[Qgis-user] Measure distance along line

[Nyall Dawson]

On Thu, 29 Apr 2021 at 21:53, Prud'homme Jérémie <p.jeremie at gmail.com> wrote:
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> Hi,
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> I am wondering if it's possible to use the Measure distance tool to measure the distance between two places, following a line.
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> For example, I click on a first place on the line, I click on a second place and the tool automagically follow the line.
> Same behavior as what we can do with the use of automatic tracing for geaometrie creations.

I'd also love to see this land in QGIS. While the measure tool
currently works with all other layer snapping settings it **doesnt'**
work with the tracing option. I think if QGIS allowed tracing with the
measure tool then this use case would be handled nicely...

Nyall