Hi On Thu, Mar 22, 2012 at 4:33 AM, David Fawcett <david.fawc...@gmail.com> wrote: > Try right-clicking on the layer in QGIS and selecting 'Save As...' > > You have the option of saving the data in different file formats too. >
This currently only works for vector layers. > David. > > On Wed, Mar 21, 2012 at 9:17 PM, john.polo <jp...@mail.usf.edu> wrote: >> QGIS Users, >> >> New QGIS user here, as well as a novice at GIS, with what is probably a >> basic question. If I want to copy a raster (.tif), should I just Cntl-C the >> file in the folder and paste and rename the copied file back into the >> folder? In ArcGIS I'd export the data and make all the copies I want. (Not >> griping against QGIS, just trying to give a better indication of what I >> intended to do) I looked in the edit menu and couldn't find an export or >> copy function. The edit toggle doesn't activate the layer for me to copy >> like I would a polygon. I checked the raster menu and wasn't sure which >> function would make a copy of the raster. >> First ensure the 'GdalTools' plugin is enabled in your copy of QGIS (Plugins Menu -> Manage Plugins -> Tick Gdal Tools). Then to copy a raster do: Raster Menu -> Conversion -> Translate >From the translate dialog, you can output can secify various output options, including the desired format and then write the new dataset out to disk. Hope that helps! Regards Tim >> John Polo >> _______________________________________________ >> Qgis-user mailing list >> Qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org >> http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user > _______________________________________________ > Qgis-user mailing list > Qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user -- Tim Sutton - QGIS Project Steering Committee Member (Release Manager) ============================================== Please do not email me off-list with technical support questions. Using the lists will gain more exposure for your issues and the knowledge surrounding your issue will be shared with all. Visit http://linfiniti.com to find out about: * QGIS programming and support services * Mapserver and PostGIS based hosting plans * FOSS Consulting Services Skype: timlinux Irc: timlinux on #qgis at freenode.net ============================================== _______________________________________________ Qgis-user mailing list Qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user
