QGIS Georeferencing Tutorial 2: Adding a Google reference map | Scribe

    QGIS Georeferencing Tutorial 2: Adding a Google reference map

    • Alabama Digital Humanities Center |
    • 6 steps |
    • 19 seconds

      Adding your Google Map

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      Right-click on the XYZ Tiles section and select "New Connection…"
      Right-click on the XYZ Tiles section and select "New Connection…"
      2
      Type "Google Maps" into the Name section.
      3
      Right-click and paste the URL below into the URL section.\ \ [**https://mt1.google.com/vt/lyrs=y&x={x}&y={y}&z={z}**](https://mt1.google.com/vt/lyrs=y&x=%7Bx%7D&y=%7By%7D&z=%7Bz%7D)
      Right-click and paste the URL below into the URL section.\ \ [**https://mt1.google.com/vt/lyrs=y&x={x}&y={y}&z={z}**](https://mt1.google.com/vt/lyrs=y&x=%7Bx%7D&y=%7By%7D&z=%7Bz%7D)
      4
      Double-click on the Google Maps under the XYZ Tile section to add it to your Map View.
      5
      In the QGIS search bar, type "> University of Alabama".\ Double-click on the search result to zoom the map to our study area.
      In the QGIS search bar, type "> University of Alabama".\ Double-click on the search result to zoom the map to our study area.
      6
      The final result should look like this