[Qgis-user] Display pictures at points

[Andrew Harfoot]

Untested, but (in 2.18 and possibly earlier) you can create Filled 
Marker styles with a raster image fill, and the source of the raster can 
be data driven. Worth a try?

Cheers,

Andy

On 11/01/2017 17:42, Josef Fürst wrote:
> Dear QGIS users,
>
> I am switching over more and more from ArcGIS to QGIS. Many features 
> are really much nicer.
> But now I am needing a feature that displays small pictures 
> (pictograms) at all points of a point shapefile. Similar to diagrams, 
> but these specific diagrams are already available in PNG (or JPG) 
> format. An attribute of the point shapefile contains the filenames of 
> the pictures. I can display these pictures interactively point by 
> point using either eVIs Browser or Action, even HTML maptip. But I 
> want to see them all together on the map like other point symbols (or 
> diagrams).
>
> Any idea? Some existing script or plugin that I can use as a starter? 
> Or maybe I am just missing an existing feature?
>
> Thank you!
>
> Sepp
>
>
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Andy Harfoot

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