Re: [Qgis-user] How do I register a Google Map?

2014-02-07 Thread G. Garibaldi
On 2/7/2014 9:28 AM, ELHOA wrote: What is a .kml file? Mike K Sent from my iPhone On 2/7/2014 9:28 AM, ELHOA wrote: What is a .kml file? Mike K Sent from my iPhone A .kml file is a vector data file. KML is short for Keyhole Markup Language. The .kml standard allows creation of simple

Re: [Qgis-user] How do I register a Google Map?

2014-02-06 Thread G. Garibaldi
How to take any unreferenced map and georeference it for use in QGIS. Needed: GIMP Google Earth QGIS An unreferenced raster. 1. GIMP Load the image into GIMP. Size the image canvas such that the total width is no larger than 2048 pixels. Once in QGIS larger sized raster images can

Re: [Qgis-user] How do I register a Google Map?

2014-02-05 Thread Mike Keelan
Date: Mon, 3 Feb 2014 19:59:14 -0500 From: tmike.el...@comcast.net To: t...@wildintellect.com; etourigny@gmail.com CC: qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org Subject: Re: [Qgis-user] How do I register a Google Map? OK, I installed the Open Layers plugin and it works very nice but it won't do

Re: [Qgis-user] How do I register a Google Map?

2014-02-05 Thread Randal Hale
@gmail.com CC: qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org Subject: Re: [Qgis-user] How do I register a Google Map? OK, I installed the Open Layers plugin and it works very nice but it won't do what I need, so let me be more specific and see if there might be a remedy. The contour lines that I want were actually obtained

Re: [Qgis-user] How do I register a Google Map?

2014-02-05 Thread Mike Keelan
Date: Mon, 3 Feb 2014 19:59:14 -0500 From: tmike.el...@comcast.net To: t...@wildintellect.com; etourigny@gmail.com CC: qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org Subject: Re: [Qgis-user] How do I register a Google Map

Re: [Qgis-user] How do I register a Google Map?

2014-02-05 Thread Randal Hale
Date: Mon, 3 Feb 2014 19:59:14 -0500 From: tmike.el...@comcast.net To: t...@wildintellect.com; etourigny@gmail.com CC: qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org Subject: Re: [Qgis-user] How do I register

Re: [Qgis-user] How do I register a Google Map?

2014-02-03 Thread Alex Mandel
On 02/03/2014 01:07 PM, Etienne Tourigny wrote: Simple jpeg files do not have any spatial information. you should use the Open Layers plugin - you need to install it with the Plugin Manager(Plugins-Manage and install plugins) and then add a Google maps layer through the Plugins-Open layers

Re: [Qgis-user] How do I register a Google Map?

2014-02-03 Thread Mike Keelan
OK, I installed the Open Layers plugin and it works very nice but it won't do what I need, so let me be more specific and see if there might be a remedy. The contour lines that I want were actually obtained using a hand held Garman GPS. The Garman data was overlaid on the Google map, (with

Re: [Qgis-user] How do I register a Google Map?

2014-02-03 Thread Alex Mandel
As mentioned before you'll need to use the Georegistration tool to generate spatial info for your jpeg. Once thats done it will line up with other data and you can digitize new layers on top. If you still have the Garmin data that might help with all of the steps. Enjoy, Alex On 02/03/2014 04:59

Re: [Qgis-user] How do I register a Google Map?

2014-02-03 Thread James Wood
but also pixel and color depth, and the like. The official site is http://www.gimp.org/. Best Regards, James Date: Mon, 3 Feb 2014 19:59:14 -0500 From: tmike.el...@comcast.net To: t...@wildintellect.com; etourigny@gmail.com CC: qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org Subject: Re: [Qgis-user] How do I

Re: [Qgis-user] How do I register a Google Map?

2014-02-03 Thread James Wood
@lists.osgeo.org Subject: RE: [Qgis-user] How do I register a Google Map? Date: Tue, 4 Feb 2014 01:28:46 + Mike, Here is a good tutorial overview of the georeferencing tool in QGIS: http://qgis.spatialthoughts.com/2012/02/tutorial-georeferencing-topo-sheets.html If the image is not in coordinate