[QGIS-trac] [Quantum GIS] #3375: print composer: create mapbooks

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#3375: print composer: create mapbooks
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   Reporter:  lutra             |              Owner:  mhugent      
       Type:  enhancement       |             Status:  new          
   Priority:  minor: annoyance  |          Milestone:  Version 1.7.0
  Component:  Build/Install     |            Version:  Trunk        
   Keywords:                    |   Platform_version:               
   Platform:  All               |           Must_fix:  No           
Status_info:  0                 |  
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 I don't know if the following suggestion is better suited for a composer
 enhancement or a for a plugin suggestion, I'll leave this to you (Marco),
 in case close this ticket and I'll open a "plugin idea" one on the plugin
 trac.

 Regularly it pops out the question/request by someone asking about if QGIS
 can create mapbooks.

 I used to create mapbooks years ago (on proprietary software), when
 working on the field, and I know that this feature can be really useful.

 The idea is the following: create a layout then choose a scale, a paper
 size and orientation and a % of overlapping.

 A mapbook tool will then create many layouts (pdf files, or directly to
 the printer) by fitting the layout into the page size. Each layout will
 show a portion -at the chosen scale- of the original layout map and each
 layout map will overlap the near ones with the chosen %.

 A "overview" sheet should be also produced to show all the mapbook
 "pieces" (usually numbered).

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Ticket URL: <https://trac.osgeo.org/qgis/ticket/3375>
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