[QGIS-trac] Re: [Quantum GIS] #1079: on the fly projections do not work

[Quantum GIS]

#1079: on the fly projections do not work
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        Reporter:  pcav                                       |         Owner:  timlinux     
            Type:  defect                                     |        Status:  new          
        Priority:  critical: causes crash or data corruption  |     Milestone:  Version 1.2.0
       Component:  Projection Support                         |       Version:  HEAD         
      Resolution:                                             |      Keywords:  srs.db datum 
Platform_version:                                             |      Platform:  All          
        Must_fix:  Yes                                        |   Status_info:  1            
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Comment (by lutra):

 Replying to [comment:22 homann]:
 > What is the status of this bug? Do we need to fix the CRS recognition
 logic yet?
 [[BR]]
 Hi,

 I don't know if someone else noticed, but the problems described in this
 ticket (together with #418) probably makes that the projections of the
 vectors in the qgis sample dataset are not recognized by qgis itself. This
 is very puzzling for new users.

 I noticed also the following:

 *) sample data is declared to be in epsg 2964

 http://www.qgis.org/en/download/sample-data.html

 but the string I see in the "general" tab after loading a vector, is
 different from the 2964 one in the qgis internal db.


 *) When I try to select 2964 from the list of available projections, it
 doesn't changes and remain with the original string. This doesn't happens
 if I choose any other projection from the available list.


 *) If I create a custom CRS with the string I see in the "general" tab,
 then it works and is recognized, but I have to take care to strip the
 blank space a the end of it, otherwise doesn't works.

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Ticket URL: <https://trac.osgeo.org/qgis/ticket/1079#comment:26>
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