[Qgis-user] Digitizing points with azimuth and distance

[C Hamilton]

There are two possible solutions.

1. Currently the Create Shapes, Line of bearing tool just creates a
geodesic line between two points. It would be real easy to have it create a
destination point on a separate layer. The input to this tool is a point or
table layer with the beginning and destination points or the beginning
point and then you use the default settings within the dialog box for the
azimuth and distance.

2. I think what you are asking is to start with a point layer in edit mode.
Click on the map, have a dialog box pop up, enter the distance and azimuth,
click on OK, and it adds the destination point to the selected layer. Would
this be a suitable solution? Would you also want to add the begging point
to the same layer? It could be optional with a check box.

Are geodesic distance calculations what you are looking for or simple
euclidean distances? Shape Tools works with geodesic distances similar to
Google Earth.

Calvin

On Mon, Mar 5, 2018 at 11:13 AM, Paolo Cavallini <cavallini at faunalia.it>
wrote:

> Hi Calvin,
>
> Il 05/03/2018 15:53, C Hamilton ha scritto:
> > To add some more information about ShapeTools. What Shape Tools can do
> > is selected from Vector->Shape Tools->Create Shapes. You will see a dot
> > with a line icon or line of bearing. What it does is to take a point
> > layer and if it has distance and bearing or azimuth then it will draw a
> > line to the second point. It uses geodesic calculations with WGS84
> > geoid, but I am planning on adding in other geoids. It wouldn't be
> > difficult for me to add what you are asking because I have most of the
> > code already there. If it is of interest then I can add it. Let me know.
> > I should have Shape Tools working for QGIS 3.0 either today or tomorrow.
>
> that would be great, thanks. A bit of a corner case (it has been asket
> to do red deer censuses), but I guess others will enjoy this
> functionality as well.
> All the best, and thanks.
>
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