On 23/01/14 22:04, Lester Anderson wrote:
Hello,
I was wondering if it is possible to generate projected Lat-Long
graticules for non-geographic projections (eg Lambert, Sterographic
etc) within the print composer? If not, is this going to be an option in
a later version?
Cheers
Lester


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Lester,

Most of the responses to date have focused on the print composer.

Another option is to create you standard non-geographical map in UTM, Lambert or whatever.

Turn on reproject on the fly.

Then, add a new vector file representing the boundaries of the gradicules you require.

If viewed in this vectors native projection it the grid would have parallel lines but when reprojected it curves as you would expect.

See Figure 4 on my tutorial on "Datums and Coordinate Systems used in South-eastern Australia -- this is a good example of the technique.

http://www.fossworkflowguides.com/gis/tutorials/00007/index.html

I have 5' and 10' grids for Australia that I created using Sextante, which is now available in QGIS.

So in summary, rather than use the print composer to put gradicules on, add the gradicule as a vector file like any other vector file.

The only issue is that you need to insert labels yourself in places that make sense within the map -- rather than external to the 'map proper' as you would expect in a gradicule created by the print composer.


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