Hi Giovanni and all True, prompt seems to be a better default. It is changed now in master fecb0de028a83bcd6768cbb5663f2439bd2f920f
I'm also doing a backport to 1.7.1 if there are no urgent objections. Regards, Marco Am Mittwoch, 19. Oktober 2011, 15.32:57 schrieb Giovanni Manghi: > Hi all, > > I would like to know your opinion about the above question. > > My point of view, after giving many training courses, is that the > default option should be changed to "prompt for CRS", eventually > adding a checkbox in the dialog windows that pops up, to avoid being > asked over and over for the reminder of the session. > > > Why? > > a few reasons: > > *) common/new qgis users tend to not go and configure "options -> CRS > -> coordinate reference system of new layers" to match their needs > > *) common/new gis users do have and hard time understand how/when a > layer do not have a explicit CRS, examples: a TIFF with worldfile or a > Shapefile with no .prj file > > *) a few tools, both core and 3rd party plugins, do produce output > layers (in memory layers or file based layers) that are usually added > to the canvas and given (in their properties) the CRS defined in "use > default CRS displayed below" (of the "options -> CRS -> coordinate > reference system of new layers" option). If the user do not change > this option, it is by default WGS84 and in many cases is obviously > wrong, leading to a number of problems (reprojections in the wrong > place, layers saved with the wrong CRS, etc.). Exemples: the "cad > tools" plugin and the "raster terrain analysis" plugin. > > Please leave your feedback > > > cheers > > -- Giovanni -- > _______________________________________________ > Qgis-user mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user -- Dr. Marco Hugentobler Sourcepole - Linux & Open Source Solutions Churerstrasse 22, CH-8808 Pfäffikon SZ, Switzerland [email protected] http://www.sourcepole.ch Technical Advisor QGIS Project Steering Committee _______________________________________________ Qgis-developer mailing list [email protected] http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer
