Questions tagged [rotate]
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Setting Rotate Label tool pivot/anchor point in QGIS 3.x
In older versions of QGIS 2.x, I recall the pivot/anchor point for interactive label rotation was the origin point of the selected parent symbol, seen as the red dot inside the middle of the 28 label ...
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QGIS Print Layout layers can't be rotated without the map boundaries also rotating
QGIS 3.38.3 Windows 11 Home
After creating Shapefile layers in a project, I then created a print layout showing the layers. After inspecting the print layout I saw that I'd achieve a better display ...
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Batch georeferencing of aerial imagery above the ocean using R
I am working with aerial imagery collected above open water. The raw images are not georeferenced. I am using the closest position recorded by the aircraft (based on timestamps) as the coordinate for ...
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QGIS rotate/translate features on several layers with different geometries simultaneously
I am working in QGIS with three vector layers (points, lines, polygons) and an aerial image. The features from these three layers are "connected", i.e. they should stay in the same position ...
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Point features not rotating when map view is rotated using QGIS
I have a point layer in QGIS with features sorted after a specified value. Meaning, my features are categorized and are symbol layers of type "Font Marker". Now, since they are street labels ...
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Arrow symbols are 180deg off rotation in QGIS
I'm using QGIS 3.36, and I have a layer of geotagged images that I've marked with arrows. I've rotated the arrows with the images exif data and while they're all rotating, I've noticed they're ...
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Rotate an overview polygon generated to match the area of a map view in print composer?
From an answer in the below question, I can generate a polygon around a LineString input to generate an Atlas. The polygon represents the Atlas view area, given the map's scale, width and height.
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Rotate a Geometry Generator expression with a 180 degrees rotation
From a point geometry layer to which apply a Geometry Generator expression to creates a new geometry, my goal is to translate this expression rotating 180 degrees, and taking as reference the opposite ...
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Rotate stars raster object around the centroid in st_geotransform
I'd like to use an affine transformation to translate and rotate a stars object around the centroid. As far as I understand, the general approach is to i) translate the object so that the centroid ...
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Basemap rotation - keeping labels facing down
I'm using QGIS Hannover 3.16.3.
I often use Google basemap layers from the XYZ tiles. When rotating the maps the place names rotate with them. Is there a way of stopping this? Perhaps an alternative ...
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Projection alignment
I am trying to align my coordinates with known geodesic markers in QGIS 3.34.1 but all my measured points are out with a bearing of about 35 degrees and 2.6m away. My distances are correct when ...
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Some labels are not shown in a rotated atlas object (QGIS 3.28.8)
I have a problem that some labels from polygons are not shown in my atlas when the map is rotated. If I switch the map rotation off all labels are placed just fine. I created the atlas objects with ...
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How do I mirror image and rotate a layer of points in ArcGIS Pro?
I can't use the Rotate or Mirror tool since it's not a raster, and if I convert it to a group of rasters I lose the point labels. What can I do? Alternatively, is there a way to label a group of ...
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Using QGIS Model Designer to rotate points but it moves the points location
Using model designer to automate a process and I would like to be able to rotate points whether it be using the affine transformation tool or the rotate tool. I have gotten both of these tools to ...
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How to rotate multiple features from multiple layers in QGIS at once?
I want to rotate multiple layers containing points, lines, polygons around a point. According to my research, the tools in qgis can only rotate the features of the active layer together, is there a ...
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Rotating features with multiple geometries in one layer using PyQGIS
I have a layer containing several small square geometries in QGIS. I want to tilt these ones by one to the same angle. So I wrote the following Python code for that, but it does not work properly. ...
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Weird rotation behavior while georeferencing in QGIS 3.30.1
I am working with a project which is rotated 20 Degrees (see lower right corner of screenshot). I had someone from Fiverr render out a relief map for me to put in as a background. They supplied me ...
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Changing orientation of all polygons at once with numeric value in QGIS
I want to change the orientation of the raster/polygons with a numeric value around the centroid of the total grid.
I have tried rotate($geometry, 45) in the Field Calculator but nothing happened.
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How to move and rotate WMS layers independently using OpenLayers (without GeoServer)
There are maps on OpenLayers 6 and proj4js that manages WMS layers in different projections. Sometimes (e.g. for plan maps) the overlay is not aligned with base layer and a need a function that can ...
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Creating straight line that starts from the point with the given length and also rotates around the point in QGIS
I want to create a straight line that starts from the point with the given length. And also it rotates around the point.
I have a point data of cctvs:
And I want to create a line with the given ...
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Get rotation and scale of picture after georeferencing using QGIS
How can I access the rotation and scaling information, that is visible during the georeferencing process in QGIS (see yellow marked text in the picture), after the georeferencing is completed and the ...
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Rotating QGIS Annotation layer text
I can't figure out how to rotate annotation text in QGIS (3.28.2).
This is not for a 'label', it's for text on an "Annotation" layer
Does anyone have advice on how to do it?
I can add ...
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Rotation in Geoserver SLD based on complex Math Function
I try to visualize windspeed and -direction using geoserver's build-in windbarbs. Therefor I have a rasterlayer with two bands "u" and "v", representing the lat and lon vector ...
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Convert a body vector relative to an aircraft, to a vector in ECEF space
I am trying to solve for a problem where an observer is on an aircraft with a given pitch, roll, and yaw. The observer is looking at an object which produces a line of sight vector that is measured ...
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Backward transformation of georeferenced image: from GeoTIFF to TIFF
What's the processing procedure to realize a backward transformation, from a GeoTIFF image to its native array of pixels?
Do you have any suggestion?
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How to rotate a SVG symbol based on a formula of column value and literal value (90 degrees) in GeoServer
I have a shapefile that I have stored in GeoServer. I have some SVG symbols that I want to use for each point. I want the SVG symbols to rotate based on the orientation column (attribute value) in the ...
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GRASS i.rotate function not appearing - any idea's why?
I want to look at rotating a layer using GRASS' i.rotate tool, but it is not showing in the toolbox. Am I looking in the wrong place?
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I have run the i.rotate tool in GRASS independently but it ...
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Rotate raster layer
I have a raster layer that I am trying to rotate so it is level in QGIS. I have attempted the solution offered here (Rotate raster in QGIS) but without success; the data disappears when I open the ...
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Rotate polygons inside of a polygon to align with the longest side without manually adding a rotation angle in QGIS
Is there a way to rotate all polygons in layer_a (green polygons) to align with the longest side of the polygon in layer_b (red polygon) without having to manually enter a rotation angle? In most ...
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Rotating line using PyQGIS
I am attempting to rotate each feature of a line layer around its midpoint, but my code below is not working despite not throwing any errors.
Any suggestions?
This essentially worked in QGIS 2, and I ...
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QGIS: How to turn symbol in polygon when using rotate tool
I would like the svg in the polygon to turn by using the rotate tool.
Is there a script that will connect the layer layout with the rotate-tool?
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Rotating point layer according to line layer in QGIS part 2
Related to the question line below. How do I make the arrow point to the line correctly ?
This code did not work :
with_variable('myvalue',line_interpolate_angle(geometry:=intersection(buffer(geometry:...
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QGIS export rotated GeoJSON
In QGIS one can rotate a layer on the fly using the Rotation button at bottom of pane. But I cant work out how to export the layer with the rotation applied. When exported the object is always ...
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Rotating labels based on custom CRS QGIS 3
I'm trying to rotate labels based on CRS of a Europe map EPSG:3035 ETRS89-extended / LAEA Europe but with Longitude of origin 18° and Latitude origin 49°.
According to the question Parameters of the ...
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Rotate shapefile based on raster coordinates using Python
I have a shapefile with polygons and a raster file.
I know the coordinates of raster file corners and also the coordinates of shape file polygon files.
What I need to do, is rotate/transform the ...
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Vary symbol rotation to point towards the next point in a sequence using Arcade and ArcGIS Pro
I have created a 3D map in ArcGIS Pro that shows the flight path of a drone. I want to use arrows for the symbology that point in the direction of the flight path. Each observation includes elapsed ...
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Rotating by 90° one and more polygons in QGIS
I have a layer with many rectangles polygons, these should all be rotated by 90°. Can I do this in QGIS? I have not found a way so far.
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How to rotate map extent differently on each page in map series?
I'm a beginner to ArcGIS Pro. For last few weeks, I've been working on creating a map series. So far, I've managed to nail down what needs to be done. However, I'm having difficulties with one ...
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QGIS rotate CRS around a new centre
I've been given some NetCDF data in a Mercator projection with a centre longitude of 173.9581, centre latitude of -41.0870 and rotation of 40 degrees. I have tried to create a new CRS based on ...
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Google Maps not being quite top-down in QGIS
I am quite new to QGIS, but am using it for utility mapping at work.
I have added a google maps layer to my QGIS project via http://mt0.google.com/vt/lyrs=s&hl=en&x={x}&y={y}&z={z} and ...
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Rotating polygons to follow the curve (line) in 90 degree in QGIS
I have created points on the line with 60m distance. Then I've made square buffers to these points. But they all stand straight. Is it possible somehow to rotate them so they follow the line curves? ...
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Producing CartoPy map in UTM with North-East up
I'm currently trying to produce maps of a shoreline, which runs roughly from southeast to northwest in an UTM projection to visualize shoreline change.
By default, Cartopy maps are in north up. Is ...
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Rotating point layer according to line layer in QGIS
I got two layers: (1) a line layer with water pipelines and (2) a point layer that shows hydrants and so forth. The points are located, mostly, on the line layer.
For the symbology of the hydrants i ...
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Qgis2threejs changing rotation point
I am new to QGis and have an issue with the QGis2threejs plugin. I am trying and searching already for some hours, but couldn't find an answer for this - I hope it's not something obvious. If yes, ...
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Making marker label rotate with marker using QGIS
I have an arrow marker (svg) that I use for photo location and direction on maps.
Under the arrow I want a label that is the number of the photo (photos by number are located elsewhere in a report). ...
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Keep labels upright when QGIS map rotated in layout relative to canvas
I have the following in my canvas:
I have rotated it to fit in my layout:
I have attempted several methods, e.g. Is there a way to interactively rotate labels in QGIS using any of the edit tools?, ...
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Bulk rotate of the label for point layer in QGIS
I would like to have all the labels rotated for my point layer. To be honest I need this in a batch process. If for example, I have 2 points in a row I would like to have all the labels rotated for ...
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How to rotate labels with an expression in QGIS 3.x
I have a layer with lines, and I am trying to rotate some of their labels that are displayed at 270º to get them at 90º like the rest, but the expression is doing nothing. Even fixing the expression ...
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Image rotation and translation in a report
QGIS 3.22.4
I am working on an indication panel project, to connect different numbered points together (as junction nodes)
In summary: along a road, we have to install panels (on stakes for example)
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Converting aspect/direction raster from geographic degrees to arithmetic radians
I have a raster/grid representing e.g. terrain aspect or flow direction, coded in geographic degrees (0-360°, clockwise from the north). I would like to convert it in arithmetic radians (0-2π, ...
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