Coordinate capture plugin: lat/long reversed?

[belg4mit]

Latitude and longitude seem to be listed in reverse in the CRS field of the plugin. MA is at 42,-71 not -71,42 as the plugin displays

[borysiasty]

Is the same order in the status bar?

[lutra]

Replying to borysiasty:

Is the same order in the status bar?

The status bar gives the values in the same order of the Coordinate capture plugin, in this case -71,42

[borysiasty]

Right! Both status line and plugin interface always display coordinates as x,y: src/app/qgisapp.cpp line 4607 src/plugins/coordinate_capture/coordinatecapture.cpp lines 212-217

This is another reason to make a clear separation between unprojected and projected CRSes - with forcing the proper unit and coordinates order.

I move this ticked to the Projection Support, as the required gui changes are minor and the changes in the unit approach are much more important imho.

[homann]

I don't see the issue. Is there a defined order between Easthing and Northing that QGIS does not obey?

[lutra]

Replying to homann:

I don't see the issue. Is there a defined order between Easthing and Northing that QGIS does not obey?

if is "lat/lon" shouldn't be "y/x"?

I see in other software that coordinates in the status bar are still shown as x/y but with an "x=" and "y=" in front of the values, evidently to help reading and maintain the x/y notation.

[homann]

If it's lat/lon, it should be lat/lon or perhaps east/north. Or is it north/east? :-)

As living with a projection (RT90) where the northing is denoted by 'X' and easting by 'Y' I vote against using X/Y. Its confusing.

Better change to north/east in my opinion, but we're in string freeze so..

I set this is an enhancement, I don't think it's a bug really.

[pcav]

We missed another freeze... ;)