<div dir="ltr"><div><div>There are two possible solutions. <br><br>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. <br><br></div>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? Would you also want to add the begging point to the same layer? It could be optional with a check box.<br><br></div><div>Are geodesic distance calculations what you are looking for or simple euclidean distances? Shape Tools works with geodesic distances similar to Google Earth.<br></div><div><br></div>Calvin<br><div><div><div><div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Mar 5, 2018 at 11:13 AM, Paolo Cavallini <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:cavallini@faunalia.it" target="_blank">cavallini@faunalia.it</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Hi Calvin,<br>
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Il 05/03/2018 15:53, C Hamilton ha scritto:<br>
> To add some more information about ShapeTools. What Shape Tools can do<br>
> is selected from Vector->Shape Tools->Create Shapes. You will see a dot<br>
> with a line icon or line of bearing. What it does is to take a point<br>
> layer and if it has distance and bearing or azimuth then it will draw a<br>
> line to the second point. It uses geodesic calculations with WGS84<br>
> geoid, but I am planning on adding in other geoids. It wouldn't be<br>
> difficult for me to add what you are asking because I have most of the<br>
> code already there. If it is of interest then I can add it. Let me know.<br>
> I should have Shape Tools working for QGIS 3.0 either today or tomorrow.<br>
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</span>that would be great, thanks. A bit of a corner case (it has been asket<br>
to do red deer censuses), but I guess others will enjoy this<br>
functionality as well.<br>
<div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5">All the best, and thanks.<br>
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