<html><head></head><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:verdana, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:16px"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1454438917798_814894"><span></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1454438917798_814905">Hi Grant,</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1454438917798_814956"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1454438917798_815017">You can add a text file (delimited text layer) of points pretty easily (the comma icon or from the layer menu). <br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1454438917798_815078"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1454438917798_815084">Then just edit the text file with your favourite text editor. I suggest you create the file first, then open it in QGIS. Specify the field delimiter, if the first line has column names (usually a good idea), the CRS, which columns to use for X & Y coords and tick the "watch file" box to refresh when new lines are added.</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1454438917798_815135"><br></div><div>No real need to build such a tool into QGIS when this works so well.</div><div><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1454438917798_814921" class="qtdSeparateBR"><br><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1454438917798_815099">Cheers,</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1454438917798_815101"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1454438917798_815103"> Brent Wood<br></div></div><div style="display: block;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1454438917798_814928" class="yahoo_quoted"> <div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1454438917798_814927" style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> <div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1454438917798_814926" style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> <div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1454438917798_814952" dir="ltr"> <font id="yui_3_16_0_1_1454438917798_815181" face="Arial" size="2"> <hr size="1"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> Grant Boxer <boxerg@iinet.net.au><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Monday, February 8, 2016 2:39 PM<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> [Qgis-user] Adding Points by Coordinates<br> </font> </div> <div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1454438917798_814925" class="y_msg_container"><br><div id="yiv2644109402"><style><!--
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--></style><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1454438917798_814924"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1454438917798_814923" class="yiv2644109402WordSection1"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1454438917798_814950" class="yiv2644109402MsoNormal">Is there an option in QGIS to add a point by entering its co-ordinates. For example I have a drill hole position in UTM coordinates and I want to create a new layer for this drill hole.</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1454438917798_815190" class="yiv2644109402MsoNormal"> </div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1454438917798_815192" class="yiv2644109402MsoNormal">Thanks Grant</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1454438917798_814948" class="yiv2644109402MsoNormal"> </div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1454438917798_814945" class="yiv2644109402MsoNormal">Grant Boxer</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1454438917798_814922" class="yiv2644109402MsoNormal">Consultant Geologist (<i><span style="font-size:9.0pt;">FAIG R.P. Geo</span></i>)</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1454438917798_814940" class="yiv2644109402MsoNormal">Perth, Western Australia</div></div></div></div><br>_______________________________________________<br>Qgis-user mailing list<br><a ymailto="mailto:Qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org" href="mailto:Qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org">Qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org</a><br>List info: <a href="http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user" target="_blank">http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user</a><br>Unsubscribe: <a href="http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user" target="_blank">http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user</a><br><br></div> </div> </div> </div></div></body></html>