[Qgis-user] Digitizing points with azimuth and distance

[Paolo Cavallini]

Il 05/03/2018 17:42, C Hamilton ha scritto:
> There are two possible solutions.
> 
> 1. Currently the Create Shapes, Line of bearing tool just creates a
> geodesic line between two points. It would be real easy to have it
> create a destination point on a separate layer. The input to this tool
> is a point or table layer with the beginning and destination points or
> the beginning point and then you use the default settings within the
> dialog box for the azimuth and distance.
> 
> 2. I think what you are asking is to start with a point layer in edit
> mode. Click on the map, have a dialog box pop up, enter the distance and
> azimuth, click on OK, and it adds the destination point to the selected
> layer. Would this be a suitable solution?

sounds a good solution

> Would you also want to add the
> begging point to the same layer? It could be optional with a check box.

not useful in our case

> Are geodesic distance calculations what you are looking for or simple
> euclidean distances? Shape Tools works with geodesic distances similar
> to Google Earth.

we are working on short distances (hundreds of meters), so I guess the
difference will be insignificant

thanks again

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