[Qgis-developer] Re: Ellipsoid for distance calculations (confusing items in combo)

[Alexander Bruy]

Seems all this ellipsoids used in CRS definitons. So we should't
remove anything. But another issues still here. First:

2012/1/27 Alexander Bruy <alexander.bruy at gmail.com>:
> Combobox filled with values forom "name" column and this leads to
> duplicate (or very similar) items. Maybe it is better to display ellipsoids
> as "name - acronym" to avoid confusing?

And second:

> Also there is another problem. When "Ellipsoid for distance calculations"
> compo populated first of all added "None / Planimetric" item, after that
> values from srs.db. And finally "None / Planimetric" item is replaced with
> ellipsoid stored in settings here "/qgis/measure/ellipsoid". This replacement
> created duplicate entry of any ellipsoid, saved as default. For example, if
> I save "Airy 1830" as default and then close options dialog and open it again
> I'll get two "Airy 1830" entries in combo.
> I don't understand is this replacement necessary, maybe it should be removed?

Any opinions?

Tnanks
-- 
Alexander Bruy