment I use WGS 84/Pseudo-Mercator (EPSG code 3857) which is what instructed.
With this new learning in QGIS about the SRS system, I can easily change the SRS in my project that suite for the geographic area of my research in the future. Also, like what have said by Mr. JonathanGatward I can set QGIS up to always default to the SRS/CRS system when creating new projects if I am working in the same geographic location at all time.
HI!
I haven’t been using GIS that much, I’m still in my early stages. With the work that I have done so far, I’ve been using WGS84. Once I’m quite exposed and better understand the software, I will sure explore other SRS.