[Qgis-user] What QGIS plugin development should I work on this year?

[Alexei Schwab]

Mike, have you looked into Map Themes?
https://docs.qgis.org/3.22/en/docs/user_manual/introduction/general_tools.html#configuring-map-themes

Sounds like it might help with your problem. 

Alexei 

On Wed, 1 Feb 2023, at 13:23, Mike Flannigan via QGIS-User wrote:
> 
> My biggest problem with qgis is handling of layers and groups.
> Copying styles from one layer to another (or 10 other layers)
> should be easier.  Unchecking (hiding) 20 layers at once
> cannot be done by me right now without grouping them.  There
> are likely many other examples I can't think of right now.
> 
> I see quite a few plugins related to layers, and to be honest
> I have not tried them all out.  But so far I have not found the
> layer handler I want.
> 
> 
> Mike
> 
> 
> On 1/26/23 14:00, qgis-user-request at lists.osgeo.org wrote:
> > Hi QGIS users,
> >
> > I am looking for ideas for what QGIS development I should be working on
> > this year. My plugin development over the years has focused on capabilities
> > that were missing at the time or algorithms that made QGIS user's lives
> > easier. Here are the plugins I've developed so far.
> >
> > https://plugins.qgis.org/plugins/author/C%2520Hamilton/
> >
> > I am interested in algorithms that may be in commercial software but not in
> > QGIS that people need. I am also interested in different ways to visualize
> > and analyze data. Last year I released the Density Analysis plugin
> > <https://plugins.qgis.org/plugins/densityanalysis/>. It added additional
> > density analysis algorithms including a fast H3 histogram of an area. I
> > never got any feedback on the plugin so I don't know whether it is
> > useful or not to users, but it has had 11,608 downloads since last June. I
> > always appreciate feedback as it is what encourages me to continue
> > development.
> >
> > I have been debating on updating the D3 Data Visualization plugin
> > <https://plugins.qgis.org/plugins/d3datavis/>  to use plotly to create the
> > graph and perhaps add additional graphs. That was one of my early plugins
> > where I created my own D3 graph of the data. It could probably be done
> > better.
> >
> > Are there any algorithms that you would like to have developed? It may be
> > that QGIS is getting sufficiently advanced that there is not much that is
> > really needed any more, but if you have any ideas I would appreciate them.
> > Anything I work on needs to benefit a sizable number of users. It can't be
> > too specific. It also needs to be constrained enough that I can complete in
> > a reasonable amount of time.
> >
> > If you have any ideas for improving my existing plugins that could be an
> > option as well.
> >
> > By the way is there a better forum than this qgis-user group to reach out
> > to QGIS users or is this the best way?
> >
> > Thanks for your input!
> >
> > Calvin
> 
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