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<DIV><SPAN class=549000210-30012009><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hello, Qgis
community:</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=549000210-30012009><FONT face=Arial size=2>I am not yet a QGIS
user, but I'd like to know if QGIS supports several map display windows,
possibly cooperating.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=549000210-30012009><FONT face=Arial size=2>One of the
things I do most in my current GIS (which I am only partly satisfied with) is to
compare two rasters. It would be nice to plot them in separate windows, and
when pan/zooming around in one, the other would update its extent and show
the same area. I also frequently have lots of raster windows up simultaneously,
from the QGIS screenshots this does not appear common usage.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=549000210-30012009><FONT face=Arial size=2>To take it even
further, the two maps could actually be time series, for instance repeated
satellite images and simulated snow cover from a distributed hydrology
model. Then also next/previous-buttons could be added to the display windows,
again affecting both windows simultaneously.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=549000210-30012009><FONT face=Arial size=2>If I was to
program such functionality (in C++, I don't speak Python), would it be
standard plugin procedure using QGIS API,or would the display/GUI part of it
require deep revisions of existing QGIS code?</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=549000210-30012009><FONT face=Arial size=2>Regards
:-)</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<P><FONT size=2>Sjur Kolberg<BR>SINTEF Energiforskning A/S<BR>Sem Sælands vei
11<BR>7465 Trondheim<BR>tlf. 73 59 72 78<BR>fax 73 59 72 50 </FONT></P>
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