[Qgis-user] Shape Tools, Geodesic Measure Tool now saves results as a layer

[Nyall Dawson]

On 29 March 2018 at 05:59, C Hamilton <adenaculture at gmail.com> wrote:
> I just wanted to let everyone know about a nice new capability with the
> Shape Tools plugin and its geodesic measure tool.
>
> https://plugins.qgis.org/plugins/shapetools/
>
> The geodesic measure tool is somewhat similar to the QGIS measure tool
> except that it is automatically set for Wgs84 geodesic measurements and it
> includes the bearing to and from the points. The new capability is that it
> can save those measurements as a layer. The lines between points are drawn
> as geodesic (the shortest distance along the earth's surface) lines.

These improvements sound very nice, and something I'd love to see
added to the standard QGIS measure tool. Have you considered adding
them directly to the standard tool so that there's no need for the
plugin? I'd be happy to mentor this change.

Nyall


>
> Regards,
>
> Calvin
>
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