[Qgis-user] overview in the composer

[Alex Mandel]

Thanks for putting it back on list (hit the wrong button on this end).
I completely agree that this is a good feature to work towards. My email
was merely about how to achieve what you wanted with the current version.
Please have a look over at
http://trac.osgeo.org/osgeo/report
If you don't see a request or note about this feature, by all means
submit the enhancement idea.

Thanks,
Alex


On 11/22/2010 02:14 PM, Brad Nesom wrote:
> Actually in ESRI you can have (ver10) data driven pages, (9.3x) DSmap book,
> (AutoDesk Map) map books and sheet sets. Each allows to build a book indexed
> from a grid  or alignment with specified data and elements at specified
> scales within the cells (selected, or all). All three software can also
> handle as mentioned multiple "data" frames containing the same, a subset or
> even differing (scale) data. This can be used for overview maps, insets, or
> map books.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On Mon, Nov 22, 2010 at 3:41 PM, MORREALE Jean Roc
> <jr.morreale at enoreth.net>wrote:
> 
>> Hi Alex,
>>
>> I'm replying back to the list as I think it is a more general concern. The
>> composer is a flexible tool allowing to change everything around the map,
>> except the map. If the composer is intended to limit as much as possible the
>> need for another CAD software to produce a map, then the possibility to use
>> several project in the same composer space would be a great thing.
>>
>> ESRI achieves this by authorizing the user to open several workspace
>> (called "data frame")inside the same project, Each of these workspaces can
>> use the same datasources, allowing the user to give a different semiologic
>> style to the same data. With this this you can easily add insets or
>> overviews to the map composition (arcgis can only have one by project).
>>
>> Regards,
>> Jean Roc
>>
>> Le 17/11/2010 23:11, Alex Mandel a écrit :
>>
>>> It is possible just a little tricky. Basically you have to make one map
>>> and then the other. When you finish the first there is a lock layers
>>> checkbox which seems to keep that map as is. Then you can rearrange all
>>> your layers and make a second map on the same composer. It's not perfect
>>> but at least a start.
>>>
>>> The other way I would approach would be to make 2 different maps from 2
>>> different qgis projects. Export both to pdf, pull into inkscape and
>>> arrange (can also be done if you save out an image tiff, png or jpeg).
>>>
>>> Enjoy,
>>> Alex
>>>
>>>
>>> On 11/17/2010 01:44 PM, MORREALE Jean Roc wrote:
>>>
>>>> I think that what Dario has in mind is a map object of the canvas with a
>>>> different layer selection than his main map object which, if I'm
>>>> correct, is actually not possible dynamically in QGIS. What I usually do
>>>> is importing a raster of a previous composition to serve as the light
>>>> overview.
>>>>
>>>> Regards,
>>>> Jean Roc
>>>>
>>>> Le 17/11/2010 21:09, Giovanni Manghi a écrit :
>>>>
>>>>> Hi Dario,
>>>>> in the composer you can add how many map object as you want, so you can
>>>>> add one that will serve as overview.
>>>>>
>>>>> cheers
>>>>>
>>>>> -- Giovanni --
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Wed, 2010-11-17 at 11:50 -0800, Dario wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> how to display an overview map with locator on the composer printer?
>>>>>>
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