[Qgis-user] displaying coordinates as DMS

[Andreas Neumann]

 Hi,

 There is also the "Coordinate Capture" Plugin that allows you to read 
 out values in any coordinate system, regardless of what you use in your 
 project.

 Turning on "on-the-fly" projection and setting a different projection 
 has the disadvantage that it is reprojecting your data, which takes more 
 time and changes the display of your map projection.

 So I would propose to use the "Coordinate Capture" plugin, which is 
 also described in the QGIS manual (QGIS core plugins).

 Not sure if it is available in QGIS 1.4. 1.4 is rather old and I would 
 propose that you update. There is a wealth of new features and bug 
 fixes.

 Andreas

 On Sun, 25 Sep 2011 20:06:40 -0700, John Comeau wrote:
> I'm using qgis 1.4.0-enceladus on Debian GNU/Linux, and although the
> release notes specifically state that the coordinates in the status
> bar can be displayed in DMS format (degrees-minutes-seconds) rather
> than the decimal degrees format, I cannot find anywhere online, nor
> within the application, how to accomplish this. Please forgive me if
> the answer is already in the archives, I've searched to the best of 
> my
> ability to no avail. Thank you -- jc

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