Does anyone know how to make in GIS software (Quantum GIS or ArcGIS) parallels and meridians appear on the extreme limits of a polygon?
I was on the sidelines latitude and longitude. How to make the GIS program to appear?
I will put a photo so you know what I want to do.
Hi Ana-Maria:
I think you can use Print Composer tools in QGIS.
http://qgis.org/en/docs/user_manual/print_composer/print_composer.html?highlight=overview%20map
look at Extents dialog to configure how to how them. I hope you find it usefull
Watch these two videos on basics of map layouts in ArcGIS
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-kBtE_Neqmc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G11O3n9G2Fw
Good Luck
Hi Ana-Maria, in ArcGIS, you can increase or decrease the intervals of the lat and long, so that the parallels and meridians will appear in your map. Herewith I attach the print screen for how to do it. In Arcmap go to layers right click it - properties - data frame properties window will appear- grid- new grid- here you can choose the interval. while minimizing interval you can see your parallels and meridians of the polygon.
Simply clip by the polygon in the data frame properties menu and click on the radio button to include graticules. This will then place the coordinates around the edge of your polygon of interest (the polygon you chose to the clip the data frame).
Anybody knows how to do to appear parallels and meridians, like on this map ?
Ciao!
In QGIS (2.8.1. Wien): New Print Composer > Item properties > Grids > Draw grid > Grid tipe: Frame and annotations only > CRS (the desired system, with long/lat) > Grid frame: exterior ticks > Draw coordinates > Format: degree, minute, second aligned > Left and Right: vertical ascending > Coordinate precision=0 > Frame: yes.
Gabriela
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