Try searching for "zoom" on this page: http://qgis.org/api/classQgsMapCanvas.html That should get you some of the methods you require. -- View this message in context: http://osgeo-org.1560.x6.nabble.com/Learning-to-zoom-with-PyQGIS-tp5247589p5247595.html Sent from the Quantum GIS - Developer mailing list archive at Nabble.com.