Getting total length of selected lines in QGIS via python
The other day I was trying to get the total length of the some selected lines in QGIS. In MapInfo I would just do
Select Sum(ObjectLen(obj,”m”)) from Selection
however QGIS doesn’t have the ability (yet..) to run SQL queries like this, but you can do it via python.
The following is a little python snippet that will get the total length of the selected objects. (You will need to have shapely installed to use)
from shapely.wkb import loads
def getLength():
layer = qgis.utils.iface.mapCanvas().currentLayer()
total = 0
for feature in layer.selectedFeatures():
geom = feature.geometry()
wkb = geom.asWkb()
line = loads(wkb)
total = total + line.length
return total
print getLength()
EDIT:Or as Peter asked in the comments, yes you can just call length on the geometry:
def getLength():
layer = qgis.utils.iface.mapCanvas().currentLayer()
total = 0
for feature in layer.selectedFeatures():
geom = feature.geometry()
total = total + geom.length()
return total
print getLength()
Just copy and past that into your QGIS python console and call getLength() when ever you need the total length.
Note: I have found the QgsGeometry .legnth() function to be unstable in the past and it has crashed my QGIS instance. Just test it first, if not you can always use the shapely method.
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