Re: [Qgis-user] How to get a point's coordinate for GPS?

Hi Maria, You are welcome! And thanks for reporting back. Raymond On 26-01-19 01:24, Maria Shinoto wrote: Calvin, Etienne, Raymond, Thank you all three for your answers. I tested the suggestions with my limited knowledge of QGIS and could use it very well. I can pursue my task now. For

Re: [Qgis-user] How to get a point's coordinate for GPS?

Calvin, Etienne, Raymond, Thank you all three for your answers. I tested the suggestions with my limited knowledge of QGIS and could use it very well. I can pursue my task now. For the records: The suggestions from Raymond worked all very well; Etiennes idea with the virtual field is an

Re: [Qgis-user] How to get a point's coordinate for GPS?

Maria, You can certainly do it with the field calculator, but I wanted an easier way. I programmed this capability into the Lat Lon Tools plugin. The specific function is "Geometry to field". You can access it from "Plugins->Lat Lon

Re: [Qgis-user] How to get a point's coordinate for GPS?

I will just add 2 tips to Raymond's answer. * In the field calculator, you can create a "virtual" field, so the content is updated everytime you move a point, or you create a new one. * With these expressions, you will get decimal values. Since QGIS 3.4, you can have DMS or DM values (convenient

Re: [Qgis-user] How to get a point's coordinate for GPS?

Thanks Raymond, great to have an answer already this evening. I will check it out tomorrow and give feedback, Maria > Am 2019-01-25 um 20:16 schrieb Raymond Nijssen : > > In qgis3 it should work like this: > > On 25-01-19 11:49, Maria Shinoto wrote: >> Hi, >> I have been watching YouTube and

Re: [Qgis-user] How to get a point's coordinate for GPS?

In qgis3 it should work like this: On 25-01-19 11:49, Maria Shinoto wrote: Hi, I have been watching YouTube and reading tutorials the whole afternoon, but I do not get this simple task done: I have a map with several layers in EPSG:2444. Now I create another vector layer with points, which

[Qgis-user] How to get a point's coordinate for GPS?

Hi, I have been watching YouTube and reading tutorials the whole afternoon, but I do not get this simple task done: I have a map with several layers in EPSG:2444. Now I create another vector layer with points, which represents points that I have to go myself and check for several features.