LONG-LAT Coordinate system unsuitable for output error

[Rodrigo Severo]

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Em quinta-feira, 2 de setembro de 2021 às 7:51 PM, Olly Betts <olly at survex.com> escreveu:

> On Thu, Sep 02, 2021 at 11:47:54PM +0100, Olly Betts wrote:
>
> > This restriction on the coordinate system being a metre grid is only for
> >
> > the output coordinate system.
> >
> > You can use `LONG-LAT` (or pretty much any other coordinate system -
> >
> > the only restriction is really that PROJ supports it) as the input
> >
> > coordinate system which is used for fixed points, and Survex will
> >
> > convert them to the output coordinate system for you.
>
> I should probably also make it clear that fixed points don't have to all
>
> be specified in the same coordinate system as each other.

The fact that any coordinate systems works for input and that fixes can have different coordinate systems are quite clear in the documentation AFAICT.

What I believe is missing there is the fact that only metric coordinate systems can be used as "out" coordinate systems.


Regards,

Rodrigo Severo