[Qgis-user] Re: GPX, OS Grid References and Google Earth

[Lee Hachadoorian]

Can I ask why it's recommended to use the GPS Tool plugin? I was recently
working with GPX data and just used the standard Add Vector Layer.

Best,
--Lee

On Mon, Apr 23, 2012 at 12:22 PM, Nick Hopton <nhopton at gmail.com> wrote:

>
> Des Callaghan wrote
> >
> > Many thanks Lene and Nick, this worked a treat. Combined with the Google
> > Satellite basemap, imported using the fantastic 'OpenLayers' plugin, this
> > is
> > just what I needed. Many thanks for your help. Best wishes, Des
> >
>
> Just a couple of points arising, Des. It's very useful to be able to
> overlay
> your own data on OpenLayers to get a visual indication of of how well it
> fits. But OpenLayers use a very peculiar CRS which can make it unsafe to do
> thing like use the tape measure for measuring distances or the area tool
> for
> measuring areas. The other thing is that closing OpenLayers will leave your
> project CRS in the Google Projection, fix this by resetting your project
> projection to your shapefile layer projection. If you would like some GB
> base maps to use with your GPS data you could try OS OpenData VectorMap
> District Rasters. They are pretty base too, but accurate.
>
> Nick.
>
>
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