I echo Hamish's sentiments below. The page is nice, but I worry about hardcoding a link to a URL that we don't control. Also, GRASS (i.e., PROJ) can only read epsg codes that are in the database that comes with GRASS. I don't know if we can depend on the web version and local versions being the same.
Re explanation of EPSG codes, we need a help manual for the location wizard. There are other aspects that need to be explained too. The new GUI is still under development and we are very grateful for any who are taking the time to test it. We also welcome any assistance--eg. Creating the html pages for location manager help. We could then add help buttons to pages. Michael On 1/26/08 8:22 PM, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Date: Sat, 26 Jan 2008 15:53:14 -0800 (PST) > From: Hamish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [GRASS-dev] Re: wxgrass Location Wizard scroll issue in > EPSG code selection > To: Tim Michelsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 > > Tim Michelsen wrote: >> Maybe a link to http://spatialreference.org/ could be included. >> >> A extra button: "Look-Up your EPSG-code on the web". This button >> could link to the above mentioned address. > > A nice idea, albeit subject to volatility of some else's website. > Link the button to something we control like a page GRASS's wiki or > OSGeo's wiki or grass's osgeo web pages? Then old versions don't have > hardcoded deal links one day. > >> Also a explanation why or what the EPSG-code is good for (the >> Mapserver docs have nice examples) would be nice. > > mouse-over tooltip? > >> Many migrating users would never have heard of EPSG... > > true > > > Hamish > > > > ______________________________________________________________________________ > ______ > Looking for last minute shopping deals? > Find them fast with Yahoo! Search. > http://tools.search.yahoo.com/newsearch/category.php?category=shopping > __________________________________________ Michael Barton, Professor of Anthropology Director of Graduate Studies School of Human Evolution & Social Change Center for Social Dynamics & Complexity Arizona State University phone: 480-965-6213 fax: 480-965-7671 www: http://www.public.asu.edu/~cmbarton _______________________________________________ grass-dev mailing list [email protected] http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/grass-dev
