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Keith,<br>
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I know what you mean. In the Arc software you are able to draw a
"graphic" point, line or polygon. You cannot do this in QGIS. In
QGIS the geometric feature must be a feature in a spatial data file.<br>
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To do this (in 2.x):<br>
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<li>Open QGIS.</li>
<li>Set the projection/coordinate system for the map window as
desired (click icon in lower right hand corner to bring up the
coordinate system dialogue - click "on the fly" at top to
activate ability to set coordinate system).</li>
<li>Load in any vector or raster data file you want to use for
referencing the polygon.</li>
<li>In the "add data" toolbar click the "create shapefile" button.</li>
<li>You get two dialogue boxes - in the first set the coordinate
system for the new shapefile and add any attribute fields you
might want in the table.<br>
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<li>Click OK.</li>
<li>In the second browse to the desired storage directory , name
and save the new shapefile.</li>
<li>The new, EMPTY shapefile will appear in the table of
contents/layers list.</li>
<li>Click the name of the new shapefile to make it the active file
(like old ArcView 3.x).</li>
<li>In the "editing" toolbar click the "pencil" button to toggle
editing on.</li>
<li>In the "editing" toolbar click the "add feature" button.</li>
<li>Place cursor in map window and left click everywhere you want
a vertex/corner for your polygon.</li>
<li>Right click to end polygon creation.</li>
<li>In the "editing" toolbar click the "save" button to save the
polygon.</li>
<li>In the "editing" toolbar click the "pencil" button to toggle
editing off.</li>
<li>You have a polygon and it will be georeferenced.</li>
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<p>Hope this helps.</p>
<p>Cheers, Mike<br>
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