[Qgis-user] some impressions from my students

[Andreas Neumann]

Hi Carlos,

Thank you for your valuable feedback.

Some of the issues you mentioned are already addressed in the newer builds
(1.4 and current trunk).


On Tue, March 9, 2010 4:21 pm, Carlos Grohmann wrote:
> Hello all. I just started teaching a class on GIS for geology
> undergrads. We are using ArcGIS and QGIS.
>
> My students want to share some impressions from the first two classes:
>
> Plugin install: it would be really nice to be able to select more than
> one plugin for install, instead of doing it one at a time (what if I
> want them all?)

this is a good suggestion. Not yet available. Maybe the developers could
discuss this in Pisa?

> Identify features: is there a way to identify one feature that's
> partially visible, but the layer is not selected, so I can find out to
> which layer it belongs?

This is already possible. You need to change the behavior:

Options --> MapTools --> Identify Mode --> set to "top down" or "top down,
stop at first" - depending if you want to get all hits or want to stop at
the first hit. You need at least QGIS 1.4 or higher.

> Symbology: Although the classification works fine, changing the color
> for each class is painfull. Can we have color ramps or something like
> it?

I think this is addressed in recent builds and for some while already.

> Translation: (We speak Portuguese). We noticed that in PT-BR version,
> for the Project Properties Dialog, Coordinate Reference System, there
> is a typo.
> it should read "Sistema de Coordenadas Globais" instead of "Sistema de
> Soordenadas Globais" (typed a S instead of a C).

answered by Werner

> I also noticed that when it comes to CRS, we have a long list of
> _datums_, but not of general _projections_. So if I just want to
> change the projection, say from Plate Carré to Mollweide, it's not as
> easy as in Arc, where I can change the projection and the datum.

Good suggestion - I don't know if there are easy fixes for this.

Good to hear that you are using QGIS in teaching! Keep us informed about
progress and problems.

Andreas

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