On 19/10/2011, at 23:36, "Dennis M. Linton" <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Wed, 2011-10-19 at 16:33 +0200, Micha Silver wrote: >> On 10/19/2011 04:20 PM, Ricardo Filipe Soares Garcia da wrote: >>> >>>> Giovanni Manghi <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hi all, >>>>> >>>>> I would like to know your opinion about the above question. >>>>> >>>>> My point of view, after giving many training courses, is that the >>>>> default option should be changed to "prompt for CRS", eventually >>>>> adding a checkbox in the dialog windows that pops up, to avoid being >>>>> asked over and over for the reminder of the session. >>> +1 from me as well >>> >>> It is usually the first setting that I change whenever I install QGIS >>> on a new machine. >>> >>> >> I also think this is the right approach. I don't like programs hiding the >> gritty details, rather, user's should be confronted with the question, >> forcing them to understand a bit better... >> > > +1 for me too. > > As an engineer without particular GIS expertise but for whom QGIS provides a > very useful resource, being forced into correct procedures is definitely a > good idea. I have spent more than my share of time trying to figure out, and > correct, things like Ontario, Canada being displayed in two places at once > or all of the roads in Ontario being displayed encompassed by Moira Lake. +1 here too. Once I found this setting, it's something that gets changed on every install that I do. -ramon.
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