[QGIS-trac] Re: [Quantum GIS] #15: Consider use of the term "CRS" instead of "Projection" throughout QGIS

[Quantum GIS]

#15: Consider use of the term "CRS" instead of "Projection" throughout QGIS
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        Reporter:  morb_au                           |         Owner:  timlinux              
            Type:  bug                               |        Status:  new                   
        Priority:  major: does not work as expected  |     Milestone:  Version 2.0.0         
       Component:  Projection Support                |       Version:  HEAD                  
      Resolution:                                    |      Keywords:  ogc projection srs crs
Platform_version:                                    |      Platform:  All                   
        Must_fix:  No                                |   Status_info:  0                     
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Changes (by msieczka):

  * type:  enhancement => bug

Comment:

 Replying to [comment:6 timlinux]:
 > Given the invasiveness of the changes required and that we are months
 away from 1.0.0 I'm shifting this over to 2.0.0.

 What's invasive about changing several strings in the user interface?

 Moreover this is definitely not a "feature request" but a "bug report".
 Simply, projection!=coordinate system, while QGIS uses the term
 "projection" in places where actually "coordinate system" should be used.

 Projection is only an element of a coordinate system, and only of a
 *projected* one. Unprojected CS does not even have a projection.

 Bogus terminology makes learning (and teaching) harder.

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Ticket URL: <http://trac.osgeo.org/qgis/ticket/15#comment:7>
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