[Qgis-user] Re: customize label placement via attributes

[maning sambale]

sorry for the noise:
http://forum.qgis.org/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=6328

On Thu, Jul 8, 2010 at 8:01 PM, maning sambale
<emmanuel.sambale at gmail.com> wrote:
> I found this data "defined placement", but what data should be in the fields?
>
> On Thu, Jul 8, 2010 at 7:44 PM, maning sambale
> <emmanuel.sambale at gmail.com> wrote:
>> I want to be able to use a vector attribute for locating labels.  For
>> example, I have a point layer of city names
>>
>> no,name,position
>> 1,X city,left
>> 2,Y city, right
>>
>> or
>> no,name,position,x_offset,y_offset
>> 1,X city,left,1,2
>> 2,Y city, right,2,3
>>
>>
>> Imhof have this advise: names should be placed wholly on the land.  My
>> mapping area have this very complicated land-ocean interface.
>> Any advise?
>>
>> --
>> cheers,
>> maning
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> --
> cheers,
> maning
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cheers,
maning
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