Michael, I can't answer your whole question but just as a note, use the rotation ability of the QGIS 3 Shape Tools plugin. It will do a geodesic rotation and not be confused by units in degrees which may be why you are getting it skewed when you try to rotate.
Calvin On Tue, Nov 20, 2018 at 10:30 AM Michael Jabot <michael.ja...@fredonia.edu> wrote: > I have been using the Equal Earth projection for an example for schools. > > Is there a way in QGIS to shift the view so that a particular polygon of > interest is centered in the layout? > > What I am trying to do is get a “head onto view” of this polygon instead > of having it skewed. I tried rotation but it rotated along the wrong axis > > Thank you for any ideas and again I apologize for these dumb questions > > Mike > -- > > ************************************************** > Michael Jabot, Ph.D. > Professor, Science Education > US Partner - GLOBE Program > NASA Earth Ambassador > Director, Institute for Research in Science Teaching > State University of New York at Fredonia > E250 Thompson Hall > Fredonia, NY 14063 > 716.320-0189 (Google Voice) > ja...@fredonia.edu > > ************************************************** > > > _______________________________________________ > Qgis-user mailing list > Qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org > List info: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user > Unsubscribe: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user
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