On Fri, 10 Aug 2018 at 11:11, C Hamilton <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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.
This is certainly a novel task to do in QGIS. I'd love to see a write up/case study/blog post detailing your experiences after you've finished! Nyall > > 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 > > _______________________________________________ QGIS-Developer mailing list [email protected] List info: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer Unsubscribe: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer
