[QGIS-ZA-user] Curved Road Labeling Issue

Sun Apr 14 13:04:21 PDT 2019

Hi

Have a look at ODK [1] or Epicollect5 [2] - they will let you gather data on your phone and then download it and show it on a map in QGIS. Creating an app yourself is probably a bit ambitious unless you have been deep diving into software development at school.

[1] https://opendatakit.org <https://opendatakit.org/>
[2] https://five.epicollect.net

Have fun!

Regards

Tim

> On 14 Apr 2019, at 20:14, Umuntu Akalahlwa via qgis-za-user <qgis-za-user at lists.osgeo.org> wrote:
> 
> hey guys
> 
> I have this topic for my project at school. "One of the trending toics in GIS is the creation of geoapps. Create a geoapp for all the modern restaurants in the Durban City". My question is, which GIS software is best for this assignent? Thanks!
> 
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> On Wed, Apr 3, 2019 at 2:25 PM Chris Berens via qgis-za-user <qgis-za-user at lists.osgeo.org <mailto:qgis-za-user at lists.osgeo.org>> wrote:
> My experience is that even with show all labels activated I still drop labels with the curved options...but my opinion doesn't count as I am STILL using 2.18 (!)
> 
> On Wed, 3 Apr 2019 at 13:55, Arthur TAUTE via qgis-za-user <qgis-za-user at lists.osgeo.org <mailto:qgis-za-user at lists.osgeo.org>> wrote:
> Hi,
> I have never had an issue and always plot "curved" although I notice your roads are very squiggly and that may be the reason?  Try smoothing one just for an experiment 
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> From: qgis-za-user [mailto:qgis-za-user-bounces at lists.osgeo.org <mailto:qgis-za-user-bounces at lists.osgeo.org>] On Behalf Of Gavin Fleming via qgis-za-user
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> Subject: Re: [QGIS-ZA-user] Curved Road Labeling Issue
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> Hi Catherine
> 
> Are you sure you haven’t made labels scale dependent and they’re disabled at that scale?
> 
> You should be able to do it fine with the ’single label’ option. Those options don’t affect placement. 
> 
> If you’re prepared to share some or all of your data with me or the list that would help.
> 
> Gavin
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> > On 03 Apr 2019, at 12:03, Cath Souchon via qgis-za-user <qgis-za-user at lists.osgeo.org <mailto:qgis-za-user at lists.osgeo.org>> wrote:
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> > Hello,
> > 
> > I am hoping someone can assist me. I work on a game reserve and am currently making a new map of all roads. I have captured (ground-truthed) all roads and now am working on the aesthetics part (symbolization & labeling). I am currently working on QGIS Version: 3.6.0 (Noosa).
> > 
> > I feel like I have tried everything to get the labels to follow the curves of the roads at 1:20 000 but I am just not winning. I have watched & read what feels like many hours of videos and tutorials online but still no success. 
> > 
> > In the "Labels" section of the Road layer properties window I have tried selecting the "Curved" option under "Placement" but once selected all road names seem to disappear. I then tried different variations of the "Allowed positions" options but still no luck. I also tried adjusting the "Maximum angle between curved characters" but that didn't seem to make a difference, at higher numbers one or two letters of words appeared. 
> > 
> > For the above explanation I had been using "Single labels". Should I rather be trying this using "Rule-based labeling"? 
> > 
> > Below is a screenshot of a portion of the road network I am dealing with. The end goal is to get the map printed out (at about 1:20 000) on A0 or larger size.
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> > <image.png>
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> > Any help on this would be hugely appreciated!
> > 
> > Kind regards,
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