Can I use LibreCAD to work on GIS data formats?

Hi all,

I would like to start of by saying that I have never used GIS or CAD programs before, so I am not a pro on this topic. I am researching a suitable software to learn to do below calculation;



I am getting red polygon from outside source (it is available in many GIS formats like GeoJSON, KML etc). It represents a parcel of land. I want to create blue polygon to calculate its area. Blue area created by offsetting from each side. Value you need to offset can be different for each side of the parcel and I learn those values from another document.

From what I can figure from my limited exposure to qgis software, it is mostly for displaying data on map and analyze that data, rather than make drawings like that.

I was wondering if I could use LibreCAD for this purpose,

Best Regards,

This is a cross post from here: https://gis.stackexchange.com/questions/498016/calculate-area-after-offsetting-by-different-amounts-from-each-side

offsetting can be done on polylines. we may have to improve the feature though.

area calulating can be done using hatching/solid fill. No issue is expected for closed contours without self-intersection.

yasar11732 wrote

Hi all,

I would like to start of by saying that I have never used GIS or CAD programs before, so I am not a pro on this topic. I am researching a suitable software to learn to do below calculation;



I am getting red polygon from outside source (it is available in many GIS formats like GeoJSON, KML etc). It represents a parcel of land. I want to create blue polygon to calculate its area. Blue area created by offsetting from each side. Value you need to offset can be different for each side of the parcel and I learn those values from another document.

From what I can figure from my limited exposure to qgis software, it is mostly for displaying data on map and analyze that data, rather than make drawings like that.

I was wondering if I could use LibreCAD for this purpose,

Best Regards,

This is a cross post from here: https://gis.stackexchange.com/questions/498016/calculate-area-after-offsetting-by-different-amounts-from-each-side