[Qgis-developer] Render miniature rasters?

[Martin Dobias]

On Wed, Jul 21, 2010 at 2:36 PM, Magnus Homann <magnus at homann.se> wrote:
> Martin Dobias skrev:
>
>> You can check out the player plugin [1] from my former qgis-mapper
>> project - it uses canvas items to show thumbnails of geotagged images
>> along the track. It also supports grouping of images when there are
>> more of them close to each other.
>
> This is very close to what I want to do, ideally showing a directory
> of geotagged images as miniatures. Clicking on the picture opens a large
> window
> and (optionally a comment field).
>
> A combination of what you have done with eVis, but preferrably more
> integrated.
>
> Perhaps a custom provider is also needed?

No, you can use any of the available providers to open a vector layer
from a plugin, then read features from the layer and place the canvas
items accordingly.

Martin