[QGIS-Developer] QGIS 3 Ellipsoid Parameters

[Nyall Dawson]

On Fri, 17 Aug 2018 at 01:24, C Hamilton <adenaculture at gmail.com> wrote:
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> How do I get access to the ellipsoid parameters, in Python, found in the Project Properties under Measurements->Ellipsoid? -- ie. the ellipsoid name, semi-major, and semi-minor axis.

QgsProject.instance().ellipsoid()

and

QgsEllipsoidUtils.ellipsoidParameters( QgsProject.instance().ellipsoid() )

> Does QGIS 3 still use Vincinty to calculate geodesic distances and position or does it use something else?

Yes.
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(Until you port your nice functions to c++ and send in a pull request ;P )

Nyall

>
> Thanks,
>
> Calvin
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