I can't make this DXF fit

[AhmetPolat43]

Hello, I have a question again. I have a dxf file in my hand but it has no coordinates. I can't get that dxf fit on my coordinate satellite image.

[AhmetPolat43]

I can't move the DXF file wherever I want so

[dg0yt]

There is no tool to fit your - Map - on your satellite image. These tools are meant to fit templates like TIFF images or DXF data on your map.

The DXF file is not in your list of templates. This means you do not currently use the DXF file as a template. I guess you opened like a regular (map) file, or you imported into a new map.

To start with the DXF file as a template, and import it after positioning, proceed like this:

1. Create a new, empty map with the desired scale and symbol set.
2. Add some properly georeferenced template. This will guide you into a step where you define the map's georeferencing. Change the coordinate reference systems (CRS) to your preferred local standard, or choose UTM, or just leave the default.
   If you don't have any other properly georeferenced template, you may just export the desired region from www.openstreetmap.org, giving you a map.osm file.
3. Add more templates (images etc.) as you like.
4. Now add the DXF file as a template. It won't be georeferenced, so you can adjust its scaling and position with the buttons you already tried.
   Update: Always select Coordinate system: "Real" until GDAL vector templates: Coordinate system choice "Map" not saved #1768 is resolved. Select "Position track at view center" unless you are sure that the DXF files really uses the map's coordinate reference system.
5. Once satisfied, you can turn the objects from the template into map objects by clicking the template's Edit button and selecting "Import and remove". This does similar things like File > Import..., however Mapper knows the desired positioning.

[AhmetPolat43]

How can I tell you? I have a DXF file with no coordinates. I want to fit it on my satellite view with coordinates, so I will have set the coordinate of my DXF file. And I'm looking for a way to move my uncoordinated DXF file.

[pkturner]

Before you can move a DXF, it must be opened as a template.
The DXF file is not in your list of templates. Did you try to add the DXF file as a template?

[AhmetPolat43]

Yes, I tried opening it as a template but I cannot edit the DXF file as if it was an image. I cannot convert it to any symbol.

[dg0yt]

How far did you follow the instructions I gave?
Note the level of detail in my step-by-step instructions. If you could state your approach in a similar way, we might offer even better help.

[jmacura]

This is intentional. You can not edit the file when opened as a template.
First, you must align the DXF template to your georeferenced TIFF imagery.
Then, you can import it as vector features. As @dg0yt already wrote: by clicking the template's Edit button and selecting "Import and remove".

Hope that helps.

[AhmetPolat43]

I have managed to get DXF coordinates right now. I'm sure it's correct. It fits in the same place as the satellite picture, but when I open it in Mapper, they go to completely different places and I can't find them. The last photo is as you said, I did it again.

[dg0yt]

With the TIF template in your screen, in the dialog labeled "Track scaling and positioning", try choosing "Position track a view center".

(If your map's coordinate reference system is e.g. UTM, real coordinates are as high as 5000000. But your DXF may have coordinates close to zero. Then, "Positioning the track at given coordinates" will move it far away from the TIF template. In the worst case, Mapper will not be able to fit both templates into the screen even at "Show whole map").

[AhmetPolat43]

The strange thing is. I tried it about 3 times in one of them, the Mapper and DXF and Satellite view came to the same place, but what I do now does not work, I'll try again tomorrow.

[AhmetPolat43]

solved the problem thanks.

[dg0yt]

I am glad to hear that. There are some know issues in related steps (#1768, #1561), and that is why it is really important talk about steps in a reproducible way. I need to understand if you actually discovered a new bug ;-)

[AhmetPolat43]

My suggestion is to DXF in Turkey
The plan is very crowded and when I open it with the openorienteering mapper, it turns into direct lines. It is more practical to delete the unnecessary if we leave this to us.For example 👍