Re-Add missing options in GPS Information Panel

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Author Name: João Gaspar (@jonnyforestGIS)
Original Redmine Issue: 18719
Affected QGIS version: master
Redmine category:c++_plugins/gps_plugin

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Missing the Polar Graphic of Satellites and the button of internal gps option.

See attachment:
Left image -> QGIS 2.18.18 64-bits
Right image -> QGIS 3.0.1 64-bits

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• gps_panel.png (João Gaspar)

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Author Name: Loïc BARTOLETTI (@lbartoletti)

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It seems that on windows qgis is not compiled with QWT_POLAR which is necessary for the polar view

[qgib]

Author Name: Harrissou Santanna (@DelazJ)

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Actually, More information here http://osgeo-org.1560.x6.nabble.com/QGIS-Developer-QGIS-3-quot-GPS-Information-Panel-quot-not-fully-functional-td5370506.html

[qgib]

Author Name: Paolo Cavallini (@pcav)

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Is qwt polar available for current Qt release we use?

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Author Name: Giovanni Manghi (@gioman)

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Paolo Cavallini wrote:

Is qwt polar available for current Qt release we use?

this should be asked in the dev mailing list.

[qgib]

Author Name: Giovanni Manghi (@gioman)

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Please check if this issue is still valid on QGIS 3.4.5 or 3.6.

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• status_id was changed from Open to Feedback

[jonnyforestGIS]

Based on Qt 5.11 that have the recent QGIS version this probably can be done using this?
https://doc-snapshots.qt.io/qt5-5.11/qtcharts-polarchart-example.html

[lbartoletti]

Based on Qt 5.11 that have the recent QGIS version this probably can be done using this?
https://doc-snapshots.qt.io/qt5-5.11/qtcharts-polarchart-example.html

Yes, I'm on it

[nyalldawson]

@lbartoletti
before you go too far down that path -- better double check that QtCharts is available on all the target platforms. It has different licensing then qt itself.

[Pedro-Murteira]

From my understanding, and according to QGIS 3.22. Documentation, these options should show up on the "GPS Information" Panel, but are both missing.

Print screen from my QGIS 3.22.3:
https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/92830786/154677325-30197ed8-1791-49aa-9080-dd0ebadb2153.png

GPS Options acording to the Documentation:
https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/92830786/154677488-a33c4a88-bdbf-4cea-bafe-f4742dfe6cac.png

It is mentioned in the documentation that there are 4 possible screens for the dialog, but only 3 are shown. (reference to the missing Polar Graphic of Satellites Option):
https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/92830786/154677539-b1b11c7f-65df-4477-abbc-f52992a7b153.png

[DelazJ]

and according to QGIS 3.22. Documentation,

@Pedro-Murteira The docs is unfortunately still behind the GUI (and is quite old in this area). And generally speaking, better take what QGIS Desktop shows as reference. Recent releases split GPS features over Processing, Options and the panel dialog, we still need to figure out what to keep and what to kill from the different docs. Btw, there's a pending PR to fix/update some of the issues.

Back to the report, I think this is more a feature request to get back something that was there years ago than a bug per se. Maybe it was a bug when we moved to 3.0 and lost the option. But years after...

[Pedro-Murteira]

@DelazJ Thank you for the feedback. I understand and also agree.