[Qgis-user] [PROPOSAL] From srs.db to file-based CRS storage

[Andreas Neumann]

Hi,

srs.db is file-based already. You can easily edit and update it with any
sqlite compatible db application, such as sqliteman, openoffice, qgis,
firefox, etc.

To me this is pretty much accessible already.

Andreas

On 01/30/2012 08:58 PM, Alexander Bruy wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> currently QGIS used srs.db to store projection definitions. But with
> this approach
> users can't reorganize CRS definitions as they want (always used predefined tree
> with predefined groups).
> 
> This can be solved by switching to file-based storage of the CRS
> definitions as in
> latest ArcGIS versions or wxGIS. All CRS definitions are stored as
> files in WKT or
> SPR (preffered) format in subdirectories in some redefined folder and
> user can freely
> create new subdirectories and move files between them to organize
> CRS'es as he/she
> wants.
> 
> Opinions, comments?
> 
> Thanks