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qgis-core-coordinate-systems

Use when handling coordinate reference systems, transforming coordinates, or measuring distances/areas. Prevents silent data corruption from wrong CRS assignment and lat/lon coordinate order confusion. Covers CRS creation, coordinate transforms, datum transformations, distance measurement, and EPSG database. Keywords: CRS, EPSG, coordinate transform, projection, QgsCoordinateReferenceSystem, datum, QgsDistanceArea, reprojection, wrong location, map shifted, coordinates don't match, set projection.

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Updated 3/30/2026
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Installation and usage

Use when handling coordinate reference systems, transforming coordinates, or measuring distances/areas. Prevents silent data corruption from wrong CRS assignment and lat/lon coordinate order confusion. Covers CRS creation, coordinate transforms, datum transformations, distance measurement, and EPSG database. Keywords: CRS, EPSG, coordinate transform, projection, QgsCoordinateReferenceSystem, datum, QgsDistanceArea, reprojection, wrong location, map shifted, coordinates don't match, set projection.

Installation
$ install --globalskills.sh
Usage

Once installed, you can use this skill by running the following command in your terminal:

skills use qgis-core-coordinate-systems