Tuesday 13 November 2018

QGIS Plugin: DistanceUnitConverter


There are plenty of online tools that allows you to convert distance given in one unit of measure into another one. Every GIS software has 'measure' functionality which calculates distance in unit you choose.

But, what if you are working on your task and you need to convert distance between two units without searching on the internet? Maybe plugin is a good answer.

Plugin that allows you to convert distance among various units: meters, kilometers, nautical miles, feet and statue miles.

"User's guide" is very simple:
  1.     Type distance value to be converted in ‘Value’ field.
  2.     Choose unit in which input value is.
  3.     Choose unit in which input value is to be converted.
  4.     Press ‘Convert’ button to convert.
  5.     Result in desired units will be shown in ‘Result’ field.
If nothing will be entered in ‘Value’ field, following message will be shown:


If distance value will be less than 0 or will not be a float or integer number following error will be shown:


You can download plugin from: https://github.com/strpaw/QGIS3-DistanceUnitConverter-plugin

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