[QGIS-Developer] Embedded styling in some datatypes

[Régis Haubourg]

Hi Bo,
Regarding MapInfo, I know the french ministry of environment has tried
something like this years ago.
It was an attempt to handle the transition period between M and Q.

But honestly the style specifications of each proprietary format are really
hard to interoperate. This leads to partially compatible styles, and data
loss.

SLD was a promise to have a common standard but I think all the developers
that tried to implement conversion utilities have been having hard days.
Maybe except for Slyr by Nyall.

Data can be shared across systems. But styles can be shared with very
limited support and this somewhat negates the work of talented
cartographers.



Le jeu. 23 nov. 2023, 11:51, Bo Victor Thomsen via QGIS-Developer <
qgis-developer at lists.osgeo.org> a écrit :

> Hi list -
>
> I'm wondering about how to use embedded styling in certain types of file
> formats (like MapInfo Tab). I know its possible to read the embedded
> styling from a Tab fil and then convert it to a styling object in QGIS.
>
> However, what about the other direction ? Take a specific QGIS style
> from the layer styling of a tab file, and and write the specific style
> into the feature, so it will be present if you later open the tab file
> in (gasp!) MapIno ?
>
> The use case would be organisations that have a mixed environment of
> QGIS and MapInfo installations. It would allow QGIS users to create and
> update object in a .tab file and save the file. Later this file - if
> opened in MapInfo (or QGIS) - would be shown with the correct embedded
> styling.
>
> --
> Med venlig hilsen / Best regards
>
> Bo Victor Thomsen
>
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