.. only:: html .. _coordcapt: Coordinate Capture Plugin ========================= The coordinate capture plugin is easy to use and provides the ability to display coordinates on the map canvas for two selected coordinate reference systems (CRS). .. _figure_coordinate_capture: .. figure:: img/coordinate_capture_dialog.png :align: center Coordinate Capture Plugin #. Start QGIS, select :guilabel:`Properties...` from the :guilabel:`Project` menu and click on the :guilabel:`CRS` tab. As an alternative, you can also click on the |crs| :sup:`CRS` icon in the lower right-hand corner of the status bar. #. Click on the |checkbox| `Enable on the fly projection` checkbox and select a projected coordinate system of your choice (see also :ref:`label_projections`). #. Activate the coordinate capture plugin in the Plugin Manager (see :ref:`managing_plugins`) and ensure that the dialog is visible by going to :menuselection:`View --> Panels` and ensuring that |checkbox| :guilabel:`Coordinate Capture` is enabled. The coordinate capture dialog appears as shown in Figure figure_coordinate_capture_. Alternatively, you can also look for :menuselection:`Vector --> Coordinate Capture`. #. Click on the |geographic| :sup:`Click to the select the CRS to use for coordinate display` icon and select a different CRS from the one you selected above. #. To start capturing coordinates, click on :guilabel:`Start Capture`. You can now click anywhere on the map canvas and the plugin will show the coordinates for both of your selected CRS. #. To enable mouse coordinate tracking, click the |tracking| :sup:`mouse tracking` icon. #. You can also copy selected coordinates to the clipboard. .. Substitutions definitions - AVOID EDITING PAST THIS LINE This will be automatically updated by the find_set_subst.py script. If you need to create a new substitution manually, please add it also to the substitutions.txt file in the source folder. .. |checkbox| image:: /static/common/checkbox.png :width: 1.3em .. |crs| image:: /static/common/CRS.png :width: 1.5em .. |geographic| image:: /static/common/geographic.png .. |tracking| image:: /static/common/tracking.png :width: 1.5em