#670: add support for alternative coordinates
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Reporter: timmie | Owner: martinl
Type: enhancement | Status: assigned
Priority: normal | Milestone: 6.5.0
Component: wxGUI | Version: svn-develbranch6
Resolution: | Keywords: map display, preferences, workspace
Platform: Linux | Cpu: x86-32
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Comment (by hamish):
Replying to [comment:23 martinl]:
> Can we close the ticket or are there any remaining issues?
- does Michael's note about wx.StaticBox need attention?
- Need to consider Tim's mockup of the statusbar with proj display
attachment
- For my 2c re. the new Projection tab in wxGUI Preferences:
1) needs reorganizing of buttons/entries into workflow order (eg step 1
is load EPSG, so have that first, then...);
2) I agree that the wording could do with some improvement/ clarification
- verbose tooltips would help (everyone can help with that);
3) "<>" still needs removing from the end of the auto +epsg string
4) its presence seems to me to be a bit of a trap for new users who are
refugees from other GIS which might think this is a ''much'' more
fundamental Preference setting than it really is. To avoid 747-cockpit
style option overload (e.g. tcltk GIS.m layer manager add_vector_layer
controls) could this preference, including some entries in the drop down
toolbar menu in the Map Display window, be hidden behind some sort of "[]
Advanced" preferences setup?
Also, FWIW, I don't really think precision is an issue needing a user-
settable option. As long as we provide good defaults:
- %.3f for planimetric (units= feet or m)
- %.8f for decimal degrees
- %.4f for decimal minutes
- %.3f for decimal seconds
i.e. reporting to approximately the millimeter level will cover 99% of
user needs & beyond current RTK GPS surveying limits relevant to GIS.
Others can tweak the setting manually (of course keep it easy to do that
within the code). Non-GUI & library stuff of course would continue to
operate at full precision, I'm just talking about the mouse-over & value
shown to the user on the Map Display status bar.
thanks,
Hamish
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