[QGIS-trac] Re: [Quantum GIS] #967: CRS of a new shapefile doesn't match CRS of the project

[Quantum GIS]

#967: CRS of a new shapefile doesn't match CRS of the project
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        Reporter:  msieczka                          |         Owner:  nobody       
            Type:  defect                            |        Status:  closed       
        Priority:  major: does not work as expected  |     Milestone:  Version 1.0.0
       Component:  Projection Support                |       Version:  HEAD         
      Resolution:  invalid                           |      Keywords:               
Platform_version:                                    |      Platform:  All          
        Must_fix:  Yes                               |   Status_info:  0            
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Changes (by homann):

  * status:  reopened => closed
  * resolution:  => invalid

Comment:

 Replying to [comment:6 msieczka]:
 > Replying to [comment:5 homann]:
 > > You can select if the CRS of the new layer should be the global
 default, the project CRS or if it should ask for it. You do the selection
 in Settings -> Options...
 >
 > Reopening because this setting is explicitely for dealing with layers
 which miss CRS data at their load time.

 If you create a new layer, it does not have a CRS when you load it (after
 creation). It is created on disk and then loaded.

 >It is bogus that this setting impacts CRS info of layers *newly created
 in >QGIS*. A newly created layer in QGIS should have the same CRS as the
 >project, not as the global setting for layer's with invalid CRS data.

 There is a radio button so you can mimic the behaviour you want. Do you
 feel better if we add "and new layers" to that text?

 >It is easy to imagine you might want to have the global CRS different
 than >you project CRS. What then?

 Set them differently.

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Ticket URL: <https://trac.osgeo.org/qgis/ticket/967#comment:7>
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