[GRASS-dev] problems with datum parameters tables

2009-10-12 Thread Michael Barton
I'm working on the GUI location manager and have run into a couple of irregularities in a couple of the projections parameters files. I'm sending this to the list instead of keeping it in the location wizard track ticket because they are a more general issue that will affect projection/loca

Re: [GRASS-dev] problems with datum parameters tables

2009-10-13 Thread Hamish
Michael Barton wrote: > I'm working on the GUI location > manager and have run into a couple of irregularities in a > couple of the projections parameters files. I'm sending this > to the list instead of keeping it in the location wizard > track ticket because they are a more general issue that wil

Re: [GRASS-dev] problems with datum parameters tables

2009-10-13 Thread Michael Barton
On Oct 13, 2009, at 3:51 AM, grass-dev-requ...@lists.osgeo.org wrote: Date: Tue, 13 Oct 2009 02:18:32 -0700 (PDT) From: Hamish Subject: Re: [GRASS-dev] problems with datum parameters tables To: list GRASS developers , Michael Barton Message-ID: <230683.60053...@web110011.mail.

Re: [GRASS-dev] problems with datum parameters tables

2009-10-13 Thread Hamish
Hamish: > > That's the view-from-a-geostationary-satellite projection. > > http://www.remotesensing.org/geotiff/proj_list/geos.html Michael: > Need to add this so that we can use it. If it has the wrong > number of parameters it won't be parsed correctly. now fixed in SVN. > I meant to say th

Re: [GRASS-dev] problems with datum parameters tables

2009-10-14 Thread Glynn Clements
Michael Barton wrote: > I'm working on the GUI location manager and have run into a couple of > irregularities in a couple of the projections parameters files. I'm > sending this to the list instead of keeping it in the location wizard > track ticket because they are a more general issue th

Re: [GRASS-dev] problems with datum parameters tables

2009-10-14 Thread Michael Barton
Thanks much for this information. I've got a start on rebuilding the UTM page to show parameters of all projections. I've got the usual formatting hangups (currently can't figure out how to clear the page if you want to look at another projection), but it is moving along. I agree that we sh

Re: [GRASS-dev] problems with datum parameters tables

2009-10-14 Thread Michael Barton
Thanks much Glynn. This is helpful. There is no urgency on the parameters without descriptions right now since nothing seems to use these, but we can't use them in the future without some kind of description to parse. Michael On Oct 14, 2009, at 6:22 AM, Glynn Clements wrote: Michae

Re: [GRASS-dev] problems with datum parameters tables

2009-10-14 Thread Hamish
Michael wrote: > I've got a start on rebuilding the UTM page to show > parameters of all projections. u, could you explain that more? inner UTM terms may be interesting on the summary page, but beyond that the user just cares about "zone 12 North" + datum choice(s). For UTM the projection will

Re: [GRASS-dev] problems with datum parameters tables

2009-10-14 Thread Michael Barton
On Oct 14, 2009, at 10:22 PM, Hamish wrote: u, could you explain that more? inner UTM terms may be interesting on the summary page, but beyond that the user just cares about "zone 12 North" + datum choice(s). For UTM the projection will always be TM of course, and other terms will be f

Re: [GRASS-dev] problems with datum parameters tables

2009-10-14 Thread Hamish
Michael wrote: > After selecting the projection in the wizard, you go to a > new page. Currently, if the projection is UTM, you get to > select zone and hemisphere. If it is not UTM, you don't get > to select any parameters. The UTM selection is hard wired > into the GUI. > > I'm changing this so

Re: [GRASS-dev] problems with datum parameters tables

2009-10-16 Thread Glynn Clements
Hamish wrote: > > After selecting the projection in the wizard, you go to a > > new page. Currently, if the projection is UTM, you get to > > select zone and hemisphere. If it is not UTM, you don't get > > to select any parameters. The UTM selection is hard wired > > into the GUI. > > > > I'm ch

Re: [GRASS-dev] problems with datum parameters tables

2009-10-16 Thread Michael Barton
On Oct 16, 2009, at 10:24 AM, Glynn Clements wrote: Hamish wrote: After selecting the projection in the wizard, you go to a new page. Currently, if the projection is UTM, you get to select zone and hemisphere. If it is not UTM, you don't get to select any parameters. The UTM selection is har

Re: [GRASS-dev] problems with datum parameters tables

2009-10-16 Thread Hamish
Glynn: > > there are many places where PROJECTION_UTM causes > > cellhd.zone to become relevant. ah, right (eg r.info). so UTM must be a special case. (at least for gr6) Michael: > I don't know how this works in the underlying C code, include/gis.h defines five fundamental projection types: #d

Re: [GRASS-dev] problems with datum parameters tables

2009-10-16 Thread Michael Barton
On Oct 16, 2009, at 10:55 PM, Hamish wrote: A pure projection is a mathematical formula specifying how geographic space bends. SP and UTM are a table of contents for which EPSG code to use. So you're referring to how GRASS handles UTM projections, not how they are actually defined? Mic