[Xastir] Ordnance Survey (OSGB) "OS OpenMap Local"

Tom Russo russo at bogodyn.org
Wed May 2 07:20:03 PDT 2018


On Wed, May 02, 2018 at 08:51:31AM +0100, we recorded a bogon-computron collision of the <iain at learmonth.me> flavor, containing:
> Hi,
> 
> On 01/05/18 22:46, Tom Russo wrote:
> > Yes.  This is why.  Your TIFF file is georeferenced using coordinates
> > in the British National Grid.  Xastir has no idea what to do with that.  Xastir
> > only understands TIFF files in UTM projected coordinates, and geographic
> > coordinates (lat/lon).
> 
> If Xastir is already supporting multiple coordinate systems, how hard
> would it be to add support for British National Grid?

It would be more work than anyone's been willing to put in in the nearly
14 years I've been using Xastir.

-- 
Tom Russo    KM5VY
Tijeras, NM  

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