Some suggestions for ergonomic changes

[Sirion]

Hello,

here are a few suggestions for improvements in Metashape that I think would be easy to implement.

- Interpret commas as points in marker coordinates. In my country, and probably in others, we don't write numbers down as "10.25" but as "10,25", i.e. with a comma instead of a point, and softwares like Excel automatically transforms points into commas to match the standard. When surveyors send me the coordinates of markers, they often use commas and I have to modify their file to include points, for the import into Metashape to work. My suggestion is that Metashape could automatically interpret commas as periods when importing references (at least when commas are not used as delimiters, perhaps with a checkbox).

- Possibility of excluding GCPs from a delete action. Often, when I'm cleaning up a point cloud, I select some points and hit delete. I then get a message asking me if I want to delete everything, including the selected markers, even though the markers are hidden. Then I realize that I've selected some markers by mistake and I have to deselect them manually. My suggestion would be not to delete the markers if they are hidden.

Finally, a quick note to thank you for your software. I started using it when it was still called Photoscan and I have seen the evolutions, the improvements of the software which is for me the best photogrammetry software.   

[JMR]

About decimals. This has to do with windows regional settings for numbers and decimal format. You can modify win to your taste without turning Metashape into a mess.
I personally dislike . as thousand separator and , as decimal point. So every time I'm on a new computer I change thousands to blank and decimal point to a point . which sounds very consistent to me.
Personally, I would prescribe some pills to those who prefer to use comma instead of point, and yes, I would also directly send those who prefer units outside the international system to a mental health institution.
I suspect that more than one proud Englishman privately admits that this exotic system they call imperial is a blot on the normal development of life in the world (even on their own English lives). I don't understand why the hell we have mostly gladly adopted their language to understand each other, and they have never been able to adopt one of the most sound decisions that a sane part of humanity has ever made.
- Delete GCP or not to delete... I could agree it's annoying, it looks like the delete key has a more general scope than our desire sometimes. However, if you use the X button, the action will not kill your GCP but only selected key points, dense points or triangles, ignoring other selected items. If you want you can create a shortcut for the "kind" delete by assigning shift+del to delete just model selection, and it will do the same as the X button on the toolbar.

Loving Photoscan since very early years too.
Regards,

José Martínez
Geobit & Accupixel