[Qgis-user] Feature Discussion

[Jonathan Moules]

>
> Will you be at the QGIS developer meeting?

I can't speak for Steve, but if you weren't aware, you are both set to
present at the UK QGIS User group it seems; I'd love to go but it's already
fully booked (I do have a colleague going though).
https://ukqgis.wordpress.com/

Jonathan


On 27 August 2013 12:30, Andreas Neumann <a.neumann at carto.net> wrote:

> Hi Steven,
>
> So basically this would be a "shortcut". Rather than first having to
> load a table first into the layer tree it would be loaded and joined
> directly from another layer.
>
> Some remarks/questions:
>
> * For QGIS 2.0 it is too late. Feature freeze is in place. But something
> to consider in QGIS 2.1
>
> * Would this loaded table appear in the layer tree as a separate table
> or not?
>
> * If we do this, one should treat all formats equal. Any table should
> joinable/loadable in this way - not just txt/csv/spreadsheets.
>
> I don't have a strong opinion on it. It would be more convenient, but it
> is not on my own personal list of top priorities.
>
> Will you be at the QGIS developer meeting? Matthias Kuhn is working on
> new database relations functions. This means that the whole joining and
> relations will be enhanced in QGIS 2.1. If you can make it to the QGIS
> developer meeting you could join the discussion there - see
>
> http://hub.qgis.org/wiki/quantum-gis/10_QGIS_Developer_Meeting_in_Brighton_2013
> for more information. The Borough of Poole does not seem to far away
> from Brighton - maybe you can join us for a day?
>
> Andreas
>
>
> Am 27.08.2013 12:50, schrieb Steven Campbell:
> > Hi all
> >
> > After a brief conversation with a couple of people on Twitter I was
> wondering what the community's thoughts were on the following:
> >
> > Adding a button into Joins section/tab under Layer Properties that would
> enable a user to join a tabular dataset (csv, txt etc) to an existing layer
> in QGIS. You can do this at present, by first brining in a Delimited Text
> Layer and then running the join, but I think that adding this button would
> make it easier/quicker for a user to join tabular data in QGIS. I'd
> especially see this being useful with datasets that have a geographic
> reference column i.e. a postcode column, but no geospatial co-ordinate
> reference system (Easting and Northing). I would also add that this is a
> similar function to what is available in most commercial GIS packages...
> >
> > I'd appreciate any comments/suggestions before raising as a feature
> request (if deemed a good idea!)
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > Steve
> >
> > Steve Campbell
> > GIS Manager
> > Corporate Strategy and Communications
> > Borough of Poole | Civic Centre | Poole BH15 2RU
> > Tel: 01202 633 362
> > Email: s.campbell at poole.gov.uk<mailto:s.campbell at poole.gov.uk>
> > Website:www.boroughofpoole.com<http://www.boroughofpoole.com/>
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> >
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