Ok, thanks for the quick answer and bug fix! Any idea about the planned version of QGIS that would include GDAL 2.1.2?
Ilkka On Tue, Oct 11, 2016 at 12:59 PM, Even Rouault <even.roua...@spatialys.com> wrote: > Le mardi 11 octobre 2016 10:47:09, Ilkka Rinne a écrit : > > Hi, > > > > We are experiencing an unwanted flipping of coordinate order > interpretation > > when adding GML 3.2 files as new vector layers in QGIS 2.2 Valmiera. > > > > The GML data is has been encoded as a wfs:featureCollection with EU > INSPIRE > > ProtectedSite 4.0 features as collection members (XML Schema: > > http://inspire.ec.europa.eu/schemas/ps/4.0/ProtectedSites.xsd). When > using > > the URI-type srsName "http://www.opengis.net/def/crs/EPSG/0/3035"; the > > coordinates seem to be interpreted (by GDAL?) in order (easting, > northing), > > while the official axis order (according to the EPSG-registry) is > > (northing, easting). If we change the srsName to the URN-type format > > "urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::3035" in the GML file, the import seems to use the > > correct coordinate order. > > > > To comply with the INSPIRE requirements, we have to use the URI format > > srsNames, but this is likely to cause a lot of confusion for the QGIS & > > GDAL users of the data if the coordinates are interpreted in the wrong > > order. > > > > I'm fully aware of the massively confusing lat/lon (x/y) coordinate order > > interpretation misalignment between the geographers and the (GIS) > software > > implementors, but was not aware that this issues also shows it's ugly > head > > for other CRSes than CRS 84/EPSG:4326. > > It's a mess indeed, reinforced by constant changes in srsName syntaxes. > > > > > Question 1: Is this an intentional feature or a bug? > > This was a bug. I've just fixed it per https://trac.osgeo.org/gdal/ > ticket/6678 > (in time for the upcoming GDAL 2.1.2) > > > > > Question 2: Is it possible to force GDAL from the QGIS UI to interpret > the > > coordinate order of these GML files in the official order? > > No workaround I can think of, apart the manual replacing as you did. > > Even > > -- > Spatialys - Geospatial professional services > http://www.spatialys.com > -- Ilkka Rinne Founder, Head of Customer Experience and Interoperability, Spatineo Oy Email: ilkka.ri...@spatineo.com Skype: ilkka.o.rinne, phone: +358 50 523 8974 Office: Kellosilta 2 D, FI-00520 Helsinki, Finland www.spatineo.com, twitter.com/#!/spatineo Google+ google.com/+Spatineo www.linkedin.com/company/spatineo-inc
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