Feature request : show UTM coordinate of a point even in another projection

[florencebiree]

When using a map background in the Mercator projection, I would like to obtain UTM coordinates of a point. Currently, this is only possible by setting a waypoint, changing the projection (thus making the map background disapear), and putting the mouse pointer on the waypoint to read coordinates in the status bar (even the waypoint properties are still in lat/lon).

I see two ways to achive this:

• adding an option in preferences to choose the coordinate system used to dispaly status bar information
• add a filed in waypoint properties to display in the same times coordinates in both system, allowing to easily copy-paste the fields.

Thanks for your work,
Flo

[gdt]

This is a reasonable request, but it opens up more questions. One could want the coordinates of a point in a number of projections, and a number of datums. But the notion of UTM in WGS84 as a most-wanted second option for users makes sense to me.

I would tend, without enough thought, to have a button in waypoint properties "extended properties" or something to give all the various things people ask for, without cluttering the normal display.

[rnorris]

ATM when (no tool is selected), right clicking on the map doesn't do anything.
Thus it could have a popup menu with something like:

Copy Coordinates->

• Lat/Lon
• UTM

Then there's scope for adding other functionality on a position, such as all the Tools->WebTool entries.

[rnorris]

Note some other easier ways of doing it now is to right click on the viewport to centre the view on that point and then either:

1. Use View->Go to UTM which defaults the entries with the existing centre point value.
   Although this isn't perhaps the easiest way to copy the values.

or

2. Try setting your viking.ini file parameter window_copy_centre_full_format = true
   Then with the map centred on the point, switch to UTM mode (Ctrl->U) and then copy the centre location:

Edit->Copy Centre Location / "Control-H"

Then the position is in the clipboard can be pasted to wherever and then switch Viking back to the normal Mercator mode (Ctrl-M).

If this is sufficient then maybe #flobiree can close this request.

If this feels too cumbersome, then perhaps the setting window_copy_centre_full_format could be expanded to use integer values and then a value of 2 to make the copied text format always be in UTM irrespective of the display mode.

This would probably be the most expedient to get implemented.

[florencebiree]

1. is ok for me (not very intuitive, but it do the job)

I will close the request.