[Qgis-developer] Tool to pick up linear referencing measure from mouse

[Radim Blazek]

On Tue, Nov 24, 2015 at 7:50 PM, Nyall Dawson <nyall.dawson at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > I would like to create a form with two tools dedicated to "pick up" my
>> > route
>> > and the measure. i've done it in Arcview 3.2 once in the old past..
>> > What could be the current better and simpler approach in QGIS?
>>
>> I think that now (>=2.8), when QGIS geometry supports M (measure), the
>> measure calculated for the nearest point on the identified line
>> could/should be added to derived attributes in standard identify
>> results.
>
> And as of 2 days ago, it does: ;)
>
> https://github.com/qgis/QGIS/commit/1f0d24a0c7a6555ced117ecfc08a73afb1f31b46

Nice, thanks!

Radim