[Qgis-user] coordinates in both projected and geographic systems

[Tim Sutton]

Hi



2008/8/6 Agustin Lobo <Agustin.Lobo at ija.csic.es>:
> Thanks, this is even more than I was asking for, as the user
> can copy the coordinates to the clipboard, which is very useful as well.

Good. I combined several other folks requests and trac enhancment
requests into it. I'm making a few more tweaks to it still.

>
> If this is in svn trunk I understand that this feature will
> be in the core of QGIS, not a plugin. If it's a plugin, should not be
> installed through the plugin manager?

Its like this:

- there are two kinds of plugins C++ and Python
- there are two ways to distribute plugins - as part of the core QGIS
(will be in each type binary release we make - win/mac/linux /etc), or
downloaded via the python plugin installer.

The coordinate capture plugin is a C++ plugin which will be
distributed with core QGIS code. You will need to enable it from the
plugin manager, but there is no need to install it through the plugin
installer since it will come preinstalled when you get QGIS 1.0. If
you are building from source using SVN trunk, simply open the plugin
manager and tick the Coordinate Capture entry in the plugins list.
Hope that explanation wasnt too confusing...

Regards

Tim


>
> Agus
>
> Tim Sutton wrote:
>>
>> Hi
>>
>> I wrote a little plugin that lets you click on the map and copy the
>> coordinates to the clipboard. If you are using on the fly projection
>> it will display coordinates both in lat/lon and in the map canvas
>> projection.
>>
>> http://www.flickr.com/photos/timlinux/2738766800/
>> http://www.flickr.com/photos/timlinux/2738766796/
>>
>> Probably doesnt address all the needs expressed in this thread but
>> hopefully it will take you some way there. Plugin is in SVN trunk and
>> will be in QGIS 1.0.0
>>
>> Regards
>>
>> Tim
>>
>> 2008/8/4 Tim Sutton <tim at linfiniti.com>:
>>>
>>> Hi
>>>
>>> Both use cases are technically not difficult I think - its just a
>>> matter of someone finding the time amongst all the other things that
>>> need sorting out for QGIS 1.0. Be sure to file a feature / enhancement
>>> request and we will get to this when time permits.
>>>
>>> Regards
>>>
>>> Tim
>>>
>>> 2008/7/31 Michael Neubauer <Neubauer-Michael at gmx.net>:
>>>>
>>>> Actually, I was thinking about a similar problem:
>>>> I am working in an area, where two different projections are used (UTM
>>>> and
>>>> S42). So I get locations in both coordinate systems and I would like to
>>>> display them at the same time on the map.
>>>> So I have the same wish as Austin, only that I would like to have two
>>>> different projected systems displayed.
>>>>
>>>> Maybe it is already possible...?
>>>>
>>>> Thank you very much for thinking about it.
>>>>
>>>> micha
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Am Mittwoch 30 Juli 2008 18:06:31 schrieb Agustin Lobo:
>>>>>
>>>>> Could it be possible in the future having the
>>>>> coordinates displayed both in the projection system
>>>>> of the project (as it is now ) and as geographic
>>>>> (lon, lat) coordinates? For example, today I was
>>>>> using my data in qgis as an aid to search the spot
>>>>> catalogue, where you define windows as lat, lon.
>>>>> Having had both types of coordinates would been
>>>>> helpful.
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks!
>>>>>
>>>>> Agus
>>>>
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>>>
>>>
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>>
>>
>>
>
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