QGIS is configured into a non-earth or local CRS mode by doing the
following (in 2.14):
1. Turn off 'On the Fly CRS transformation' (Project > Project
Properties > CRS)
2. Ensure that the measurement ellipsoid is set to 'None / Planimetric'
(Project > Project Properties > General)
3. Set the coordinate, distance and area units to 'Map Units' (Project >
Project Properties > General)
All of these can also be set in the application level settings as the
defaults. QGIS can also be prevented from prompting for a CRS when
loading data that does not have one (QGIS still assigns a CRS, but
essentially it is ignored, so this isn't quite what Simon was asking
for, but close)
The LocalCoordinateSystemSetter in FME creates custom CRS for features
passing through it, optimising them for equal area or distance. The same
customised CRS could be implemented in QGIS, what is missing is a tool /
plugin that would automatically generate them.
Cheers,
Andy
On 06/05/2016 17:03, Jonathan Moules wrote:
There have been some more knowledgeable responses than mine, but they
do make me ask:
Why doesn't QGIS have a generic Coordinate System for X/Y in meters
(and maybe one in feet for the less developed nations ;-) )? It would
be particularly useful for non-geographical datasets and would open
QGIS up to being used more readily in other fields.
Similarly, it could have generic projections for equal area and equal
distance calculations too. I know these are all possible because FME
has all these features.
After all, there's no reason spatial data has to be GEOspatial data.
Cheers,
Jonathan
---- On Fri, 06 May 2016 16:28:45 +0100 *Lee
Hachadoorian<[email protected]>* wrote ----
Simon,
You *must* specify a projection, but within some limits, the
projection doesn't matter. Basically, if the GeoTIFF uses units of
meters and you want your distances in meters, you can load the
GeoTIFF in *any* projected CRS that uses meters. An example would
be to use any of the UTM zones. You cannot use a lat-long CRS such
as the default WGS 84, because QGIS will convert (naively, *not*
using great circle distances) from decimal degrees to meters.
Once the layer is loaded, all geometry calculations are done in a
Cartesian plane.
I answered a similar question on GIS.SE <http://GIS.SE> regarding
someone who wanted to use QGIS to map indoor location data.
http://gis.stackexchange.com/questions/187699/how-to-create-a-qgis-map-of-unprojected-data
Best,
--Lee
On Fri, May 6, 2016 at 10:12 AM, Jonathan Moules
<[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
Hi Simon,
If you know the real-world width and height of the area
covered on the image, could you not geo-reference it to have
lower-left at 0,0, and then the top-right at the applicable
location in the projection of your choice, and then work from
there?
The problem is picking an applicable projection. I can't see
any generic "X,Y" projection, let alone one that is suited to
equal-area or equal-distance in the projections list. They may
exist, I'm just failing to find them. They all seem to assume
they're "somewhere" in the world (which can be a problem if
the data is spatial but not geographical).
Personally if it's a relatively small area (a few km across),
I'd probably just use a standard Mercator for the applicable
part of the world probably.
Cheers,
Jonathan
---- On Fri, 06 May 2016 13:33:47 +0100
*simonc8<[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>>* wrote ----
I want to use QGIS to make measurements such as distances
and angles on a
flat scaled image which I have as a georeferenced tiff. I
don't want to use
any projection - just a straightforward orthogonal linear
scale in metres.
QGIS seems to require that I choose a projection. What
would be the best
choice for my needs? Can I make a custom projection with
no ellipsoid or
datum?
If I import my geotiff and don't specify a projection QGIS
assumes my units
are in degrees rather than metres, which will make
measurement of distances
and angles inaccurate.
Grateful for assistance.
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