[Qgis-developer] point displacement renderer plugin

[John C. Tull]

Hi Marco,

User feedback, but +1 from my point of view. I often run into this problem with point data visualization. This would be a good solution that should benefit many.

Cheers,
John

On Mar 11, 2010, at 3:30 AM, Marco Hugentobler wrote:

> Hi devs
> 
> Recently, I wrote a plugin to display point datasets where several point 
> features have the same position. With the normal display, it is hard to see if 
> several features overlap.
> The point displacement plugin draws (and optionally labels) such features in a 
> circle around the 'real' position. Background is the need to display where 
> school children live (maybe Andreas could give more details about it).
> 
> My question now is if people think this functionality is of common interest. 
> If yes, then it might be good to add it to core (or as a default plugin). If 
> not, then I could provide a windows dll if there is an interest.
> 
> The plugin sources can be downloaded from:
> www.hugis.net/point_displacement_renderer.tgz
> 
> 
> Looking forward for your feedback,
> Marco
> 
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