One last question. Do you initially want this for QGIS 2 or 3? On Mon, Mar 5, 2018 at 11:45 AM, Paolo Cavallini <[email protected]> wrote:
> Il 05/03/2018 17:42, C Hamilton ha scritto: > > 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? > > sounds a good solution > > > Would you also want to add the > > begging point to the same layer? It could be optional with a check box. > > not useful in our case > > > Are geodesic distance calculations what you are looking for or simple > > euclidean distances? Shape Tools works with geodesic distances similar > > to Google Earth. > > we are working on short distances (hundreds of meters), so I guess the > difference will be insignificant > > thanks again > > -- > Paolo Cavallini - www.faunalia.eu > QGIS & PostGIS courses: http://www.faunalia.eu/training.html > https://www.google.com/trends/explore?date=all&geo=IT&q=qgis,arcgis >
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