[Qgis-developer] Multiple Data Frames

[G. Allegri]

Hi Benedict,
besides the data frames cincepr, which would useful in many circumstances,
aren't describing an overview map? It already exists in QGis. Probably I
misunderstood your requirement...

Giovanni

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Il giorno 06/gen/2013 00:37, "Benedict Holland" <
benedict.m.holland at gmail.com> ha scritto:

> Hi All,
>
> I just stumbled across this bit from Nathans blog:
>
> http://woostuff.wordpress.com/2011/05/17/the-things-i-would-like-to-see-in-qgis-what-are-yours/
>
> I was wondering if there was someone working on Data Frames and being able
> to load multiple data frames into the presenter (exactly like ArcGIS). The
> best use case for this exact feature is to get the extent marker for an
> area locator in the main map. Something along the lines of a main map with
> a tiny area map in the corner displaying the location of the current map.
> You see, I actually do need this feature to exist which would make it quite
> high on priorities to try to tackle. Also, do you know where I should start
> looking and what areas of the code tree I would be working in? I am not
> sure if this should start out as a plugin either since I have a feeling I
> would end up creating a top level object made up of layers and I am not
> sure how well that would fit into a plugin like interface. Of course, I
> don't have any skills programming a plugin for anything anyway but I
> can re-factor code and design a template for a code review.
>
> Also, how do code reviews happen? I would love to get any input on what
> this sort of thing should look like and what features people would
> generally want from a "Data Frame" like object and have the class
> interfaces reviewed before I start tackling the hard work.
>
> Thanks all,
> ~Ben
>
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