Jose Maria,
If your "layer in question is vector layer" why is the
subject of your message "Raster selection"?
I suggest:
1. Define a rectangle for your area of interest and save it
as a vector layer. Use New Layer (be sure to define the layer as
polygon), Toggle Editing on and Capture rectangle to define your
rectangle. Toggle Editing off and save.
2. Use ftools/Geoprocessing tools/Clip
It's clear that QGIS lacks 2 simple but critical tools on these issues:
1. A simpler way to define a rectangular polygon for a given area.
Currently, it's hard to get a real rectangle by defining a polygon with
4 points. Also, a tool just saving as a rectangle the currently
displayed extent would be most practical (and perhaps also another
defining a rectangle from the extent of a given object, which would be
required to display the extent of geographical objects out of their
metadata anyway).
2. Clipping raster layers.
You mention that you use grass. Note that through the grass plugin you
can also solve these problems with grass (although I don't like the fact
that you have to go through the location definition and the
import/export from/to grass; we should be able to solve these problems
within qgis itself).
If you have problems to communicate in English, you are welcome to write
me in Spanish.
Regards,
Agus
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Message: 8
Date: Fri, 21 Nov 2008 01:30:16 -0300
From: " Jos? Mar?a Michia " <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: [Qgis-user] Raster selection
To: " Sergio Z?rate Pedroche " <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: [email protected]
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Thanks Sergio, but it's not what I'm looking to do. I'm difficult with
english, and i can not explain precisely.
The layer in question is vector layer, not raster. More exactly, is an
LABEL/ANNOTATION layer. And to be more exact, I wish this layer
processed by MapServer for generalize at certain scale.
My previous post is about some alternatives that I've explored
explored in QGIS. The raster extraction mentioned, is not useful for
me in this case.
2008/11/21 Sergio Zárate Pedroche <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> Hi, José María,
> Have you tried MultiSpec?
> It allows for establishing a rectangle selection, either manually or by
> coordinates (rows, cols; degrees or meters) and then saving selection.
> I vave found it usefull for importing raster selections in QGis
Yes, I tried MultiSpec. However, I am a Linux user, and I prefer to
use gdal_translate and GRASS for handling raster files.
Thank you very much Sergio
José María
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