3.2.28. Meter grid

Pic. 3.23. A combination of generated grids

The tool generates a grid within the boundaries of features of a vector layer or a bounding box. The grid size is set in meters. Features can be anywhere in the world.

Inputs:

Step. Grid cell size in meters;
Mode. Squares or points. Default: points;
Clip. How to clip the grid: 1) By feature boundaries, 2) Keeping all grid cells that intersect boundaries, 3) Keeping all grid cells in the extent;
Boundary polygon vector file in Geopackage format. Multipolygons are supported. Calculation time depends on the number of nodes in the boundary layer;
Extent. Set the extent on the map or upload as file;
Grid alignment. Mode of clipping edges of grid. 1) Vertical - the grid looks vertical in WGS 84 (EPSG:3857) projection, but angles and distances may be distorted.; 2) Precise - a grid with more precizely matching angles and distances, however it will look tilted in EPSG:3857.

Output:

GeoPackage containing the grid. Each cell/point of the grid has the following attributes: number (cells are numbered vertically, top to bottom, left to right, starting with the first left column even if it doesn’t reach the top), row_index and col_index. To display the numbers, enable lables in the layer style settings and select the desired attribute.