Hey Naomi,<div><br></div><div>Sure both those things are possible.</div><div><br></div><div>Do you need to be able to open the layer inside QGIS using Python? e.g do you plan to have a QGIS plugin which has a open X layer button and when pressed will open the layer in QGIS</div>
<div><br></div><div>- Nathan</div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Feb 7, 2012 at 11:26 AM, naomi jackson <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:naomijackson_fj@yahoo.com">naomijackson_fj@yahoo.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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</div><div class="MsoNormal">Hi I am new to Quantum GIS,</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">I work in the GIS dept for a regional Organisation here in
the Pacific (SOPAC a division of South Pacisfic Communities)in FIJI.</div>
<div class="MsoNormal"> </div>
<div class="MsoNormal">The project that i am working on is to migrate a Project
that i have completed in MapInfo 10.0 using Map Basic 10.0 into QGIS.</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">"Customised MapInfo Display Of Land Cover Of The Low
Lying islands"</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">I wish to display the same in QGIS.</div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><br></div><div class="MsoNormal">My PC has :</div>
<div style="margin-left:72.0pt"><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span>·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span>Windows <span> </span>XP(and so do the other users in the department
to which i will need to install QGIS in their systems when i get it working)</div>
<div style="margin-left:72.0pt"><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span>·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span>Python 2.7</div>
<div style="margin-left:72.0pt"><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span>·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span>QGIS 1.6.0</div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><br></div><div class="MsoNormal">Is it possible</div>
<ul><li><span><span><span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span>Automatically open <span> </span>a layer using python “considering Windows XP”(I
see a lot of examples on linux and Unix)…If so can anyone please guide me thru
some codes or sites for more clarification.</li><li><span><span><span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span>Write a program to create a dropdown menu in
QGIS to select layers and it automatically zooms to the layer selected rather than
using the layer control to select manually.(WINDOWS XP)</li></ul><div><span></span></div>
<div>I have a whole lot of questions I will
begin with these two…..</div>
<div> </div>
<div>I appreciate your suggestions and hope to
get positive responses..</div>
<div> </div>
<div>Thanks </div><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888">
<div>Naomi</div>
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