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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">Bug report #9703<br>
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The line thickness is good. The endpoints could be improved.
Crossmarks would be better than dots. If dot endpoints are easiest
to program, then put a smaller white dot in the middle of the
larger red dot. This will help measurement accuracy. The most
desirable quality of the tool would be for the markers remain on
screen until cleared by the user. This includes remaining on
screen while other commands are selected and new data entered.
This onscreen persistence should also be applied to the angle
measure tool.<br>
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With robust CAD tools this would not be an issue because the
operator can quickly draw temporary measure lines on screen and
erase them at his leisure. With QGIS the CAD tool functionality is
clumsy and inefficient. Data point creation with other systems is
fast and well developed. Most CAD systems allow inputting a data
point, then drawing the next point using a relative angle and
distance at the keyboard or visually with onscreen angle and
distance display controlled by snap settings. Perhaps what I'm
really asking for is better CAD tool functionality.<br>
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I have many *thousands* of points to calculate and enter by hand.
Months worth of work. If I were a programmer perhaps this would
not be necessary. Unfortunately I don't think I have the time to
spend a month or two getting up to speed programming in the QGIS
environment, not that I would not like to. I just spent 7 months
learning a foreign language to translate documents for my project.
When the functionality of the measure tool changed after QGIS
2.1(1.8, 2.1 something like that), and the measure tool lost its
persistence I despaired.<br>
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I am pressing for this functionality because I need to finish my
project and put food on the table.<br>
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Anyway, this is my project, analyzing ships navigation data:<br>
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<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xCWZzqHc8ow">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xCWZzqHc8ow</a><br>
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In this project QGIS is merely a tool to develop a better
understanding of historical events. What will really be
significant is when QGIS goes 3D and I am able to visualize
aircraft and ships data simultaneously in an animation using the
animation plug-in.<br>
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On 10/19/2014 4:48 PM, Tim Sutton wrote:<br>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Oct 19, 2014 at 9:51 PM, G.
Garibaldi <span dir="ltr"><<a moz-do-not-send="true"
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<blockquote class="gmail_quote">The measure tool onscreen
markers are not persistent and are therefore not useful.
Why have tools that have no useful function? I've
complained about this before, filed a ticket and was
argued down by a developer.<br>
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It is frustrating to try to contribute to a project when
nobody wants to cooperate.<br>
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<div>I don't think it is fair to characterise QGIS as a
project where nobody wants to cooperate. People are busy,
may have differing opinions to you, may not have noticed
your ticket etc. We are a community of people trying our
best to cooperate and sometimes we fail, but it certainly
isn't through a lack of desire to cooperate. My advice is
keep trying (in a friendly way) to get your request
noticed, and if others don't always agree with your ideas,
don't take it personally.</div>
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<div>Regards</div>
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<div>Tim</div>
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