[Qgis-user] [BUG?] Composer "Export to PDF" tool is displacing background Raster image

Marco Hugentobler marco.hugentobler at sourcepole.ch
Fri Jul 22 04:04:21 PDT 2011


Hi Alexandre

It is a known bug of the windows 1.7 version (and earlier). The upcoming 1.7.1 
will be ok.

Regards,
Marco

Am Freitag, 22. Juli 2011, 12.24:17 schrieb Alexandre Neto:
> I'm using Quantum GIS in Windows XP, and Print Composer "Export to PDF"
> tool displacing raster information. Is this a known issue or BUG?
> 
> Explaining:
> 
> I have a Raster Topographic Map as background Layer, and I use a vector
> line layer with some trails. Everything seams to be perfectly overlapped
> both in Canvas, as in the Map composer. When I use "Export to PDF"
> function, the resulting PDF have the background image displaced in a few
> cm.
> 
> My first guess was that the "export to PDF" tool was not taking in account
> the On-Fly CRS tranformations, but I have tried with raster and vector data
> in the same CRS with no On-the-Fly transformation and the result was
> similar.
> 
> Here at work I do not have the chance to try it in a Linux OS, can anyone
> check that please?
> 
> *Workaround: *Using CutePDF as a printer, the resulting PDF does not have
> any problem.
> 
> Alexandre Neto


-- 
Dr. Marco Hugentobler
Sourcepole -  Linux & Open Source Solutions
Churerstrasse 22, CH-8808 Pfäffikon SZ, Switzerland
marco.hugentobler at sourcepole.ch http://www.sourcepole.ch
Technical Advisor QGIS Project Steering Committee



More information about the Qgis-user mailing list