[Gvsig_english] Projection on the fly

[Mijail]

> Hi all,
>
> I move from os10,3 to os 10,5 on my new mac.  I install again  
> yesterday the 1,1,2 version.  It's start fine but, when I create a  
> simple projet I find it verry slow... to show the map.  Maybe my  
> memory was not good, but seem faster on 10,3 on a slower mac.
>

Please, give us some more information. What is contained in the map?
And, which exactly is your mac?
Did you create the same kinds of maps in your old mac?


> Anyway, in my previous attemp, I mixte shapefile with various  
> projections.  I work fine, if I remember correctly.  Yesterday I try  
> the same but... no reprojection on the fly.  So my utm data, when  
> zoom to layer are show in meters at the right coordinates (read at  
> the lower right info bar).  The canvec data GCS_North_American_1983  
> show also the right info in the dd format.
>
> So first why two type of info.  Normaly, in esri anyway, the info  
> show by default the view setting not the shape projection?  Whith  
> arcmap 9,2 you can display your info in and other format you  
> specifie but...
>
> Second, when my view is in utm, in the scale, when I zoom to all my  
> canvec data... 031G09, the scale is 1:1 but in my utm data, verry  
> small shape, I found 1 : 7000.  Look like the canvec  
> GCS_North_American_1983 projection is not interpreted correctly or  
> something is wrong with the reprojection.
>
> I change my utm view, for the same projection of the canvec data,  
> and then it was ok at first and after less than 10 sec. the lat long  
> info change by itself to something like meters info.  But with lat  
> long prefixe.  It's like it try to show my first shape layer who is  
> in utm projection.  Zoom to layer give me back to the lat long info.
>
> So utm or dd change nothing in my layers.  I can't have the two type  
> show one on top of the others like I had before.
>

Not sure about these. Some other colleague on the list will surely  
answer that.

> Also on the mac, the propriety windows is not expandable so...  
> impossible to know the meaning of the 2 lowers button, since the  
> labeling is not show.
>

This is a known bug which we are trying to fix, along some others of  
the same kind.