![]() The advantage of this function is that you can view any part of the surface even at high latitude without the distortion of perspective and from a simulated vertical position. The fancy new function to try in the Projections sub-menu is the Lunar Globe 3D (last item on the sub-menu) which produces a 3D globe which you can twirl around using the mouse. The Projections sub-menuWhen you click an icon on this new menu bar, the icon selected turns blue and the sub-menu pops out to the right. The default projection as shown in Figure 1 is Orthographic (Nearside), but you can change this by clicking on the globe icon at the very top of the menu bar to open up the ‘Projections’ layer, as seen in Figure 2. In the bottom left corner to the right of the ? symbol, you will see the lat/long data, and finally the scale bar is in bottom right. The zoom control can be found at the top right hand corner. The slim menu bar on the left-hand side has changed in appearance, with a number of icons that expand by selecting them. As seen in Figure 1.įigure 1.The Quickmap home page in its default setting. The lunar image you see on the screen remains unchanged, and if you just want to explore the surface using a mouse without plunging into the menus you still can.īy selecting, you will be directed to the Quickmap home page. The major changes apply to the menus and the data and layers available. Given the British climate and the few opportunities we have to view the Moon telescopically, you will all be delighted to know that the Quickmap site has been updated with a number of new additional functions. More links to free map tiles can be found (with example maps) at this website.2018 January 3 QUICKMAP – Latest Version Now Live Included are shaded terrain maps, maps in different languages, outdoors maps with trails and elevation contours, and more. Use the WMS link located on this webpage.Ī number of free XYZ map tiles are available from Open Street Map. USGS world imagery can be added to QGIS as a WMS layer ( see here for a tutorial on adding WMS layers). One of those is the World Imagery map from the USGS. If Google maps do not meet your needs, there are other map services available for your use. So if the links in this tutorial no longer work you may need to do some searching to find the new links. Before any of the Google map layers for a project, you should verify that you are not violating any licensing or copyright restrictions that may be placed on the imagery.Īlso, the tile source URLs may be changed by Google at any time. Please note that the map sources used in this tutorial are a product of Google.
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