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Raster Scribe QGIS 4 compatibility
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Yes — Raster Scribe supports QGIS 4 (declared max version 4.99.0).
Interactively trace lines in RGB raster maps with live previews, color sampling, and snapping.
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Trace contours, roads, and other lines with live previews, color sampling, snapping, and configurable shortcuts. Create a temporary line layer, or use an editable MultiLineString or MultiCurve layer. Requires a GDAL-readable north-up raster with RGB values in bands 1-3. Single-band grayscale or black-and-white and indexed/palette rasters need conversion to RGB. Rotated, skewed, and flipped mappings are unsupported. Ordinary LineString layers are unsupported. Optional Enhanced tracing (slower) uses a bundled Python HFM solver to follow interrupted contours. Uses the Python libraries supplied with QGIS; no extra dependencies or compiled solver need installing. Raster Scribe is an independently maintained fork of Raster Tracer by Mikhail Kondratyev. License: GNU GPL version 3 or later; original component notices are preserved in NOTICE.txt. https://github.com/IongIer/raster_scribe/blob/master/LICENSE Original project: https://github.com/mkondratyev85/raster_tracer
| Author | IongIer (fork maintainer); Mikhail Kondratyev (original author) |
|---|---|
| Downloads | 149 |
| Latest version | 0.1.0 |
| Last updated | 2026-09-26 (19 days ago) |
| Min QGIS | 3.40.0 |
| Max QGIS | 4.99.0 |
| QGIS 4 ready | Yes |
| Maintenance | Active |
| Categories | Raster & terrain, Georeferencing & CAD |
| Tags | digitizing, raster, tracing |
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