Hi Andrew, you have to make the grid visible to see the grid coordinates next to the long/lat /WGS84. See View->Show Grid.
HTH Oliver Am Dienstag, 6. September 2016, 20:42:04 schrieb Silkin Way _: > Good evening, > > I have upgraded from Linux Mint 17.3. Cinnamon to Mint 18. > As a result I have moved from QLandeKarteGT to QMapShack V1.51. > > In general very impressed with QMapSHack but I can't seem to make it > display grid references in OSGB format. > In GT I could do this by entering the short form "+init=epsg:27700 " > or using the expanded string > "+proj=tmerc +lat_0=49 +lon_0=-2 +k=0.9996012717 +x_0=400000 > +y_0=-100000 +ellps=airy +datum=OSGB36 +units=m +no_defs" > > Although QMapShack accepts either of these in the Grid settings, and > retains them if I close down and restart QMapShack the grid references > remain as Lat and Lon. > > I am a novice using this type of software as I haven't had a need for > them before now. I suspect I am making an elementary mistake so would > appreciate any guidance. > > > I know I could just work with Lat and Lon but it would be useful to be > able to also use OSGB as I am much of what I am doing ties back to OSGB > maps and this would reduce the need to keep converting. > > Thanks in anticipation. > > Andrew Freeman > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > -- _______________________________________________ > Qlandkartegt-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/qlandkartegt-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Qlandkartegt-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/qlandkartegt-users
