#670: add support for alternative coordinates --------------------------+------------------------------------------------- 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 --------------------------+------------------------------------------------- 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 -- Ticket URL: <https://trac.osgeo.org/grass/ticket/670#comment:24> GRASS GIS <http://grass.osgeo.org>
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