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I am using QGIS (before, I used ArcView). I would like to know if there is any way during the editing phase of a vector (line or polygon) to know the length of the line (total and partial) that is being created. Thanks.

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There is one option available in the Attribute toolbar (named measure line). I hope with that you can get what you want.

QGIS menu screen shot

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Not really an option for a complex polyline – Damien Feb 7 at 23:17
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Maybe this can help!

You can determine the length of a line/segment with the Improved Polygon Capturing plugin.

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unfortunately does not help me. my need is to know how long the line I am creating, but not to create a line of length defined by me first – user4756 Nov 8 '11 at 19:38

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