On 3 November 2014 09:53, Lester Anderson <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi all, > > Essentially what I was thinking of is an option within the grid definition in > the map composer window, such that one can define the graticule spacing > (Longitude and Latitude) and the program takes the CRS and draws the lines > according to the project projection. Using the concept from ArcMap in its > layout frame (attached). > > The idea is to expand (develop) the grid option in map composer to read the > CRS (of whatever projection is used) and draw the graticules based directly > on that, having defined the longitude and latitude increment. This can be > defined in the main QGIS window via the vector grid function (and densify > nodes), but obviously does not help with auto labelling in composer.
Unless I'm mistaking what you're after, this is already possible in QGIS 2.6. See http://i.imgur.com/jtX95XO.png . I've highlighted the new "CRS" option for map grids. Selecting a geographic coordinate system here allows you to define the grid spacing in latitude/longitude increments. Of course, this doesn't help with polar regions, as Brent has already noted. I need to think about that some more, but I suspect that to properly support these would require the ability to define a map item's extent using a different crs... Nyall > > Cheers > > On 2 November 2014 21:57, Brent Wood <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> I need to play, but I can't see why you cuoldn't create an annotated grid >> with GMT (psbasemap), converted to a transparent png with world file >> (ps2raster) and use this with your QGIS map as another layer? >> >> See: 6.2.2.1 Polar Stereographic Map >> >> Sigh... after a play.. the world file can't take into account the >> annotations - so is incorrect for a lableled map like that attached ... oh >> well.... the jpg might still provide a good example of what QGIS should be >> able to do? >> >> Brent >> ________________________________ >> From: Nyall Dawson <[email protected]> >> To: Lester Anderson <[email protected]> >> Cc: qgis-user <[email protected]> >> Sent: Monday, November 3, 2014 9:08 AM >> Subject: Re: [Qgis-user] QGIS 2.6 projected graticules >> >> >> On 02/11/2014 10:51 pm, "Lester Anderson" <[email protected]> wrote: >> > >> > Hi all, >> > >> > Still no built-in option in the composer for projected map graticules (eg >> > Polar stereographic, Lambert conformal etc). Still limited to linear >> > systems. >> > >> > Will this ever be implemented in QGIS, or is there a plugin that will >> > create projected map graticules for all projections (to display longitude >> > and latitude)? >> Can you please write a DETAILED feature request over at hub.qgis.org >> describing what you think is currently missing? Include screenshots and >> samples of what you're after. >> Nyall >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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
