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<p class="MsoNormal">Hi Karsten – thank you VERY much for this help!<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Yes, a couple of follow-up questions if you don’t mind…is there a way to automatically define a 1 square mile extent around each point in my shape file? And then can I run the “convert map to raster” tool automatically on each area. So
for instance if I have a shape file with 10 points layered on Google satellite, can I use the “convert map to raster” to automatically create 10 satellite image files?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thanks again for any help!<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> karsten <karsten@terragis.net> <br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, March 14, 2022 7:48 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Mike Seskin <Seskin_Michael_X@solarturbines.com>; qgis-us-user@lists.osgeo.org<br>
<b>Subject:</b> RE: [Qgis-us-user] New to QGIS and Spatial analysis<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:navy">Hi Mike,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:navy"> >>> </span>Question:<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:navy"> </span>I recently installed QGIS in the hopes it can help me create
satellite image files from a shape file consisting of points. I want to automatically define an area (for instance 1 square mile) around each point and save the Google satellite image of each of the 1-square mile areas. Is this possible in QGIS?<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:navy"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:navy">It sounds that you have loaded Google Arial "satellite' Imagery (a RGB image likely as a background layer) and would want to create a a clipped version of that image
and save locally . Does that sound correct ?</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:navy">Overall the answer is yes - QGIS can be used to do this.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:navy">The usual way QGIS works is with local files. So ion case you have a local raster (imagery aka a raster file as *.tif e.g. you can use that to clip it using the QGIS
tool.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:navy">In your case you might have an online resource and one way to get that clipped is to first save a local copy and then clip the local raster. You can use the Processing
tool box for this</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:navy">In the Processing Toolbox search box type in
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1.) Convert Map to Raster. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:navy">save the background image a geotif ( see see more info here
</span><a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/www.giscourse.com/how-to-download-google-maps-orthophoto-data-on-your-computer-using-qgis/__;!!M7dyoZOwuwF45AU!inmNwZgxuEAddP2qoirSwLvszFoazwPtmcTciiC8YxlsKlOF8GSB-ivhZ7nKfIKp0skwBOENiHU$"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:navy">https://www.giscourse.com/how-to-download-google-maps-orthophoto-data-on-your-computer-using-qgis/</span></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:navy"> )</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:navy">2.) use a buffer tool to create a shape for the clip feature .e.g.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:navy">use "Rectangles, ovals, diamonds"</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:navy">3.) use the "clip" tool to clip the raster with the cerate in step 2</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:navy">Such processes can be automated, if interested to hear about that just ask</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:navy">Cheers</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:navy">Karsten</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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