[Qgis-user] labels on maps

[Alister Hood]

> Date: Mon, 01 Oct 2012 17:48:54 +0200
> From: Micha Silver <micha at arava.co.il>
> To: "M.E.Dodd" <m.e.dodd at open.ac.uk>
> Cc: "qgis-user at lists.osgeo.org" <qgis-user at lists.osgeo.org>
> Subject: Re: [Qgis-user] labels on maps
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> On 10/01/2012 04:40 PM, M.E.Dodd wrote:
> > converted from rtf
> > I have a map with lots of point data which I want to label.  When
> > switching on labels lots of them end up on top of each other as some
> > of the points are close to each other.  Is there a way of
> > automatically spacing the labels out to avoid overlap with a line
> > going to the point from the label. Alternatively a way of doing this
> > by hand just by dragging each of the labels out of the way but
> > automatically generating a line showing where the associated point is.
> 
> You'll want to use the new labeling engine for this. You add, in
> advance, two columns to your point data attribute table for x
> displacement and y displacement, and specify these columns in the
> labeling "Data defined settings" tab. Then you can move each label
> individually (while the layer has editing enabled), and it's location
> will be saved to the table.

Ah, but there's no way of doing what he wants and drawing a line from the label to the feature (called a "leader" in CAD), is there?