Hi mitxel I changed the labels according to your request. All elevation points are displayed now in the chosen notation.
Oliver > Hello Oliver > > Thanks for the answer, it is just this. Qlgt assummes that all points in > the IMG file are "Points Of Interest", so the value of their label is shown > as text. This way is ok for named POIs like summits, buildings, singular > places... But there is another kind of points (garmin types 6300 and 6200) > used to indicate the elevation of certain points: a summit without name, > the bottom of a depresion, a pass,...They are complementary to the > landcontour lines, and they give a very useful information. > > > In a .IMG file this elevation is written in feet (with no decimal places, > and with any suffix) in the label of this kind of points and land-contour > lines. So when you choose " imperial" in "setup - units", qlgt only have to > append the suffix "ft" to the label. > > When you choose "metric" is expected to make the conversion from feet to > meters and append the suffix "m". This is well done for the labels of > contour-lines, but not for the labels of elevation points that are shown as > they are. So qlgt draws a confusing map with contour lines in meters and > elevation points > in feet. > > Yes , this is difficult to see if you dont have a map with this kind of > points, so I have extracted a little area of a map with this kind of > points, and I will send it to you by email. If you have a bit of time you > can make a test. > > I have no idea about modifying the code, but I think this problem can be > fixed if qlgt makes for the labels of elevation points (garmin type 6300 > and 6200) the same conversion that it makes for the land-contour lines > (garmin type 20, 21, and 22) > > The gps units handle this kind of points and land-contour lines in this way > also. They make the conversion deppending on the units setup, and then the > label is shown with the suffix "ft" or "m". > > thanks for your time > > mitxel > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Write once. Port to many. > Get the SDK and tools to simplify cross-platform app development. Create > new or port existing apps to sell to consumers worldwide. Explore the > Intel AppUpSM program developer opportunity. appdeveloper.intel.com/join > http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-appdev > > > > _______________________________________________ > Qlandkartegt-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/qlandkartegt-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Write once. Port to many. Get the SDK and tools to simplify cross-platform app development. Create new or port existing apps to sell to consumers worldwide. Explore the Intel AppUpSM program developer opportunity. appdeveloper.intel.com/join http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-appdev _______________________________________________ Qlandkartegt-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/qlandkartegt-users
