Index: src/plugins/coordinate_capture/coordinatecapture.cpp
===================================================================
--- src/plugins/coordinate_capture/coordinatecapture.cpp	(revision 9913)
+++ src/plugins/coordinate_capture/coordinatecapture.cpp	(working copy)
@@ -80,7 +80,14 @@
  */
 void CoordinateCapture::initGui()
 {
-  mEpsgId = GEO_EPSG_CRS_ID;
+  mCrs.createFromSrsId( GEOCRS_ID );	// initialize the CRS object
+
+  connect( mQGisIface->mapCanvas()->mapRenderer(), SIGNAL( destinationSrsChanged() ), this, SLOT( setSourceCrs() ) );
+
+  setSourceCrs();	//set up the source CRS 
+  mTransform.setDestCRS( mCrs );	// set the CRS in the transform
+  mUserCrsDisplayPrecision = ( mCrs.mapUnits() == QGis::Degrees ) ? 8 : 3;	// precision depends on CRS units
+
   // Create the action for tool
   mQActionPointer = new QAction( QIcon( ":/coordinatecapture/coordinate_capture.png" ), tr( "Coordinate Capture" ), this );
   // Set the what's this text
@@ -158,14 +165,21 @@
 void CoordinateCapture::setCRS()
 {
   QgsGenericProjectionSelector mySelector( mQGisIface->mainWindow() );
-  mySelector.setSelectedEpsg( mEpsgId );
+  mySelector.setSelectedCrsId( mCrs.srsid() );
   if ( mySelector.exec() )
   {
-    mEpsgId = mySelector.selectedEpsg();
-    mProj4Str =  mySelector.selectedProj4String();
+    mCrs.createFromSrsId( mySelector.selectedCrsId() );
+    mTransform.setDestCRS( mCrs );
+    mUserCrsDisplayPrecision = ( mCrs.mapUnits() == QGis::Degrees ) ? 8 : 3;	//precision depends on CRS units
   }
 }
 
+void CoordinateCapture::setSourceCrs()
+{
+  mTransform.setSourceCrs( mQGisIface->mapCanvas()->mapRenderer()->destinationSrs() );
+  mCanvasDisplayPrecision = ( mQGisIface->mapCanvas()->mapRenderer()->destinationSrs().mapUnits() == QGis::Degrees ) ? 8 : 3;	// for the map canvas coordinate display
+}
+
 void CoordinateCapture::mouseClicked( QgsPoint thePoint )
 {
   //clicking on the canvas will update the widgets and then disable
@@ -185,15 +199,12 @@
 void CoordinateCapture::update( QgsPoint thePoint )
 {
   //this is the coordinate resolved back to lat / lon
-  QgsCoordinateReferenceSystem mySrs;
-  mySrs.createFromProj4( mProj4Str );
-  QgsCoordinateTransform myTransform( mQGisIface->mapCanvas()->mapRenderer()->destinationSrs(), mySrs );
-  QgsPoint myUserCrsPoint = myTransform.transform( thePoint );
-  mpUserCrsEdit->setText( QString::number( myUserCrsPoint.x(), 'f', 3 ) + "," +
-                          QString::number( myUserCrsPoint.y(), 'f', 3 ) );
+  QgsPoint myUserCrsPoint = mTransform.transform( thePoint );
+  mpUserCrsEdit->setText( QString::number( myUserCrsPoint.x(), 'f', mUserCrsDisplayPrecision ) + "," +
+                          QString::number( myUserCrsPoint.y(), 'f', mUserCrsDisplayPrecision ) );
   // This is the coordinate space of the map canvas
-  mpCanvasEdit->setText( QString::number( thePoint.x(), 'f', 3 ) + "," +
-                         QString::number( thePoint.y(), 'f', 3 ) );
+  mpCanvasEdit->setText( QString::number( thePoint.x(), 'f', mCanvasDisplayPrecision ) + "," +
+                         QString::number( thePoint.y(), 'f', mCanvasDisplayPrecision ) );
 }
 void CoordinateCapture::copy()
 {
Index: src/plugins/coordinate_capture/coordinatecapture.h
===================================================================
--- src/plugins/coordinate_capture/coordinatecapture.h	(revision 9913)
+++ src/plugins/coordinate_capture/coordinatecapture.h	(working copy)
@@ -43,6 +43,8 @@
 //QGIS includes
 #include "../qgisplugin.h"
 #include "coordinatecapturemaptool.h"
+#include <qgscoordinatereferencesystem.h>
+#include <qgscoordinatetransform.h>
 
 //forward declarations
 class QAction;
@@ -99,8 +101,9 @@
     void update( QgsPoint thePoint );
     //! Called when user clicks the copy button
     void copy();
+    //! called when the project's CRS is changed
+    void setSourceCrs();
 
-
   private:
     //! Container for the coordinate info
     QPointer<QDockWidget> mpDockWidget;
@@ -117,11 +120,18 @@
     //!A toolbutton to keep track whether mouse tracking is enabled
     QToolButton * mpTrackMouseButton;
 
-    //!epsg id for showin in geoedit box
-    long mEpsgId;
-    //!proj4 string for coordinate translation
-    QString mProj4Str;
+    //! transform object
+    QgsCoordinateTransform mTransform;
 
+    //! map coordinate display precision
+    int mCanvasDisplayPrecision;
+
+    //! user CRS object
+    QgsCoordinateReferenceSystem mCrs;
+
+    //! user coordinate display precision
+    int mUserCrsDisplayPrecision;
+
     ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
     //
     // MANDATORY PLUGIN PROPERTY DECLARATIONS  .....