[Qgis-user] Georeferencer

[Carson Farmer]

Agustin Lobo wrote:
> Perhaps I did not explain myself: the question
> is providing correct projected coordinates (i.e., UTM)
> for one given point in a vector map that has arbitrary coordinates. If 
> the
> vector map has been digitized (hence it is oriented and
> projected but has arbitrary coordinates), it should be a matter of
> just shifting the arbitrary coordinates according to the
> point that has been entered.
> You might ask, why he did not get the correct coordinates
> for the first point at digitizing? The answer is: because
> I was digitizing a jpg file with no coordinates, then found
> one conspicuous point in orthorectified aerial imagery.
>
> I've solved the problem using another software, but would like
> to find a solution within QGIS for the future.
>
Ah, this could quite easily be done by creating a simple plugin:
Select a map layer, start editing the layer, select a node, click the 
'shift node' editing tool (which is the new plugin tool that would have 
to be created), enter the new coordinates, click 'ok', and voila, save 
the edits and you're done!
Any takers?

I'll see if I can implement this, though I'll be defending my thesis 
next week, so I'm pretty busy with that at the moment! ;)

Cheers,

Carson