Bug report #1956

Sample data GPX file should be in WGS84

Added by Niccolo Rigacci about 15 years ago. Updated about 15 years ago.

Status:Closed
Priority:Low
Assignee:Otto Dassau
Category:Documentation and Help
Affected QGIS version: Regression?:No
Operating System:All Easy fix?:No
Pull Request or Patch supplied: Resolution:fixed
Crashes QGIS or corrupts data: Copied to github as #:12016

Description

As far I know, GPX files should use the WGS84 spatial reference system, as stated here:
http://www.topografix.com/GPX/1/1/#type_latitudeType

So I think that the qgis_sample_data/gps/national_monuments.gpx - which uses a different system - should be converted.

History

#1 Updated by Otto Dassau about 15 years ago

  • Resolution set to fixed
  • Status changed from Open to Closed

changed waypoints to latlon WGS84 CRS and renamed the file to national_monuments_wgs84.gpx.

Otto

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