Hi, I'm quite new to Inkscape but I the coordinate system handling is not getting clear to me, and I believe there must be a bug. Basically I'm getting started by transformation of a shapefile to svg the important part is (one point to keep it simple): <g inkscape:label="Ebene 1" inkscape:groupmode="layer" id="layer1"> <g id="villages1"> <circle r="0.01009" cy="-20.87945" cx="101.33645" id="villages1_B_Chaloen_Suk" sodipodi:cx="101.33645" sodipodi:cy="-20.87945" sodipodi:rx="0.01009" sodipodi:ry="0.01009" /> </g> </g> The -20.87945 is from conversion, the real coordinate is 20.87945 Degree north and 101.33645 degree east. My full file is (more or less directly after import): <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?> <!-- Created with Inkscape (http://www.inkscape.org/) --> <svg xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:cc="http://web.resource.org/cc/" xmlns:rdf="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#" xmlns:svg="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:sodipodi="http://sodipodi.sourceforge.net/DTD/sodipodi-0.dtd&q... xmlns:inkscape="http://www.inkscape.org/namespaces/inkscape" width="100" height="100" id="svg2" sodipodi:version="0.32" inkscape:version="0.44" version="1.0" sodipodi:docbase="C:\Documents and Settings\s0167070\Desktop" sodipodi:docname="test.svg"> <defs id="defs4" /> <sodipodi:namedview id="base" pagecolor="#ffffff" bordercolor="#666666" borderopacity="1.0" inkscape:pageopacity="0.0" inkscape:pageshadow="2" inkscape:zoom="14.481547" inkscape:cx="10.67134" inkscape:cy="16.69171" inkscape:document-units="px" inkscape:current-layer="layer1" width="100" height="100" units="px" inkscape:window-width="1280" inkscape:window-height="751" inkscape:window-x="-4" inkscape:window-y="-4" /> <metadata id="metadata7"> <rdf:RDF> <cc:Work rdf:about=""> <dc:format>image/svg+xml</dc:format> <dc:type rdf:resource="http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/StillImage" /> </cc:Work> </rdf:RDF> </metadata> <g inkscape:label="Ebene 1" inkscape:groupmode="layer" id="layer1"> <g id="villages1"> <circle r="0.01009" cy="-20.87945" cx="101.33645" id="villages1_B_Chaloen_Suk" sodipodi:cx="101.33645" sodipodi:cy="-20.87945" sodipodi:rx="0.01009" sodipodi:ry="0.01009" /> </g> </g> </svg> But the point is displayed at approx 101,120 so 100 px too high. Changing cy from -20.87945 to +20.... shifts the point to 101,79.1.. (reading from Inkscape properties). I assume the coordinate system starts above paper size?! Next thing is that I want to shift the canvas origin from 0,0 to 0,100. Therefore I've added manually x="0 y="100" to the file: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?> <!-- Created with Inkscape (http://www.inkscape.org/) --> <svg xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:cc="http://web.resource.org/cc/" xmlns:rdf="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#" xmlns:svg="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:sodipodi="http://sodipodi.sourceforge.net/DTD/sodipodi-0.dtd&q... xmlns:inkscape="http://www.inkscape.org/namespaces/inkscape" x="0" y="100" width="100" height="100" id="svg2" sodipodi:version="0.32" inkscape:version="0.44" version="1.0" sodipodi:docbase="C:\Documents and Settings\s0167070\Desktop" sodipodi:docname="test.svg"> <defs id="defs4" /> <sodipodi:namedview id="base" pagecolor="#ffffff" bordercolor="#666666" borderopacity="1.0" inkscape:pageopacity="0.0" inkscape:pageshadow="2" inkscape:zoom="14.481547" inkscape:cx="10.67134" inkscape:cy="16.69171" inkscape:document-units="px" inkscape:current-layer="layer1" x="0" y="100" width="100" height="100" units="px" inkscape:window-width="1280" inkscape:window-height="751" inkscape:window-x="-4" inkscape:window-y="-4" /> <metadata id="metadata7"> <rdf:RDF> <cc:Work rdf:about=""> <dc:format>image/svg+xml</dc:format> <dc:type rdf:resource="http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/StillImage" /> </cc:Work> </rdf:RDF> </metadata> <g inkscape:label="Ebene 1" inkscape:groupmode="layer" id="layer1"> <g id="villages1"> <circle r="0.01009" cy="-20.87945" cx="101.33645" id="villages1_B_Chaloen_Suk" sodipodi:cx="101.33645" sodipodi:cy="-20.87945" sodipodi:rx="0.01009" sodipodi:ry="0.01009" /> </g> </g> </svg> But this doesnt change anything at all!!! The point is still displayed at 101,120. And I assume the x,y statement is valid. It gets even more strange if you put an additional <svg width="100" height="100"> ... </svg> statement around the last example: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?> <!-- Created with Inkscape (http://www.inkscape.org/) --> <svg width="100" height="100"> <svg xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:cc="http://web.resource.org/cc/" xmlns:rdf="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#" xmlns:svg="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:sodipodi="http://sodipodi.sourceforge.net/DTD/sodipodi-0.dtd&q... xmlns:inkscape="http://www.inkscape.org/namespaces/inkscape" x="0" y="100" width="100" height="100" id="svg2" sodipodi:version="0.32" inkscape:version="0.44" version="1.0" sodipodi:docbase="C:\Documents and Settings\s0167070\Desktop" sodipodi:docname="test.svg"> <defs id="defs4" /> <sodipodi:namedview id="base" pagecolor="#ffffff" bordercolor="#666666" borderopacity="1.0" inkscape:pageopacity="0.0" inkscape:pageshadow="2" inkscape:zoom="14.481547" inkscape:cx="10.67134" inkscape:cy="16.69171" inkscape:document-units="px" inkscape:current-layer="layer1" x="0" y="100" width="100" height="100" units="px" inkscape:window-width="1280" inkscape:window-height="751" inkscape:window-x="-4" inkscape:window-y="-4" /> <metadata id="metadata7"> <rdf:RDF> <cc:Work rdf:about=""> <dc:format>image/svg+xml</dc:format> <dc:type rdf:resource="http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/StillImage" /> </cc:Work> </rdf:RDF> </metadata> <g inkscape:label="Ebene 1" inkscape:groupmode="layer" id="layer1"> <g id="villages1"> <circle r="0.01009" cy="-20.87945" cx="101.33645" id="villages1_B_Chaloen_Suk" sodipodi:cx="101.33645" sodipodi:cy="-20.87945" sodipodi:rx="0.01009" sodipodi:ry="0.01009" /> </g> </g> </svg> </svg> Now the point is displayed at 101,-79.1 ! I dont understand why this should be correct! Especially as only the y coordinate is influenced. I really hope that somebody can explain me how I can move my image canvas so that it fits over my local coordinate system. Thanks Wolfgang