I am coming from a trial of DroneDeploy. One of the exports is a pdf 11X17 printable pdf with a scale. I see my map overlayed on Google Map with a scale, however, it is not printable.
In addition, this particular first map did not come out neatly and though has all the information I need, should be cropped, something I was able to do with the tiff file in PS. (I made it a neat rectangle.) I could convert this to a pdf, however, there is no scale.
How can I obtain something not for sharing via a link but something which generates a file that I can share or print? .(Even if I shared it, the map I created is not cropped and irregularly shaped. I want a neat rectangle.)
DroneDeploy has a way to crop prior to generating the map with a scale. I have been unable to find instructions on how to do that with this software.
I just learned about QGIS which apparently is even free. Is it possible to crop the tiff image in PS and load it with QGIS and generate a map with a scale which can be printed?
Its a bit of a learning curve in QGIS : ( you will have to search help for details. It does have good help docs though)
-Drag the orthophoto into a QGIS project
create a new polygon shapfile layer
'- begin editing the polygon shapefile layer
add a rectangle to match your proposed crop extents
stop editing and save edits
go to the processing toolbox plugin -under GDAL pick Clip raster by extent.
use the orthophoto as the input layer and use the polygon shape file as the clipping extent
click run / your cliped ortho will be inserted into the project. It should have all the Geotiff info.