[Qgis-developer] Full geometry of a point

[Matthew Vavrek]

Sorry I wasn't more specific before, but I did get what I wanted 
eventually using the exportToWkt() function. I was using asPoint() 
before, and it was giving me the shortened values. Not sure if this 
should be noted somewhere in the API (or if it already is and I missed it)
Cheers
Matthew

Martin Dobias wrote:
> 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
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