Opened 9 years ago
Closed 9 years ago
#6145 closed defect (fixed)
Coordinates in WKT are output with too many significant figures
| Reported by: | Even Rouault | Owned by: | Even Rouault |
|---|---|---|---|
| Priority: | normal | Milestone: | 2.1.0 |
| Component: | OGR_SF | Version: | unspecified |
| Severity: | normal | Keywords: | wkt precision |
| Cc: |
Description
See https://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/gdal-dev/2015-October/042817.html
We use '%.15f' formatting currently which leads to far too many decimal figures w.r.t the precision of a double number, especially when using projecting coordinates
Using '%.15g' is then more appropriate
Change History (1)
comment:1 by , 9 years ago
| Milestone: | → 2.1.0 |
|---|---|
| Resolution: | → fixed |
| Status: | new → closed |
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trunk r30976 "WKT export: use 15 significant figures, instead of 15 figures after decimal point (#6145)"