[QGIS-Developer] saving a layer with the world_map.shp

[Nyall Dawson]

On Tue, 28 May 2019 at 00:39, Raymond Nijssen <r.nijssen at terglobo.nl> wrote:
>
> I know it was introduced as an easter egg, but I'm very happy with the
> built in world map in qgis. I'm using it in a plugin to automatically
> add a layer for the overview map in my layout. This layer points to a
> shapefile in my qgis install directory:
>
> /home/raymond/programs/qgis-master/share/qgis/resources/data/world_map.shp
>
> Now, when saving my project and somebody else opening it, the layer is
> invalid (of course). Is there a way to make the project point to the
> right file, using some kind of variable pointing to the qgis
> installation path?

Fixed by https://github.com/qgis/QGIS/pull/31396

Nyall

>
> like this:
> {QGIS_RESOURCE_PATH}/data/world_map.shp
>
> or I could copy the world.shp into my plugin and do this:
>
> {QGIS_PLUGIN_PATH}/my-plugin/data/world_map.shp
>
> These paths should then be saved including the variable in the project file.
>
>
>
> Another option would be to save the shp-file in the .qgz somehow but I'm
> not too sure if that is the way to go..
>
>
>
> This is the way I create the path now:
>
> worldShp = os.path.join(QgsApplication.pkgDataPath(), 'resources',
> 'data', 'world_map.shp')
>
>
>
> To make the question more general, is it possible to add resources to a
> plugin in a way that projects point to these resources and make that
> work for other users too?
>
>
> Hope anyone can help!
>
> Kind regards,
> Raymond
>
>
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