Related upstream issue: 0009207: geography view Location could not convert string to float https://gramps-project.org/bugs/view.php?id=9207
On 6 March 2016 at 07:00, IOhannes m zmoelnig <[email protected]> wrote: > Package: gramps > Version: 4.2.2~dfsg-1 > Severity: normal > > Dear Maintainer, > > today i discovered that the "geography view" stopped working (i'm pretty > sure it > did work, but don't know the last version of gramps where this is true). > > The problem is, that I store the coordinates of my places in > degree/minutes/seconds (e.g. "51° 28′ 48″ N") and gramps fails to convert > these > coordinates into floating point (51.48). > Btw, gramps does a syntax-check when I enter the coordinates, and verifies > that > the above coordinates are fine; but when I want to display the places, I > get a > traceback: > > > Traceback (most recent call last): > > File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/gramps/gui/viewmanager.py", line > 966, in __create_page > > page_display = page.get_display() > > File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/gramps/gui/views/pageview.py", > line 389, in get_display > > self.top = self.build_interface() > > File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/gramps/gui/views/pageview.py", > line 162, in build_interface > > widget = self.build_widget() > > File > "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/gramps/plugins/lib/maps/osmgps.py", line > 115, in build_widget > > self.change_map(None, config.get("geography.map_service")) > > File > "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/gramps/plugins/lib/maps/osmgps.py", line > 172, in change_map > > self.goto_handle(handle=None) > > File > "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/gramps/plugins/view/geoplaces.py", line > 176, in goto_handle > > self.build_tree() > > File > "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/gramps/plugins/view/geoplaces.py", line > 194, in build_tree > > self._createmap(active) > > File > "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/gramps/plugins/view/geoplaces.py", line > 279, in _createmap > > self.osm.set_center_and_zoom(float(place.get_latitude()), > > ValueError: could not convert string to float: '51° 28′ 48″ N' > > Attached is a minimal database (consisting of a single place), that > exhibits the problem. > Basically, you only have to go to the "Geography" view and select "All > known places". > (sometimes i have to switch to another menu and then back after that). > > -- System Information: > Debian Release: stretch/sid > APT prefers unstable > APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (500, 'stable'), (1, > 'experimental') > Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) > Foreign Architectures: i386 > > Kernel: Linux 4.4.0-1-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores) > Locale: LANG=en_US.utf8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.utf8 (charmap=UTF-8) > Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash > Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system) > > Versions of packages gramps depends on: > ii gir1.2-gtk-3.0 3.18.8-1 > ii librsvg2-2 2.40.13-3 > ii python3-bsddb3 6.1.0-1+b2 > ii python3-gi 3.18.2-2 > ii python3-gi-cairo 3.18.2-2 > pn python3:any <none> > ii xdg-utils 1.1.1-1 > > Versions of packages gramps recommends: > ii gir1.2-gexiv2-0.10 0.10.3-2 > ii gir1.2-osmgpsmap-1.0 1.1.0-1 > ii graphviz 2.38.0-12+b1 > ii python3-icu 1.9.2-2+b2 > > Versions of packages gramps suggests: > ii fonts-freefont-ttf 20120503-4 > pn gir1.2-goocanvas-2.0 <none> > ii gir1.2-gtkspell3-3.0 3.0.7-2 > ii python3-pil 3.1.1-1 > ii rcs 5.9.4-3 > > -- no debconf information >
