May 12, 2020 · I'm new to GIS and when I was looking in my data directory I saw .prj-file. What is that and how is it useful?

We use shapefiles for data exchange. I've looked at the .prj files: different programs produce different prj files. Is there a standard for how the parameters must be specified in a prj file? As …

Mar 23, 2020 · When you load in QGIS a shapefile without a PRJ file, you can set the coordinate system, but no PRJ file is created. This older question: How to obtain .prj files in QGIS? has …

Jun 20, 2017 · I can say a qualified 'yes', ArcGIS does read PRJ files for the formats that I have used. If you use define projection an AUX file will be generated not a PRJ but if one exists, in …

Nov 5, 2017 · In my experience, inexperienced users/users from a different discipline are generally when I receive a shapefile lacking a *.prj. Often, I ask for the .prj and .dbf, .shx files …

Jul 22, 2021 · Having a prj file makes this easy, so I'd like to be able to make that prj file. Yes the prj file contains the definition of the coordinate system; this is what I don't have and would like …

Oct 17, 2016 · .prj file is a non-mandatory file for group of files generally called as . Mandatory files are: .shp, .shx and .dbf Citing wikipedia: .prj — projection format; the coordinate system …

May 9, 2023 · 4 All those 4 files (.shp, .dbf, .prj, and .shx) are part of one file named shapefile. The files .dbf, .prj, and .shx contain data about your shapefile. .dbf contains the attributes .prj …

Apr 19, 2022 · I have a folder which contains a large number of files in GeoTIFF format. I need to generate both PRJ and TFW files for each of these images. Is there some way to do this?

The set of files that you have is referred to collectively, as a Shapefile. It is a common spatial data format developed by ESRI that is used for data transfer between many different packages. …