[Qgis-user] How do I register a Google Map?

[Etienne Tourigny]

Simple jpeg files do not have any spatial information.

you should use the Open Layers plugin - you need to install it with the
Plugin Manager(Plugins->Manage and install plugins) and then add a Google
maps layer through the Plugins->Open layers menu item.




On Mon, Feb 3, 2014 at 6:28 PM, Mike Keelan <tmike.elhoa at comcast.net> wrote:

>  Hi all.
>
> I am new to this program use.  I have the following setup.
>
>    - I'm trying to use Qgis 2.0
>    - My PC is with Windows 8 OS
>
> The program downloaded successfully and I'm able to load my .shp and Ortho
> layers, all well and good.  Still learning, but ..........  Here is my
> current problem.
>
> I need to overlay a Google map containing some lake bottom contour lines.
> The file I pulled in as a layer is a .jpg.  I'm able to view this layer if
> I zoom to its extent seperatly from the other layers, so I know it is there.
>
>    1. How do I get this layer in the location I need it to be in relative
>    to my other layers?  Looking at the coordinates for this layer extent it
>    has defaulted to 0.0 at the upper-left hand corner.  From the properties
>    box it will not let me change this info?
>    2. If there is a way the register this layer, it looks like the scale
>    is about 50% of the size of my other layers.  I got this from using the
>    linear measurement tool on both layers.  Is there a way to adjust the size
>    of the jpg layer?
>     3. In making the above measurements I noticed that the units were
>    given in meters even though the coordinate system selected is indicated in
>    FT for both layers.  ??
>
> Hope some one can point me in the right direction.
>
> Mike K
>
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