[Qgis-developer] Full geometry of a point

[Martin Dobias]

On Fri, Apr 3, 2009 at 10:47 PM, Matthew Vavrek <mattvavrek at hotmail.com> wrote:
> I made up a python plugin a while ago that mostly works to convert a point
> layer (or selected points) into a .gpx file to make it easier to select a
> bunch of points to put on a GPS unit. We wanted it for when we are
> prospecting for new fossil sites so that we don't visit old sites,
> especially as we have up to 20 people in the field at once. The problem is I
> need resolution less than 10 metres, but I can't figure out how to retrieve
> the full data for a point using QgsFeature.geometry(). From what I can see,
> python (or something) rounds the points off to 6 digits, which means
> something like 106.23245 degrees W becomes 106.232 degrees W (around 40
> metres or so; a fair bit when some sites are around only 1 square metre). I
> know the data is there, because the original layer shows the finer scale
> resolution, and if I select and copy the points from the original layer and
> then paste into a text document, it shows the full point location.

Hi Matthew,

please can you provide us with a sample python script (and gpx file)
that shows this problem? That would help us to find out root of the
problem. There should be no rounding of the coordinates...

Martin