<html><head></head><body><div class="ydp903680cyahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;"><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Two ways I can think of:</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">(I) If you use Web Mercator (EPSG 3857, coordinates in meters from prime meridian at equator) </div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"> or WGS84 projection (EPSG 4326, coordinates in degrees <span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">from prime meridian at equator)</span></span> </div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"> or similar CRS that has straight meridians, you can do the calculations yourself and write the coordinates in a text file as well known text (see wikipedia for more detail) and import it into QGIS using the 'Delimited Text' option in the Data Source Manager. </div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"> In a text editor (Notepad, Text Edit, GEdit, etc.) write your details like the example below, where your field names are on the first line and your lines are on each additional line of text. Separate fields with commas, designate text with "double quotes".</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"> Note that the x value does not change only the y, also note that the order is start point: longitude latitude, end point: longitude latitude:</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"> <div><div>id, description, wkt</div><div>1, "Prime Meridian", "LINESTRING(0.00000 -90.00000, 0.00000 90.00000)"</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">2, "north of Baltimore", "LINESTRING(-76.61241 39.29068, -<span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">76.61241 90.00000</span></span>)"</div></div></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"> Save it as text (not a Word document, .doc, and not an .RTF) with the extension .CSV. </div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Import it into QGIS using the 'Delimited Text' option in the Data Source Manager. For the example set the coordinate system to 4326. Export the data into your desired CRS and format.</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">(II) You can use a plugin like those described here:</div><div><br></div><div><a href="https://gis.stackexchange.com/questions/119133/how-to-draw-a-polygon-given-a-distance-and-bearing-in-qgis#119148" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://gis.stackexchange.com/questions/119133/how-to-draw-a-polygon-given-a-distance-and-bearing-in-qgis#119148</a><br></div><div><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">-Thayer</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><div><div dir="ltr" style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">------------------------------<br></div><div dir="ltr" style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><br></div><div dir="ltr" style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">Message: 6<br></div><div dir="ltr" style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">Date: Mon, 9 Mar 2020 09:09:07 -0700<br></div><div dir="ltr" style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">From: John Bethel <<a href="mailto:lt.bethel@gmail.com" style="color: rgb(25, 106, 212); text-decoration-line: underline;" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">lt.bethel@gmail.com</a>><br></div><div dir="ltr" style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">To: "<a href="mailto:qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org" style="color: rgb(25, 106, 212); text-decoration-line: underline;" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org</a>" <<a href="mailto:qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org" style="color: rgb(25, 106, 212); text-decoration-line: underline;" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org</a>><br></div><div dir="ltr" style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">Subject: [Qgis-user] Limit lines to orthogonal directions<br></div><div dir="ltr" style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">Message-ID: <<a href="mailto:5e6672a4.1c69fb81.9e33c.0730@mx.google.com" style="color: rgb(25, 106, 212); text-decoration-line: underline;" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">5e6672a4.1c69fb81.9e33c.0730@mx.google.com</a>><br></div><div dir="ltr" style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"</div></div><br></div></div></body></html>