XY to Line: feat.req: interpret 1 lat & 1 lon col as start/stop about qgis-shapetools-plugin

[hamiltoncj]

@SimonDedman Let me see if I understand the question. I believe that you are asking for the capability to create a single line from a table that has multiple points and basically join all the points together by a line. Each row in the table would be another point in the line. There may already be a plugin for this. Is this what you are asking for?

http://plugins.qgis.org/plugins/pointstopaths_v02/

[SimonDedman]

It seems to be, yes. Thanks!

[SimonDedman]

Spoke too soon: that plugin is incompatible with QGIS v3 so if you do happen to be minded to tack on this functionality, I believe it would be welcomed. Cheers!

[hamiltoncj]

I did some more searching and QGIS 3 in the Processing Toolbox, under "Vector creation" has a function called "Points to path". I think that will do what you need.

[SimonDedman]

It does indeed. Thanks for sleuthing this out. Seems the timeline of qgis versions & their orphaned compatible plugins means internet searching can turn up a load of defunct hits, while functionality being recently boiled into the core program can be under-documented. Have a cracking weekend.