[Qgis-developer] Multiple Data Frames

[Andreas Neumann]

Hi Benedict,

As Giovanni said - an overview map element (which seems to be what you
describe) is already there in QGIS master - not in version 1.8.

Multiple views in one QGIS project would be very nice to have - I
wouldn't call it data frames - just because ESRI calls them data frames
- we should develop our own concepts.

However, it seems like it is not trivial to implement at all - it would
be a major undertaking as many pieces in the QGIS code would have to be
rewritten as they don't know how to deal with multiple views.

Andreas


Am 06.01.2013 00:37, schrieb Benedict Holland:
> 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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