[Qgis-user] creation of .gpx is not straightforward

[Bernd Vogelgesang]

+1 for a bit more user-friendly save as...-dialog in general.

The problem with the creation options does not only apply to GPX (which  
might be one of the most common formats), but also for KML, CSV, you name  
it.

Once a user understood what the data source and layer fields are meant for  
and where to search for additional infos, the tool is really powerful.

But i fear that 90% of the users get lost on the way:
First a user has to realize that he needs those creations options when  
something does not work as expected.
Then he has to click on the Help-Button to get the general informations  
which he is not looking for.
Then he has to scroll down to find the tiny link telling about the  
supported OGR vector formats: http://gdal.org/ogr/ogr_formats.html
There he has to search for the desired format and click the link (for GPX  
http://www.gdal.org/ogr/drv_gpx.html)
There he has to scroll down some screens to find the creation options  
(called Creation Issues there)
Finally, he has to understand what the fuzz is all about, what is  
necessary and what is just optional etc etc.

Because most people wont use that on a daily basis, they will just forget  
about the procedure and have to start the exploration from the beginning  
when facing problems.

I fear there is no easy way of presenting the options, otherwise our  
ingenious developers would have already introduced something.

IMO work on this topic is really needed, cause not knowing the caveats of  
these procedures causes many frustrations, troubles and bizarre  
workarounds to get things done while under the hood, a powerful machine is  
waiting ...

Cheers
Bernd


Am 13.06.2013, 08:01 Uhr, schrieb Andre Joost <andre+joost at nurfuerspam.de>:

> +1 from me. Output CRS should be set to EPSG:4326 by default as well.
>
> I think this could be an easy way to start writing an own plugin, but I  
> currently wait for the next QGIS version for that. There were some  
> greater changes announced for the plugin API (and I don't have any  
> knowledge in python programming yet).
>
> Greetings,
> André Joost



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