[Qgis-user] Shifting overlapping points

[Andreas Neumann]

Hi Martin,

Sorry - can't help with the plugin issue.

But are you aware that QGIS comes with a builtin method for that problem
that shifts the points on the fly during rendering rather than
manipulating the underlying data?

It is called the point displacement renderer and should be available in
the layer properties style tab as an alternative to the categorized,
rule-based, etc. renderers.

When choosing the point displacement renderer you can then again use one
of the other categorization options.

Hope this helps?

Andreas

Am 06.01.2014 12:17, schrieb Martin Gibson:
> Hi,
> 
> I'm more familiar with ArcGIS than QGIS but starting to shift over to using
> QGIS for most/all work. One thing I had been using QGIS for anyway was
> shifting overlaid points, as I couldn't get Arc to do this.  I was using
> the ShiftPoints plugin, but it doesn't appear to be available for 2.0 - I
> have come across a statement that it obsolete now and that I should use
> Sextante instead.  Can't find any info on how to achieve what I used to
> with the plugin - can anyone help?
> 
> What I have is a point dataset where a number of the points share exactly
> identical coordinates.  I need to sift all the overlapping points slightly
> so they can all be seen on the map.
> 
> My reading suggests Sextante has been incorporated into the core of QGIS as
> the processing menu.  What I can't work out is if the shift point function
> features under there somewhere, and if so, where?  I can't find a tool in
> the toolbox that looks like it will do this, nor much by way of description
> of the available tools.
> 
> Any help very welcome!
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Martin
> 
> 
> 
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