Geographic Information System is a system intends to capture, Store, manage, manipulate, analyze the data. GIS system integrate data and convert it into maps. And as we know visuals are more powerful than words so it makes our understanding of data fast.
What is GIS ?
GIS is a tool to acquire geographic data and produce Geographic information. And generally those information are stored in tabular form. GIS can be defined as a “computer information system that can input, store, manipulate, analyze, and display geographically referenced (spatial) data to support decision making processes”.
Simply GIS visualize your data as a map. And these visualization makes the study interesting with interactive maps. It saves the time and make the system decisiveness that is main requirement.
When do you need to add Custom CRS projection to add in QGIS? After all QGIS supports more than 2700 predefined CRS – Coordinates Reference system. Which is very common and is also installed in PostGIS database. But there are times when you receive a GIS data files in different CRS or projections or when somebody or your clients wants the GIS data files in a different CRS. At this time you may enquire to look into Custom CRS.
I got the same case, when one of my client was trying to convert a GML file to KML file. It would be a different topic to understand or find the CRS of GIS file. When my client asked for the problem they were facing while using the tool, I had jumped over to find the issue to solve it. As the file the user was trying to convert was GML file, which can also be opened in Text editor, I was able to easily figure out the projection the file is in. Which I found is very rarely used and it was not supported by the tool then. Finally we had converted the file from backend and was able to successfully resolve the clients problem.
Let me give you step by step procedure to make a file supports custom CRS and render it accordingly in QGIS.
Steps to Add Custom CRS projection in QGIS
1.) Open up QGIS. On the top Navbar of QGIS, select Settings option and click on Custom CRS or Custom Projection option. (In both version of QGIS 2.x or QGIS 3.x you will be getting this options for Custom CRS projection). This will open up a new Window in QGIS with different options.
Setting option – Add Custom CRS projection in QGIS
2.) In the window, click on + or plus sign and give a name to the CRS. And under parameter option, put the values in proj4 definition of CRS.
Option to add – Add Custom CRS projection in QGIS
Most of the time, you will be able to get the projection value in WKT format and not in proj4 format. While to add custom CRS QGIS supports proj4 format to be added.
For example here, in my case, I was know that the GML file is having the PCS_Lambert_Conformal_Conic projection. And for the same to support in QGIS, I wanted get to the proj4 value of PCS_Lambert_Conformal_Conic. So I was able to find out the link to get the wkt of PCS_Lambert_Conformal_Conic. Somehow I was not able to get the proj4 which this website support.
So I converted wkt to proj4 format of CRS with gdalsrsinfo open source tool of GDAL.
gdalsrsinfo -o proj4 example.prj
Example – Add Custom CRS in QGIS
Once done save the changes. QGIS also provides a testing tool, where we can provide the WGS 84 coordinates and get the coordinates of newly added custom CRS projection.
3.) Now after adding the custom projection or custom CRS, you can find the option to change the CRS of the layer or file added. That is, right click on layer and click on Set layer CRS. Search and Select the custom CRS or projection Added.
Selection – Add Custom projection in QGIS
This would make your file to work properly, as how you want it.Hope this tutorial helps you to Add Custom CRS or Custom Projection in QGIS, and render or display the file properly. If you found any issue while performing the steps please comment below.
The Map Analysis tool of IGISMAP is the number one alternative of Carto Platform. Carto is one of the GIS Cloud Software as a service platform, which provides many functionality, but you will get many other reasons for which you might be looking for the alternative of Carto. Either looking for effective pricing and team management without enterprise plan, IGISMAP has many benefits over carto.com. In general both tends to achieve the same purpose, i.e., either creating and sharing or embedding maps without writing any code or getting it achieved through the use of APIs. But there are few points which you might look into IGISMAP as a preference over Carto.
Lets find out all the best possible reasons why IGISMAP can be a better choice for you in comparison to Carto Database.
Cost Effective:
IGISMAP is 10 times cheaper than Carto. Carto cost you $299 for a month subscriptionfor 500MB of data, IGISMAP cost you just $19 per month for the same 500MBof data. Similarly if you look for annual subscription, carto will cost you $2388 while IGISMAP will cost you just $190, i.e., you will save $2198. Here we only talked about one paid plan named as Basic, just to compare with Carto. IGISMAP has 3 more plans other than Basic and Free. Check IGISMAP Pricing Page to more about their features. IGISMAP data plans are developed based on the present day requirements of users in various business firms. IGISMAP tool covers all features that all major GIS cloud solutions as well as desktop applications provide.
What else? IGISMAP Analysis provides multiple users add supports, i.e., adding Administrators, Developers and Business user to access map where only Administrator can make changes and others can perform analysis and extract information. The secret of IGISMAP USP is the effective Pricing with more features.
Supporting both Vector and Raster Data Formats:
Data formats used in geospatial technology can be categorized into raster and vector formats. IGISMAP supports both raster and vector data formats whereas Carto does not support the raster files. This makes stand out of Carto. While both tool are capable to supports all kinds of vector data like CSV, Excel, ESRI Shapefile, KMZ, KML, GeoJSON (TopoJSON which only IGISMAP Supports), MapInfo, GPX and many more.
IGISMAP Data support – Carto alternative
Digitize and Create your Map in IGISMAP:
IGISMAP Analysis tool supports to digitize and create point, line and polygon layer separately. Unlike Carto and other online mapping system tool. Generally you will get this functionality in GIS desktop application like QGIS, ArcGIS etc. Here at IGISMAP Analysis you will also be able to add the data to existing layer, edit the attribute and delete the layers. You can also create a survey system with the layers you provide so that the your developers can add more data on your layer and can contribute easily.
Click to learn more about creating point, line and polygon in IGISMAP
More Data Storage:
IGISMAP provides 30 times more storage as compare to Carto plan. The basic paid service of Carto charges $299 per month and provides 512 MB of storage, whereas the highest monthly plan of IGISMAP is just $99 providing 10 GB storage service. Along with such a huge difference in pricing and storage, This efficient storage at this cheaper rate is provided with no compromise in security for the data of customers. IGISMAP Analysis Cloud system is hosted on AWS servers with the premium infrastructure used and with 100% uptime and availability of server.
Dedicate Support Service:
IGISMAP support is responsive and make sure to solve each and every query of the customer. Along with that, we at IGISMAP also supports and helps to create Maps for you. A dedicated customer support manager is assigned to every one of the customer and customer will be able to communicate easily if they face any issue. We can be contacted by email or our personalized chat box 24/7. While Carto support basic customer support at specific timing. For a dedicated support you need to be Carto Enterprise customer.
Comparison table between IGISMAP and Carto plans: Alternative of Carto – IGISMAP Analysis Tool
This table will provide only key difference between IGISMAP and Carto which we feel should be highlighted. Rest other major features are supported by both the platform.
IGISMAP $19/month plan
IGISMAP $99/month plan
Carto $299/month plan
Storage
500 MB
8 GB
500 MB
Maps
Unlimited public/private maps
Unlimited public/private maps
10 Public Maps/ Unlimited Private Maps
Raster Data Support
Yes
Yes
No
Additional Users
Yes (Admin, Developer, Business User)
Yes (Admin, Developer, Business User)
No
Access Control
Yes
Yes
No
Support
Dedicated Email support
Dedicated Email support
Basic Support
Price (Yearly Plan)
$16/month
$82/month
$199/month
IGISMAP Analysis TOOL stands as best alternative of Carto – Here are more points to cover:
No coding skills required – Just drag and drop your data and few clicks to create your Map
Simple and Easy User Interface
Multiple Base map supports
Ultimate Query and Analysis Tool
Best Data security and User access control feature
Multi roles support – Admin, Developer or Business User
User Cloud data security is our first priority – Scalable and reliable
Are you looking location and spatial based solution for your business such as map your stores, regional analysis of sales data, estimate real estate properties behavior, customer territory design, catastrophic analysis for insurance companies, generating routes for your logistic business and what else. You can easily create your map with IGISMAP Cloud platform. And you can do it yourself or ask a team of our expert to help you in consulting for doing the same. You don’t need any other third party GIS Team or in house team to be expert in GIS nor require any developer who is expert with Coding skills.
Try for Free – IGISMAP Analysis – Carto Alternative:
Give IGISMAP a try. Evaluate the tool for free without giving credit card details. Also contact with team of IGISMAP if you found any issues or have just an idea for creating map. We at IGISMAP will look forward to help our customer.
The Map Analysis tool IGISMAP is one of the best alternative to ArcGIS Online. There are many benefits of using IGISMAP over ArcGIS Online. Likewise both tend to achieve the same purpose, i.e., even without GIS Skills you can make a map with your data, share the map and can embed in your website, directly without having external team of GIS specialist. But there are few aspect of which you might be looking for alternative of ArcGIS online especially when it comes to pricing and easiness to use.
Are you looking for an alternative to ArcGIS online? Here are the few reasons why you should choose IGISMAP Tool over ArcGIS online.
Cost Effective:
IGISMAP pricing and cost can be seen online from here. Price are transparent, fixed and affordable. While we don’t see the pricing directly in ArcGIS online website. As ArcGIS online didn’t provide any direct cost to view, but we can research the price over the internet and is expected to have the price between $300 to 500 per month or $2500 for annual subscription, whereas the pricing of IGISMAP starts from just $15 per month.
You see, the pricing of ArcGIS online tool is 20 times the price of IGISMAP tool. That’s a huge sum of amount from ArcGIS online, where IGISMAP Analysis tool has almost all important features for creating, analyzing and sharing maps that ArcGIS Online also cover. IGISMAP tool plans typically offer 5x more upload storage than similarly priced ArcGIS plans. This makes a clear win of IGISMAP over ArcGIS online.
Supports More Data Formats
Data formats supported by arcgis
Shapefile (ZIP archive containing all shapefile files)
CSV or TXT files with optional address, place or coordinate locations (comma, semi-colon or tab delimited)
GPX (GPS Exchange Format)
GeoJSON (open standard format for simple geographical features)
data formats supported by IGISMAP
ESRI Shapefile
CSV /Excel
These formats should have location information either as Latitude and Longitude values in separate columns or should be in WKT Format in a single column
MapInfo TAB Format
MapInfo Interchange Format
KML/KMZ
GML
GeoJSON
AutoCAD DXF
GPS/GPX
TopoJSON
GPKG
SQLite
SBF
File formats like ESRI Shapefile and Map Tab Format with multiple supporting files can be uploaded in two ways:
Compress all the format files into a zip file and upload
Select all the format files while browsing and upload
Uploading multiple layers of multiple formats or same formats in a single upload is possible in in two ways:
Compress them in a single zip file and upload
Gather the layers in a single folder and upload
Click here to check more Vector Data file formats list in GIS
Create Unlimited Number of Maps and Upload Unlimited Number of Dataset Layers
You can create unlimited number of Maps and unlimited number of dataset in IGISMAP, with broad level of spatial data support. Instead of credit limits, in data limitation in IGISMAP is based on total number of storage space used. If the layers are not used further, you can just delete the layers or maps which free up the space in your account.
Digitize and Create Your Map in IGISMAP:
IGISMAP Analysis Supports to add and create point, line and polygon layer separately and digitized the data. Unlike ArcGIS online and other online mapping system tool, we at IGISMAP tend to provide the same functionality as provided in Other Desktop GIS tools like QGIS and ArcGIS. You can also create a survey system with the layers you provide so that the your developers can add more data on your layer and can contribute easily.
Dedicate Support Service:
IGISMAP support is responsive and make sure to solve each and every query of the customer. Along with that, we at IGISMAP also supports and helps to create Maps for you. A dedicated customer support manager is assigned to every one of the customer and customer will be able to communicate easily if they face any issue. We can be contacted by email or our personalized chat box 24/7. Products such as ArcGIS can only be contacted via email or telephones at specific timing to provide product and server support.
IGISMAP Allows Unlimited Transactions with Querying and Analysis Tools along with Map loading, freeing you from credit limits and additional charges
IGISMAP Analysis tool delivers multiple tools to extract the information or query the data in your map application with a single click. Under Map tools you will be able to do single click customized ways to change the Base Map or remove Base Map, Querying the Database, carry out Proximity analysis over single layer or multiple layers, search on data, search on map and finally print share your map. And It provides unlimited spatial analysis queries per month which is way ahead than ArcGIS online.
Here is the video demonstrating the Query Tool and Proximity Tool in IGISMAP.
Easy to Use User Interface – Simple and Quick Map Creation
User Interactivity is one of the base motive at IGISMAP Tool. Our developers have reached at all extends to create the tool quick and as simple as possible for the user. User can easily create interactive and beautiful web maps quickly within a few clicks. There are no such complex functions while uploading data sets or publishing your web maps.
What Else Makes IGISMAP Analysis Tool a Better GIS platform
Zero coding skills required
Data security and User access control
Easy to work for everyone
Multi roles support – Admin, Developer or Business User
User Cloud data security is our first priority
Scalable and reliable
IGISMAP is flexible enough to create a mapping project like Store mapping, Real Estate properties Mapping, Analyzing the property Behavior, Checking the value of property for insurance assistance by mapping disaster spatial data through raster or vector data, mapping your own customer through your CMS or by general Excel file, Creating routes for your logistic business from your vehicle to warehouse to the delivery addresses. You don’t need to have a GIS team sitting with you, neither you need a Developer or Designer. Manage add and assign different roles to users in your organization, so as to make proper and secure access to your data and maps. IGISMAP is accessible to all and can be operated very easily and all the tools and features are available right in front of you.
Try it for free, Enjoy for Yourself!
Go to the IGIS Map Tool and try it once for free, no obligation 30 days trial of Our Free service plan. You will not be looking back once you used IGIS Map Tool.
Hello GIS enthusiasts, IGISMAP has now published the latest GIS vector data of Netherland administrative levels. Links for downloading the shapefiles of the important administrative divisions of Netherland are provided in the following. You can also download these data in KML, GeoJSON or CSV formats.
Note:
All data available are in GCS datum EPSG:4326 WGS84 CRS (Coordinate Reference System).
You need to login for downloading the shapefile.
Download Free Shapefile Data of Netherland
Netherland, informally Holland, is a transcontinental country located in north-western Europe with overseas territories in the Caribbean. It is the largest of four constituent countries of the Kingdom of the Netherlands (the others being Aruba, Curaçao and Sint Maarten). In Europe, the Netherlands consists of twelve provinces, and borders Germany to the east, Belgium to the south, with a North Sea coast-line to the north and west. It also shares maritime borders with both countries and with the United Kingdom in the North Sea. The Caribbean overseas territories—Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba—became special municipalities of the country of the Netherlands in 2010.
Netherland Country Boundary Shapefile
All data available are in EPSG:4326 WGS84 CRS (Coordinate Reference System) . Following link is for Netherland country boundary shapefile.
This polygon shapefile of Netherland covers Aruba, Curacao, Drenthe, Friesland, Gelderland, Linburg, North Brabant, North Holland, Overijssel, South Holland, Utrecht, Zeeland, Sint Maarten. Download link is provided below.
Disclaimer : If you find any shapefile data of country provided is in correct do contact us or comment below, so that we will correct the same in our system as well we will try to correct the same in openstreetmap .
GML is used in a geographic information system(GIS) for expressing geographic features as well as an open interchange format for geographic transactions on the Internet. KML is a file format used to display geographic data in an Earth browser such as Google Earth. KML is an international standard maintained by the Open Geospatial Consortium, Inc. (OGC).
You can convert GML to KML as well as other GIS Data Conversion using IGIS Map tool.
IGISMAP to Convert GML to KML
For GML to KML conversion go to IGIS Map Tool, after logging in with your registered email and password. If you are a new user, click the Sign Up button in the Login popup and register to IGISMAP by filling the details.
There are three main steps for using GIS Converter:
Upload the data
Choose the format to which it should be converted
Download the converted file.
Step one is to upload your GML file which you want to convert. You can upload your file from system or select from the Recent Files.
Upload GML
Step two is to select choose the output format of the converted file, in this case its KML. You can also set the Coordinate Reference System of your preference. As a default CRS will set to WGS 84 (World) [EPSG:4326]. Click on the Convert File.
Select KML as Output Format
After uploading your GML file, it will undergo conversion to a KML file within a few seconds. Once the conversion is complete, you’ll be able to download the KML file.
Download and Publish KML File
You can also choose to style the layer or continue with further conversion process by clicking the Convert Another File button.
Converted Files section from the dashboard contains the list of the details of all the conversion done in your account, providing both input and output data available for download their corresponding formats.
You can convert Geojson to Shapefile offline using GDAL or QGIS. This would require you to download and install those software. One should have adequate knowledge in using these GIS applications to do simple processes. IGISMAP is an online platform to carry out geospatial operations by any non GIS expert. Converter tool of IGISMAP is also easy to perform applied file conversions between GIS formats.
GeoJSON is an open standard geospatial data interchange format that represents simple geographic features and their non spatial attributes. Based on JavaScript Object Notation (JSON), GeoJSON is a format for encoding a variety of geographic data structures. Shapefile is a vector GIS format developed by ESRI.
For GeoJSON to Shapefile conversion, go to IGIS Map Tool, after logging in with your registered email and password. If you are a new user, click the Sign Up button in the Login popup and register to IGISMAP by filling the details.
There are three main steps for using GIS Converter:
Upload the data
Choose the format to which it should be converted
Download the converted file
Step one is to upload your GeoJSON file which you want to convert. You can upload your file from system or select from the Recent Files.
Upload GeoJSON
Here we have uploaded the GeoJSON file of USA.
Step two is to select the output format from the dropdown for the converted file, in this case its Shapefile. You can also set the Coordinate Reference System of your preference. As a default CRS will set to WGS 84 (World) [EPSG:4326]. Click on the Convert File.
Select Output Format
Your GeoJSON file will then gets converted to Shapefile after a few seconds and will be available for downloading..
Download and Publish Output File
You can also choose to style the layer or continue with further conversion process by clicking the Convert Another File button.
Converted Files section from the dashboard contains the list of the details of all the conversion done in your account, providing both input and output data available for download their corresponding formats.
GeoJSON is an open standard geospatial data interchange format that represents simple geographic features and their non-spatial attributes. It is based on JavaScript Object Notation (JSON) and serves as a format for encoding various geographic data structures.
TIFF, also known as the Tagged Image File Format, is a file format designed for transferring, storing, and displaying raster images. It is commonly used for scanned aerial photography, maps, digital satellite imagery, and other geographic data.
GeoTIFF is a metadata standard that is in the public domain. It enables the embedding of georeferencing information in a TIFF file. This additional information can include projections, coordinate systems, ellipsoids, datums, and all other necessary details to establish the precise spatial reference for the file.
For GeoJSON to GeoTIFF conversion, go to IGIS Map Tool, after logging in with your registered email and password. If you are a new user, click the Sign Up button in the Login popup and register to IGISMAP by filling the details.
IGISMAP
There are four main steps for using GIS Converter:
Click on Tool Converter
Upload the data
Choose the format to which it should be converted
Download the converted file
Step one is to upload your GeoJSON file which you want to convert. You can upload your file from system or select from the Recent Files.
Upload GeoJSON
Here we have uploaded the GeoJSON file of USA.
Step two is to select the output format from the dropdown for the converted file, in this case its GeoTIFF. You can also set the Coordinate Reference System of your preference. As a default CRS will set to WGS 84 (World) [EPSG:4326]. Now Now Click on the Convert File.
Select GeoTIFF as Output Format
Your GeoJSON file will then gets converted to GeoTIFF file after a few seconds and will be available for downloading.
Download GeoTIFF File
You can also choose to style the layer or continue with further conversion process by clicking the Convert Another File button.
Converted Files section from the dashboard contains the list of the details of all the conversion done in your account, providing both input and output data available for download their corresponding formats.
KML, or Keyhole Markup Language, is a geospatial data collection used in Google Earth and other Google services. TIFF, also known as Tagged Image File Format, is a file format for transferring, storing, and displaying raster images. This format is commonly used for scanned aerial photography and maps, as well as digital satellite imagery and other geographic data.
GeoTIFF is a metadata standard in the public domain that enables the embedding of georeferencing information in a TIFF file. This additional information encompasses projections, coordinate systems, ellipsoids, datums, and all other essential elements for establishing the precise spatial reference for the file.
For GeoJSON to GeoTIFF conversion, go to IGIS Map Tool, after logging in with your registered email and password. If you are a new user, click the Sign Up button in the Login popup and register to IGISMAP by filling the details.
IGISMAP
There are four main steps for using GIS Converter:
Click on Tool Converter
Upload the data
Choose the format to which it should be converted
Download the converted file
Step one is to upload your KML file which you want to convert. You can upload your file from system or select from the Recent Files.
Upload KML
Here we have uploaded the KML file of Turkey National Boundary.
Step two is to select the output format from the dropdown for the converted file, in this case its GeoTIFF. You can also set the Coordinate Reference System of your preference. As a default CRS will set to WGS 84 (World) [EPSG:4326]. Now Now Click on the Convert File.
Select GeoTIFF as Output Format
Your KML file will then gets converted to GeoTIFF file after a few seconds and will be available for downloading.
Download GeoTIFF File
You can also choose to style the layer or continue with further conversion process by clicking the Convert Another File button.
Converted Files section from the dashboard contains the list of the details of all the conversion done in your account, providing both input and output data available for download their corresponding formats.
A GIS file is a format used as a norm for encoding geographical information into computer readable file. GIS (geographical information system) file is mainly divided or differentiated into two vector format and raster format.
Shapefile format is one of the commonly used GIS format developed by ESRI, while PDF stands for Portable Document Format is used for digital exchange.
Using IGIS Map Tool you can convert Shapefile SHP to PDF . You can also do other GIS Data Conversion using this tool.
IGISMAP to Convert Shapefile to PDF
For Shapefile to PDF conversion, go to IGIS Map Tool, after logging in with your registered email and password. If you are a new user, click the Sign Up button in the Login popup and register to IGISMAP by filling the details.
There are three main steps for using GIS Converter:
Upload the data
Choose the format to which it should be converted
Download the converted file
Step one is to upload your Shapefile which you want to convert. You can upload your file from system or select from the Recent Files.
Upload Shapefile
Here we have uploaded the Shapefile of the US state ‘California’.
Step two is to select choose the output format of the converted file, in this case its PDF. You can also set the Coordinate Reference System of your preference. As a default CRS will set to WGS 84 (World) [EPSG:4326]. Click on the Convert File.
Select PDF as Output Format
Your Shapefile will then gets converted to PDF after a few seconds and will be available for downloading.
Download and Publish PDF File
You can also choose to style the layer or continue with further conversion process by clicking the Convert Another File button.
You can also download the converted file or the uploaded file the Converted Files section from the dashboard. This section contains the list of the details of all the conversion done in your account, providing both input and output data available for download their corresponding formats.
KML or Keyhole Markup Language is a collection of geospatial data on map and commonly used in Google Earth or google services. TIFF (also known as Tagged Image File Format) is a file format for transferring, storing, and displaying raster images. Scanned aerial photography and maps, as well as digital satellite imagery and other geographic data, can be found in this file format.
A TopoJSON file format is a format that encodes topology. TopoJSON is an extension of GeoJSON. This format contains both geospatial data (arcs) and attribute data. In contrast to other GIS formats TopoJSON uses arcs. Arcs are sequences of points, while line strings and polygons are defined as sequences of arcs.
For KML to TopoJSON conversion go to IGIS Map Tool, after logging in with your registered email and password. If you are a new user, click the Sign Up button in the Login popup and register to IGISMAP by filling the details.
There are three main steps for using GIS Converter:
Upload the data
Choose the format to which it should be converted
Download the converted file.
Step one is to upload your KML file which you want to convert. You can upload your file from system or select from the Recent Files.
Upload KML
Step two is to select choose the output format of the converted file, in this case its TopoJSON. You can also set the Coordinate Reference System of your preference. As a default CRS will set to WGS 84 (World) [EPSG:4326]. Click on the Convert File.
Select TopoJSON as Output Format
Your KML file will then gets converted TopoJSON file after a few seconds and will be available for downloading.
Download and Publish TopoJSON File
You can also choose to style the layer or continue with further conversion process by clicking the Convert Another File button.
Converted Files section from the dashboard contains the list of the details of all the conversion done in your account, providing both input and output data available for download their corresponding formats.
Geographic Information System is a system intends to capture, Store, manage, manipulate, analyze the data. 
