[Qgis-user] Prompt for 'Enable on the fly CRS transform'

[Etienne Tourigny]

I don't understand why you can't simply enable OTF in the Options. It
doesn't slow things down when CRSs are the same I think.

But you can this as a a new feature request in the bug tracker, it
should be simple to implement.

Etienne

On Mon, Jul 2, 2012 at 11:03 AM, James Morrison
<james.morrison at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi, working with data in different Coordinate Reference Systems, I think it
> would be a useful feature if QGIS was able to prompt to 'Enable on the fly
> CRS transform' by looking at the layer you are adding and determining if
> that is layer is likely to be in another CRS?
>
> I would think this could be done relatively easily with shapefiles taking
> account of the prj file. Would there be an issues with adding this kind of
> functionality? I know On the Fly does slow things down, but if it is
> available as a choice I wouldn't see this as a problem.
>
> My experience is with UK Ordnance Survey Open Data in EPSG:27700 and other
> data in EPSG:4326 and EPSG:4277. I think it could be a very useful feature
> to newer users, those that aren't as familiar with CRSs and particularly
> those people that aren't familiar with the QGIS UI. I know the current
> option is a simple tick and it is easy when you know where it is, but this
> is often not intuitive for a new user.
>
> There didn't appear to be a bug regarding this, I know there is Ticket #363
> ( http://trac.osgeo.org/qgis/ticket/363 ) but I believe this is a different
> use case ( Ticket #363 having it as default this being an option on adding a
> specific layer )?
>
> Thought I would raise it here for feedback before attempting to add an
> issue.
>
> Cheers
>
>
>
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