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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Fellow SHRUGGIES,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>I have a simple request of all of you … I need an easy
way to project CAD drawings in GIS to GIS coordinate systems.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Here is my dilemma:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>I deal with multiple projects where
CAD drawings are sent to me to overlay onto DOQQs in ArcView. Now some of
the CAD drawings that I get will actually overlay onto my DOQQ, however, they
are a rarity. Most of the drawings show up in <st1:City w:st="on">Timbuktu</st1:City>
and my DOQQ shows up in <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Florida</st1:place></st1:State>.
Now, when I extract out what I want from the CAD drawing into shapefile format,
I cannot re-project the shapefile to the coordinate system of my choosing.
I have tried to re-project the extracted shapefile by removing the PRJ file,
and then defining a new projection for the shapefile. That has never met
with success. I have resorted to attempting to edit the shapefile and
just move it on top of my DOQQ, which sometimes meets with success, however,
other times not. The CAD designers that create these drawings have no
idea what I am talking about when I ask them to re-project their drawing from CAD
(which I have no idea if that is possible since I have never seen CAD in my
life !!!)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Help !!!!!<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>I need an easy way to re-project the CAD extracted
shapefiles that can be replicated many times over.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p><b><i><font size=2 color="#ffb30f" face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
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nature</span></font></i></b><br>
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SERVICES, INC.</span></font></b><br>
<font color=navy><span style='color:navy'> </span></font> <br>
<font color=navy><span style='color:navy'>Steve Carbone</span></font><br>
<font color=navy><span style='color:navy'>GIS\IT Specialist</span></font><br>
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