Thanks!!! That is a good idea to use the layout panel. The advanced digitizing panel was the piece that I was missing. Yes the tools in QGIS 3 are much better.
On Thu, Aug 9, 2018 at 7:49 PM, Nyall Dawson <[email protected]> wrote: > On Fri, 10 Aug 2018 at 08:01, Alexandre Neto <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > On Thu, Aug 9, 2018, 22:27 C Hamilton <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > >> > >> Also is there a way a non georegistered image be imported, make it > somewhat transparent, and then interactively drag and resize it on the map > somewhat like Google Earth? When you don't really have anything to > reference the image to you can't use georeferencer. > > > > > > I guess you could do that on layout mode. Adding an imagem, set some > transparency and then try to fit it somewhere. > > > > Once it's on the right spot. Save the layout as image storing a world > file. Then you can add it back, and use georeferencer on the original image. > > Actually if you save the world file you shouldn't need to use > georeferencer - it should be placed in the correct place immediately > after loading in QGIS. > > > I am not a CAD guy, so I would trace it using QGIS. > > Just to add to this - the digitizing tools in QGIS are very powerful > now (especially with the new shape digitizing toolbar in 3.0, and the > Advanced Digitizing dock. I'd go with that approach as doing it in the > GIS means that it's inherently spatial data - vs doing it in CAD, > which means you've gotta manage the spatial reference manually. > > Nyall >
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