There is a COGO plugin for QGIS called Azimuth and Distance. I haven't tried it, but Randy Hale wrote a blog post about it last spring.
http://www.northrivergeographic.com/archives/lost-my-bearing-found-it-in-qgis David. On Mon, Mar 4, 2013 at 10:54 AM, Gerard Ashton <[email protected]> wrote: > ArcEdit includes functionality that land surveyors like to call coordinate > geometry. > One can start at a given coordinate, and enter the direction and lengths of > line > segments on a traverse. The traverse usually returns to the point of > beginning. > Once the traverse is entered, calculations may be performed to find > distance > and direction between any two points, or the area enclosed by the traverse > may be calculated. Naturally one might want to combine this with shape > files > for comparison. > > Of course optimum results in this area would be provided by an expensive > software package marketed to land surveyors. But does Quantum GIS > have reasonable capabilities in this area? > > I am new to free GIS software and am exploring what might be best. I > have used various ESRI software in the past that I had free access to, > but at present, don't have a revenue stream that would support the > purchase of ESRI software. > > I am not a land surveyor or GIS professional; I have done fairly simple > map making for various fire, EMS, and disaster organizations that I > volunteer with. > > > Gerard Ashton > > _______________________________________________ > Qgis-user mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user >
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