# Error while getting geographic coordinates of projected location **URL:** \ **Category:** PyLith\ **Created:** [May 18, 2021, 11:19am UTC](https://community.geodynamics.org/t/error-while-getting-geographic-coordinates-of-projected-location/1849 "2021-05-18T11:19:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 10
**Author:** ![alvinakkuncoro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ba8739/32.png) [@alvinakkuncoro](https://community.geodynamics.org/u/alvinakkuncoro)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2021, 8:37am UTC](https://community.geodynamics.org/t/error-while-getting-geographic-coordinates-of-projected-location/1849/10 "2021-05-25T08:37:24Z")
Dear Charles and Brad, I missunderstood this part " Looking at your files, it appears to me that your spatial database files are not in a geoprojected coordinate system, but are instead geographic coordinates (e.g., lon/lat/elevation)." So this is my coseismic spatialdatabase in utm projection : [fault\_slabtop\_coseismic\_utm47s.spatialdb.tar.gz](https://community.geodynamics.org/uploads/short-url/m6a7oNMujPxJM9Xc42jrRR7WnF8.gz) (5.5 KB) I have tried to use the projected spatialdatabase above and I am still having the same issue for both interseismic and coseismic simulation (my creep spatialdatabase has no variation along x and y. Only z dependent. But I have the same issue). I try to recreate the geometry using merc projection and adjust all the spatialdatabase in merc projection and my interseismic simulation can pass the projection issue. Eventhough I receive new error : [0]PETSC ERROR: KSPSolve has not converged due to Nan or Inf norm [step03-parameters.json.tar.gz](https://community.geodynamics.org/uploads/short-url/bjdHnBM2ztPJSiyfIRt1R1Kr4Ar.gz) (13.9 KB) So to create the mesh and convert the coordinate, I use qgis rather than proj. Because I am not familiar using proj and the slab contour script provided in the examples. I am using UTM projection zone 47S for the UTM projection. Regards, Alvina K K --- _[View the full topic](https://community.geodynamics.org/t/error-while-getting-geographic-coordinates-of-projected-location/1849)._