Ah, what you want is to add a grid (aka graticule). This can be done in the map composer with the Grid section of the map Item. Or you can make a grid layer from the Vector menu and use the labeling.
The first option is probably more of what you want. Thanks, Alex On 10/24/2011 02:34 PM, Severino III Salmo wrote: > Thanks Agus and Ramon. > > I am trying to view the X- and Y-axes with the Longitude and Latitude labels. > From Agus reply, it seems it is not possible. Are there any other ways to > somehow display the Lat- and Long- in the axes? > > Thanks, > > Sev > > > > On Oct 23, 2011, at 6:18 PM, Agustin Lobo wrote: > >> You can use the Coordinate Capture plugin also. >> Nevertheless, this is an improvement requested long time ago: Coordinates >> should >> be displayed in the Coordinates window at the bottom of the display >> both in the current CRS >> and in Geographic Lon,Lat WGS84 (in other words, as the Coordinate >> Capture plugin does, >> but the Coordinate Capture requires you to click on Start Capture and >> then click on each position >> again (which makes sense for a capture) while the requested feature >> would be continuous). >> >> Agus >> >> >> >> 2011/10/23 Ramon Andiñach <[email protected]>: >>> On 23/10/2011, at 12:48, Severino Salmo <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Hi all, >>> I have a simple question. I want to display the longitude and latitude in >>> the x- and y- axes for my area of interest. I tried to look at the QGIS >>> manual but I cant find the steps how to do it. Any help and comments will be >>> greatly appreciated. Thank you very much. >>> >>> Hi Sev, >>> Question. Where are you trying to get the latitude and longitude to >>> display? >>> If it's in the Print Composer, then start with the project CRS set to >>> projection that uses latitude and longitude, e.g. WGS84. >>> >>> -ramon. >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Qgis-user mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user >>> >>> > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Qgis-user mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user _______________________________________________ Qgis-user mailing list [email protected] http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user
