Export Lat long of Line/Polyline in QGIS with start to end

Question

I have a polyline layer in QGIS, and I am trying to get the list of lat longs of each of the vertices and their path.

As you can see from the image below, I have tried the steps mentioned in this answer. I have extracted the vertices of the lines and I can calculate the lat long of each of these vertices.

But the only thing missing is the trail/path/direction of the coordinates. I need to extract, not only the lat longs of the vertices but also the direction (coord A to coord B to C to D etc., or D-C-B-A, order so far is not important yet).

I suggest you have a look at the extract vertices tool, which extracts all vertices and adds the angle of the line at the vertice, as well as its distance along the line. — Erik, Sep 14 '21 at 10:40

score 6 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 14 '21 at 10:55

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When you use "Extract Vertices" tool, it gives a clue for the directions. It adds vertex_index column.

Then extract the vertices to CSV and set GEOMETRY = AS_XY

answered Sep 14 '21 at 10:55

Kadir Şahbaz

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Yes, I misunderstood this vertex_index column. I thought the column was arbitrary/not related to my goal – user2552108 Sep 14 '21 at 11:13

score 3 · Answer 2 · answered Sep 14 '21 at 10:40

QgsLineString has a numPoints method and a pointN method so combining those in a for loop should do what you want. But it might be easiest to just use the points method to get a list of the points (I can't think of any reason they would not be in order along the line).

Export Lat long of Line/Polyline in QGIS with start to end

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