How to set QGraphicsScene/View to a specific coordinate system
Use QGraphicsScene::setSceneRect()
like so:
scene->setSceneRect(-180, -90, 360, 180);
If you're concerned about the vertical axis being incorrectly flipped, you have a few options for how to deal with this. One way is to simply multiply by -1 whenever you make any calculation involving the y coordinate. Another way is to vertically flip the QGraphicsView, using view->scale(1, -1)
so that the scene is displayed correctly.
Below is a working example that uses the latter technique. In the example, I've subclassed QGraphicsScene so that you can click in the view, and the custom scene will display the click position using qDebug()
. In practice, you don't actually need to subclass QGraphicsScene.
#include <QtGui>
class CustomScene : public QGraphicsScene
{
protected:
void mousePressEvent(QGraphicsSceneMouseEvent *event)
{
qDebug() << event->scenePos();
}
};
class MainWindow : public QMainWindow
{
public:
MainWindow()
{
QGraphicsScene *scene = new CustomScene;
QGraphicsView *view = new QGraphicsView(this);
scene->setSceneRect(-180, -90, 360, 180);
view->setScene(scene);
view->scale(1, -1);
setCentralWidget(view);
}
};
int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
QApplication a(argc, argv);
MainWindow w;
w.show();
return a.exec();
}
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Updated on April 16, 2020Comments
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QLands about 4 years
I want to draw polygons in a
QGraphicsScene
but where the polygons has latitude/longitude positions. In a equirectangular projection the coordinates goes from:^ 90 | | -180----------------------------------->180 | | -90
How can I set the
QGraphicsScene
/QGraphicsView
to such projection?Many thanks,
Carlos.
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QLands about 12 yearsExcellent. Just one question: Why 360?
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Anthony about 12 years@QLands 360 is the width, not the right coordinate. To go from -180 to 180, the width is 360.
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dani about 8 yearsnote: flipping y with scale(1,-1) will also flip text!