[Qgis-user] GPS Live Tracking Problem

[Brent Wood]

Hi Don,


I use this regularly, but I save specific points by clicking on the plugin to do so. I do not normally save the track. I have a few suggestions...


You are correct, the displayed track is not normally saved, but I think you can tick the box to "Automatically add points" to save the points along the track. I'm not sure what the "automatically save added feature" does, but it is probably worth trying.


If you set QGIS up with an open & editable point layer, you can use the GPS panel to save points there, for each point QGIS will prompt you to fill in the attribute values before saving...





Brent Wood

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From: Qgis-user <qgis-user-bounces at lists.osgeo.org> on behalf of Don Parks <dparks58 at gmail.com>
Sent: Monday, July 30, 2018 01:17
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Subject: [Qgis-user] GPS Live Tracking Problem

Good Evening,

My name is Don Parks and I'm a new QGIS user and a novice at GIS.  I own a commercial farm and have used QGIS to develop a property map with layers containing roads, trails, fields, buildings, etc.  I would like to use my IPhone 8 as a GPS receiver to track movements live and have them appear digitized on a designated map layer and saved as a line feature on that layer.  I would also like to establish waypoints this way as well.  The documentation indicates that this is possible, but I'm having trouble and would be grateful for some help.

I'm using QGIS 3.2.0 Bonn.  I'm running Windows 10 Home, 64 bit, on a Dell Latitude E6520 with 8 GB of RAM.  Per recommendations I found in the QGIS documentation, I'm using GPS 2 IP installed on my phone to enable it to send GPS data to my QGIS software.  I'm using the "GPS Information" panel in QGIS as directed.

I have successfully established a connection between my phone and QGIS.  Per some instructions I found in the QGIS documentation regarding Live GPS Tracking, I created a new vector line layer (Shapefile type) and enabled editing for that layer and highlighted it in the Layers Panel.  I then traveled around the property and, as hoped, a line was created on the map live as I moved.  At the completion of the route I attempted to save changes.  However, this is where I encountered the problem.  What I noticed first was that the line created by the GPS track was not "attached" to any layer.  If I unchecked all layers, the line was still there on the white map canvas.  And I could not get rid of it unless I closed and re-opened QGIS...at which time it would go away.  On the other hand, I cannot save it either.  It does not appear to be attached to any layer nor can I save it the layer I created or any other layer.  I've tried deleting and creating a new vector layer, but I get the same results.  Everything seems to be working to get the track into QGIS, but I just can't get it associated with and saved on a layer.

I'm very impressed with QGIS and our property map has already been a valuable tool for us.  This GPS tracking ability would be very useful and I would very much appreciate any help.  Thank you in advance for you willingness to help a beginner.

Sincerely,

Don Parks

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