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I need to create a grid over my QGIS shapefile, with 1m intervals. I know the procedure of creating the grid; view -> decorations -> grid

My question is, what is the x and y intervals that I need to provide in order to get a grid with 1 meter intervals, when I am creating a line grid?

Vince
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Jay
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  • Welcome to GIS.se! Do you want to show a grid on your map layout (for printing) or actually create a new grid geometry (shapefile) to save with your data? – Simbamangu Mar 04 '20 at 05:13
  • Hello! creating a shapefile would be the ideal. is it possible to create such a grid as a shapefile? – Jay Mar 04 '20 at 05:21

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Open the toolbox and search for the creategrid tool.

Set the grid-type you want and an extent (you can either draw a box on the map or select an existing layer).

Horizontal and vertical distance is 1 (obviously, since you want to create a 1x1 m grid) and don't forget to set the grid CRS to something based on m which fits your project area, most likely a UTM-strip.

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  • Thank you so much for the answer! It worked. For anybody who's got the same problem, I used the EPSG: 32644 - WGS 84/UTM zone 44 N Coordinate Reference System to use meters scale. – Jay Mar 04 '20 at 08:11
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    Yeah, but keep in mind that Zone 44N is only suited for the area "between 78°E and 84°E, northern hemisphere between equator and 84°N, onshore and offshore. China. India. Kazakhstan. Kyrgyzstan. Nepal. Russian Federation. Sri Lanka." – Erik Mar 04 '20 at 08:19