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BernhardWebstudio / DataShot_DesktopApp

Desktop application client intended to support an object-precapture-image-data workflow for capture of natural science collections data. See the wiki (https://github.com/MCZbase/DataShot_DesktopApp/wiki) for user documentation, or the README below for developer documentation.
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Datum Returns to Default #13

Closed zwickerr closed 4 years ago

zwickerr commented 4 years ago

The Datum field in Georeference returns to the default value WSG84 as soon as Georeference is opened again.

GenieTim commented 4 years ago

This was indeed a by Althea Parker hard coded value. Therfore, it is possible that using the upcoming version will lead to an aproportional amount of species with a datum "unknown", as this was still the default being saved into the database in some instances.

GenieTim commented 4 years ago

To be more precise, all instances preprocessed with elder versions than 1.9.3 will save "unknown" to the database when being preprocessed. The "WSG84" default was only set when having edited the Georeference. But there, it was set in any case, no matter what the value in the database was. This means, to comply with those elder versions, the decission has to be made: if there are no "unknown" dati in any case, they can be replaced with "WSG84" to restore this default. If there are cases, where "unknown" is correct, another solution has to be found. CC @ETHEntColl