Am Sun, 21 Mar 2010 18:04:29 -0700 schrieb "John C. Tull" <[email protected]>:
+1, i also think your suggestions make working with qgis more user-friendly. Regards, Otto > +1 on each of a-c. > > On Mar 21, 2010, at 3:01 PM, Milena Nowotarska wrote: > > > Hi All, > > > > I guess that many users work not only with WGS84 projection (which > > is set by default in QGIS) so I would like to discuss with you a > > change in QGIS behaviour on loading a layer. > > > > In my opinion it would be good if QGIS: > > a) set the projection for a project file/working environment from > > the first loaded layer if it has the projection information > > b) prompt for projection information if the layer does not have it > > c) inform in a popup window when the projection of next loaded > > layers do not match the projection already set in the working > > environment (when reprojection on the fly is not ticked) > > > > Now, as I personally use metric reference systems (2180, 2176, > > 2177), every time I open a layer, I have to set the proper CRS and, > > on the other tab change units from degrees to meters. If I forget > > to do that, I will get strange scale and strange measurement output. > > At least the change form geographic to metric projection should > > force the change of units. Otherwise we won't be able to say that > > QGIS is user friendly ;) > > > > What in your opinion should be the most expected behaviour in a > > good GIS system? > > > > I mean in QGIS I can open now a holiday photo, go to layer > > properties and get an impresion from it's metadata, that it is > > already georeferenced: > > "Layer Spatial Reference System: > > +proj=longlat +ellps=WGS84 +datum=WGS84 +no_defs" > > which is of course not true. But we have to think about novice GIS > > users who might either go dizzy or get bad habits. > > > > Best, > > Milena > > > > -- > > Milena Nowotarska > > http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Milena_Nowotarska > > http://quantum-gis.pl/ > > _______________________________________________ > > Qgis-user mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user > > _______________________________________________ > Qgis-user mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user _______________________________________________ Qgis-user mailing list [email protected] http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user
